Today in History
Important Events
- 1789 Benjamin Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death & taxes"
- 1933 1st modern sit-down strike by Hormel meat packers in Austin, Minnesota
Today in Film & TV
- 1940 "Fantasia" animated film by Walt Disney, starring Leopold Stokowski and Deems Taylor, is released
Today in Music
Today in Sport
- 1982 WBA lightweight champion Ray Mancini beats South Korean challenger Duk Koo Kim by TKO in 14th round in Las Vegas; Kim collapses, falls into a coma and dies 4 days later; as a result, WBC shortens title bouts to 12 rounds; WBA & WBO follow in 1988, and IBF in 1989
Edward III
John Dickinson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Leo Baekeland
Jawaharlal Nehru
Frederick BantingWould You Believe?
World's earliest wine-making uncovered from Khramis Didi Gora, Georgia, in clay pots from 6,000BC
On this day in 2017
Famous Weddings
- 1160 Marriage of Louis VII of France with Adele of Champagne.
- 1929 Writer E. B. White (30) weds literary editor Katharine Angell (37)
- 1934 Actress and dancer Ginger Rogers (23) weds "All Quiet on the Western Front" actor Lew Ayres (25)
Famous Divorces
- 1922 Architect Frank Lloyd Wright (55) divorces socialite Catherine Tobin after 33 years of marriage
- 2011 Torrei Hart divorces actor and comedian Kevin Hart (32) due to irreconcilable differences after 8 years of marriage
George Grenville
Camille Pissarro
Elsa Schiaparelli
Alexander Nevsky
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Booker T. WashingtonThis Month in History
How Britain Fell in Love with Lady Chatterley
After a sensational trial, the courts cleared the way for the controversial novel Lady Chatterley's Lover to go on sale in Britain, causing a stampede.
November 10, 1960The War's Over, But Don't Get Too Excited
It was 'the war to end all wars' that came to a weary climax on this day. But this was no time to lose your inhibitions, at least not for one famous Englishman.
November 11, 1918Bulls Finally Spared 700 Years of Cruelty
The dangerous and despicably cruel “sport” of bull-running came to an end on this day in an English market town. It had been going on for 700 years.
November 13, 1839Nell Gwyn, the Whore Who Enchanted a King
Nell Gwyn, who was brought up in a bawdy-house in London, caught the eye of King Charles II and became one of England’s most famous royal mistresses.
November 14, 1687
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