The History Shack

  OTD November 5th is the three hundredth ninth day of the year, and there are 56 days remaining until the end of the year.   Events 1138 – Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign. 1605 – Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament, where he had planted gunpowder in an attempt to blow up the building and kill King James I of England. 1688 – Prince William III of Orange lands with a Dutch fleet at Brixham to challenge the rule of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland). 1768—The Treaty of Fort Stanwix is signed. Its purpose is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies. 1811 – Salvadoran priest José Matías Delgado rings the bells of La Merced church in San Salvador, calling for insurrection and launching the 1811 Independence Movement. 1862 – American Civil War: Abraham Lincol

  OTD November 4th is the three hundredth eighth day of the year, and there are 57 days remaining until the end of the year.   Events  1677 – The future Mary II of England marries William, Prince of Orange; they later jointly reign as William and Mary. 1783 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria. 1847 – Sir James Young Simpson, a Scottish physician, discovers the anesthetic properties of chloroform. 1890 – City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opened between King William Street and Stockwell. 1922 – In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings. 1952 – The United States government established the National Security Agency, or NSA. 1973—The Netherlands experienced the first car-free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways were used only by cyclists and roller skaters.   Birthdays 1

  OTD November 3rd is the three hundredth seventh day of the year, and there are 58 days remaining until the end of the year.   Events 1493 – Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea. 1534 – The English Parliament passed the first Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Anglican Church, supplanting the pope and the Roman Catholic Church. 1783 – The American Continental Army is disbanded. 1848 – A considerably revised Dutch constitution, which transfers much authority from the king to his parliament and ministers, is proclaimed. 1911 – Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T. 1942—World War II: The Koli Point action began during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ended on November 12. 1957—Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. The first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika, is on board. 1973 – Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury.]

  OTD November 2nd is the three hundredth sixth day of the year, and there are 59 days remaining until the end of the year.   Events 1675 – Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow leads a colonial militia against the Narragansett during King Philip's War 1882 – The great fire destroys a large part of Oulu's city center in Oulu Province, Finland. 1899 – The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War. 1914 – World War I: The Russian Empire declared war on the Ottoman Empire, and the Dardanelles were subsequently closed. 1920 - In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh started broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast was the result of the 1920 United States presidential election. 1936—The BBC Television Service began as the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs today. 1947 – In Califo

  OTD November 1 st is the three hundredth fifth day of the year, and there are 60 days remaining until the end of the year.   Events 1512 – The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time. 1520 – The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first discovered and navigated by European explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the first recorded circumnavigation voyage. 1604 – William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is performed for the first time at Whitehall Palace in London. 1611 – Shakespeare's play The Tempest is performed for the first time at Whitehall Palace in London. 1765 – The British Parliament enacted the Stamp Act on the Thirteen Colonies to help pay for British military operations in North America. 1800 – John Adams became the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the

  OTD October 31st is the three hundredth fourth day of the year, and there are 61 days remaining until the end of the year.   Events 683 – During the Siege of Mecca, the Kaaba catches fire and is burned down. 1517 – Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. 1837 – Approximately 300 Muscogee died in the steamboat Monmouth disaster on the Trail of Tears in the United States. 1864 – Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state. 1907 – The Parliament of Finland approved the Prohibition Act, but the law was not implemented because Tsar Nicholas II of Russia did not ratify it. 1913 – Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across the United States. 1917 – World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history". 1923 – The first 160 days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia. 1940 – World War II: The Battle of Britain ends, causing Ger