1718 – Blackbeard the British pirate (Edward Teach) was killed in battle with a boarding party led by Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard, off the coast of North Carolina on the 22nd November 1718.

1808 – Thomas Cook the English businessman, and founder of Thomas Cook Group was born on the 22nd November 1808 (died 1892).

1858 – Denver, Colorado was founded on the 22nd November 1858.

1869 – In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark was launched on the 22nd November 1869, one of the last clippers ever built, and only one still surviving today.

1890 – Charles de Gaulle the French general, politician, and President of France was born on the 22nd November 1890 (died 1970).

1928 – The premier performance of Ravel‘s Boléro took place in Paris on the 22nd November 1928.

1935 – The China Clipper, the 1st transpacific mail and passenger service, took off from Alameda, California for its 1st commercial flight on the 22nd November 1935. It reached its destination in Manila, a week later.

1943 – Billie Jean King the American tennis player was born on the 22nd November 1943.

1946 – Aston Barrett the Jamaican bass player and songwriter from The Wailers Band and Bob Marley & The Wailers, was born on the 22nd November 1946.

1950 – Tina Weymouth the American singer-songwriter and bass player from Talking Heads was born on the 22nd November 1950.

1954 – The Humane Society of the United States was founded on the 22nd November 1954.

1956 ~ Richard Kind the American actor best known for his roles as Dr. Mark Devanow in Mad About You and as Paul Thomas Lassiter in Spin City, was born on the 22nd November 1956.

1956 – Lawrence Gowan the Scottish-Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player from Styx was born on the 22nd November 1956.

1958 – Jamie Lee Curtis the American actress was born on the 22nd November 1958.

1967 – Boris Becker the German tennis player was born on the 22nd November 1967.

1977 – British Airways inaugurated a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service on the 22nd November 1977.

1980 – Shawn Fanning the American businessman and founder of Napster was born on the 22nd November 1980.

1984 ~ Scarlett Johansson the American actress, model and singer was born on the 22nd November 1984.

1986 – Mike Tyson defeated Trevor Berbick to become the youngest Heavyweight champion in boxing history on the 22nd November 1986.

1988 – In Palmdale, California, the 1st prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber was revealed on the 22nd November 1988.

1990 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraw from the Conservative Party leadership election on the 22nd November 1990, confirming the end of her premiership.

1995 – Toy Story was released on the 22nd November 1995, as the 1st feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery .

1996 ~ Alexandra Coppinger the Australian/English actress known for her role as Hazel in Dead Gorgeous, was born on the 22nd November 1996. Twitter.com/AlexCoppinger

1960 ~ Michael Hutchence the Australian singer-songwriter from iNXS died on the 22nd November 1997, aged 37 (born 22nd January 1960).  MichaelHutchence.com.au | Facebook.com/inxs.MichaelHutchence |  iNXS.com

2005 – Angela Merkel became the 1st female Chancellor of Germany on the 22nd November 2005.

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1783 – The 1st untethered hot air balloon flight was made in Paris by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, Marquis d’Arlandes on the 21st November 1783.

1877 – Thomas Edison announced his invention of the phonograph on the 21st November 1877.

1898 – René Magritte the Belgian painter was born on the 21st November 1898 (d. 1967).

1905 – Albert Einstein‘s paper, Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?, was published in the journal “Annalen der Physik” on the 21st November 1905.  This paper revealed the relationship between energy and mass, and led to the mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc².

1936 – Victor Chang the Chinese-Australian surgeon was born on the 21st November 1936 (d. 1991).

1945 – Goldie Hawn the American actress was born on the 21st November 1945.

1959 – American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term “rock and roll” and music of that style, was fired from WABC-AM radio on the 21st November 1959, for refusing to deny allegations that he had participated in the payola scandal.

1964 – The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opened to traffic on the 21st November 1964. At the time it was the world’s longest suspension bridge.

1969 – The first permanent ARPANET link was established between UCLA and SRI on the 21st November 1969.

1979 ~ Red Dog the Australian Kelpie / cattle dog cross died on the 21st November 1979 aged 8 (born 1971). Red Dog was well known for his travels through Western Australia‘s Pilbara region. There is a statue in his memory in Dampier, which is one of the towns to which he often returned. A novel was written about Red Dog, followed by a movie, starring Koko as Red Dog.

2002 – NATO invited Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members on the 21st November 2002.

2004 – The Paris Club agreed to write off 80%, about $100 billion of Iraq‘s external debt on the 21st November 2004.

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1493 – Christopher Columbus went ashore on an island he named San Juan Bautista (now Puerto Rico) on the 19th November 1493.

1916 – Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn established Goldwyn Pictures on the 19th November 1916.

1936 – Dick Cavett the American talk show host was born on the 19th November 1936.

1942 – Calvin Klein the American fashion designer and founder of Calvin Klein Inc. was born on the 19th November 1942.

1961 – Meg Ryan the American actress and producer was born on the 19th November 1961.

1962 – Jodie Foster the American actress, director, and producer was born on the 19th November 1962.

1969 – Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean landed at Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms) on the 19th November 1969, becoming the 3rd and 4th humans to walk on the Moon.

1969 – Pelé scored his 1,000th goal on the 19th November 1969.

1976 ~ Storm Boy the Australian film based on the book by Colin Thiele, about a boy and his pelican, was released on the 19th November 1976. Storm Boy aka Mike played by Greg Rowe, likes to wander alone along the fierce deserted coast of South Australia’s Coorong, where he lives a reclusive life among the sand dunes with his father, on the Southern Ocean. After a pelican mother is shot, Storm Boy rescues 3 chicks, naming them Mr Proud, Mr Ponder and Mr Percival, His father aka Hideaway Tom, makes Storm Boy to release the birds, but Mr Percival returns, and they form a special bond, along with is the Aboriginal friend Fingerbone Bill (David Gulpilil) who named him Storm Boy. YouTube video (first 10 minutes of movie)…

1977 ~ Kristian Ayre the Canadian actor was born on the 19th November 1977.

1988 – Rhys Wakefield the Australian actor was born on the 19th November 1988.

1989 ~ John McCarthy the Australian footballer from Port Adelaide Football Club was born on the 19th November 1989 9 (died 9th September 2012 aged 22). John McCarthy also played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). John McCarthy came from a family of VFL and AFL footballers, including his brother and father who played for Geelong, and his grandfather who played for St Kilda.

1990 – Milli Vanilli were stripped of their Grammy Award on the 19th November 1990, because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It’s True album.

1998 – The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee began impeachment hearings against U.S. President Bill Clinton on the 19th November 1998, in the Lewinsky scandal.

1998 – Vincent van Gogh‘s Portrait of the Artist Without Beard sold at auction for US$71.5 million on the 19th November 1998.

1999 – The People’s Republic of China launched its first Shenzhou spacecraft.

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0326 ~ The old St. Peter’s Basilica was consecrated on the 18th November 326.

1307 – William Tell shot an apple off his son’s head on the 18th November 1307.

1421 – A seawall at the Zuiderzee dike in the Netherlands broke on the 18th November 1421, flooding 72 villages and killing about 10,000 people. The event became known as Sint-Elisabethsvloed.

1493 – Christopher Columbus first sighted the island now known as Puerto Rico on the 18th November 1493.

1626 – St. Peter’s Basilica was consecrated on the 18th November 1626. 1785 – David Wilkie, Scottish painter (d. 1841) 1787 – Louis Daguerre, French physicist and photographer, developed the daguerreotype (d. 1851) 1832 – Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish geologist and explorer (d. 1901)

1785 – David Wilkie the Scottish painter was born on the 18th November 1785 (died 1841).

1836 – W. S. Gilbert the English playwright, poet, and illustrator was born on the 18th November 1836 (died 1911).

1865 – Mark Twain‘s short story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County was published in the New York Saturday Press on the 18th November 1865.

1880 – Naum Torbov the Bulgarian architect and designer of the Central Sofia Market Hall was born on the 18th November 1880 (died 1952).

1882 – Wyndham Lewis the English painter and author was born on the 18th November 1882 (died 1957).

1904 – Jean Paul Lemieux the Canadian painter was born on the 18th November 1904 (died 1990).

1905 – Prince Carl of Denmark became King Haakon VII of Norway on the 18th November 1905.

1906 – Alec Issigonis the Greek-English car designer and designer of the mini car was born on the 18th November 1906 (died 1988).

1907 – Compay Segundo the Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist from Buena Vista Social Club was born on the 18th November 1907 (died 2003).

1913 – Endre Rozsda the French painter was born on the 18th November 1913 (died 1999).

1918 – Latvia declared its independence from Russia on the 18th November 1918.

1923 – Alan Shepard the American astronaut was born on the 18th November 1923 (died 1998).

1926 – George Bernard Shaw refused to accept the money for his Nobel Prize on the 18th November 1926, saying, “I can forgive Alfred Nobel for inventing dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize”.

1928 – Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie was on the 18th November 1928. It the 1st fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the 3rd appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This date is also considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey’s birthday.

1929 – The Grand Banks earthquake 1929 off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean on the 18th November had a Richter magnitude of 7.2  earthquake, centered on Grand Banks, breaking 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables, triggering a tsunami that destroyed many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.

1933 – Bruce Conner the American painter, photographer and director was born on the 18th November 1933 (died 2008).

1939 – Margaret Atwood the Canadian poet, author, and critic was born on the 18th November 1939.

1944 – The Popular Socialist Youth was founded in Cuba on the 18th November 1944. 1944 – Wolfgang Joop, German fashion designer, founded JOOP!

1947 – The Ballantyne’s Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.

1950 – Graham Parker the English singer-songwriter and guitarist was born on the 18th November 1950.

1950 – Rudy Sarzo the Cuban-American bass player from Quiet Riot, Whitesnake, Dio, Blue Öyster Cult, Manic Eden, and Queensrÿche was born on the 18th November 1950.

1952 – Peter Beattie the Australian politician and 36th Premier of Queensland was born on the 18th November 1952.

1953 – Alan Moore the English author and illustrator was born on the 18th November 1950.

1956 – Sinbad the American comedian was born on the 18th November 1956.

1960 – Kim Wilde the English singer-songwriter and author was born on the 18th November 1960.

1961 – Jan Kuehnemund the American guitarist from Vixen was born on the 18th November 1961.

1962 – Kirk Hammett the American guitarist from Metallica was born on the 18th November 1952.

1963 – The 1st push-button telephone went into service on the 18th November 1963.

1968 – Owen Wilson the American actor, screenwriter, and producer was born on the 18th November 1968.

1970 – Peta Wilson the Australian actress was born on the 18th November 1970.

1976 – Matt Welsh the Australian swimmer was born on the 18th November 1976.

1987 – The King’s Cross fire in London on the 18th November 1987 killed 31 people at the city’s busiest underground station, King’s Cross St Pancras.

1988 – War on Drugs: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signed a bill on into law allowing the death penalty for drug traffickers 18th November 1988. Visit this day: 18th November in history and see the video at www.History.com

1603 – English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh went on trial for treason on the 17th November 1603.

1800 – The United States Congress held its 1st session in Washington, D.C. on the 17th November 1800.

1855 – David Livingstone became the 1st European to see the Victoria Falls on the 17th November 1855, in what is now present-day Zambia–Zimbabwe.

1925 – Rock Hudson the American actor was born on the 17th November 1925 (d. 1985).

1937 – Peter Cook the English comedian and actor was born on the 17th November 1937 (d. 1995).

1938 – Gordon Lightfoot the Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist was born on the 17th November 1938.

1944 – Danny DeVito the American actor, director, and producer was born on the 17th November 1944.

1954 ~ Chopper Read the Australian former criminal and author was born Mark Brandon Read in Melbourne on the 17th November 1954 (died 9th October 2013 aged 58). Chopper Read wrote a series of semi-autobiographical and fictional crime novels, selling more than 500,000 books including Chopper: From the Inside (1991), Chopper 2: Hits and Memories (1992), Chopper 3: How to Shoot Friends & Influence People (1993), Chopper 4: For the Term of His Unnatural Life (1994), Chopper 5: Pulp Faction: Revenge of the Rabbit Kisser and Other Jailhouse Stories (1995), Chopper 6: No Tears for a Tough Guy (1996), Chopper 7: The Singing Defective (1997), Chopper 8: The Sicilian Defence (1998), Chopper 9: The Final Cut (1999), Chopper 10 1⁄2: The Popcorn Gangster (2001) and Hooky the Cripple children’s book.

The 2000 Australian film Chopper was based on Chopper Read’s life, played by stars Eric Bana. Official website: www.ChopperRead.com | YouTube video: Chopper the movie trailer…

1960 ~ Jonathan Ross the English television and radio presenter was born on the 17th November 1960.

1965 – Amanda Brown the Australian violinist and composer from The Go-Betweens was born on the 17th November 1965.

1966 – Jeff Buckley the American singer-songwriter and guitarist was born on the 17th November 1966 (d. 1997).

1966 – Kate Ceberano the Australian singer-songwriter and actress was born on the 17th November 1966.

1969 ~ Tania Zaetta the Australian actress and television presenter who acts in Bollywood was born on the 17th November 1969. Tania Zaetta’s official website: www.Tania.com.au

1980 – Isaac Hanson the American singer-songwriter and guitarist  from Hanson was born on the 17th November 1980.

1994 – Raquel Castro the American actress and singer was born on the 17th November 1994.

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