On This Day In History
10 November 1982. Soviet Leader, Leonid Brezhnev, died of a heart attack (aged 75). He led the Soviet Union as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1964 to 1982. His 18-year term of rule was 2nd only to Joseph Stalin’s in duration during the era of the USSR. pic.twitter.com/TiXHlLZJlT
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 10, 2022
10 November 1986. Gordon Richards died (aged 82). He was the Champion flat racing jockey 26 times, riding a record total of 4,870 winners. He remains the only flat racing jockey to be knighted. pic.twitter.com/Evskn6NkcI
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 10, 2022
10 November 2015. Leading jockey and trainer, Pat Eddery, died (aged 63). He was the champion British flat race jockey 11 times, and he rode 4,632 race winners, the second highest total for a British flat racing jockey, behind, Gordon Richards. pic.twitter.com/xLY2IRdlfw
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 10, 2022
11th November 1918 - 104 years ago today
November 11th
1620 Mayflower Compact signed by Pilgrims at Cape Cod, the 1st framework of government in the territory that is now the USA [N.S. Nov 21]
1675 German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = f(x) function
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie’s army enters England
1918 WWI armistice signed by the Allies and Germany comes into effect and World War I hostilities end at 11am, “the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month”
1975 Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam removed from office by Governor General Sir John Kerr – 1st elected PM removed in 200 yrs
1992 The Church of England approves the ordination of female priests
2004 Yasser Arafat’s death through unidentified causes confirmed by Palestine Liberation Organization, Mahmoud Abbas elected PLO chairman minutes later.
Did You Know?
Australian Bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol
Today in History in 1880
Would You Believe?
Washington Irving's Salmagundi periodical published - first to associate the name "Gotham" with New York City
Today in History in 1807
This day 102 years ago – 11 November 1918 – the First World War ended.
Over 210,000 Irish-born soldiers fought, the majority with the United Kingdom. 4,731 also fought with Australia and 19,327 with Canada.
At least 30,986 Irish-born soldiers were killed; some estimate 40,000. pic.twitter.com/exRiwr7BtD
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) November 11, 2020
This day 21 years ago – 11 November 1997 – Ireland became the first country in the world to have one woman succeed another as elected head of state when Mary McAleese was inaugurated as the eighth President of Ireland, after Mary Robinson.
She was the first president from Ulster pic.twitter.com/l7iwFIwOWN
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) November 11, 2018
On Armistice Day we remember women who died in active service in WWI and WWII. Sarah Wiggin of Macclesfield, UK caught Spanish flu while treating sick soldiers https://t.co/RKpSgBe2rL. This memorial at @Nat_Mem_Arb remembers 1300 nurses who died during or because of war service. pic.twitter.com/QDNsSBQQdZ
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) November 11, 2022
After the revolt, white mobs killed hundreds of Black people and states passed newly restrictive laws, committing to a new era of harsher conditions, dehumanizing control, and brutal punishment for enslaved people. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history.
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) November 11, 2022
11 November 1918. Józef Piłsudski assumed supreme military power in Poland, a moment regarded as the symbolic first day of modern Polish independence. pic.twitter.com/iPHoeeAGLq
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 11, 2022
11 November 1965. Rhodesia (modern day Zimbabwe), led by Ian Smith, issued the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) from Britain. Rhodesia had been self governing since 1923, but now regarded itself as an independent state, which was disputed by the British government. pic.twitter.com/6STbPTD385
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 11, 2022
11 November 1992. The Church of England General Synod voted to allow women to be ordained into the priesthood. The ordination of the first women clerics took place in a ceremony at Bristol Cathedral on 12 March 1994. pic.twitter.com/bRVtQ4Z32C
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 11, 2022
11 November 2004. Yasser Arafat died (aged 75). He was the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004, and the President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) from 1994 to 2004. pic.twitter.com/dbwqAVyMY4
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 11, 2022
— John Edward (@cartleyhole) November 11, 2022
November 12th
764 Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an for 15 days, capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty
1927 Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, paving the way for Joseph Stalin to consolidate complete power
1942 WWII Naval Battle of Guadalcanal begins between Allied and Japanese forces in Solomon Islands
1968 US Supreme Court: Epperson v. Arkansas, court declares unconstitutional Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools
1970 Cyclone Bhola makes landfall in East Pakistan (Bangladesh) killing up to 500,000, making it the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded
1990 The World Wide Web is first proposed by CERN computer scientists Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau [1]
Did You Know?
British explorer Robert Falcon Scott's diary & body found in Antarctica
Today in History in 1912
Would You Believe?
Out Magazine names Barack Obama 'Ally of the Year', Obama becomes 1st sitting US President to pose for cover of a gay magazine
Today in History in 2015
This day 803 years ago – 12 November 1216 – the Magna Carta Hiberniae, or Great Charter of Ireland, was issued in the name of King Henry III.
The only known copy was destroyed in a fire in 1922.
It is now a retained statute in Ireland under the Statute Law Revision Act 2007. pic.twitter.com/nPXrnri5Vk
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) November 12, 2019
#otd in 1950, Polish pilot Irena Kempówna set her second women's world record, for altitude in a two-seater glider. In 1959, the International Aviation Federation awarded her the Paul Tissandier Honorary Diploma for exceptional achievements in aviation. https://t.co/Y2BS9JsAbb pic.twitter.com/wnLusVlP7q
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) November 12, 2022