On This Day In History

November 21st, 1694: French writer Voltaire was born.

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November 20th, 1969: Native American activists seize control of Alcatraz Island.

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November 19th, 1942: American fashion designer Calvin Klein is born.

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November 18th, 1993: South Africa approves a new constitution expanding voting rights and ending white minority rule. The first multiracial South African general elections were held in April 1994.

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November 17th, 1903: The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into the Bolsheviks (the majority, the “hards”, led by Vladimir Lenin) and the Mensheviks (the minority, the “softs”, led by Julius Martov).

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November 16th, 1885: Louis Riel is executed. Riel was a Canadian politician and a political Métis leader, who led two resistance movements against the expanding Canadian government.

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November 15th, 1985: The Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed by Prime Minister Thatcher and Taoiseach FitzGerald. It ultimately failed to unite the people of Northern Ireland or bring an end to the political violence there, and was opposed on both sides, but is seen as a key stepping stone for eventual peace.

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November 14th, 1851: Herman Melville publishes Moby-Dick.

November 13th, 1947: The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47.

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November 12th, 2018: American comic book writer Stan Lee dies.