On This Day In History
28 November 1964. The American space probe, Mariner 4, was launched. On 14 July 1965, it flew past Mars and sent back the first photo of another planet ever returned to Earth from deep space. pic.twitter.com/pjiEUz30MK
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 28, 2022
28 November 1994. The notorious serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer (aged 35), who murdered 17 men and boys from 1978 to 1991, was clubbed to death in a Wisconsin prison by a fellow inmate, Christopher Scarver. A total of 14 of Dahmer’s victims were from ethnic minority backgrounds. pic.twitter.com/iAQxqwFdUc
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 28, 2022
Leslie Nielsen died #OnThisDay in 2010. The Canadian comedy legend began his career in romantic & dramatic roles, before shooting to stratospheric comedic fame with the 1980 disaster movie spoof 'Airplane!'. Nielsen went on to star in the successful 'Naked Gun' franchise. pic.twitter.com/vf5dMcEyj5
— DW Culture (@dw_culture) November 28, 2022
November 29th
526 A possible date for the Antioch earthquake in present-day Syria (then the Byzantine Empire) which killed 200,000 people
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie's army moves into Manchester and occupies Carlisle
1877 US inventor Thomas Edison demonstrates his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time
1935 Physicist Erwin Schrödinger publishes his famous thought experiment "Schrödinger's cat", a paradox that illustrates the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics
1951 1st underground atomic explosion at Frenchman Flat in Nevada
Did You Know?
Co-founder of Atari, Nolan Bushnell releases Pong, the 1st commercially successful video game, in Andy Capp's Tavern in Sunnyvale, California
Today in History in 1972
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Crew of slave ship Zong murder about 142 African slaves by dumping them into the sea, to claim insurance
Today in History in 1781
This day 89 years ago – 29 November 1929 – the Savoy Cinema opened in Dublin.
It originally had one screen, and seated 2,789 people, though it was later divided into smaller screens. pic.twitter.com/9YE2CGSvbE
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) November 29, 2018
This day 44 years ago - 29 November 1975 - a bomb exploded in the toilets at Dublin Airport, killing Aer Lingus worker John Hayes, a 38-year-old father-of-three, and injuring eight others.
The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) claimed responsibility for planting the bomb. pic.twitter.com/ydnHU6V2Kw
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) November 29, 2019
This day 24 years ago - 29 November 1996 - it was revealed that TD Michael Lowry had received £207,820 from Ben Dunne in 1993.
Lowry resigned, and was barred from running as a Fine Gael candidate again.
John Bruton established the McCracken Tribunal to investigate the payments. pic.twitter.com/97pP3Pin7u
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) November 29, 2020
Gertrude's sister, Alice B. Woodward, was also a paleoartist but better known as a children's book illustrator. She exhibited paintings at the 91 Art Club, a club for women artists. Her dinosaur reconstructions appeared in the Illustrated London News. 2/2 https://t.co/5JvMok9wG5 pic.twitter.com/s6gJYikbnZ
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) November 29, 2022
On this day in 1864, American troops murdered over 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho people living peacefully along Sand Creek in CO despite assuring the community days earlier that they would be safe. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/Hthss1beE0
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) November 29, 2022
29 November 1899. FC Barcelona was founded. It’s based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The club was established by a group of Swiss, English and Spanish footballers led by Joan Gamper. The club has won 26 La Liga titles and 5 EUFA Champions Cup/League titles. pic.twitter.com/OySPHzeecI
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 29, 2022
29 November 1962. Britain and France announced a joint agreement to design and build Concorde, the world’s first supersonic passenger airliner. The Concorde made its first transatlantic crossing on 26 September 1973 and its the first passenger service began on 21 January 1976. pic.twitter.com/4yawmSz9EM
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 29, 2022
29 November 1963. President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. it concluded in 1964 that Lee Harvey Oswald was the sole assassin and acted alone. pic.twitter.com/ev6Dx97UZw
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 29, 2022
29 November 1975. Bill Gates adopted the name, Microsoft, for the company he and Paul Allen formed to write computer language. pic.twitter.com/h74GFZTl2w
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 29, 2022
29 November 1975. Legendary racing driver, Graham Hill, was killed in a plane crash (aged 46). He twice won the Formula One World Championship. He also won the Monaco Grand Prix 5 times, the 24 Hours of Le Mans Race, and the Indianapolis 500. pic.twitter.com/pglYhDSI5J
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 29, 2022
29 November 1981. Hollywood star, Natalie Wood (aged 43), mysteriously drowned after leaving a yacht in a dinghy, after an argument with her husband Robert Wagner. Her films include Rebel Without a Cause, West Side Story, Gypsy, Splendour in The Grass & Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. pic.twitter.com/I3pOeLMhOP
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 29, 2022
29 November 1986. Bristol-born Hollywood legend, Cary Grant, died (aged 82). He was considered the definitive leading man. He featured in over 70 films, including a number of Alfred Hitchcock films, most notably, Suspicion, Notorious, North by Northwest, and To Catch a Thief. pic.twitter.com/2Dgrfp91UJ
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 29, 2022
29 November 2001. George Harrison, known as the ‘Quiet Beatle’, died of cancer (aged 58). He composed 3 of their most popular songs: Something, Here Comes The Sun, and While My Guitar Gently Weeps. He’s generally regarded as the nicest Beatle, and certainly the most spiritual. pic.twitter.com/inh4MQxGXw
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 29, 2022
November 30th
1016 Cnut the Great [Canute], King of Denmark, claims the English throne after the death of Edmund 'Ironside'
1487 The first German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot), is promulgated in Munich by Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria stating beer should be brewed from only three ingredients – water, malt and hops
1648 English Parliamentary army captures King Charles I
1786 Grand Duke of Tuscany Leopold II promulgates a penal reform, making his the 1st state to abolish the death penalty. November 30 commemorated as Cities for Life Day.
1876 Archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann finds the gold Mask of Agamemnon at Mycenae (modern Greece) "the Mona Lisa of prehistory" [1]
Did You Know?
World's longest recorded rainbow - 8 hrs 58 min in Taipei's Yangmingshan mountain range
Today in History in 2017
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Ann Hodges is bruised by a meteor at Sylacauga, Alabama in first modern instance of a meteorite striking a human
Today in History in 1954