Today in History
Significant Events
- 1530 The Recess document resulting from the Diet of Augsburg signed by Charles V and catholic princes
- 1620 The Mayflower reaches Cape Cod & explores the coast
- 1805 Lewis & Clark expedition reaches the Pacific Ocean, first European Americans to cross the west
- 1863 US President Abraham Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg address beginning; "Four score & seven years ago..."
- 1942 Operation Uranus: Soviet offensive begins during Battle of Stalingrad, 1 million Soviet soldiers encircle the German Sixth Army
- 1969 Apollo 12's Charles Conrad & Alan Bean become 3rd & 4th humans on the Moon
- 1985 US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for first time
Today in Film & TV
- 1916 Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures, the company later became one of the most successful independent filmmakers
Today in Music
- 1990 Pop duo Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award after it is learned they did not sing on their award-winning "Girl You Know Its True" album
Today in Sport
- 1953 US Supreme Court rules (7-2) baseball is a sport not a business
Charles I
Hiram Bingham
Indira Gandhi
Edwin Hubble
Robert F. Kennedy
Joe BidenWould You Believe?
McCaughey septuplets born to Bobbi McCaughey in Des Moines, Iowa. First set of septuplets to survive infancy.
On this day in 1997
Famous Weddings
- 1834 US President Franklin Pierce (30) weds Jane Pierce (28) in Amherst, New Hampshire
- 1923 Architect Frank Lloyd Wright (56) weds artist Maude Noel
- 1939 Baseball legend Joe DiMaggio (24) weds "Freshies" actress Dorothy Arnold at St. Peter and Paul Church in San Francisco
- 1954 Actress Vera-Ellen (33) weds millionaire Victor Rothschild at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Los Angeles
- 1986 Hall of Famer boxing champ Muhammad Ali (44) weds Yolanda Williams
Famous Divorces
- 2004 Singer Jermaine Jackson (49) divorces Alejandra Genevieve Oaziaza (35) after 9 years of marriage
Franz Schubert
Emma Lazarus
Charles Manson
Tom Horn
Leo Tolstoy
Francisco FrancoThis Month in History
All Eyes on Birthplace of British Rock 'n' Roll
Tommy Steele, Britain's first rock 'n' roll star, was discovered on this day at a coffee bar in central London, appearing live on the BBC's first pop music show.
November 16, 1957
Words That Echoed Down The Decades
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, delivered on this day, was as short and simple as it was immensely powerful and memorable.
November 19, 1863
Nuremberg War Trials Bring Nazis to Justice
The Trial of Major War Criminals began on this day, the first of a five-year series of hearings at Nuremberg where WW2 Nazis were held to account.
November 20, 1945
Bare Bones of the Great Ape-Man Hoax
On this day the Piltdown Man skull, which had been hailed as the missing link proving an evolutionary relationship between man and apes, was revealed as a hoax.
November 21, 1953
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