The Crystal Palace in London is destroyed by fire. On November 30, 1936, the Crystal Palace, an iconic structure which had come to epitomise the…
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29 November 1847
The missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman and his wife along with 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians. this leads to the Cayuse War….
28 November 1912
Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire. On November 28, 1912 Albanian nationalist leader Ismail Qemal, an Ottoman civil servant who rose to the…
27 November 2006
A motion tabled by Prime Minister Stephen Harper that recognizes the Québécois as a nation within Canada is passed. The House of Commons has overwhelmingly…
26 November 1976
The Sex Pistols release “Anarchy in the U.K.”, heralding the arrival of punk rock in the UK. By late 1976, bands such as Television and…
25 November 1941
The HMS Barham is sunk by a German torpedo during World War 2. The HMS Barham was one of five fast battleships of the Queen…
24 November 1877
The novel, Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell is published. Black Beauty, the fictional ‘autobiography’ of a talking horse, was published in November 24, 1877 and…
23 November 1978
A cyclone in Eastern Sri Lanka kills almost 1000 people. The 1978 cyclone in Eastern province of Sri Lanka was the strongest tropical cyclone which…
22 November 1990
Lech Walesa is elected as the President of Poland. Lech Walesa is known for his valiant effort to free his native Poland from Communist rule….
21 November 2012
A bomb is thrown onto a bus in Tel Aviv, wounding 28 people. The 2012 Tel Aviv bus bombing was a mass-injury terror attack carried…