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Historical Events

21 Nov 1272
Following Henry III of Englands death on November 16 his son Prince Edward becomes King of England.
21 Nov 1317
Frederik of SierckZyrick becomes bishop of Utrecht
21 Nov 1620
Pilgrim Fathers reach America Provincetown Harbor Mass
21 Nov 1620
Mayflower Compact signed by Pilgrims at Cape Cod [O.S. Nov 11]
21 Nov 1654
Richard Johnson a free black granted 550 acres in Virginia
21 Nov 1696
J Vanbrughes Relapse or Virtue in Danger premieres in London
21 Nov 1759
Battle at Maxen Prussian army surrenders to Austrians
21 Nov 1783
Jean-Franois Piltre de Rozier and Marquis dArlandes make 1st manned free balloon flight in a Montgolfier balloon
21 Nov 1789
North Carolina ratifies constitution becomes 12th US state
21 Nov 1806
Decree of Berlin Emperor Napoleon I bans all trade with Britain
21 Nov 1818
Russias Tsar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine
21 Nov 1824
First Jewish Reform congregation forms Charleston South Carolina
21 Nov 1834
HMS Beagle anchors at Bay of San Carlos Chile
21 Nov 1837
Thomas Morris of Australia skips rope 22806 times
21 Nov 1847
Steamer Phoenix is lost on Lake Michigan kills 200
21 Nov 1848
Alfred de Mussets Andre del Sarto premieres in Paris
21 Nov 1849
Friedrich Hebbels Der Rubin premieres in Vienna
21 Nov 1852
Duke Uiversity founded in 1838 as Union Institute chartered as Normal College
21 Nov 1871
The first human cannonball Emilio Onra is fired
21 Nov 1876
Skirmish between HM Stanleys expedition & natives
21 Nov 1880
Henry Stanley & Pierre de Brazza quarrel about possession of Congo
21 Nov 1895
Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure of Bruce Partington Plans (BG)
21 Nov 1901
Richard Strauss opera Feuersnot premieres in Dresden
21 Nov 1902
1st night football game Philadelphia Athletics beats Kanaweola AC 39-0
21 Nov 1902
Baseballs Philadelphia Athletics & Phillies form pro football teams joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League
21 Nov 1902
The Canadian government appoints a commission to consider revising classifying and consolidating the many public statutes passed over the years
21 Nov 1905
1st game ever played in the Australian Tennis Open
21 Nov 1914
Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game
21 Nov 1916
HMHS Britannic sinks in the Aegean Sea after a mine explodes killing 30 people
21 Nov 1918
2 German ammunition trains explode in Hamont Belgium 1750 die
21 Nov 1918
Polish soldiers organize a pogrom against Jews of Galicia Poland
21 Nov 1918
The German High Seas Fleet of 5 battlecruisers 9 battleships 7 cruisers and 49 destroyers surrendered to the British Grand Fleet and were shepherded into the Firth of Forth
21 Nov 1920
Karel Capks Vec Makropulos premieres in Prague
21 Nov 1921
The trial of the accused of the Bulhoek Massacre commences in South Africa
21 Nov 1922
Rebecca L Felton (Ga) sworn in as first female US Senator
21 Nov 1933
1st US ambassador to USSR W.C. Bullitt begins service
21 Nov 1934
Uiver returns from Schiphol in London-Melbourne air race
21 Nov 1935
Jean Giraudoux La Guerre de Troie nAura premieres in Paris
21 Nov 1938
-24] Belgian king Leopold III visits Netherlands
21 Nov 1938
Nazi forces occupy western Czechoslovakia & declared them German citizens
21 Nov 1940
Nazi occupiers forbid building schools in Netherlands
21 Nov 1941
German troops occupy Rostov-on-Don Southern Russia
21 Nov 1943
7 Belgian ministers in London criticise King Leopold III for surrendering to Germany
21 Nov 1944
Personnel & executive staff of Philips demonstrate for more food
21 Nov 1945
Benjamin Brittens 2nd String quartet in C premieres
21 Nov 1946
Harry Truman becomes 1st US President to travel in a submerged sub
21 Nov 1947
Bill Longson beats Lou Thesz in St Louis to win National Wrestlingg Association world heavyweight title
21 Nov 1952
1st US postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced
21 Nov 1952
Dodgers pitcher Joe Black wins NL Rookie of Year
21 Nov 1953
WKJG TV channel 33 in Ft Wayne IN (NBC) begins broadcasting
21 Nov 1953
Authorities at the British Natural History Museum announce the Piltdown Man skull one of the most famous fossil skulls in the world is a hoax
21 Nov 1955
Argentina asks Panama for return of ex-president Peron
21 Nov 1955
KTVO TV channel 3 in Ottumwa-Kirksville IA (ABC) begins broadcasting
21 Nov 1956
Don Newcombe wins NL MVP & 1st-ever Cy Young Award
21 Nov 1960
Bob Scheffing signs to manage Tigers after Casey Stengel turns it down
21 Nov 1962
The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army declares a unilateral cease-fire in the Sino-Indian War.
21 Nov 1964
Something More closes at Eugene ONeill Theater NYC after 15 performances
21 Nov 1964
Zizi opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 49 performances
21 Nov 1964
Pope Paul VI signs 3rd sitting of 2nd Vatican council
21 Nov 1964
Verrazano-Narrows suspension bridge opens in New York City then the worlds longest
21 Nov 1965
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern KazakhSemipalitinsk USSR
21 Nov 1967
Phillip & Jay Kunz fly a kite a record 28000 feet
21 Nov 1968
Cin trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt
21 Nov 1968
Supremes & The Temptations release Im Gonna Make You Love Me
21 Nov 1969
KXIX (now KVCT) TV channel 19 in Victoria TX (ABC) 1st broadcast
21 Nov 1970
NY Knicks 1st game against Cleve Cavalier Knicks win 102-94 at Madison Square Garden
21 Nov 1970
17th National Film Awards (India) Bhuvan Shome wins the Golden Lotus
21 Nov 1971
NY Rangers scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
21 Nov 1971
Richard Baker becomes teacher of San Francisco Zen Center
21 Nov 1971
Battle of Garibpur Indian troops aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas) defeat the Pakistan army
21 Nov 1972
Red Sox Carlton Fisk wins AL Rookie of Year Mets Jon Matlack wins NL
21 Nov 1973
US President Richard Nixons attorney J Fred Buzhardt reveals presence of 18 minute gap in a White House tape recording related to Watergate
21 Nov 1974
Freedom of Information Act passed by Congress over President Fords veto
21 Nov 1974
Birmingham pub bombings 21 civilians killed when bombs explode at two pubs in Birmingham England (deadliest attack in England during the Troubles)
21 Nov 1977
All N All 8th studio album by Earth Wind & Fire is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1978)
21 Nov 1978
Bob Horner of Braves wins NL Rookie of Year Award
21 Nov 1979
Crowd at Islamabad Pakistan attack US embassy 1 dies
21 Nov 1980
Dallas Who Shot JR episode (Kristen) gets a 53.3 rating (83 mill) in the US
21 Nov 1980
Gene Michael named 25th New York Yankees manager replacing Dick Howser who resigns
21 Nov 1980
Hi Infidelity 9th studio album by REO Speedwagon is released
21 Nov 1981
400000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against cruise missiles
21 Nov 1983
Doonesbury opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 104 performances
21 Nov 1986
Suriname army leader Desi Bouterse massacres Moiwana village
21 Nov 1987
Breeders Cup Horse Racing Hollywood Park winners Epitome Ferdinand Miesque Sacahuista Success Express Theatrica Very Subtle
21 Nov 1989
TV cameras permitted in British House of Commons
21 Nov 1990
Michael Milken is sentenced to 10 years for security law violations
21 Nov 1991
Poetess Maria Elene Cruz Varela arrested in Cuba
21 Nov 1992
Jan Karlsson swims world record 50m butterfly (23.80 sec)
21 Nov 1992
Jani Sievinen swims world record 100m medley (53.78 sec)
21 Nov 1992
Louise Karlsson swims world record 50m freestyle (31.19 sec)
21 Nov 1992
Oregon Senator Bob Packwood issues apology for unwelcome sexual advances
21 Nov 1992
Sams Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson for the second time
21 Nov 1993
Cinderella closes at New York State Theater NYC after 14 performances
21 Nov 1993
Cyrano - The Musical opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC for 137 performances
21 Nov 1993
Neo-fascist MSI wins 36% of municipal elections in Rome
21 Nov 1993
Top seeded German tennis player Steffi Graf wins WTA Tour Championship beats Arantxa Snchez Vicario of Spain 61 64 36 61 at Madison Square Garden NYC
21 Nov 1993
German tennis star Michael Stich scores a 76 26 76 62 win over American Pete Sampras to win his first and only ATP Tour World Championship title in Frankfurt Germany
21 Nov 1994
1st-class cricket debut of Andrew Symonds (Queensland v NSW SCG)
21 Nov 1995
Israel grants jailed US spy Jonathan Pollard citizenship
21 Nov 1995
New double Beatle CD released with new song Free as a Bird
21 Nov 1996
A propane explosion at the Humberto Vidal shoe store and office building in San Juan Puerto Rico kills 33.
21 Nov 1999
Repeat of previous years final but different result American tennis star Lindsay Davenport beats Martina Hingis 6-4 6-2 for the WTA Tour Championship at Madison Square Garden NYC
21 Nov 1999
Elian Gonzalez Cuban boy at the center of a heated 2000 controversy involving the governments of Cuba and the United States departs from Cuba with his mother
21 Nov 2002
NATO invites Bulgaria Estonia Latvia Lithuania Romania Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.
21 Nov 2004
The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held unleashing massive protests and controversy over the elections integrity.
21 Nov 2004
Island of Dominica hit by the most destructive earthquake in its history. Damage concentrated in the north and the town of Portsmouth. Also felt in neighboring Guadeloupe where one person is killed.
21 Nov 2004
The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to 100 billion) of Iraqs external debt.
21 Nov 2004
92nd CFL Grey Cup Toronto Argonauts defeats BC Lions 27-19
21 Nov 2004
Roger Federer of Switzerland wins back-to-back season-ending Tennis Masters Cup titles with a 63 62 victory over Australian Leyton Hewitt in the final in Houston Texas
21 Nov 2006
Anti-Syrian Lebanese Minister and MP Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in suburban Beirut.
21 Nov 2006
Daughtry release their debut album Daughtry (2007 Billboard Album of the Year American Music Awards Favorite Pop-Rock Album 2007)
21 Nov 2012
Chelsea Manager Roberto Di Matteo is sacked and replaced by Rafael Bentez
21 Nov 2013
31 people are killed by a truck bomb in northeaster Iraq
21 Nov 2013
The Alabama parole board grants posthumous pardons to three members of the Scottsboro boys
21 Nov 2013
54 people are killed after the roof of a supermarket collapses in Riga Latvia
21 Nov 2016
India celebrates 50th anniversary of IR8 rice variety specially bred that saved much of Asia from famine
21 Nov 2017
CBS TV host Charlie Rose is fired after allegations of sexual harassment by eight women
21 Nov 2017
Oumuamua comet 400 meters and reddish first known comet from another star system revealed by scientists
21 Nov 2017
Pixar animation head John Lasseter takes 6 month leave of absence amid sexual misconduct claims
21 Nov 2017
Mt Agung on the Indonesian island of Bali begins erupting
21 Nov 1620
Mayflower Compact signed by Pilgrims at Cape Cod [O.S. Nov 11]
21 Nov 1905
1st match ever played in the Australian National Tennis Championships
21 Nov 1938
Nazi forces occupy western Czechoslovakia and declare inhabitants to be German citizens
21 Nov 1971
Battle of Garibpur Indian troops aided by the Mukti Bahini Bengali guerrillas defeat the army of Pakistan
21 Nov 2004
CFL Grey Cup Frank Clair Stadium Ottawa Toronto Argonauts defeat BC Lions 27-19 first Grey Cup game played on next-generation FieldTurf surface
21 Nov 2018
RIBAs best building in the world biennial international prize awarded to Canuan school in Brazil
21 Nov 2018
Former Guatemalan soldier Santos Lpez Alonzo sentenced to 5160 years for killing 171 people in Dos Erres during the civil war
21 Nov 1852
Duke University founded in 1838 as Union Institute chartered as Normal College
21 Nov 1920
Karel apeks Vec Makropulos premieres in Prague
21 Nov 2019
WHO says Measles has killed more than 5000 people in Democratic Republic of Congo in in worlds largest and fastest-moving epidemic
21 Nov 2019
22 killed in displacement camp in attack by Syrian government in Idlib province Syria
21 Nov 2019
44% of Americans work in low-wage jobs with medium annual wage of just 18000 with most aged 25 - 54 according to analysis by Brookings Institutions Metropolitan Policy Program
21 Nov 2019
First of a series of national strikes in Colombia against the government of President Ivn Duque and proposed cuts to pensions
21 Nov 1817
US soldiers attack Miccosukee Tribe village of Fowltown Georgia beginning what becomes known as the First Seminole War
21 Nov 1880
Henry Stanley and Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza quarrel about possession of Congo
21 Nov 1980
TV show Dallas episode Who Done It reveals Who Shot J.R. gets a then record 53.3 rating (over 83 million viewers 76% of television watchers) in the US
21 Nov 2020
Texas National Guard mobilized to help El Paso County deal with a morgue crisis as COVID-19 cases and deaths surge
21 Nov 1831
Giacomo Meyerbeers opera Robert le diable (Robert the Devil) premieres at at the Paris Opra
21 Nov 1922
Rebecca L Felton (Ga) sworn in as first female US Senator [1]
21 Nov 1970
NY Knicks 1st game against Cleveland Cavaliers Knicks win 102-94 at Madison Square Garden
21 Nov 1993
Cinderella closes at New York State Theater NYC after 14 performances
21 Nov 2021
Alexander Zverev of Germany captures his second ATP Finals mens tennis title defeating world 2 Daniil Medvedev 6-4 6-4 in Turin
21 Nov 1831
Giacomo Meyerbeers opera Robert le diable (Robert the Devil) premieres at the Paris Opra
21 Nov 1849
Friedrich Hebbels play Der Rubin premieres in Vienna
21 Nov 1943
WWII German submarine U-538 sunk on southwest of Ireland in the Atlantic Ocean by British warships
21 Nov 1973
US President Richard Nixons attorney J. Fred Buzhardt reveals presence of 18 minute gap in a White House tape recording related to Watergate
21 Nov 1996
Canadian Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples says relationship between indigenous people and non-indigenous people should be completely re-structured [1]
21 Nov 2006
34thAmerican Music Awards Kelly Clarkson Sean Paul & Rascal Flatts win
21 Nov 2010
38th American Music Awards Lady Gaga & Justin Bieber win
21 Nov 2021
Voiceless Mass by Raven Chacon premieres at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee - first work by an Native American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music [1]
21 Nov 2021
49th American Music Awards BTS Taylor Swift Ed Sheeran Drake & Luke Bryan win
21 Nov 2022
China reports new COVID-19 outbreaks with 28127 new cases with half in Guangzhou and the municipality of Chongqing and public venues closed in Beijing and Shanghai [1]
21 Nov 2022
Magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes near the city of Cianjur on the Indonesian island of Java killing at least 268 people with over 1000 injured [1]
21 Nov 1864
Two-day Battle at Griswoldville Georgia begins
21 Nov 1938
Belgian king Leopold III King of the Belgians begins 3-day visit to Netherlands
21 Nov 1961
La Ronde 1st revolving restaurant in US opens atop the 23-floor Ala Moana Tower in Honolulu Hawaii designed by architect John Graham Jr.
21 Nov 1995
Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 5000 for 1st time
21 Nov 2023
Changpeng Zhao founder and CEO of Binance worlds largest cryptocurrency exchange pleads guilty to allowing customers to launder money - will pay 4.3 billion in fines to US government [1]