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5th December 1952: The Great Smog descends on London and last for four days

The Great Smog of London descended on the British capital due to a combination of air pollution and weather ...

4th December 1956: The Million Dollar Quartet of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash held an impromptu jam session at Sun Record Studios

Studio engineer Jack Clement, who had discovered Jerry Lee Lewis, was in the control booth and decided to record the session which was the only time that these pop music pioneers would ever record ...

3rd December 1967: The first human-to-human heart transplant is performed

South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the world’s first human-to-human heart ...

2nd December 1804: Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

Napoleon’s coronation as Emperor of the French was a lavish affair that referenced various elements of Carolingian tradition, the ancien régime, and the French ...

1st December 1918: Unification of Transylvania and the Kingdom of Romania

The National Assembly of Romanians of Transylvania and Hungary declared the unification of Transylvania and the Kingdom of ...

30th November 1982: Michael Jackson releases Thriller, the best-selling album of all time

Thriller was released just three weeks after mixing was finished and proved so popular that it was selling a million copies a week at its ...

29th November 1781: The Zong Massacre sees 132 Africans thrown overboard by the crew of a slave ship in an attempt to cash in their insurance policy

The ship’s insurers refused to pay out for the deaths of the slaves and the ensuing court cases found that the killing of slaves was legal in some ...

29th November 1781: The Zong Massacre sees crew of a slave ship throw at least 132 Africans slaves overboard in an attempt to cash in their insurance policy

The ship’s insurers refused to pay out for the deaths of the slaves and the ensuing court cases found that the killing of slaves was legal in some ...

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 with a speech at the Council of Clermont

No accurate record exists of how many people responded to Pope Urban II's call, but estimates suggest anywhere between 60,000 and 100,000 people joined the First ...