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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
METALLiCA will make metal mayhem in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth when they celebrate their 30th anniversary getting heavy downunder in Australia. Metallica will be headlining the 2013 SOUNDWAVE FESTiVAL
METALLiCA formed in 1981, in San Francisco Bay Area, United States, as an underground heavy metal band, and now one of the most successful acts in the world. Metallica have sold over 100 million albums worldwide, won 9 Grammy Awards, 2 American Music Awards, many MTV Video Music Awards and others.
METALLiCA “The Black Album” has earned the prestigious RIAA Diamond Award for sales of 28 million copies worldwide. Their latest full length album, “Death Magnetic” (2008) charted at #1 in 32 countries, and has currently sold 5 million records worldwide. In addition, the Metallica live box-set release, containing over 8 hours of live music and video, selling for about $80, has already sold over 1 million units worldwide, making it the biggest selling box-set of its kind in history.
Metallica performing Enter Sandman to a massive crowd at the Monsters of Rock hard rock / heavy metal music festival in Moscow on the 28th September 1991 (YouTube video). Metallica was in a line up featuring AC/DC, Pantera, The Black Crowes, & E.S.T. (Russia).The song at the beginning isThe Ecstasy of Gold from the film: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
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.
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.
1956 ~ EVENiNG PEAL the mare ridden by George Podmore won the MELBOURNE CUPon 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.
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.
1979 ~ HYPERNO the bay gelding thoroughbred racehorse ridden by Harry White won the MELBOURNE CUPon Tuesday 6th November1979, trained by Bart Cummings. Hyperno enjoyed his retirement on Harry White’s rural property until he died in 2002.
2001 ~ ETHERAL the bay mare thoroughbred racehorse ridden by Scott Seamer won the MELBOURNE CUPon Tuesday 6th November 2001. was trained by Sheila Laxon.
2007 ~ EFFiCiENT the grey gelding thoroughbred racehorse ridden by Michael Rodd won the MELBOURNE CUPon 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 CUPon 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Fidelioon 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.
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.
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.
The MELBOURNE CUP also known as The race that stops a nation, is Australia’s major Thoroughbred horse race, held annually on the 1st Tuesday of November since the 1800s. The 3,200 metre race for 3 year old horses is the richest 2 mile handicap in the world, and also one of the richest turf races. The race event is all conducted by the Victoria Racing Club on the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The Melbourne Cup race starts at 3pm (daylight saving time) the first Tuesday in November.
The Melbourne Cup race started in 1861, and was originally held over 2 miles (about 3,218 metres). In 1972 the current race distance of 3,200 metres was established due to Australia’s adoption of the metric system.
2013 ~ FiORENTE the Thoroughbred racehorse bred in Ireland ridden by Damien Oliver won the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday 5th November 2012, trained by Gai Waterhouse. In the 2012 Melbourne Cup Fiorente ran 2nd to Green Moon.
2012 ~ GREEN MOON the bay stallion thoroughbred racehorse ridden by Brett Prebble won the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday 6th November 2012, trained by Robert Hickmott. Green Moon was originally intended to be ridden in the cup by Damien Oliver, who was dropped by the owner, Lloyd Williams, after being accused of illegal betting.
2011 ~ DUNADEN the bay stallion thoroughbred racehorse ridden by Christophe Lemaire won the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday 1st November 2011. Dunaden was trained by Mikel Delzangles. He was the 1st horse to win the Hong Kong Vase (11 December 2011) 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.
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.
2007 ~ EFFiCiENT the grey gelding thoroughbred racehorse ridden by Michael Rodd won the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday 6th November 2007.Efficient was trained by Graeme Rogerson.
2001 ~ ETHERAL the bay mare thoroughbred racehorse ridden by Scott Seamer won the Melbourne Cupon Tuesday 6th November 2001. Etheral was trained by Sheila Laxon.
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 Cupin 1998.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
1973 ~ GALA SUPREME the Victorian bred grey gelding thoroughbred racehorse ridden by Frank Reys won the 1973 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.
1969 ~ RAiN LOVER won the Melbourne Cup on the 4th November 1969 with jockey Jim Johnson, and also won the 1968Melbourne Cup. The Melbourne Cup prize money was $77,000.
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.
1956 ~ EVENiNG PEAL the mare ridden by George Podmore won the Melbourne Cupon Tuesday 6th November 1956, trained by E. D. Lawson. Evening Peal was the 1st mare to win the Melbourne Cup since Rainbird won in 1945, and was the 1st horse to have an Oaks-Cup double victory in successive years.
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1945 ~ RAiNBiRD won the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday the 6th November 1945. See the original film footage of the 1945 Melbourne Cup.
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.
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1928 ~ STATESMAN won the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday the 6th November 1928.
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1923 ~ BiTALLi won the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday the 6th November 1923.
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1917 ~ WESTCOURT won the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday the 6th November 1917
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1906 ~ POSEiDON won the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday the 6th November 1906.
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1900 ~ CLEAN SWEEP won the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday the 6th November 1900.
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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.
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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.
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.
1957 – Laika the dog, the 1st animal to enter orbit was launched by the Soviet Union aboard Sputnik 2on 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.
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 Cupin 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…
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.
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.
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)…
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.
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…