Meet the Press makes its debut on television. Meet the Press is a weekly American television news/interview program that is broadcast on NBC. It is…
5 November 1943
The Vatican is bombed during World War II The Bombing of The Vatican during World War II happened on the evening of 5 November 1943…
4 November 1921
The Prime Minister of Japan, Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo. In the evening of 4 November 1921, Prime Minister HARA Takashi, who had led…
3 November 1954
The first Godzilla movie is released. Godzilla is a 1954 Japanese science fiction kaiju film featuring Godzilla, produced and distributed by Toho. It is the…
2 November 1930
Haile Selassie is crowned as the emperor of Ethiopia. Haile Selassie, is an emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 who sought to modernize his…
1 November 1951
1000’s of American soldiers are exposed to the ‘Desert Rock’ atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Desert Rock was the code name of a…
31 October 683
The Kaaba catches fire and is burned down during the Siege of Mecca. The Siege of Mecca in September was one of the early battles…
30 October 1985
The Space Shuttle Challenger takes off for on its final successful mission. Space Shuttle Challenger was the second orbiter of NASA’s space shuttle program to…
29 October 1888
The Convention of Constantinople is signed. It guarantees free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace. The Convention of Constantinople was a…
28 October 1962
The Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of the Soviet missiles from Cuba, ending the Cuban missile crisis. As the Cuban missile crisis unfolded…