1620 – Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sighted land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts on the 9th November 1620.

1857 – The Atlantic magazine was founded in Boston on the 9th November 1857.

1872 – The Great Boston Fire of 1872 was on the 9th November 1872.

1936 – Mary Travers the American singer-songwriter from Peter, Paul and Mary was born on the 9th November 1936 (died 2009).

1941 – Tom Fogerty the American singer-songwriter and guitarist  from Creedence Clearwater Revival was born on the 9th November 1941 (died 1990).

1951 – Lou Ferrigno the American bodybuilder and actor was born on the 9th November 1951.

1953 – Cambodia became independent from France on the 9th November 1953.

1960 ~ Richard Farleigh the Australian private investor was born on the 9th November 1960.

1967 – Apollo 4 the unmanned test spacecraft atop the 1st Saturn V rocket was launched by NASA from Cape Kennedy, Florida on the 9th November 1967.

1967 – Rolling Stone Magazine 1st issue was published on the 9th November 1967.

1985 – Garry Kasparov became the youngest World Chess Champion by beating Anatoly Karpov on the 9th November 1985.

1988 ~ Analeigh Tipton the American figure skater, actress, and fashion model was born  on the 9th November 1988. Analeigh Tipton is best known for placing 3rd on Cycle 11 of America’s Next Top Model and for her roles in the films Crazy, Stupid, Love and Warm Bodies. Analeigh Tipton online: Twitter.com/OhAnaleigh | YouTube video: Maxim Exclusive: Analeigh Tipton: This super sexy overachiever has already been a champion ice skater and one of America’s Next Top Models. Before she takes over the big screen in The Green Hornet, see her Maxim sexy photo shoot…

Today in History for November 9th ~ video presented by the Associated Press…  

1602 – The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford was opened to the public on the 8th November 1602.

1656 – Edmond Halley the English astronomer and mathematician was born on the 8th November 1656 (died 1742).

1847 ~ BRAM STOKER the Irish author best known for his 1897 Dracula novel, was born on the 8th November 1847. (died 1912). See Bram Stoker’s Dracula 1992 official movie trailer starring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves and Tom Waits. This is director Francis Ford Coppola’s visually stunning, passionately seductive version of Bram Stoker’s classic legend. 

1866 – Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin the English businessman and founder of the Austin Motor Company was born on the 8th November 1866 (died 1941).

1881 – Clarence Gagnon the Canadian painter was born on the 8th November 1881 (died 1942).

1885 – Emil Fahrenkamp the German architect was born on the 8th November 1885 (died 1966).

1889 – Montana was admitted as the 41st U.S. state on the 8th November 1889.

1895 – While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovered the X-ray on the 8th November 1895.

1918 – Hermann Zapf the German designer was born on the 8th November 1918.

1923 – Adolf Hitler led the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government in Munich, known as the Beer Hall Putsch, on the 8th November 1923.

1933 – US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveiled the Civil Works Administration on the 8th November 1933, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million unemployed, during the Great Depression for the New Deal.

1937 – The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude (The Eternal Jew) opened in Munich on the 8th November 1937.

1945 – Arduino Cantafora the Italian-Swiss architect and author was born on the 8th November 1945.

1946 – Roy Wood the English singer-songwriter and musician from Electric Light Orchestra was born on the 8th November 1946.

1949 – Bonnie Raitt the American singer-songwriter and guitarist was born on the 8th November 1949.

1939 – Adolf Hitler narrowly escaped the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch In Munich on the 8th November 1939.

1949 – Bonnie Raitt the American singer-songwriter and guitarist was born on the 8th November 1949.

1950 – Mary Hart the American journalist and actress was born on the 8th November 1950.

1951 – Peter Suber the American philosopher and academic was born on the 8th November 1951.

1953 – John Musker the American animator and director was born on the 8th November 1953.

1954 – Rickie Lee Jones the American singer-songwriter was born on the 8th November 1954.

1956 – Steven Miller the American record producer was born on the 8th November 1956.

1957 – Porl Thompson the English guitarist from The Cure was born on the 8th November 1957.

1960 – John F. Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon to become the 35th president of the United States on the 8th November 1960, in one of the closest presidential elections of the 20th century.

1961 – Leif Garrett the American singer and actor was born on the 8th November 1961.

1961 – Enn Rajasaar the Estonian architect was born on the 8th November 1961.

1965 – The British Indian Ocean Territory was created on the 8th November 19655, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands.

1967 – Courtney Thorne-Smith the American actress was born on the 8th November 1967.

1970 – Tom Anderson the American businessman and co-founder of Myspace was born on the 8th November 1970.

1972 – HBO launched its programming on the 8th November 1972 for the first time, with the broadcast of Sometimes a Great Notion (1971 movie) starring Paul Newman and Henry Fonda.

1973 – The right ear of John Paul Getty III was delivered to a newspaper together with a ransom note on the 8th November 1973, convincing his father to pay 2.9 million USD

1974 ~ Countdown the Australian music television show was first broadcast on the 8th November 1974. The ABC broadcast the show from from 8th November 1974 until  the 19th July 1987. Countdown was the most popular music program in Australian TV history. Countdown had a strong influence on radio programmers because of its huge and loyal audience, and the great amount of Australian content it featured. Countdown online: Countdown.com.au | CountdownMemories.com | YouTube video: Countdown [full episode October 7th, 1979 – Australia]…

1974 – Masashi Kishimoto the Japanese illustrator was born on the 8th November 1974.

1975 – Tara Reid the American actress was born on the 8th November 1975.

1976 – Brett Lee the Australian cricketer was born on the 8th November 1976.

1977 – Manolis Andronikos the Greek archaeologist and professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki discovered the tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina on the 8th November 1977.

1982 – Sam Sparro the Australian singer-songwriter was born on the 8th November 1982.

1985 – Jack Osbourne the English actor and producer was born on the 8th November 1985.

1991 ~ Samantha Shannon the British writer of dystopian and paranormal fiction was born in Hammersmith on the 8th November 1991. Samantha Shannon signed a six-figure book deal with Bloomsbury Publishing in 2012, who bid to publish the first 3 books in a 7 book series, beginning with The Bone Season. The film rights to The Bone Season were optioned by Andy Serkis’s film company, The Imaginarium Studios, in November 2012. Samantha Shannon’s blog: www.Samantha-Shannon.blogspot.com.au | Facebook: www.facebook.com/SamanthaShannonAuthor | Twitter: www.Twitter.com/say_Shannon | The Bone Season: www.BoneSeasonBooks.com | Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheBoneSeason

2003 – Lady Louise Windsor the daughter of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Sophie, Countess of Wessex was born on the 8th November 2003.

2011 – The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passed 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles) on the 8th November 2011, the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since 2010 XC₁₅ in 1976.

Today in History for November 8th ~ video presented by the Associated Press…  

1665 – The London Gazette the the oldest surviving journal was 1st published on the 7th November 1665.

1728 – James Cook the English navy officer, explorer, and cartographer was born on the 7th November 1728 (died 1779).

1786 – The oldest musical organization in the United States was founded as the Stoughton Musical Society on the 7th November 1786.

1837 – In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy was shot dead by a mob on the 7th November 1837, while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed for the 3rd time.

1861 ~ ARCHER the Australian Thoroughbred racehorse won the 1st MELBOURNE CUP on the 7th November 1861.

1874 – A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper’s Weekly on the 7th November 1874 was considered the 1st important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.

1879 – Leon Trotsky the Russian theorist and politician and founder of the Red Army was born on the 7th November 1879 (died 1940).

1908 – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were reportedly killed on the 7th November 1908, in San Vicente, Bolivia.

1910 – The 1st air freight shipment was undertaken on the 7th November 1910, by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse, from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio.

1912 – The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opened on the 7th November 1912 in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven‘s Fidelio.

1914 – The 1st issue of The New Republic magazine was published on the 7th November 1914.

1916 – Jeannette Rankin was the 1st woman elected to the United States Congress on the 7th November 1916.

1929 – The Museum of Modern Art In New York City opened to the public on the 7th November 1929.

1940 – In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed in a windstorm on the 7th November 1940, only 4 months after the bridge’s completion.

1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected for a record 4th term as President of the United States of America on the 7th November 1944.

1949 – The 1st oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları) on the 7th November 1949, on the World’s 1st offshore oil platform.

1957 – Cold War: The Gaither Report called for more American missiles and fallout shelters on the 7th November 1957.

1963 – Wunder von Lengede (Miracle of Lengede): 11 miners were rescued from a collapsed mine In Germany, after 14 days. The children’s television series Thunderbirds (1964–1966) rescue organisation was inspired by the diasaster.

1964 – Sandra Denton the American rapper from Salt-N-Pepa was born on the 7th November 1964.

1967 – Carl B. Stokes was elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio on the 7th November 1967, becoming the 1st African American mayor of a major American city.

1987 – Singapore’s 1st Mass Rapid Transit line was opened on the 7th November 1987, starting with train services between Yio Chu Kang and Toa Payoh stations.

1988 ~ Tinie Tempah the English rapper was born Patrick Okogwu   in London on the 7th November 1988. Tinie Tempah online: Official website: TinieTempah.com |  Facebook.com/TinieTempahOfficial  |  Twitter.com/TinieTempah  |  TinieTempah.tumblr.com |  Google+  |  YouTube channel  |  itunes.apple.com  |  Spotify  |  SoundCloud.com/TinieTempah  |  YouTube video: Tinie Tempah (feat. John Martin) – Children Of The Sun (with lyrics)…

1989 – Douglas Wilder wins the governor’s seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.

1989 – David Dinkins became the 1st African American to be elected mayor of New York City on the 7th November 1989.

1989 – East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, was forced to resign on the 7th November 1989, after huge anti-government protests.

1990 – Matt Corby the Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist was born on the 7th November 1990.

1990 – Mary Robinson became the 1st woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland on the 7th November 1990.

1991 – Magic Johnson announced that he is infected with HIV on the 7th November 1991, and retired from the NBA.

1994 – WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provided the world’s 1st internet radio broadcast on the 7th November 1994.

1996 – NASA launched the Mars Global Surveyor on the 7th November 1996.

1996 ~ Lorde the New Zealand singer-songwriter was born Ella Yelich-O’Connor on the 7th November 1996. Lorde released her 1st EP The Love Club EP in March 2013 and her 2nd single Tennis Court in June 2013, at the age of 16.

2002 – Iran banned advertising of United States products on the 7th November 2002.

2004 – War in Iraq: The interim government of Iraq called for a 60-day state of emergency on the 7th November 2004, as U.S. forces storedm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.

2007 – Jokela school shooting in Tuusula, Finland were on the 7th November 2007, resulting in the death of 9 people.

2012 – An earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala on the 7th November 2012 killed at least 52 people.

Today in History for November 7th ~ video presented by the Associated Press…  

1856 ~ Scenes of Clerical Life, the 1st work of fiction by George Eliot was submitted for publication on the 6th November 1856.

1877 ~ CHESTER won the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday the 6th November 1877. This was the first time the Melbourne Cup was held on a Tuesday, from which it was then held traditionally on the first Tuesday of November to current time.

1900 ~ CLEAN SWEEP won the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday the 6th November 1900.

1906 ~ POSEiDON won the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday the 6th November 1906.

1913 ~ Mohandas Gandhi was arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa on the 6th November 1913.

1917 ~ WESTCOURT won the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday the 6th November 1917

1923 ~ BiTALLi won the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday the 6th November 1923.

1926 ~ Zig Ziglar the American author was born on Tuesday the 6th November 1926 (died 2012).

1928 ~ STATESMAN won the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday the 6th November 1928.

1934 ~ PETER PAN won the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday the 6th November 1934.

1935 ~ The Hawker Hurricane had its first flight on the 6th November 1935.

1935 ~ Parker Brothers acquired the forerunner patents for Monopoly from Elizabeth Magie on the 6th November 1935.

1943 ~ Ian Turpie the Australian actor and television personality was born on the 6th November 1943 (died 11th March 2012).

1945 ~ RAiNBiRD won the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday the 6th November 1945. See the original film footage of the 1945 Melbourne Cup.

1946 ~ Sally Field the American actress was born on Tuesday the 6th November 1946.

1947 ~ George Young the Scottish guitarist, songwriter, and producer  from the Easybeats and Flash and the Pan was born on Tuesday the 6th November 1947.

1947 ~ Meet the Press made its television debut on the 6th November 1947.

1948 ~ Glenn Frey the American singer-songwriter and guitarist from the Eagles was born on Tuesday the 6th November 1948.

1951 ~ DELTA won the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday the 6th November 1951.

1956 ~ EVENiNG PEAL the mare ridden by George Podmore won the MELBOURNE CUP on Tuesday 6th November 1956, trained by E. D. Lawson. Evening Peal was the first mare to win the Melbourne Cup since Rainbird won in 1945, and was the first horse to have an Oaks-Cup double victory in successive years.

1962 ~ EVEN STEVENS the chestnut stallion thoroughbred racehorse ridden by Les Coles won the MELBOURNE CUP, on Tuesday 6th November 1962, trained by Arch McGregor. Even Stevens was the 1st “fly in” to win the Melbourne Cup, when he was on the inaugural Qantas flight for horses from Wellington to Melbourne on the 2nd October 1962.

1964 ~ Arkie Whiteley the Australian actress was born on Tuesday the 6th November 1964 (died 2001).

1968 ~ Jerry Yang the Taiwanese-American businessman and co-founder of Yahoo! was born on Tuesday the 6th November 1968.

1969 ~ Downhill Racer the American drama film starring Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, and Camilla Sparv was released on Tuesday the 6th November 1969.

1970 ~ Ethan Hawke the American actor, director, and screenwriter was born on Tuesday the 6th November 1970.

1973 ~ GALA SUPREME the Victorian bred grey gelding thoroughbred racehorse ridden by Frank Reys won the MELBOURNE CUP, on Tuesday 6th November 1973, trained by Ray J. Hutchins. Gala Supreme became a successful show horse after his racing days were over. Frank Reys (1931–1984) was the first and only Australian Aboriginal jockey to win the Melbourne Cup when he rode to victory on Gala Supreme.

1983 ~ Jon Hume the Australian singer-songwriter from Evermore was born on Tuesday the 6th November 1983.

1984 ~ BLACK KNiGHT the bay / brown gelding thoroughbred racehorse ridden by Peter Cook won the MELBOURNE CUP on Tuesday 6th November 1984. Black Knight was trained by George Hanlon.

1979 ~ HYPERNO the bay gelding thoroughbred racehorse ridden by Harry White won the MELBOURNE CUP on Tuesday 6th November 1979, trained by Bart Cummings. Hyperno enjoyed his retirement  on Harry White’s rural property until he died in 2002.

1990 ~ KiNGSTON RULE the chestnut stallion thoroughbred racehorse ridden by Darren Beadman won the MELBOURNE CUP on Tuesday 6th November 1990. Kingston Rule was trained by Bart Cummings.

1999 ~ The Head of the Commonwealth was voted by Australians to be kept as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum on the 6th November 1999.

2001 ~ ETHERAL the bay mare thoroughbred racehorse ridden by Scott Seamer won the MELBOURNE CUP on Tuesday 6th November 2001. was trained by Sheila Laxon.

2007 ~ EFFiCiENT the grey gelding thoroughbred racehorse ridden by Michael Rodd won the MELBOURNE CUP on Tuesday 6th November 2012. Efficient was trained by Graeme Rogerson.

2012 ~ GREEN MOON the bay stallion thoroughbred racehorse ridden by Brett Prebble won the MELBOURNE CUP on Tuesday 6th November 2012. Green Moon was trained by Robert Hickmott.

2012 ~ OZ LOTTO had the draw for the largest Australianlotto jackpot prize on Tuesday 6th November 2012. Four winners shared a Division 1 prize pool of $111,972,151 in draw #977, on Melbourne Cup Day. The 4 division 1 winners each received $27,993,037.

Today in History for November 6th ~ video presented by the Associated Press…  

1605 – Guy Fawkes was arrested during a search of the Palace of Westminster on the 5th November 1605, which foiled Robert Catesby‘s plot to destroy the House of Lords and all within it. GUY FAWKES NiGHT aka Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Firework Night, is an annual commemoration observed on the 5th November since 1605.

1743 –  The transit of Mercury coordinated scientific observations were organized by Joseph-Nicolas Delisle worldwide on the 5th November 1743.

1895 – George B. Selden was granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile on the 5th November 1895.

1913 – King Otto of Bavaria was deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumed the title Ludwig III on the 5th November 1913.

1911 – Roy Rogers the American singer, guitarist, and actor was born on the 5th November 1911 (d. 1998).

1913 – Vivien Leigh the English actress was born on the 5th November 1913 (d. 1967).

1940 – Elke Sommer the German actress was born on the 5th November 1940.

1941 – Art Garfunkel the American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Simon & Garfunkel was born on the 5th November 1941.

1946 – Gram Parsons the American singer-songwriter and guitarist was born on the 5th November 1946 (d. 1973).

1945 ~ Les Murray (AM) the Australian sports journalist and soccer broadcaster was born on the 5th November 1945.

1957 – Mike Score the English singer-songwriter and musician from A Flock of Seagulls was born on the 5th November 1957.

1963 – Tatum O’Neal the American actress and author was born on the 5th November 1963.

2006 – Saddam Hussein the former president of Iraq, and his 2 co-defendants were sentenced to death on the 5th November 2006, in the al-Dujail trial for the role in the massacre of the 148 Shi’as in 1982.

2007 – Chang’e 1, China’s 1st lunar satellite, went into orbit around the Moon on the 5th November 2006.

2013 ~ FiORENTE the Thoroughbred racehorse bred in Ireland ridden by Damien Oliver won the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday 5th November 2013, trained by Gai Waterhouse. In the 2012 Melbourne Cup Fiorente ran 2nd to Green Moon.

Today in History for November 5th ~ video presented by the Associated Press…  

1783 – Mozart‘s Symphony No. 36 was performed for the 1st time on the 4th November 1783, in Linz, Austria.

1879 – Will Rogers the American actor was born on the 4th November 1979 (died 1935).

1890 ~ CARBiNE won the Melbourne Cup on the 4th November 1873 with jockey R. Ramage. Carbine came from New Zealand and was a direct descendant of Phar Lap. He competed carrying the weight record of 65.77kg, beating 38 other runners. The Melbourne Cup prize money was £13,230.

1921 – Hara Takashi the Japanese Prime Minister was assassinated in Tokyo on the 4th November 1921.

1922 – Howard Carter the English archaeologist and his men found the entrance to Pharaoh Tutankhamun‘s tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt on the 4th November 1922.

1930 ~ PHAR LAP won the Melbourne Cup on the 4th November 1930 with jockey Jim Pike. Phar Lap was the only horse to be given legend status by the Australian Racing Hall of Fame. He holds the record for the shortest priced favourite in the Melbourne Cup. During the 1930 Melbourne Cup, bookmakers realised they would lose a fortune if Phar Lap was to win, and incidentally, he was shot at by gangsters on that day. Tommy Woodcock saved Phar Lap by placing himself and his pony between the shot.The Melbourne Cup prize money was £12,429.

1932 – Thomas Klestil the 10th President of Austria was born on the 4th November 1932 (died 2004).

1946 – Laura Bush the American educator and 45th First Lady of the United States was born on the 4th November 1946.

1952 – The National Security Agency was established by the United States government on the 4th November 1952.

1953 – Jacques Villeneuve the Canadian race car driver was born on the 4th November 1953.

1955 – The Vienna State Opera reopened with a performance of Beethoven‘s Fidelio on the 4th November 1955, after being rebuilt after it was destroyed in World War II.

1957 – Tony Abbott the Australian politician was born on the 4th November 1957.

1960 – Dr.Jane Goodall observed chimpanzees creating tools at the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania on the 4th November 1960, becoming the first-ever observation of this kind in non-human animals.

1962 – The NiM-14-Nike-Hercules was the last atmospheric nuclear test conducted by the United States on the 4th November 1962. The air defense missile was tested with it’s detonation at 69,000 feet above Johnston Island.

1969 ~ RAiN LOVER won the Melbourne Cup on the 4th November 1969 with jockey Jim Johnson, and also won the 1968 Melbourne Cup. The Melbourne Cup prize money was $77,000.

1973 – Car Free Sunday was experienced for the first time in the Netherlands on the 4th November 1973.

1975 – Curtis Stone the Australian chef and author was born on the 4th November 1975.

1994 – The World Wide Web 1st conference that focused exclusively on the subject of the commercial potential of it was held in San Francisco on the 4th November 1994.

2008 – Barack Obama became the 1st African-American to be elected President of the United States on the 4th November 2008.

Today in History for November 4th ~ video presented by the Associated Press…  

1493 – Christopher Columbus first sighted the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea on the 3rd November 1493.

1783 – John Austin the highwayman was the last person to be publicly hanged at London‘s Tyburn gallows on the 3rd November 1783.

1783 – Continental Army in America was disbanded on the 3rd November 1783.

1793 – Olympe de Gouges the French playwright, journalist and feminist was guillotined on the 3rd November 1793.

1838 – The Times of India, the world’s largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper was founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce. on the 3rd November 1838.

1911 – Chevrolet officially entered the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T on the 3rd November 1911.

1913 – The United States introduced an income tax on the 3rd November 1913.

1957 –  Laika the dog, the 1st animal to enter orbit was launched by the Soviet Union aboard Sputnik 2 on the 3rd November 1957.

1973 – Mariner 10 was launched by NASA destined for Mercury on the 3rd November 1973. Mariner 10 became the 1st space probe to reach the planet Mercury on the 29th March 1974.

1978 – Dominica gained independence from the United Kingdom on the 3rd November 1978.

1982 ~ GURNER’S LANE the chestnut gelding thoroughbred racehorse ridden by Mick Dittman won the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday 3rd November 1978, trained by Geoff T. Murphy. Gurner’s Lane is best remembered for winning the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup double in 1982.

1987 ~ KENSEi (NZ) the chestnut gelding thoroughbred racehorse ridden by Larry Olsen won the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday 3rd November 1987. Kensei was trained by Les J. Bridge.

1992 ~ SUBZERO the grey gelding thoroughbred racehorse ridden by Greg Hall won the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday 3rd November 1992. Subzero was trained by Lee Freedman.

1995 – Kendall Jenner the American model was born on the 3rd November 1995.

1998 ~ JEZABEEL the brown mare thoroughbred racehorse ridden by Chris Munce won the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday 3rd November 1998, trained by Brian Jenkins. Jezabeel was the only horse to have won both the Melbourne Cup and the Auckland Cup in 1998.

2009 ~ SHOCKiNG the bay stallion thoroughbred racehorse ridden by Corey Brown won the 149th Melbourne Cup on Tuesday 3rd November 2009. Shocking was trained by Mark Kavanagh. Today in History for November 3rd ~ video presented by the Associated Press…  

1868 – Time zone: New Zealand officially adopted a standard time to be observed nationally on the 2nd November 1868.

1882 –  The Great Oulu Fire of 1882 devastated Oulu in Finland on the 2nd November 1882.

1889 – North and South Dakota were admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states on the 2nd November 1889.

1898 – Cheerleading was started on the 2nd November 1898, at the University of Minnesota leading the crowd in cheering on the football team.

1920 – KDKA started broadcasting as the 1st commercial radio station on the 2nd November 1920, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States.

1936 – The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was established on the 2nd November 1936.

1936 – The British Broadcasting Corporation initiated the BBC Television Service, the world’s first regular, high-definition service on the 2nd November 1936. It was renamed BBC1 in 1964.

1947 – The H-4 Hercules also known as the Spruce Goose was flown by Howard Hughes on its maiden (and only) flight on the 2nd November 1947, in California. The H-4 Hercules was the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built, the largest flying boat ever built and had the largest wingspan of any aircraft in history.

1957 – The Levelland UFO Case in Levelland, Texas on the 2nd November 1957 generated national publicity.

1959 – The M1 motorway first section of the 1st inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom was opened on the 2nd November 1959, between the present day junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway.

1960 – Penguin Books was found not guilty of obscenity in the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd., the Lady Chatterley’s Lover case on the 2nd November 1960.

1982 ~ Cosentino the Australian illusionist and escapologist was born Paul Cosentino in Victoria on the 2nd November 1982. Cosentino came 2nd in the 2011 series of Australia’s Got Talent. Cosentino won Dancing With the Stars in 2013.  official website: Cosentino.com.au | social media : Facebook | Twitter | videos : Youtube | video : Cosentino Highlights Reel (uploaded Marrch 2018)…

1983 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan signed a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on the 2nd November 1983.

1984 – Velma Barfield became the 1st woman executed in the United States since 1962, on the 2nd November 1984.

1988 – The Morris worm became the 1st internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention when launched from MIT on the 2nd November 1988.

2000 –The ISS first resident crew Expedition 1 docked on the Soyuz TM-31 on the 2nd November 2000.

2003 ~ Cliff Young the Australian potato farmer and athlete from Beech Forest, Victoria died at the age of 81 on the 2nd November 2003 (born 1922). Cliff Young is best known for his unexpected win of the inaugural Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon in 1983 at the age of 61. See more about Cliff, and his potato farm for sale, and Cliffy the movie. | video : Cliff Young Shuffle – Ultramarathon Runner – Never Give Up!…

Today in History for November 2nd ~ video presented by the Associated Press…  

1512 –  The Sistine Chapel ceiling painted by Michelangelo was exhibited to the public for the first time on the 1st November 1512.

1520 – The Strait of Magellan was first discovered and navigated by by European explorer Ferdinand Magellan on the 1st November 1520, during the 1st recorded circumnavigation voyage.

1570 – The All Saints’ Flood devastated the Dutch coast on the 1st November 1570.

1604 – Othello by William Shakespeare was presented for the first time at Whitehall Palace in London on the 1st November 1604.

1611 – The Tempest by William Shakespeare was presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London on the 1st November 1611.

1683 – The British crown colony of New York was subdivided into 12 counties on the 1st November 1683.

1755 – The Lisbon earthquake destroyed Lisbon the capital city of Portugal on the 1st November 1755. The massive earthquake and tsunami killed over 60,000 people.

1757 – Antonio Canova the Italian sculptor was born on the 1st November 1757 (died 1822).

1805 – Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Austria during the War of the Third Coalition on the 1st November 1805.

1848 – The 1st medical school for women opened  in Boston, Massachusetts on the 1st November 1848. The Boston Female Medical School later merged with the Boston University School of Medicine.

1870 –The National Weather Service in the U.S made its 1st official meteorological forecast on the 1st November 1870, when it was originally known as the Weather Bureau.

1872 – Louis Dewis the Belgian-French painter was born on the 1st November 1872 (died 1946).

1888 – George Kenner the German painter was born on the 1st November 1888 (died 1971).

1889 – Hannah Höch the German painter and photographer was born on the 1st November 1889 (died 1978).

1896 – The National Geographic magazine showed the bare breasts of a woman for the first time on the 1st November 1896.

1905 – Paul-Émile Borduas the Canadian painter was born on the 1st November 1905 (died 1960).

1911 – The 1st dropping of a bomb from an airplane in combat was on the 1st November 1911, during the Italo-Turkish War.

1917 – Margaret Taylor-Burroughs the American painter and co-founder of the DuSable Museum of African American History was born on the 1st November 1917 (died 2010).

1938 – Seabiscuit defeated War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed the match of the century in horse racing on the 1st November 1938.

1939 – The first rabbit born after artificial insemination was exhibited to the world on the 1st November 1939.

1941 – Ansel Adams the American photographer took a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez in New Mexico on the 1st November 1941, that would later become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.

1944 – Kinky Friedman the American singer-songwriter and author was born on the 1st November 1944.

1945 – Australia joined the United Nations on the 1st November 1945.

1950 – Dan Peek the American guitarist from the soft rock band America was born on the 1st November 1950 (died 2011).

1952 – Ivy Mike the first large hydrogen bomb was detonated on the 1st November 1952 by the United States on Enewetak, an atoll in the Pacific Ocean, as part of Operation Ivy. The codename Ivy Mike [“M” for megaton] was given to the first test of a thermonuclear device, in which part of the explosive yield came from nuclear fusion.

1953 – Jan Davis the American astronaut was born on the 1st November 1953.

1957 – The Mackinac Bridge, the world’s longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas on the 1st November 1957.

1958 – Robert Hart the English rock vocalist and songwriter from Bad Company and Manfred Mann’s Earth Band was born on the 1st November 1958.

1960 – John F. Kennedy, while campaigning for President of the United States, announced his idea of the Peace Corps on the 1st November 1960.

1961 –The Women Strike for Peace (WSP) against nuclear proliferation was held on the 1st November 1961, with 50,000 women in 60 cities participating.

1962 – Magne Furuholmen the Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist from A-ha was born on the 1st November 1962.

1962 – Anthony Kiedis the American singer-songwriter from Red Hot Chili Peppers was born on the 1st November 1962.

1963 – The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opened on the 1st November 1963.

1963 – Rick Allen the English drummer from Def Leppard was born on the 1st November 1963.

1967 – Sophie B. Hawkins the American singer-songwriter and guitarist was born on the 1st November 1967.

1967 ~ Tina Arena the Australian singer-songwriter was born in Keilor East, Victoria, on the 1st November 1967. She has sold over 10 million records worldwide. official website : TinaArena.com | social media : Facebook | Twitter | instagram | videos : YouTube | video : Tina Arena performing her song “Sorrento Moon” in 1994…

1967 – Carla van de Puttelaar the Dutch photographer was born on the 1st November 1967.

1968 – The Motion Picture Association of America‘s film rating system was officially introduced on the 1st November 1968, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.

1972 – Toni Collette the Australian actress was born on the 1st November 1972.

1978 – Jessica Valenti the American blogger was born on the 1st November 1978. Official website: www.JessicaValenti.com

1981 – LaTavia Roberson the American singer-songwriter from Destiny’s Child was born on the 1st November 1981.

1982 – Honda became the 1st Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States with the opening of their factory in Marysville, Ohio on the 1st November 1982. The Honda Accord was the first car produced there.

2000 – Serbia joined the United Nations on the 1st November 2000.

2002 ~ The Sleepover Club Australian television series was first broadcast on the 1st November 2002, until the 7th March 2008.

2011 ~ DUNADEN the French trained thoroughbred racehorse won the 2011 MELBOURNE CUP on Tuesday 1st November 2000. Dunaden was ridden by Christophe Lemaire and trained by Mikel Delzangles. He was the 1st horse to win the Hong Kong Vase after winning the Melbourne Cup. Dunaden was originally purchased for €1,500 as a foal at a sale in France in 2006, and sold to Pearl Bloodstock Pty (Mgr. R Levitt) in 2010 for about $200,000., and won $3.3 million at the 2011 Melbourne Cup. Dunaden beat Red Cadeaux in the closest photo-finish ever in the Melbourne Cup.

2011 Emirates Melbourne Cup video…

Today in History for November 1st ~ video presented by the Associated Press…