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2nd Nov 1570
Over 1000 people are killed when a tidal wave in the North Sea destroys sea walls from Holland to Jutland.
2nd Nov 1841
The second Afghan War begins
2nd Nov 1914
War with Turkey is declared by Russia.
2nd Nov 1942
Dwight Eisenhower arrives in Gibraltar, setting up a US command post for the invasion of North Africa.
2nd Nov 1943
US Navy is victorious over Japan during The Battle of Empress Augusta Bay in Bougainville.
2nd Nov 2000
International Space Station receives the first resident crew.
Regards
Alan
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3rd Nov 1493
During his second expedition Chistopher Columbus arrive at the Caribbee Isles, now Dominica.
3rd Nov 1912
The first all metal plane flies near Issy, France.
3rd Nov 1918
The first act leading to Germany’s capitulation in WWI occurs when the German fleet at Kiel mutinies.
3rd Nov 1957
Sputnik II is launched by the Soviet Union with the dog Laika aboard.
3rd Nov 1973
Mariner 10 is launched by NASA, the first probe to reach Mercury.
Regards
Alan
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4th Nov 1493
Guadeloupe is discovered by Christopher Columbus during his second expedition.
4th Nov 1760
Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Torgau.
4th Nov 1918
Austria signs an armistice with the Allies.
4th Nov 1922
King Tut’s tomb entrance is discovered.
4th Nov 1956
Budapest, Hungary is attacked by Russian troops.
4th Nov 1979
90 people are taken hostage at the American Embassy in Teheran, Iran.
Regards
Alan
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5th Nov 1219
The Crusaders take the port of Damietta after a siege.
5th Nov 1556
Guy Fawkes is arrested while attempting to blow up the British parliament.
5th Nov 1757
In the Seven Years War, Frederick II of Prussia defeats the French at Rosbach.
5th Nov 1840
British army accepts the surrender of Afghanistan.
5th Nov 1854
The Russians are defeated at Inkerman, Crimea by the British and the French
5th Nov 1914
War is declared on Turkey by France and Great Britain.
5th Nov 2006
Saddam Hussein is sentenced to death.
Regards
Alan
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5th Nov 1219
The Crusaders take the port of Damietta after a siege.
5th Nov 1556
Guy Fawkes is arrested while attempting to blow up the British parliament.
5th Nov 1757
In the Seven Years War, Frederick II of Prussia defeats the French at Rosbach.
5th Nov 1840
British army accepts the surrender of Afghanistan.
5th Nov 1854
The Russians are defeated at Inkerman, Crimea by the British and the French
5th Nov 1914
War is declared on Turkey by France and Great Britain.
5th Nov 2006
Saddam Hussein is sentenced to death.
Regards
Alan
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6th Nov 1917
Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky seizes power in Petrograd.
6th Nov 1923
A loaf of bread in Berlin is reportedly worth around 140 billion German marks, as inflation soars.
6th Nov 1945
FR1 Fireball touches down, the first landing of a jet on a carrier, the USS Wake Island.
6th Nov 1986
Iran arms-for-hostages deal is revealed.
Regards
Alan
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7th Nov 1917
The Turkish defensive line in the Third Battle of Gaza is broken by the British general Sir Edmund Allenby.
The Bolsheviks take power in Russia, led by Lenin.
7th Nov 1921
Benito Mussolini declares himself to be the leader of the National Fascist Party.
7th Nov 1940
Tacoma Bridge collapses.
7th Nov 1943
A limited offensive along the coast of Burma is launched by British troops.
Regards
Alan
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8th Nov 1620
At the Battle of Prague, the King of Bohemia is defeated.
8th Nov 1887
Doc Holliday, infamous for the Gunfight at the OK Corral dies of tuberculosis in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
8th Nov 1923
Hitler attempts a coup, the ‘Beer Hall Putsch’ and proclaims himself chancellor.
8th Nov 1942
Axis occupied North Africa is invaded by the US and Great Britain.
8th Nov 2004
10,000 US troops and some Iraqi army units besiege an insurgent stronghold at Fallujah.
Regards
Alan
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9th Nov 1799
Napoleon Bonaparte declares himself dictator of France.
9th Nov 1900
Russia completes its occupation of Manchuria.
9th Nov 1914
HMAS Sydney, an Australian light cruiser wrecks the German cruiser Emden, forcing her to beach on a reef on North Keeling Island in the Indian Ocean.
9th Nov 1918
As the Kaiser abdicates and flees to the Netherlands, Germany is proclaimed a republic.
9th Nov 1935
Shanghai, China is invaded by Japanese troops.
9th Nov 1938
The night of the shattered glass, known as Kristallnacht takes place.
9th Nov 1989
The Berlin Wall is opened.
Regards
Alan
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10th Nov 1493
During his second expedition Christopher Columbus discovers Antigua.
10th Nov 1775
US Marine Corps is founded.
10th Nov 1871
At Ujiji near Unyanyembe in Africa, Henry Stanley finds Dr Livingstone….
10th Nov 1941
In the event of war with Japan, Churchill makes a promise to join the US within the hour.
10th Nov 1989
German citizens start the process of tearing down the Berlin Wall.
Regards
Alan
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Love reading these, glad to see they are still going.
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11th Nov 1909
Construction gets under way to build the naval base at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii.
11th Nov 1918
The end of WW1 is ended, German leaders sign the armistice.
11th Nov 1919
Britain observes the first two minutes silence to commemorate those who died in the Great War.
11th Nov 1921
At Arlington Cemetery, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is dedicated.
11th Nov 1940
The Italian fleet is attacked by Britain’s Royal Navy at Taranto.
11th Nov 2008
The QE2 sets sail for Dubai on her final voyage.
Regards
Alan
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Nemesis wrote:Love reading these, glad to see they are still going. Thanks Nem, so pleased you find these enjoyable....  .. The intention is to have a post for every day of the year covering the key events, so that on any given day members can look in to see what was the headline events for that day... Once I've got to the 13th Feb then they will stop otherwise I'd just be repeating myself...lol.... Will be having a think to see what else I can come up with..... Regards Alan
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12th Nov 1035
King Canute of Norway dies.
12th Nov 1867
In Naples, Mount Vesuvius begins to erupt.
12th Nov 1923
For attempting a German coup Adolf Hitler is arrested.
12th Nov 1928
Off the Virginia cape, the ocean liner Vestris sinks killing 111.
12th Nov 1944
A Japanese convoy near Leyte is wiped out by US fighters.
12th Nov 1944
In a Norwegian fjord the German battleship Tirpitz is sunk.
12th Nov 1948
An international tribunal sentence Hideki Tojo, the Japanese prime minister and seven others to hang.
12th Nov 1997
The mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Centre bombing, Ramzi Yousef is convicted.
Regards
Alan
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13th Nov 1897
At Tempelhof Field in Berlin the first metal dirigible is flown.
13th Nov 1907
The first helicopter flight is achieved by Paul Corno.
13th Nov 1941
The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal is torpedoed by the German U-boat U-81
13th Nov 1982
In Washington DC the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated.
13th Nov 1985
The Nevado del Ruiz erupts melting a glacier. Some 23,000 people die in a massive mudslide the buries Armero, Columbia.
Regards
Alan
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