On This Day In History
24 November 1859. Charles Darwin’s landmark study, On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, was published in UK. The book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. pic.twitter.com/2UnWzYlAia
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 24, 2022
24 November 1917. 9 officers of the Milwaukee Police Department were killed in a bomb explosion, while trying to defuse an unexplored bomb, found in a church. The culprits, thought to be anarchists, were never found. It’s the worst death toll of US police officers before 9/11. pic.twitter.com/WfCEfb0wVl
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 24, 2022
24 November 1955. England cricket legend, Ian Botham, was born in Heswall, Cheshire. In Test cricket, he scored 14 centuries and took 383 wickets. From 1986 to 1988, he held the world record for the most Test wickets. In 2020, he was controversially awarded a Life Peerage. pic.twitter.com/fVpQiJgdw9
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 24, 2022
24 November 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald, charged with the murder of President John F Kennedy, was shot and killed by Dallas nightclub owner, Jack Ruby, live on national TV, in the basement of Dallas Police Headquarters. Speculation now arose as to whether Oswald was being silenced. pic.twitter.com/fLnGyDPwUq
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 24, 2022
24 November 1969. The Apollo 12 command module, containing astronauts Charles (“Pete”) Conrad, Richard Gordon and Alan Bean splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second mission to the Moon. pic.twitter.com/DuqE9eG2Qi
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 24, 2022
24 November 1993. Robert Thompson and Jon Venables (both aged 11), were convicted of murdering the two year-old child, James Bulger (pictured), who they had abducted from a shopping centre in Bootle. They were the youngest convicted UK murderers of the 20th century. pic.twitter.com/wlQ2vRCsVQ
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 24, 2022
24 November 2005. New laws came in force in England and Wales allowing round-the-clock drinking. pic.twitter.com/Ulb1vdfkeC
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 24, 2022
PHOTO OF THE DAY. John F Kennedy lying in state at the Capitol Rotunda, Washington DC (1963). pic.twitter.com/lL5hWVloJv
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 24, 2022
November 25th
1177 Battle of Montgisard: Baldwin IV of Jerusalem defeats Saladin and a larger Ayyubid force
1783 Britain evacuates New York city, its last military position in the United States
1839 Cyclone slams south eastern India with high winds and a 40 foot storm surge, destroying city of Coringa. Storm waves sweep inland, destroying 20,000 ships and killing an estimated 300,000 people.
1905 Telimco makes the 1st ever advertisement for a radio set, by advertising a $8.50 set in the "Scientific American" which claimed to receive signals for up to one mile
1986 Iran-Contra affair erupts, President Reagan reveals secret arms deal
Did You Know?
Polish Minister of National Defence Radek Sikorski opens Warsaw Pact archives to historians showing maps of possible nuclear strikes against Western Europe, including the nuclear annihilation of 43 Polish cities by Soviet-controlled forces.
Today in History in 2005
Would You Believe?
First English patent granted to an American, for processing corn
Today in History in 1715
This day 129 years ago – 25 November 1892 – Douglas Hyde gave his lecture, The Necessity for De-Anglicising Ireland.
Hyde said that, by restoring their language, the Irish could once again become “one of the most original, artistic, literary, and charming peoples of Europe.” pic.twitter.com/UEZqRh4zXg
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) November 25, 2021
This day 106 years ago – 25 November 1913 – an organisation was formed at a meeting in Dublin led by Prof Eoin MacNeill, a native of Co Antrim.
Its aim was to “secure and maintain the rights and liberties common to all the people of Ireland.”
It was called the Irish Volunteers. pic.twitter.com/PHZiAQZiWI
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) November 25, 2019
#OTD in 1487 Elizabeth of York was crowned queen of England alongside her husband, Henry VII. She was vital to C15 dynastic politics. Sister to the princes in the Tower, daughter of Edward IV, her marriage united the houses of York and Lancaster; she was the mother of Henry VIII. pic.twitter.com/wQqhM2O8zn
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) November 25, 2022
#OTD in 1960 three of the Mirabal sisters, who fought against the dicatorship of Trujillo in the Dominican Republic, were killed by the secret police. In their honour, today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. https://t.co/GyIeQ4Wb2A pic.twitter.com/6HOAcQJzHP
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) November 25, 2018
On this day in 1829, an enslaved Black man who escaped the University of North Carolina was targeted for capture. For decades, UNC actively trafficked enslaved people to students via "lease." To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/FnmJlRzt4D
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) November 25, 2022
25 November 1823. Brighton’s Chain Pier, the first pleasure pier, opened with a procession of local VIPs, music, a lavish lunch, and fireworks. Although 2 landing piers had been built before they had not provoked such popular admiration and usage. pic.twitter.com/NeVF4Ymqum
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 25, 2022
25 November 1867. Alfred Nobel gained a patent for his invention of dynamite. It rapidly gained wide-scale use as an alternative to black powder and nitroglycerin. He derived the name from the Greek word, dýnamis, meaning power. His will funded the annual Nobel Prizes. pic.twitter.com/f8pLwX6OAW
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 25, 2022
25 November 1914. Joe DiMaggio was born in Martinez, California, USA. He’s considered one of the greatest baseball players. Best known for his 56-game hitting streak (15 May– 16 July 1941), a record that still stands. He was briefly married to the Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe. pic.twitter.com/EdBs8BCtE2
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 25, 2022
25 November 1952. The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie opened in the Ambassadors Theatre, London. It moved to St Martin’s Theatre in 1974 to accommodate a larger audience. It’s the UK’s longest running theatrical production. pic.twitter.com/YhyV4yP4kR
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 25, 2022
25 November 1969. Beatle, John Lennon, returned his MBE to the Queen, in protest over British policy towards Biafra, and his solo single, Cold Turkey ‘slipping down the charts’. Lennon’s antics were by now the subject of ridicule in the media. pic.twitter.com/mSAy3dRN5t
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 25, 2022