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3rd December 1910: First neon light installed at the Paris Motor Show

On the 3rd December 1910, the first neon light went on show at the Paris Motor ...

2nd December 1954: US Senator Joseph McCarthy censured by the Senate

United States Senator Joseph McCarthy was censured for “conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonour and ...

1st December 1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama

On the 1st December 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama after the white section of the bus became ...

30th November 1786: Tuscany becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty

On 30 November 1786 Leopold formally abolished the death sentence as well as banning the use of ...

29th November 1781: Over 132 slaves thrown from the ‘Zong’ ship

On the 29th November 1781, the crew of the slave ship Zong threw the first of at least 132 African slaves overboard in a massacre intended to allow them to cash in their insurance ...

28th November 1893: New Zealand women vote for the first time in a national election

Every New Zealand woman over the age of 21 was able to vote in the world’s first general election in a self-governing ...

27th November 1095: Pope Urban II launches the First Crusade

On the 27th November 1095, Pope Urban II launched the First Crusade with an impassioned speech at the Council of ...

26th November 1976: Sex Pistols release the punk single ‘Anarchy in the UK’

The Damned had released what is recognised as the first ever punk single a month ...

25th November 1936: Anti-Comintern Pact signed by Germany and Japan

On the 25th November 1936, Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan signed the Anti-Comintern ...

24th November 1873: Joseph Glidden awarded a patent for modern barbed wire

Improved fencing systems were vital to the farmers who had headed west to settle in the Great ...