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.
1793 William Carey lands in Calcutta, India to begin his missionary career.
1883 Elizabeth Ryder Wheaton has had a vision of Christ. Afterwards, she will become a social reformer and evangelist.
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”.
1938 Kate Smith first sings Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America,” a song that she thought she was not going to like. It will become her signature song.
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.
Today’s Historical Events
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
Do You Know This Fact About Today? Did You Know?
1880 Australian Bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
Would You Believe This Fact About Today? Would You Believe?
1807 Washington Irving’s Salmagundi periodical published – first to associate the name “Gotham” with New York City.
