1620 Mayflower Compact signed by Pilgrims at Cape Cod, the 1st framework of government in the territory that is now the USA [N.S. Nov 21]
1675 German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = f(x) function
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie’s army enters England
1918 WWI armistice signed by the Allies and Germany comes into effect and World War I hostilities end at 11am, “the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month”
1975 Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam removed from office by Governor General Sir John Kerr – 1st elected PM removed in 200 yrs
1992 The Church of England approves the ordination of female priests
2004 Yasser Arafat’s death through unidentified causes confirmed by Palestine Liberation Organization, Mahmoud Abbas elected PLO chairman minutes later.
Historical Events Today
Today in Film & TV
1985 1st AIDS theme TV movie – “An Early Frost” screens in US on NBC
Today in Music
1925 Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five begin their first recording session
Today in Sport
1946 New York Knicks play their first Basketball Association of American (BAA) home game at Madison Square Garden; lose, 78-68 to Chicago Stags in overtime
1880 Australian Bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol
1807 Washington Irving’s Salmagundi periodical published – first to associate the name “Gotham” with New York City
Famous Weddings
1100 Anglo Norman King Henry I marries Princess Matilda of Scotland at Westminster Abbey
1838 Emma Wedgwood accepts English naturalist Charles Darwin’s marriage proposal
1858 20th US President James Garfield (26) weds Lucretia Rudolph (26) in Hiram, Ohio
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