LSD is synthesized for the first time by Albert Hofmann. Albert Hofmann, a chemist working for Sandoz Pharmaceutical, synthesized LSD for the first time in…
15 November 2006
The Al Jazeera English service launches worldwide. Al Jazeera English (AJE) is an international state-funded 24-hour English-language news and current affairs TV channel owned and…
14 November 1851
The novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville is first published. Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville about the voyage of the whaling ship Pequod, is…
13 November 1990
In Aramoana, near Dunedin in New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people. On November 13th, 1990, residents of the small seaside town of Aramoana…
12 November 1991
Indonesian armed forces open fire on a crowd of student protesters in Dili, East Timor in what become known as the Santa Cruz massacre. In…
11 November 1918
Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in Compiègne to end fighting on the Western front during World War I. The last day of…
9 November 1994
The chemical element ‘darmstadtium’ is first discovered. Darmstadtium was discovered by S. Hofmann, V. Ninov, F. P. Hessberger, P. Armbruster, H. Folger, G. Münzenberg, H….
8 November 1965
The death penalty is formally abolished in the United Kingdom. The abolition of capital punishment was a major priority of the incoming Labour government of…
7 November 2007
Nine died in the Jokela school shooting in Tuusula, Finland The Jokela school shooting occurred on 7 November 2007, at Jokela High School in Jokela,…