THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
November 1st. All Saints Day observed by
Christians.
01/11/1470. King Edward 5th. of England is
born.
November 2nd. All Souls Day observed by
Christians.
02/11/1755. French Queen Marie Antoinette
is born.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
02/11/1946. Alan Jones. Australian Formula One
world motor racing champion is
born.
02/11/1788. Parramatta in N.S.W. Is founded by
Captain Arthur Phillip.
03/11/1903. Panama declares its independence
from Colombia.
03/11/1913. The U.S. government introduces an
income tax for the 1st. time.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
04/11/1922. The tomb of Tutankhamun, King of
Egypt, is discovered.
04/11/1956. Soviet Military forces enter
Hungary to quash an uprising by
Hungarian citizens. Thousands are
killed and wounded and nearly
250,000 people flee Hungary.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
04/11/1995. Yitzhak Rabin. Prime Minister of
Israel is assassinated.
04/11/2008. Barack Obama becomes the 1st.
African American to be elected as
President of the U.S.A.
November 5th. Guy Fawkes day in the U.K. The
Gunpowder plot to blow up the
English Houses of Parliament fails
in 1605.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
05/11/1688. The Glorious Revolution begins in
England led by William of Orange.
05/11/1913. Vivien Leigh who played the role of
Scarlett O’Hara in
“Gone With the Wind” is born.
05/11/2006. The former President of Iraq:
Saddam Hussein is sentenced to
death.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
06/11/1861. Jefferson Davis is elected President
of the Confederate States of
America.
06/11/1893. Peter Illyich Tchiakovsky. Famous
Russian composer is born.
06/11/1999. Australians vote in a Referendum
against Australia becoming a
Republic.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
06/11/2004. Johnny Warren. Former Australian
Football Captain and SBS
commentator dies.
07/11/1867. Marie Curie. French Physicist is
born.
07/11/1926. Dame Joan Sutherland. Australian
Opera singer is born.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
07/11/1935. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith.
Australian aviator disappears in a
flight after leaving India.
08/11/1656. Edmond Halley. British Astronomer
is born.
08/11/1900. Margaret Mitchell. American
author who wrote:
“Gone with the Wind” is born.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
08/11/1922. Dr Christian Barnard. South African
Heart surgeon who performed the
1st. ever Heart transplant on
03/12/1967 is born.
08/11/1923. The Beer Hall Putsch takes place in
Munich when the Nazis led by
Adolf Hitler try unsuccessfully to
overthrow the German government.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
08/11/1932. Franklin Delano Roosevelt is
elected President of the U.S.A. for
the 1st. of 4 times.
08/11/1965. The Death penalty is formally
abolished in the U.K.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
08/11/2013. Typhoon Haiyan hits the
Philippines . Over 5,000 people are
killed and the cyclone causes over
$1Billion in damages.
09/11/1887. Pearl Harbour becomes a territory
of the U.S.A.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
09/11/1921. Albert Einstein is awarded the
Nobel prize for Physics for his work
with the photoelectric effect.
09/11/1953. Cambodia becomes independent.
09/11/1989. The Berlin wall comes down.
10/11/1483. Martin Luther. German leader of
the Protestant Reformation is born.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
11/11/1215. The 4th. Lateran Council meets and
defines the doctrine of
Transubstantiation by which the
Bread & Wine are said to be
transformed into the Body & Blood
of Jesus Christ.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
11/11/1675. Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates
Integral Calculus for the 1st. time.
11/11/1880. The Australian Bushranger Ned
Kelly is hanged in Melbourne.
11/11/1918. Poland is proclaimed an
independent Republic.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
11/11/1918. Germany signs an armistice with
the Allies whereby W.W.1. ends
at the 11th. Hour, of the 11th. Day,
of the 11th. Month in 1918.
11/11/1975. The Whitlam government is
dismissed by the Governor General
Sir John Kerr in Canberra.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
13/11/1850. Robert Louis Stevenson. Scottish
novelist is born.
13/11/2015. A series no co-ordinated Terrorist
attacks by ISIS takes place in Paris
with 130 killed and 368 injured.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
14/11/1840. Claude Monet. French painter is
born.
14/11/1889. Jawaharlal Nehru. 1st. Prime
Minister of India is born.
14/11/1948. Prince Charles is born.
14/11/2015. Warren Mitchell. Famous English
actor and screenwriter dies.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
15/11/1630. Johannes Keppler. German
Astronomer & Mathematician dies.
15/11/1891. Erwin Rommel. German Field
Marshall in W.W.2. is born.
15/11/1889. Brazil becomes a Republic.
15/11/1918. The League of Nations meets for
the 1st. time.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
16/11/1960. Clarke Gabel. American actor who
starred in the movie:
“Gone with the Wind” dies.
16/11/2014. Ian Craig. Australia’s youngest ever
Test cricket Captain dies.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
17/11/1558. Queen Elizabeth 1st. Is crowned
Queen of England.
17/11/1869. The Suez canal is opened.
17/11/1889. Bernard Montgomery “Monty”
British W.W.2. Commander is born.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY.
NOVEMBER
18/11/1626. St Peters Bascillia is consecrated in
Rome.
18/11/1836. Sir William Gilbert of Gilbert &
Sullivan Opera fame is born.
18/11/1901. George Gallup. “The Gallup Poll”
is born.
18/11/1962. Neils Bohr. Danish Physicist &
Nobel Prize winner dies.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
18/11/1969. Joseph P Kennedy. Father of Jack,
Robert & Edward dies.
18/11/2015. Jonah Lomu. Famous New Zealand
Rugby Union player dies.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
19/11/1863. President Abraham Lincoln delivers
his Gettysburg Address.
19/11/1828. Franz Schubert. Austrian Composer
dies.
19/11/1917. Indira Gandhi. 1st. Female Prime
Minister of India is born.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
19/11/1941. H.M.A.S. Sydney is sunk in W.W.2.
645 Australians are killed.
19/11/1969. Brazilian Footballer Pele scores his
1,000th. goal.
20/11/1925. Senator Robert F Kennedy is born.
20/11/1945. The Nuremberg War Trials begin.
20/11/1947. Princess Elizabeth
(Queen Elizabeth 2nd.) marries
Prince Phillip.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
20/11/1962. The Cuban Missile Crisis officially
ends.
21/11/1694. Voltaire. French author &
philosopher is born.
22/11/1943. Billie Jean King. Famous U.S. Tennis
player is born.
22/11/1943. Lebanon gains its Independence
from France.
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY.
NOVEMBER
22/11/1963. Aldous Huxley. English author dies.
22/11/1963. C.S. Lewis. Irish author dies.
22/11/1963. U.S. President John F Kennedy
is assassinated in Dallas Texas.
22/11/2005. Angela Merkel becomes the 1st.
female Chancellor of Germany.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
23/11/1923. Radio Broadcasting begins in
Australia.
23/11/1934. Lew Hoad. Famous Australian
Tennis player is born.
23/11/2012. Larry Hagman. American film &
Television actor dies. Best known
for his roles as “JR” in Dallas &
“Major Nelson” in
I Dream of Jeannie.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
24/11/1642. Abel Tasman becomes the 1st.
European to discover Van Dieman’s
land. (Tasmania)
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
24/11/1859. Charles Darwin publishes his book:
“On the origin of the Species.”
24/11/1876. Walter Burley Griffin. Designer of
Canberra is born.
24/11/1963. Lee Harvey Oswald.
(The alleged assassin of J.F.K.) is
shot dead Jack Ruby.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
25/11/1835. Andrew Carnegie. British born
Industrialist & Philanthropist is
born.
25/11/1880. John Flynn. Founder of the
Royal Flying Doctor Service
is born.
25/11/1881. Pope John 23rd. is born.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
25/11/2005. George Best. Northern Ireland’s
most famous footballer dies.
26/11/43BC. The 2nd. Triumvirate is formed
between Julius Caesar, Caesar
Augustus & Mark Antony.
26/11/1520. Ferdinand Magellan becomes the
1st. European to sail from the
Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
26/11/1842. The University of Notre Dame
is founded.
26/11/1855. The name Van Dieman’s Land is
replaced by the name Tasmania.
26/11/2003. The Concorde makes its final flight.
28/11/1757. William Blake. English poet & artist
is born.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
28/11/1893. Women vote in a National election
for the 1st. time anywhere in the
world in New Zealand.
28/11/1943. The Tehran Conference is held in
W.W.2.
28/11/1968. Enid Blyton. British Children’s
author dies.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
28/11/1992. Sydney Nolan. Famous Australian
artist dies.
29/11/1924. Giacomo Puccini. Famous Italian
Opera composer dies.
29/11/2001. George Harrison. Member of the
Beatles dies from lung cancer.
29/11/2008. Jorn Utzon. Danish architect who
designed the Sydney Opera House
dies.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
30TH. November. The feast of ST Andrew. Patron
Saint of Scotland & Scotland’s
National day.
30/11/1667. Jonathon Swift. English author is
born.
30/11/1835. Mark Twain. American author is
born.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
NOVEMBER
30/11/1874. Sir Winston Churchill. Britain’s War
time Prime Minister is born.
30/11/1900. Oscar Wilde. Irish author dies.
QUOTE OF THE MONTH:
“ Four score and seven years ago our fathers
bought forth on this continent a new nation,
conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the
proposition that all men are created
equal.……………………………………………………
That this nation, under God, shall have a new
birth of freedom – and that the government
of the people, by the people, for the people,
shall not perish from the earth.”
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
Gettysburg Address. 19th.November 1863.