dailyhistoryposts:

November 2nd, 1963: Ngô Đình Diệm, president of South Vietnam, is assassinated following a military coup and arrest.

whattolearntoday:

A bit of December 31st…

1744 - English astronomer James Bradley announces discovery of Earth’s nutation motion (wobble)

1904 - 1st New Years Eve celebration held in Times Square NYC

1907 - 1st time the ball drops at Times Square to signal the New Year (pictured)

1911 - Marie Curie receives her 2nd Nobel Prize, this time in chemistry for her work with radioactivity

1935 - Charles Darrow patents board game Monopoly, goes on to be 1st millionaire game designer

1955 - the General Motors Corporation becomes the 1st US corporation to make over a billion dollars in a year

1967 - Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Caesar’s Palace Fountain, Las Vegas, breaking his pelvis, femur, wrist, hip, and both ankles

1997 - Microsoft buys Hotmail email service for $400 million and relaunches it as MSN Hotmail

2010 - “The Walking Dead” premiers 

2020 - WHO grants Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine emergency authorization, paving the way for worldwide distribution

dailyhistoryposts:

November 1st, 846: Frankish king Louis the Stammerer is born. Other people in his family include his father Charles the Bald, his brother Charles the Child, and his son Charles the Simple.

whattolearntoday:

A bit of December 30th history…

1835 - Georgia gold rush forces Cherokees to move across the Mississippi River 

1906 - The All India Muslim League is founded, later laid down the foundations of Pakistan

1924 - Astronomer Edwin Hubble formally announces existence of other galactic systems at the American Astronomical Society (pictured)

1972 - US President Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam and announces peace talks

dailyhistoryposts:

October 31st, 1517: Martin Luther nails his 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.

momentsinhistory:

A bit of December 29th history…

1170 - English Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, is assassinated before the high altar of Canterbury Cathedral by 4 knights

1835 - Treaty of New Echota is signed between the US government and representatives of a minority Cherokee political faction to cede all lands of the Cherokees east of the Mississippi River to the US (pictured)

1851 - 1st American Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) opened

1852 - Emma Snodgrass arrested in Boston for wearing pants

1890 - US 7th Cavalry massacre 200+ captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, SD

1940 - Worst German air raid on London as over 10,000 bombs, including the 1st incendiary bombs, are dropped on the city as part of the blitz

1970 - Occupational Safety and Health Act signed into law by President Nixon

2016 - US President Obama retaliates against Russia for hacking American computer systems and trying to influence the 2016 presidential election by ejecting 35 Russian spies and imposing sanctions 

dailyhistoryposts:

October 30th, 1961: The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive device ever detonated.

momentsinhistory:

A bit of December 28th history…

1065 - Westminster Abbey in London consecrated (pictured)

1860 - Harriet Tubman arrives in NY on her last mission to free slaves, having evaded capture for 8 years on the Underground Railroad

1912 - 1st municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, CA as SF Municipal Railway starts operation

1948 - US announced a study to launch an Earth satellite

1973 - US President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law

1981 - 1st American test-tube baby is born

2012 - Putin signs into law a ban on US adoption of Russian children 

dailyhistoryposts:

October 29th, 1964: Murph the Surf (Jack Roland Murohy) and his gang pulls off one of the largest jewel heists in history, stealing 24 precious gems (including the Star of India) from the American Museum of Natural History.

momentsinhistory:

A bit of December 27th history…

537 - Hagia Sophia inaugurated by Emperor Justinian I as Eastern Orthadox Cathedral

1512 - Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regards to native indians in the New World

1831 - HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin on board departs England for a survey of South America, a voyage Darwin later said “determined my whole career”  (pictured)

1932 - Radio City Music Hall in US opens