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18th November 1916: Battle of the Somme ends

On the 18th November 1916, the Battle of the Somme ended when German troops retired from the final large British attack at the Battle of the Ancre amid worsening ...

17th November 1903: The Bolshevik-Menshevik split within the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party split into the Bolshevik and Menshevik ...

16th November 1945: Foundation of UNESCO

On the 16th November 1945, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation – otherwise known as UNESCO – was ...

15th November 1969: 500,000 people march on Washington in the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam

Over 500,000 protesters marched on Washington D.C. as part of the national Moratorium to End the War in ...

14th November 1990: Margaret Thatcher faces leadership challenge

On the 14th November 1990, Margaret Thatcher’s fifteen year leadership of the British Conservative Party was challenged by Michael Heseltine, a former cabinet ...

13th November 1956: Supreme Court upholds Browder v Gayle to desegregate buses in Alabama

The United States Supreme Court upheld the District Court’s ruling in Browder v. Gayle that segregation on public buses and transportation in Alabama was ...

12th November 1990: World Wide Web first proposed

On the 12th November 1990, British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee published the first formal proposal for the World Wide ...

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

On the 11th November 1918, fighting on the First World War’s Western Front ended when representatives from the Allies and Germany signed the Armistice of ...

10th November 1969: Sesame Street first broadcast

On the 10th November 1969, the American children’s television show Sesame Street was broadcast for the first ...

9th November 1918: Wilhelm II abdicates as Kaiser of Germany

Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated as German Emperor and King of Prussia after the German Revolution took ...