Lhamo Dondrub is officially named the 14th Dalai Lama. The 14th Dalai Lama religious name: Tenzin Gyatso, shortened from Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin…
16 November 1871
The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State. The National Rifle Association of America is an American nonprofit organization that advocates for…
15 November 2006
The TV channel, Al Jazeera English launches worldwide. Al Jazeera English is a Qatari pay television news channel owned and operated by Al Jazeera Media…
14 November 1971
Mariner 9 enters into orbit around Mars. Mariner 9 was an unmanned NASA space probe that contributed greatly to the exploration of Mars and was…
13 November 1901
The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster takes place. The Caister lifeboat disaster of 13 November 1901 occurred off the coast of Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, England. It took…
12 November 1954
Ellis Island ceased operations. On this day in 12 November 1954, Ellis Island, the gateway to America, shuts it doors after processing more than 12…
11 November 1675
Gottfried Leibniz first demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x). On November 11, 1675,…
10 November 1674
The Netherlands cedes New Netherland to England. New Netherland was a 17th-century colony of the Dutch Republic that was located on the east coast of…
9 November 1953
Cambodia gains independence from France. Independence Day is a national holiday observed annually in Cambodia every 9 November. The date celebrates Cambodia’s Declaration of Independence…
8 November 1939
Adolf Hitler escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch. On this day in 8 November 1939,…