1. We've had very few donations over the year. I'm going to be short soon as some personal things are keeping me from putting up the money. If you have something small to contribute it's greatly appreciated. Please put your screen name as well so that I can give you credit. Click here: Donations
    Dismiss Notice

On This Day in History

Discussion in 'General Discussions' started by Tully Mars, Aug 1, 2011.

  1. CaptainBob

    CaptainBob Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Kingston, eh?
    November 8, 1944:[​IMG]



    Scheldt Holland - The First Canadian Army is victorious in the Scheldt campaign; British and Canadian troops overcome Germans in Beveland and Walcheren; here is a convoy moving along the dikes toward Germany.
     
  2. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    Also on November 8th in 1960, Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy defeated Vice President Richard M. Nixon for the presidency.
     
  3. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    On November 9, 1938, Nazi troops and sympathizers destroyed and looted 7,500 Jewish businesses, burned 267 synagogues, killed 91 Jews, and rounded up over 25,000 Jewish men in an event that became known as Kristallnacht or "Night of Broken Glass..."
     
  4. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    Also on in 1965, the great Northeast blackout occurred as several states and parts of Canada were hit by a series of power failures lasting up to 13 1/2 hours.
     
  5. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    On November 10, 1871, Henry M. Stanley, journalist and explorer, found David Livingstone. Livingston was a missing Scottish missionary in central Africa. Stanley delivered his famous greeting: "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
     
  6. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    Also on November 10th in 1982, the newly finished Vietnam Veterans Memorial was opened to its first visitors in Washington, D.C.
     
  7. cynthetiq

    cynthetiq Administrator Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    New York City
    Nov. 10, 1983: Windows 1.0 is introduced to the world. It is not released until 2 years later.
     
  8. Zweiblumen

    Zweiblumen Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Iceland
    And didn't work until version 3.1
     
  9. CaptainBob

    CaptainBob Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Kingston, eh?
    November 10, 1979:

    TANKER CARS DERAIL FORCING 240,000 TO EVACUATE
    Mississauga Ontario - Canadian Pacific freight #54 suffers a hot axle box and derails en route from Windsor to Agincourt; 19 of 24 CP Rail tanker cars contain dangerous propane, soda and chlorine, and after an explosion and fire the following day, they start leaking chlorine gas; Mississauga's mayor orders an official evacuation of the city; 240,000 residents leave, some for six days. The Grange Commission report on the accident is published Dec. 1980.
     
  10. [​IMG]
     
    • Like Like x 1
  11. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    On November 11, 1620, the Mayflower Compact was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower when they landed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod. The compact called for "just and equal laws..."
     
  12. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    Also on November 11th in 1918, fighting in World War I came to an end with the signing of an armistice between the Allies and Germany.
     
  13. the_jazz

    the_jazz Accused old lady puncher

    Henry Gunther was killed near Metz, France at roughly 11:01 AM on 11/11/18. No one was ever charged with the crime.
     
  14. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    ^^ just got that.
     
  15. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    On November 12, 1940, Walt Disney released "Fantasia..."
     
  16. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    Also on November 12th in 1942, the World War II naval Battle of Guadalcanal began. The Americans eventually won a major victory over the Japanese.
     
  17. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    On November 13, 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, DC...
     
  18. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    On November 14, 1972, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 1,000 (1,003.16) level for the first time...
     
  19. CaptainBob

    CaptainBob Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Kingston, eh?
    November 14, 1849:

    TORONTO THE CAPITAL OF CANADA
    Toronto Ontario - Toronto, Upper Canada becomes the new seat of the Union government; after a Tory mob had burned the Montreal Parliament buildings.
     
  20. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    On November 15, 1969, in Washington, DC, a quarter of a million protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the Vietnam War...