1483 – German theologian, reformer and cleric Martin Luther was born. 1775- Congress forms US Marine Corps . 1891- American inventor Granville T. Woods patents electric railway. 1919- Russian inventor …
November, 2014
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9 November
Nov. 9, the fall of Berlin Wall
1821- 1st US pharmacy college holds 1st classes, Philadelphia. 1918- Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates power after the defeat of his country in the 1st World War, and Germany …
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8 November
Nov. 8, Soviet Union launches Kosmos 356 satellite
Damascus, SANA – 1863- Imposition of the French protectorate on Cambodia. 1933- Alcatraz Prison opened on Alcatraz Island in the middle of San Francisco Bay. 1939- An attempt to assassinate …
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7 November
Nov. 7, Mary Robinson became the first woman to be elected President of Ireland
1956 – The UN General Assembly passes a resolution calling upon the UK, France and Israel to immediately withdraw from Egypt after the invasion of Suez canal. 1962 – The …
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6 November
November 6, Russian Musician Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky passes away
1945 – French interim Government, chaired by Gen. Digul, hands authorities to a Constitutional Council after the war. 1975 – The Green March into Western Sahara begins in Morocco. …
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5 November
November 5, French National Assembly adopts “Declaration of the Rights of Man”
1789 – French National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man. 1944 – Terrorist Jewish Stern gang assassinates Lord Moyne, the British Minister Resident in the Middle East. …
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4 November
Nov. 4, Coup overthrows the military regime in Greece
1922 – English researcher in Egyptology Howard Carter discovers the tomb of Tutankhamen. 1952 – Dwight Eisenhower wins the US presidential election. 1974 – Coup overthrows the military regime in …
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3 November
November 3, Russian Sputnik 2 spacecraft launched to space carrying a living animal, a dog named Laika
1911 – Chevrolet enter the automobile market to compete with the Ford Model T. 1924 – British forces gain victory over German army in the Battle of El-Alamein. …
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2 November
November 2, Irish essayist, novelist and Nobel-laureate for Literature George Bernard Shaw passes away
1917 – British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour sends letter to Baron Lionel Walter de Rothschild pledging British support for the establishment of Jewish national home. The Letter is …
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1 November
Nov. 1, UNESCO established
1908- Sultan Abdul Hamid II appoints Sharif Hussein as a prince of Mecca. 1911- Throwing the first bomb from an Italian warplane during the Ottoman-Italian war. 1914- War erupts between …
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