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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 ...

15th November 1864: Sherman’s March to the Sea begins when the Civil War Union General leads his troops from Atlanta, GA, to the port of Savannah

Sherman’s March to the Sea is remembered for brutal tactics that confiscated or destroyed food, livestock, and supplies. Railroads were dismantled, and industry disrupted. The devastation was widespread, and not only limited to military targets. Homes, farms, and civilian infrastructure became casualties of the ...

14th November 1680: German astronomer Gottfried Kirch uses a telescope to discover a comet for the first time

Officially known as C/1680 V1, Kirch's discovery soon became known as the Great Comet of 1680 and was visible for many weeks, growing to become the brightest object in the night sky and one of the brightest comets of the seventeenth ...

13th November 1982: Vietnam Veterans Memorial formally dedicated in Washington, D.C.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was designed by a 21-year-old architecture student, Maya Lin, following a national competition. Her minimalist design featured two black granite walls set into the ground, forming a ...

12th November 1970: A dead whale is blown up with dynamite by the Oregon State Highway Division

The Oregon State Highway Division blew up a dead whale that had washed up on a ...

11th November 1831: Nat Turner executed for leading a violent slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia

Nat Turner was supported by a group of more than seventy enslaved and free Blacks who sought to liberate enslaved people while brutally killing around 60 white individuals, including men, women, and ...