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1 Nov. |
1858 |
Following the bloody
events of the Indian Mutiny Queen Victoria is proclaimed ruler of
India, replacing the reign of the East India Company. |
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2 Nov. |
1936 |
The world's first
regular TV service was started by the British Broadcasting
Corporation, an estimated 100 TV owners tuned in. |
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3 Nov. |
1942 |
British Field
Marshall Bernard Montgomery's troops break through the front line of
Erwin Rommel's Afrika Corps capturing 9000
prisoners. |
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4 Nov. |
1843 |
The 5.5 metre statue
of Lord Nelson was hauled to the top of its 60 metre column in
Trafalgar Square, London. |
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5 Nov. |
1605 |
Guy Fawkes
is
arrested beneath the House of Parliament as a plot to blow up
England's King James I is uncovered. |
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6 Nov. |
1429 |
Henry VI is crowned King
of
England. |
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7 Nov. |
1917 |
Bolshevik Red Guards
seize control of the Winter Palace and confirm Vladimir Ilyich
Ulyanov (Lenin) as leader of Russia. |
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8 Nov. |
1656 |
Birth of Edmond Halley, English
astronomer and mathematician, best known for identifying the comet
named after him. |
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9 Nov. |
1953 |
Death of the flamboyant
Welsh bard Dylan Thomas at the age of 39. His heavy drinking and
wild living contributing to his early demise. |
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10 Nov. |
1871 |
Henry Morton Stanley
tracks down "missing" Scottish explorer and missionary David
Livingstone to the shores of Lake Tanganyika. |
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11 Nov. |
1918 |
After four years and 97
days the guns finally fell silent as the Great War ended. Around 9
million lives lost with a further 27 million injured. |
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12 Nov. |
1035
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Death of Canute,
Danish King of England. |
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13 Nov. |
1850 |
Birth of Scottish
author Robert Louis Stevenson whose classic tales include Treasure
Island, Kidnapped and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. |
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14 Nov. |
1940 |
In one raid 449 German Luftwaffe bombers
dropped 503 tons of bombs and 881 incendiaries onto the English City
of Coventry. |
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15 Nov. |
1968 |
The largest
passenger liner in the world, Cunard's flagship Queen Elizabeth,
docked in Southhampton at the end of her last transatlantic
voyage. |
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16 Nov. |
1724 |
Highwayman Jack Sheppard is
hanged at Tyburn, London in front of an estimated crowd of 200,000. |
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17 Nov. |
1558 |
Death of England's
first ruling Queen, Mary Tudor. Unpopular daughter of Henry VIII and
Catherine of Aragon. |
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18 Nov. |
1852 |
A massive state funeral
for the Duke of Wellington is held in London. |
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19 Nov. |
1620 |
The 180-ton wine ship
Mayflower arrives at Cape Cod, America, it's passengers, 87 members
of a Protestant sect - The Pilgrim Fathers. |
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20 Nov. |
1947 |
Princess Elizabeth
(Queen Elizabeth II) married her cousin Lieutenant Philip
Mountbatten (Duke of Edinburgh) at Westminster Abbey. |
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21 Nov. |
1695 |
Death of Henry Purcell,
English composer and organist. |
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22 Nov. |
1963 |
The world mourns at the
news that President John F. Kennedy had been shot and killed in
Dallas, Texas. |
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23 Nov. |
1910 |
American-born Dr Hawley
Harvey Crippen was hanged at Pentonville Prison in London after
poisoning his wife and dismembering her body. |
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24 Nov. |
1859 |
Charles Darwin
publishes his book Origin of the Species |
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25 Nov. |
1984 |
Band Aid rock stars
gather at Sarm Studios in London to record "Do They Know It's
Christmas", all proceeds to Ethiopian famine relief. |
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26 Nov. |
1922 |
Archaeologist Howard
Carter and his sponsor the Earl of Caernavon make a hole in the door
and gaze into the tomb of Tutankhamun. |
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27 Nov. |
1875 |
Britain buys shares
worth £4 million ($7 million) in the Suez Canal Company. |
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28 Nov. |
1919 |
Nancy Astor is elected
Member of Parliament for Plymouth, becoming Britain's first woman
MP. |
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29 Nov. |
1641 |
England's first
newspaper is published. |
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30 Nov. |
1936 |
One of London's
best-loved landmarks, the Crystal Palace burned down. The huge glass
building originally housed the Great Exhibition of 1851. |