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7th December 1837: The Battle of Montgomery’s Tavern during the Upper Canada Rebellion

The defeat marked the end of the armed phase of the Upper Canada Rebellion but, while the rebels’...

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6th December 1648: “Pride’s Purge” stops MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England from entering th

England’s only recorded military coup d'état resulted in the removal of 140 moderate and Royalist...

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4th December 1971: A fire during a concert at the Montreux Casino inspires the song “Smoke on the Water” by

The burning Montreux Casino was to leave an indelible mark on music history thanks to Deep...

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2nd December 1805: The Battle of Austerlitz sees Napoleon Bonaparte’s Grande Armée defeat Russia and Austria

The vast Moravian plains near the town of Austerlitz became the battleground for one of...

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1st December 1919: Lady Nancy Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of...

After a short campaign in which she won the election with 51.9% of the vote she entered the House...

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30th November 1803: Balmis Expedition sets sail to vaccinate inhabitants of Spanish colonies against smallpox

The expedition systematically infected orphaned boys with cowpox throughout the duration of the...

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24th November 1835: Texas Rangers formally instituted by Texan lawmakers

The General Council passed an ordinance that created three companies of 56 Rangers, each...

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23rd November 1876: William “Boss” Tweed delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in S

Tweed's corrupt practices were exposed by investigative journalists such as those at The New York...

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22nd November 1943: Cairo Conference begins when leaders of Britain, the USA and China meet to discuss the Allied...

Alongside senior military leaders, the meeting brought together President Franklin D. Roosevelt...

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21st November 1953: Piltdown Man fossils exposed as a forgery, undermining studies of human evolution

The use of fluorine dating revealed that the skull and jawbone, which were once believed to be a...

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20th November 1910: Uprising by Francisco Madero against Porfirio Díaz triggers the Mexican Revolution

Madero's “Plan of San Luis Potosí” called for an uprising on November 20, 1910, and laid out a...

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19th November 1919: United States Senate votes to reject the Treaty of Versailles

Lodge and Senate Republicans proposed amendments and, on November 19, 1919 the Senate voted down...

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14th November 1680: German astronomer Gottfried Kirch uses a telescope to discover a comet for the first time

Officially known as C/1680 V1, Kirch's discovery soon became known as the Great Comet of 1680 and...

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15th November 1864: Sherman’s March to the Sea begins when the Civil War Union General leads his troops from...

Sherman’s March to the Sea is remembered for brutal tactics that confiscated or destroyed food,...

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13th November 1982: Vietnam Veterans Memorial formally dedicated in Washington, D.C.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was designed by a 21-year-old architecture student, Maya Lin,...

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11th November 1831: Nat Turner executed for leading a violent slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia

Nat Turner was supported by a group of more than seventy enslaved and free Blacks who sought to...

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10th November 1983: Bill Gates announces the Microsoft Windows graphical user interface for PCs

Bill Gates publicly announced Windows 1.0 on November 10, 1983, at a reception in New York ...

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7th November 1919: Palmer Raids in the United States result in the arrest of thousands of suspected communists and...

The raids were ruthless in their execution and consisted of numerous warrantless searches and...

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6th November 1869: First intercollegiate American football match played between Rutgers College and the College of...

Despite the absence of regulation and structured plays, the match turned out to be fiercely...

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5th November 1925: Sidney Reilly, the ‘Ace of Spies’, executed in the Soviet Union

The circumstances of Sidney Reilly's execution and the location of his remains have remained a...

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