Scott Allsop's Blog, page 164
November 22, 2019
23rd November 1963: First episode of Doctor Who broadcast
On the 23rd November 1963, the first ever episode of cult science fiction television show Doctor Who was broadcast by the ...
November 21, 2019
22nd November 1718: The pirate Blackbeard killed by sailors under Robert Maynard
The British pirate Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, was killed during a battle with British sailors under the command of Lieutenant Robert ...
November 20, 2019
21st November 1877: Thomas Edison announces the phonograph
On the 21st November 1877, American inventor Thomas Edison announced his phonograph, the world’s first practical machine that could record and play sound using a ...
November 19, 2019
20th November 1969: Native Americans begin their occupation of Alcatraz Island
The Occupation of Alcatraz was launched by a group of 89 members of the Indians of All Tribes in an attempt to gain control under the Treaty of Fort Laramie that had been signed in ...
November 18, 2019
19th November 1863: Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address
On the 19th November 1863, US President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, ...
November 17, 2019
18th November 1987: 31 people killed in the Kings Cross fire on the London Underground
The worst fire in the history of the London Underground killed 31 people at Kings Cross St Pancras ...
November 16, 2019
17th November 1558: Queen Elizabeth I’s reign begins after the death of Mary I
On the 17th November 1558, Elizabeth I succeeded her half-sister Mary to become queen of ...
November 15, 2019
16th November 1990: Milli Vanilli stripped of Grammy Award for not singing on their album
German pop duo Milli Vanilli were stripped of the Grammy Award for Best New Artist after it emerged that they did not sing any of the vocals on their debut ...
November 14, 2019
15th November 1917: Georges Clemenceau appointed Prime Minister of France
On the 15th November 1917, Georges Clemenceau was appointed Prime Minister of France for the second ...
November 13, 2019
14th November 1960: Ruby Bridges, first African-American to desegregate an elementary school
Bridges was born in 1954, the same year that the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas that racially segregated schools were ...
