The Berners Street hoax is perpetrated by Theodore Hook in the City of Westminster, London. The Berners Street Hoax, orchestrated by the infamous prankster Theodore…
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26 November 1863
United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. Following the…
25 November 1947
Red Scare: The “Hollywood Ten” are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios. The Red Scare refers to the intense fear of communism and radical leftist ideologies…
24 November 1642
Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen’s Land Van Diemen’s Land was the original name used by Europeans for Tasmania,…
23 November 1981
Iran–Contra affair: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support…
22 November 2004
The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections. The Orange Revolution in Ukraine was a series of protests and political events that…
21 November 1620
Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact The Mayflower Compact, signed on November 11, 1620, was a foundational document for self-governance in what would later…
20 November 1820
An 80-ton sperm whale attacks and sinks the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts) 3,200 kilometres (2,000 mi) from the western coast of South…
19 November 1916
Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures. Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, established in 1916, was a significant early player in the burgeoning American film industry….
18 November 1947
The Ballantyne’s Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand. The Ballantyne’s…