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25th November 1783: The British Army departed New York City, nearly three months after the end of the American Revolutionary War

Cannons fired as the British departed, acting as a signal for General George Washington to ride into the city with Governor George ...

24th November 1835: Texas Rangers formally instituted by Texan lawmakers

The General Council passed an ordinance that created three companies of 56 Rangers, each commanded by a captain, first and second lieutenants, and with a major in ...

23rd November 1876: William “Boss” Tweed delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain following his escape from prison for corruption

Tweed's corrupt practices were exposed by investigative journalists such as those at The New York Times and he was regularly attacked by Thomas Nast, the political cartoonist for Harper's Weekly whose cartoons helped to identify Tweed in ...

22nd November 1943: Cairo Conference begins when leaders of Britain, the USA and China meet to discuss the Allied position regarding Japan

Alongside senior military leaders, the meeting brought together President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom, and Chairman of the Chinese National Government Chiang Kai-shek of ...

21st November 1953: Piltdown Man fossils exposed as a forgery, undermining studies of human evolution

The use of fluorine dating revealed that the skull and jawbone, which were once believed to be a crucial 'missing piece' in the study of human evolution, did not belong to the same individual and were far younger than previously ...

20th November 1910: Uprising by Francisco Madero against Porfirio Díaz triggers the Mexican Revolution

Madero's “Plan of San Luis Potosí” called for an uprising on November 20, 1910, and laid out a vision for a democratic ...

19th November 1919: United States Senate votes to reject the Treaty of Versailles

Lodge and Senate Republicans proposed amendments and, on November 19, 1919 the Senate voted down the Treaty of Versailles by 55 in favour to 39, falling short of the required two-thirds ...

18th November 1872: Susan B. Anthony arrested for voting in a Presidential election

Anthony and fourteen other women successfully cast their votes despite it being illegal under federal ...

17th November 1978: CBS broadcast the heavily-criticised Star Wars Holiday Special

13 million people tuned in, securing it the second-highest audience share, but the film garnered an almost universally-negative ...

16th November 1933: The USA establishes formal diplomatic relations with the USSR

Roosevelt announced the establishment of formal diplomatic relations with the USSR on 16 November, and appointed William C. Bullitt as the first Ambassador to the Soviet ...