An attempt in Oregon to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives leads to the now infamous “exploding whale” incident.
Author: Staff
11 November 1918
Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies. The fighting officially ends at 11:00 a.m., (the eleventh hour in the eleventh month on the eleventh…
10 November 1944
The ammunition ship USS Mount Hood explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Admiralty Islands killing over 432 and wounding 371.
8 November 1987
A Provisional IRA bomb explodes in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland during a ceremony that was to honor those who had died in wars that involved the…
7 November 1957
The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters during the Cold war.
5 November 1925
The secret agent, Sidney Reilly, is executed by the secret police of the Soviet Union.
4 November 1955
The rebuilt Vienna State Opera which was being destroyed in World War II reopens with a performance of Beethoven’s Fidelio.