November 20
Events
177 events recorded on November 20 throughout history
A soldier, not a senator. Diocletian climbed from humble Dalmatian origins — possibly born a slave's son — to command Rome's entire imperial machine in 284 AD. His troops proclaimed him emperor after the mysterious death of Numerian, and he didn't just accept power — he restructured it completely. He split the empire into four co-ruled zones, the Tetrarchy, buying Rome another century. But here's the twist: the man who saved Rome also built the architecture that would eventually let it fracture for good.
John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orleans, agreed to a truce brokered by the Duke of Berry to end their violent rivalry for control of the French crown. Three days later, Burgundy's agents assassinated Orleans on a Paris street, igniting the Armagnac-Burgundian civil war that would devastate France for a generation.
They cut off his head and displayed it publicly — proof, the Portuguese insisted, that Zumbi wasn't immortal. He'd spent decades leading Quilombo dos Palmares, a self-governing fugitive settlement of 30,000 formerly enslaved people deep in Brazil's interior. Domingos Jorge Velho's forces finally caught him November 20, 1695. But killing Zumbi didn't kill what he'd built. Brazil now observes November 20th as Black Consciousness Day. The man they executed to prove he was mortal became the face of an entire movement.
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A soldier, not a senator.
A soldier, not a senator. Diocletian climbed from humble Dalmatian origins — possibly born a slave's son — to command Rome's entire imperial machine in 284 AD. His troops proclaimed him emperor after the mysterious death of Numerian, and he didn't just accept power — he restructured it completely. He split the empire into four co-ruled zones, the Tetrarchy, buying Rome another century. But here's the twist: the man who saved Rome also built the architecture that would eventually let it fracture for good.
Der römische Beamte Johannes erklärt sich zum weströmischen Herrscher und beendet damit die dreimonatige kaiserlose Z…
Der römische Beamte Johannes erklärt sich zum weströmischen Herrscher und beendet damit die dreimonatige kaiserlose Zeit nach dem Tod des Honorius. Der oströmische Kaiser Theodosius II., Honorius’ Neffe und dessen eigentlicher Erbe, erkennt seine Herrschaft jedoch nicht an.
The deal Emperor Suzong struck was brutal: let the Huihe soldiers loot Luoyang for three days after victory.
The deal Emperor Suzong struck was brutal: let the Huihe soldiers loot Luoyang for three days after victory. Three days. A city of hundreds of thousands, handed over to allies as payment. The Huihe didn't just help recapture Luoyang — they burned it. Tang forces stood by and watched. The An Shi Rebellion, already eight years running, had nearly shattered China's golden age. But winning Luoyang this way meant the rescue and the destruction arrived together.
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, conquered Palermo and claimed the Kingdom of Sicily through his wife Constance, uniting…
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, conquered Palermo and claimed the Kingdom of Sicily through his wife Constance, uniting it with the Holy Roman Empire. The conquest gave the Hohenstaufen dynasty control of both northern and southern Italy, surrounding the Papal States and setting off a century of conflict between emperors and popes.
Emperor Henry VI stormed Palermo on Christmas Day, seizing the Sicilian crown through his wife Constance's claim.
Emperor Henry VI stormed Palermo on Christmas Day, seizing the Sicilian crown through his wife Constance's claim. The conquest united the Holy Roman Empire with the wealthy Norman Kingdom of Sicily, briefly creating the most powerful state in Europe.
En los Países Bajos, una marea ciclónica supera las dunas costeras en Callantsoog (Den Helder), inundando partes del …
En los Países Bajos, una marea ciclónica supera las dunas costeras en Callantsoog (Den Helder), inundando partes del norte de Holanda, Frisia y Groninga.
Den ersten Invasionsversuch der Mongolen unter Kublai Khan in Japan wehren die zahlenmäßig überlegenen Samurai in der…
Den ersten Invasionsversuch der Mongolen unter Kublai Khan in Japan wehren die zahlenmäßig überlegenen Samurai in der Schlacht von Bun’ei ab.
In Köln endet eine Schlacht der Bürger im Kölner Weberaufstand zwischen ratstreuen Bürgern und Gaffeln einerseits und…
In Köln endet eine Schlacht der Bürger im Kölner Weberaufstand zwischen ratstreuen Bürgern und Gaffeln einerseits und der Zunft der Weber andererseits in einer Flucht der Weber beim Erkennen ihrer zahlenmäßigen Unterlegenheit.
False Peace in France: Orleans Murdered Days After Truce
John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orleans, agreed to a truce brokered by the Duke of Berry to end their violent rivalry for control of the French crown. Three days later, Burgundy's agents assassinated Orleans on a Paris street, igniting the Armagnac-Burgundian civil war that would devastate France for a generation.
John the Fearless and Louis of Valois signed a truce on November 20, 1407, only for Burgundy's men to murder the Duke…
John the Fearless and Louis of Valois signed a truce on November 20, 1407, only for Burgundy's men to murder the Duke of Orléans three days later. This betrayal ignited a decade-long civil war between Burgundian and Armagnac factions that devastated France during the Hundred Years' War.
Venice's daring mountain siege engines forced the Duke of Milan to sue for peace, ending years of costly conflict.
Venice's daring mountain siege engines forced the Duke of Milan to sue for peace, ending years of costly conflict. The Treaty of Cremona secured Venetian dominance in northern Italy and proved that innovative military engineering could dictate diplomatic outcomes on a continental scale.
En L’Áqüila (centro de Italia) se registra un terremoto (posiblemente el mismo terremoto que el 27 de noviembre).
En L’Áqüila (centro de Italia) se registra un terremoto (posiblemente el mismo terremoto que el 27 de noviembre).
En Valencia (España), el escritor Joanot Martorell publica su libro de caballería Tirant lo Blanch en su lengua valen…
En Valencia (España), el escritor Joanot Martorell publica su libro de caballería Tirant lo Blanch en su lengua valenciana.
le duc de Ferrare Hercule Ier d'Este accueille de nombreux Juifs séfarades expulsés d'Espagne et du Portugal.
le duc de Ferrare Hercule Ier d'Este accueille de nombreux Juifs séfarades expulsés d'Espagne et du Portugal.
Naufrágio da nau Frol de la mar navegando de Malaca em direção a Goa, onde seguia Afonso de Albuquerque com o valioso…
Naufrágio da nau Frol de la mar navegando de Malaca em direção a Goa, onde seguia Afonso de Albuquerque com o valioso espólio da conquista de Malaca.
Der Zweite Kappeler Landfriede beendet den Zweiten Kappelerkrieg und regelt die religiösen Verhältnisse in der Alten …
Der Zweite Kappeler Landfriede beendet den Zweiten Kappelerkrieg und regelt die religiösen Verhältnisse in der Alten Eidgenossenschaft neu.
En Colombia se funda el municipio de Serrezuela, actual Madrid en el departamento de Cundinamarca.
En Colombia se funda el municipio de Serrezuela, actual Madrid en el departamento de Cundinamarca.
A 20 km al oeste de Firuzabad (en el centro-sur de Irán), se registra un terremoto.
A 20 km al oeste de Firuzabad (en el centro-sur de Irán), se registra un terremoto.
Der englische König Jakob I. weist in einem Schreiben die Geschäftsführer der Virginia Company of London an, die amer…
Der englische König Jakob I. weist in einem Schreiben die Geschäftsführer der Virginia Company of London an, die amerikanischen Ureinwohner gewaltsam zum Anglikanismus zu bekehren.
الشيخ المأمون يسلم مدينة العرائش لفيليب الثالث ملك إسبانيا.
الشيخ المأمون يسلم مدينة العرائش لفيليب الثالث ملك إسبانيا.
En Jiangsu (China) se registra un terremoto de magnitud 5 en la escala sismológica de Richter (intensidad 6).
En Jiangsu (China) se registra un terremoto de magnitud 5 en la escala sismológica de Richter (intensidad 6).
Papst Innozenz X. erhebt das bisherige Priesterseminar in Manila zur Universität Santo Tomas.
Papst Innozenz X. erhebt das bisherige Priesterseminar in Manila zur Universität Santo Tomas. Die katholische Hochschule ist heute die älteste Universität Asiens.
Im Vertrag von Labiau hebt während des Zweiten Nordischen Kriegs Schwedens König Karl X. Gustav seine Lehnshoheit übe…
Im Vertrag von Labiau hebt während des Zweiten Nordischen Kriegs Schwedens König Karl X. Gustav seine Lehnshoheit über das Herzogtum Preußen und das Ermland auf. Der Große Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm wird von ihm als souveräner Fürst von Preußen anerkannt.
En Heraclión (Creta) se registra un terremoto que sacude toda Grecia.
En Heraclión (Creta) se registra un terremoto que sacude toda Grecia.
They cut off his head and displayed it publicly — proof, the Portuguese insisted, that Zumbi wasn't immortal.
They cut off his head and displayed it publicly — proof, the Portuguese insisted, that Zumbi wasn't immortal. He'd spent decades leading Quilombo dos Palmares, a self-governing fugitive settlement of 30,000 formerly enslaved people deep in Brazil's interior. Domingos Jorge Velho's forces finally caught him November 20, 1695. But killing Zumbi didn't kill what he'd built. Brazil now observes November 20th as Black Consciousness Day. The man they executed to prove he was mortal became the face of an entire movement.
Charles XII Crushes Peter: Sweden's Victory at Narva
An 8,500-strong Swedish army under eighteen-year-old King Charles XII crushed a Russian siege force nearly four times its size at Narva in a blinding snowstorm. The stunning victory established Charles as Europe's most formidable young commander, though Tsar Peter the Great used the humiliation to rebuild the Russian military into the force that would eventually destroy Swedish dominance.
الدولة العثمانية تعلن الحرب على الإمبراطورية الروسية، وتتمكن من الانتصار في هذه الحرب فيما عرف بحملة نهر بروت.
الدولة العثمانية تعلن الحرب على الإمبراطورية الروسية، وتتمكن من الانتصار في هذه الحرب فيما عرف بحملة نهر بروت.
Admiral Edward Vernon captured the Spanish port of Porto Bello with only six ships, proving that a small, aggressive …
Admiral Edward Vernon captured the Spanish port of Porto Bello with only six ships, proving that a small, aggressive naval force could dismantle colonial defenses. This victory humiliated Spain and ignited a wave of jingoistic fervor in Britain, directly escalating the War of Jenkins' Ear into a broader conflict for control of Caribbean trade routes.
Die Uraufführung der Oper L'Isola disabitata von Domenico Scarlatti findet am Teatro San Samuele in Venedig statt.
Die Uraufführung der Oper L'Isola disabitata von Domenico Scarlatti findet am Teatro San Samuele in Venedig statt.
Der preußische General Friedrich August von Finck kapituliert vor den Österreichern unter Leopold Joseph Graf Daun im…
Der preußische General Friedrich August von Finck kapituliert vor den Österreichern unter Leopold Joseph Graf Daun im Gefecht von Maxen. Dafür wird er nach Ende des Siebenjährigen Krieges zu zwei Jahren Festungshaft verurteilt.
bataille des Cardinaux, victoire de la marine Britannique sur les Français,
bataille des Cardinaux, victoire de la marine Britannique sur les Français,
Nahe Mauerkirchen ereignet sich ein Meteoritenfall.
Nahe Mauerkirchen ereignet sich ein Meteoritenfall.
Fort Lee fell in under an hour.
Fort Lee fell in under an hour. Lord Cornwallis landed 5,000 troops at the Palisades on November 20th, scrambling up the cliffs before Washington's men even knew they'd arrived. The garrison fled so fast they left 300 cannons, 1,000 barrels of flour, and their tents still standing. Washington didn't fight — he ran. Across New Jersey, mile by desperate mile. But that retreat? It gave Thomas Paine just enough time to write *The American Crisis* — the pages that kept the whole thing alive.
Mit der Kriegserklärung Großbritanniens an die Niederlande beginnt der vierte Englisch-Niederländische Seekrieg.
Mit der Kriegserklärung Großbritanniens an die Niederlande beginnt der vierte Englisch-Niederländische Seekrieg.
New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights, officially endorsing the initial ten amendments to th…
New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights, officially endorsing the initial ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution. This swift action pressured other states to follow suit, ensuring the federal government formally adopted the protections for individual liberties that define American legal life today.
la bataille de la Sierra Negra se termine par une victoire des Français sur les Espagnols.
la bataille de la Sierra Negra se termine par une victoire des Français sur les Espagnols.
Nach einem mehrwöchigen Prozess wird der Räuberhauptmann Johannes Bückler, genannt Schinderhannes, mit 19 Kumpanen vo…
Nach einem mehrwöchigen Prozess wird der Räuberhauptmann Johannes Bückler, genannt Schinderhannes, mit 19 Kumpanen von den französischen Behörden des Département Donnersberg in Mainz zum Tode verurteilt und am nächsten Tag hingerichtet.
Ludwig van Beethoven debuted his only opera, Fidelio, at Vienna’s Theater an der Wien while French troops occupied th…
Ludwig van Beethoven debuted his only opera, Fidelio, at Vienna’s Theater an der Wien while French troops occupied the city. The premiere flopped as the audience consisted largely of uninterested French officers, forcing Beethoven to revise the score twice before it finally achieved success years later as a evidence of his persistence in the face of political upheaval.
Friedrich Krupp gründet in Essen eine Fabrik zur Produktion von Gussstahl, aus der sich in der Folge die Friedrich Kr…
Friedrich Krupp gründet in Essen eine Fabrik zur Produktion von Gussstahl, aus der sich in der Folge die Friedrich Krupp AG entwickeln wird.
توقيع معاهدة باريس بعد هزيمة نابليون بونابرت في معركة واترلو.
توقيع معاهدة باريس بعد هزيمة نابليون بونابرت في معركة واترلو.
The Second Treaty of Paris was signed after Napoleon's final defeat at Waterloo, imposing harsher terms on France tha…
The Second Treaty of Paris was signed after Napoleon's final defeat at Waterloo, imposing harsher terms on France than the treaty signed after his first abdication. France lost border territories, agreed to pay 700 million francs in reparations, and submitted to a five-year military occupation by the allied powers.
A whale fought back.
A whale fought back. Not just any whale — an 80-ton sperm whale rammed the Essex *twice*, deliberately, 2,000 miles from the nearest coastline. First mate Owen Chase watched the ship sink in minutes. The crew survived in three tiny whaleboats, then spent 90 days at sea making increasingly desperate choices. Only eight men lived. Herman Melville read Chase's firsthand account and couldn't let it go. But here's the reframe: the hunters became the story. The whale won.
O jornalista brasileiro Líbero Badaró é assassinado, falecendo no dia seguinte, com forte impacto para a política do …
O jornalista brasileiro Líbero Badaró é assassinado, falecendo no dia seguinte, com forte impacto para a política do Império do Brasil.
تنصيب الأمير عبد القادر بن محي الدين سلطانًا على الجزائر وذلك بعد تنازل والده له، وكان حينها في الخامسة والعشرين من عمره.
تنصيب الأمير عبد القادر بن محي الدين سلطانًا على الجزائر وذلك بعد تنازل والده له، وكان حينها في الخامسة والعشرين من عمره.
Der Kölner Erzbischof Clemens August Droste zu Vischering wird im Streit mit Preußen um die Akzeptanz von Mischehen v…
Der Kölner Erzbischof Clemens August Droste zu Vischering wird im Streit mit Preußen um die Akzeptanz von Mischehen verhaftet.
Argentine forces fought a British and French naval squadron to a standstill at the Battle of Vuelta de Obligado on th…
Argentine forces fought a British and French naval squadron to a standstill at the Battle of Vuelta de Obligado on the Paraná River. Though Argentina lost the battle, the fierce resistance became a symbol of national sovereignty and is celebrated as a national holiday.
Széchenyi Lánchid, die erste feste Donaubrücke zwischen Buda und Pest, wird ihrer Bestimmung übergeben.
Széchenyi Lánchid, die erste feste Donaubrücke zwischen Buda und Pest, wird ihrer Bestimmung übergeben.
Dissolução do parlamento italiano pelo rei Vítor Emanuel II.
Dissolução do parlamento italiano pelo rei Vítor Emanuel II.
Die Uraufführung der Oper Giulia oder die Corsen von Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner findet in Stuttgart statt.
Die Uraufführung der Oper Giulia oder die Corsen von Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner findet in Stuttgart statt.
Kentucky's self-proclaimed Confederate government filed a secession ordinance, though the state's elected government …
Kentucky's self-proclaimed Confederate government filed a secession ordinance, though the state's elected government remained loyal to the Union. The rival government operated in exile for most of the war, a symbol of how deeply the conflict split border states.
French forces under Lieutenant Francis Garnier stormed and seized Hanoi from Vietnamese defenders, shattering local r…
French forces under Lieutenant Francis Garnier stormed and seized Hanoi from Vietnamese defenders, shattering local resistance and pushing the Nguyen dynasty into a defensive posture. This aggressive expansion directly triggered the Sino-French War a decade later as China moved to protect its tributary relationship with Vietnam.
Johann Hinrich Köser führt mit seiner Firma H. Köser die erste deutsche Fischauktion in Hamburg durch und begründet d…
Johann Hinrich Köser führt mit seiner Firma H. Köser die erste deutsche Fischauktion in Hamburg durch und begründet damit das Auktionswesen der deutschen Fischindustrie.
Die Enzyklika Catholicae ecclesiae richtet Papst Leo XIII.
Die Enzyklika Catholicae ecclesiae richtet Papst Leo XIII. an die Missionare in Afrika und formuliert darin Aussagen wider Sklaverei.
Eight men didn't come home.
Eight men didn't come home. The Blanch mine explosion tore through Brooke County's coal seams in a single violent instant, killing 8 and wounding 10 more — men who'd descended into the earth that morning like any other shift. Brooke County sat in West Virginia's northern panhandle, a tight strip of Appalachian industry pressed between Ohio and Pennsylvania. But here's what stings: no investigation made national news. No legislation followed. These 18 miners were simply absorbed into an era when explosions happened so often, they barely registered.
Die Schauerleute in Hamburg beschließen einen Hafenarbeiterstreik, der sich in der Folge zur ersten großen Arbeitsnie…
Die Schauerleute in Hamburg beschließen einen Hafenarbeiterstreik, der sich in der Folge zur ersten großen Arbeitsniederlegung im Deutschen Reich entwickeln wird.
Sarah Bernhardt electrified the New York press at the Savoy Hotel, announcing a massive tour featuring fifty performe…
Sarah Bernhardt electrified the New York press at the Savoy Hotel, announcing a massive tour featuring fifty performers and her audacious plan to play the title role in Hamlet. By tackling a traditionally male Shakespearean lead, she challenged rigid gender norms in theater and cemented her reputation as the most daring performer of the era.
Die Uraufführung der Oper Grisélidis von Jules Massenet findet an der Opéra-Comique in Paris statt.
Die Uraufführung der Oper Grisélidis von Jules Massenet findet an der Opéra-Comique in Paris statt.
En el Café de Madrid (en París), Henri Desgrange y el periodista Géo Lefèvre sueñan con la creación del Tour de Francia.
En el Café de Madrid (en París), Henri Desgrange y el periodista Géo Lefèvre sueñan con la creación del Tour de Francia.
En Panamá se bautiza la bandera nacional.
En Panamá se bautiza la bandera nacional.
Unter der Regie von Max Reinhardt findet an den Berliner Kammerspielen die Uraufführung von Frank Wedekinds Drama Frü…
Unter der Regie von Max Reinhardt findet an den Berliner Kammerspielen die Uraufführung von Frank Wedekinds Drama Frühlings Erwachen statt, das von diesem bereits 1891 fertiggestellt worden ist.
Die Komödie Moral von Ludwig Thoma wird in Berlin uraufgeführt.
Die Komödie Moral von Ludwig Thoma wird in Berlin uraufgeführt.
Die Uraufführung der Oper Semirama von Ottorino Respighi findet in Bologna statt.
Die Uraufführung der Oper Semirama von Ottorino Respighi findet in Bologna statt.
Der portugiesische Fußballverein Vitória Setúbal wird gegründet.
Der portugiesische Fußballverein Vitória Setúbal wird gegründet.
Madero Calls for Change: Mexican Revolution Starts
Francisco I. Madero issued the Plan de San Luis Potosí to denounce President Porfirio Díaz and call for an armed uprising that immediately ignited the Mexican Revolution. This bold declaration shattered decades of Díaz's dictatorship, triggering a decade-long civil war that ultimately dismantled the old regime and reshaped Mexico's political landscape.
Der deutsche Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Der deutsche Kaiser Wilhelm II. verbietet das Tanzen von Tango in Uniform wegen Unschicklichkeit.
Tanks Mass at Cambrai: Armored Warfare's First Test
British forces launched the Battle of Cambrai with nearly 400 tanks leading the assault, the first mass armored attack in military history that punched through the Hindenburg Line without a preliminary artillery barrage. The initial breakthrough captured five miles in hours, though a German counterattack reclaimed most of the ground and proved that tank warfare still needed combined-arms doctrine to succeed.
Ucrania se convierte en una república.
Ucrania se convierte en una república.
proclamation de la République populaire ukrainienne.
proclamation de la République populaire ukrainienne.
Ukraine's Central Rada declared the country a people's republic amid the collapse of the Russian Empire.
Ukraine's Central Rada declared the country a people's republic amid the collapse of the Russian Empire. The declaration launched a turbulent four-year struggle for independence that ended with Soviet absorption in 1922.
Der Geiger Ben Selvin spielt bei Victor Records das Instrumentalstück Dardanella ein, das in der Folge als erste Sing…
Der Geiger Ben Selvin spielt bei Victor Records das Instrumentalstück Dardanella ein, das in der Folge als erste Single der Musikgeschichte die Grenze von 3 Millionen verkauften Exemplaren überschreiten wird.
É nomeado em Portugal o 27.º governo republicano, chefiado pelo presidente do Ministério Álvaro de Castro.
É nomeado em Portugal o 27.º governo republicano, chefiado pelo presidente do Ministério Álvaro de Castro.
Pierre Cérésole organisiert mit dem Service Civil International das erste Workcamp als Friedensprojekt im kriegszerst…
Pierre Cérésole organisiert mit dem Service Civil International das erste Workcamp als Friedensprojekt im kriegszerstörten Esnes-en-Argonne.
En Alemania, el rentenmark reemplaza al papiermark como moneda oficial.
En Alemania, el rentenmark reemplaza al papiermark como moneda oficial. Un rentenmarke equivale a un trillón de papiermark.
One trillion to one.
One trillion to one. That was the trade — one crisp Rentenmark for a literal trillion crumbling Papiermarks. Hjalmar Schacht, the man who engineered the swap, had watched Germans haul wheelbarrows of cash just to buy bread. The Rentenmark wasn't backed by gold. It was backed by land — mortgaged German soil, an idea so strange it shouldn't have worked. But it did. Hyperinflation stopped almost overnight. And here's the uncomfortable truth: the same economic desperation this rescued also planted seeds for what came next.
Die Uraufführung der Oper Die Höhle von Salamanca von Bernhard Paumgartner findet an der Staatsoper in Dresden statt.
Die Uraufführung der Oper Die Höhle von Salamanca von Bernhard Paumgartner findet an der Staatsoper in Dresden statt.
Der Münchner Dolchstoßprozess endet im Gerichtsurteil mit der Erkenntnis, dass der beklagte Paul Nikolaus Cossmann be…
Der Münchner Dolchstoßprozess endet im Gerichtsurteil mit der Erkenntnis, dass der beklagte Paul Nikolaus Cossmann bei der Verbreitung der Dolchstoßlegende einem Irrtum erlegen sei.
Dorothea Angermann von Gerhart Hauptmann wird an siebzehn deutschsprachigen Bühnen gleichzeitig uraufgeführt.
Dorothea Angermann von Gerhart Hauptmann wird an siebzehn deutschsprachigen Bühnen gleichzeitig uraufgeführt.
Die deutsche Reichspost führt probeweise erste Bildfunkübertragungen über ihren Sender Königs Wusterhausen mit Hilfe …
Die deutsche Reichspost führt probeweise erste Bildfunkübertragungen über ihren Sender Königs Wusterhausen mit Hilfe eines Fultographen durch. Sie testet damit eine Vorstufe in der deutschen Geschichte des Fernsehens.
première exposition parisienne de Salvador Dalí, à la galerie Goemans (catalogue préfacé par André Breton).
première exposition parisienne de Salvador Dalí, à la galerie Goemans (catalogue préfacé par André Breton).
In Stockholm wird die Västerbron eingeweiht.
In Stockholm wird die Västerbron eingeweiht. Die zwei Bogenkonstruktionen der Brücke verbinden die Stadtteile Södermalm und Kungsholmen.
Republican forces executed Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, the charismatic founder of Spain's Falange party, in an Alic…
Republican forces executed Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, the charismatic founder of Spain's Falange party, in an Alicante prison. His death transformed him into a martyr for Franco's Nationalists and intensified the ideological fury of the Spanish Civil War.
En Uruguay se funda la compañía aérea Pluna Líneas Aéreas Uruguayas.
En Uruguay se funda la compañía aérea Pluna Líneas Aéreas Uruguayas.
Hungary didn't want a war.
Hungary didn't want a war. Prime Minister Pál Teleki signed the Tripartite Pact on November 20th, believing alignment with Hitler bought his landlocked country survival, not destruction. He was wrong. Five months later, when Hungary allowed German troops to cross its soil to attack Yugoslavia — a nation with whom they'd just signed a friendship treaty — Teleki shot himself in his office. His suicide note called it "murder." And Hungary's pact, meant to protect the nation, ultimately delivered it straight into Soviet occupation by 1945.
arrestation du Général Weygand (Seconde Guerre mondiale).
arrestation du Général Weygand (Seconde Guerre mondiale).
Der bereits im Oktober fertiggestellte Alaska Highway wird offiziell eröffnet.
Der bereits im Oktober fertiggestellte Alaska Highway wird offiziell eröffnet. Der Bau der Straße wurde nach dem japanischen Angriff auf Pearl Harbor von den USA unter militärischen Aspekten forciert. Die Straße verbindet das in der kanadischen Provinz British Columbia gelegene Dawson Creek mit Delta Junction im US-Bundesstaat Alaska.
Seventy-six hours.
Seventy-six hours. That's all it took to produce nearly 3,300 American casualties on a strip of coral barely two miles long. Marines wading ashore at Betio Island walked into a wall of interlocking Japanese fire — commanders like Major Henry Crowe screaming orders over bodies stacking in the surf. Japanese Admiral Keiji Shibazaki had boasted a million men couldn't take Tarawa in a hundred years. He was wrong. But so were American planners who dramatically underestimated the tide depth, stranding hundreds in open water. The "victory" shocked the public — and forced the military to completely rethink amphibious warfare.
Bataille de Metz
Bataille de Metz
The Nuremberg trials opened at the Palace of Justice, forcing Nazi leaders to answer for crimes against humanity in a…
The Nuremberg trials opened at the Palace of Justice, forcing Nazi leaders to answer for crimes against humanity in a court of law rather than facing summary execution. This unprecedented proceeding established the legal precedent that individuals, not just states, bear personal responsibility for atrocities, fundamentally reshaping international criminal law for the decades that followed.
Nuremberg Trials: Justice Against Nazi War Crimes
Allied forces convened military tribunals in Nuremberg to prosecute 23 top Nazi leaders, establishing a legal precedent that individuals bear responsibility for state-sponsored atrocities. This process dismantled the myth of "just following orders" by holding figures like Hermann Göring and Rudolf Hess accountable before an international court, fundamentally redefining modern international law.
Dutch troops slaughtered ninety-six Indonesian defenders, including General I Gusti Ngurah Rai, at the Battle of Marg…
Dutch troops slaughtered ninety-six Indonesian defenders, including General I Gusti Ngurah Rai, at the Battle of Margarana. This massacre transformed a tactical defeat into a defining symbol of national unity, galvanizing the archipelago's resolve to fight for independence against colonial rule.
Auf die Liturgische Bewegung geht Papst Pius XII.
Auf die Liturgische Bewegung geht Papst Pius XII. mit der Enzyklika Mediator Dei ein, in der er das Wesen der heiligen Liturgie im Gottesdienst erläutert.
Der Saar-Franken wird im Saarland eingeführt.
Der Saar-Franken wird im Saarland eingeführt.
Princess Elizabeth married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey, offering a war-weary Britain a rare mo…
Princess Elizabeth married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey, offering a war-weary Britain a rare moment of public celebration. The union stabilized the monarchy during the difficult post-war transition and established a partnership that defined the British royal family for the next seven decades.
En Managua (Nicaragua) el dictador Anastasio Somoza García inaugura el Estadio Nacional General Somoza, actual Estadi…
En Managua (Nicaragua) el dictador Anastasio Somoza García inaugura el Estadio Nacional General Somoza, actual Estadio Nacional Dennis Martínez, durante la X Serie Mundial de Béisbol.
Czechoslovakia's Communist regime staged the Slánsky show trials, forcing 14 senior party officials to confess to fab…
Czechoslovakia's Communist regime staged the Slánsky show trials, forcing 14 senior party officials to confess to fabricated charges of treason and espionage. Eleven were executed, including party leader Rudolf Slánsky, in proceedings marked by virulent anti-Semitism and Stalinist paranoia.
ouverture des Procès de Prague inspirés des purges staliniennes des années 1930.
ouverture des Procès de Prague inspirés des purges staliniennes des années 1930.
élection du maréchal Alphonse Juin à l'Académie française.
élection du maréchal Alphonse Juin à l'Académie française.
En México se inaugura el Estadio Olímpico Universitario.
En México se inaugura el Estadio Olímpico Universitario.
El piloto estadounidense Scott Crossfield alcanza por primera vez el doble de la velocidad del sonido.
El piloto estadounidense Scott Crossfield alcanza por primera vez el doble de la velocidad del sonido.
Als Reaktion auf ein geplantes Bundespressegesetz wird der Deutsche Presserat als freiwilliges Selbstkontrollorgan ge…
Als Reaktion auf ein geplantes Bundespressegesetz wird der Deutsche Presserat als freiwilliges Selbstkontrollorgan gegründet.
décret créant le nouveau franc français.[réf.
décret créant le nouveau franc français.[réf. souhaitée]
The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, establishing ten principles i…
The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, establishing ten principles including the right to education, play, and protection from exploitation. The non-binding declaration laid the groundwork for the legally binding Convention on the Rights of the Child adopted 30 years later, now the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history.
Inauguração da Basílica do Santuário Nacional da Imaculada Conceição em Washington, D.C.
Inauguração da Basílica do Santuário Nacional da Imaculada Conceição em Washington, D.C.
En Trujillo (Perú) se crea el Concurso Nacional de Marinera.
En Trujillo (Perú) se crea el Concurso Nacional de Marinera.
Missile Crisis Ends: Kennedy Lifts Cuba Quarantine
President John F. Kennedy lifts the naval quarantine on Cuba after the Soviet Union agrees to dismantle its nuclear missiles stationed on the island. This de-escalation halts the immediate threat of nuclear war and forces both superpowers to establish a direct communication hotline to prevent future crises from spiraling out of control.
Der Schwammtaucher Andreas Karolou entdeckt vor der Nordküste Zyperns das aus der vorrömischen Eisenzeit stammende Sc…
Der Schwammtaucher Andreas Karolou entdeckt vor der Nordküste Zyperns das aus der vorrömischen Eisenzeit stammende Schiff von Kyrenia.
Der Schweizer Kanton Zürich stimmt in einer Volksabstimmung gegen das Frauenwahlrecht.
Der Schweizer Kanton Zürich stimmt in einer Volksabstimmung gegen das Frauenwahlrecht.
Das Musical Cabaret von John Kander und Fred Ebb erlebt am Broadhurst Theatre am New Yorker Broadway seine Premiere.
Das Musical Cabaret von John Kander und Fred Ebb erlebt am Broadhurst Theatre am New Yorker Broadway seine Premiere.
An explosion ripped through Consolidation Coal's No.
An explosion ripped through Consolidation Coal's No. 9 mine near Farmington, West Virginia, killing 78 miners. The disaster shocked the nation and became the catalyst for the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, which dramatically strengthened federal oversight of the mining industry.
Eleven men slipped into the jungle.
Eleven men slipped into the jungle. Only four walked out unwounded. The Long Range Patrol from F Company, 58th Infantry knew their job — move quietly, gather intelligence, disappear. But the 4th and 5th NVA Regiments had other plans, surrounding the team and nearly erasing it completely. What saved the seven survivors wasn't a formal rescue op. It was their own guys, improvising under fire, pulling something together from nothing. And that improvised force is the whole story — nobody waited for orders.
An explosion ripped through Consolidated Coal's No.
An explosion ripped through Consolidated Coal's No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia, trapping 78 miners underground. Rescue attempts were abandoned after 10 days and the mine was sealed with the bodies still inside. The disaster spurred passage of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, the most sweeping mine safety legislation in decades.
Thirty color photographs.
Thirty color photographs. That's what Ronald Haeberle handed over — images he'd taken himself as an Army photographer *at* My Lai, then quietly kept for 20 months. When the Plain Dealer ran them on November 20, 1969, Americans didn't just read about 504 civilians killed. They *saw* it. Children. Ditches. No combatants. Public outrage exploded, accelerating the broader collapse of trust in government war reporting. But Haeberle had attended the massacre as official documentation. He was supposed to show the Army's story. He showed the truth instead.
Eighty-nine Native Americans landed on a former federal prison and claimed it by "right of discovery" — mocking the v…
Eighty-nine Native Americans landed on a former federal prison and claimed it by "right of discovery" — mocking the very legal doctrine used to take Indigenous land for centuries. Richard Oakes, a Mohawk ironworker, led the charge. They offered the government $24 in glass beads and red cloth — the supposed price paid for Manhattan. The occupation lasted 19 months. But the government cut off water and power, and attrition did the rest. That abandoned prison became something Washington never intended: a rallying point for the entire American Indian Movement.
En Paraguay se funda el Club Atlético 3 de Febrero.
En Paraguay se funda el Club Atlético 3 de Febrero.
الفريق حافظ الأسد قائد الانقلاب في سوريا يشكل وزارة جديدة من 26 وزير واحتفظ فيها لنفسه بوزارة الدفاع.
الفريق حافظ الأسد قائد الانقلاب في سوريا يشكل وزارة جديدة من 26 وزير واحتفظ فيها لنفسه بوزارة الدفاع.
Parte do Elevado Paulo de Frontin, no Rio de Janeiro, desaba matando 48 pessoas.
Parte do Elevado Paulo de Frontin, no Rio de Janeiro, desaba matando 48 pessoas.
Se descubre el primer túnel norcoreano en la zona desmilitarizada por el que pueden acceder a Corea del sur.
Se descubre el primer túnel norcoreano en la zona desmilitarizada por el que pueden acceder a Corea del sur.
One company controlled nearly every phone call in America.
One company controlled nearly every phone call in America. The Justice Department's 1974 antitrust filing against AT&T wasn't just paperwork — it was a direct challenge to a monopoly serving 80% of U.S. telephone customers. Eight years of legal battles followed. Then, in 1984, AT&T surrendered, spinning off seven independent "Baby Bells." MCI, Sprint, and eventually cellular competitors rushed in. But here's the twist: those Baby Bells slowly re-merged, and today's AT&T is basically the monopoly the government spent a decade dismantling.
Lufthansa Flight 540 slams into the runway at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport during a failed takeoff a…
Lufthansa Flight 540 slams into the runway at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport during a failed takeoff attempt, killing 59 of the 157 souls aboard. This tragedy marked the first fatal crash involving a Boeing 747, compelling airlines to immediately reevaluate high-altitude performance limits and emergency procedures for their jumbo jets.
Thirty-six years.
Thirty-six years. Franco had outlasted Hitler, Mussolini, and four U.S. presidents — a dictator who somehow survived his own era. When he finally died on November 20th, his physicians had kept him artificially alive for weeks, his body failing through eighteen operations. King Juan Carlos I, Franco's handpicked successor, then did something Franco never expected: he dismantled the whole system. Within three years, Spain held free elections. The man who thought he'd secured his legacy forever had accidentally chosen the person who'd bury it.
In Mexiko wird die Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala gegründet.
In Mexiko wird die Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala gegründet.
En las montañas cerca de San Juan Cotzal (Guatemala), el ejército asesina al sacerdote tercermundista estadounidense …
En las montañas cerca de San Juan Cotzal (Guatemala), el ejército asesina al sacerdote tercermundista estadounidense Guillermo Woods (1931-1976) y a otros cuatro estadounidenses en una avioneta.
Sadat Walks to Israel: A New Middle East Begins
Anwar Sadat steps onto Israeli soil as the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel, meeting Prime Minister Menachem Begin and addressing the Knesset to demand a permanent peace settlement. This bold move directly shattered decades of diplomatic isolation between Egypt and Israel, setting the stage for the Camp David Accords and the 1979 peace treaty that ended their state of war.
Der österreichische Bundespräsident Rudolf Kirchschläger eröffnet das Islamische Zentrum Wien, das die erste Moschee …
Der österreichische Bundespräsident Rudolf Kirchschläger eröffnet das Islamische Zentrum Wien, das die erste Moschee in Österreich beherbergt.
Six thousand hostages.
Six thousand hostages. Inside the holiest site in Islam. Juhayman al-Otaybi led his 200 followers into the Grand Mosque believing one of them was the Mahdi — Islam's promised redeemer. Saudi forces couldn't breach the sanctuary without religious permission, so clerics deliberated while hostages waited. Pakistani Special Services Group commandos ultimately helped retake the tunnels beneath Mecca. Two weeks. Hundreds dead. But here's what most people miss: the siege spooked the Saudi royals into tightening religious restrictions across the kingdom — restrictions whose echoes are still being unwound today.
A misplaced Texaco oil drill punctured the roof of the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, turning Lake Peigneur into a massiv…
A misplaced Texaco oil drill punctured the roof of the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, turning Lake Peigneur into a massive, swirling whirlpool. The entire lake, along with eleven barges and a tugboat, drained into the mine shafts below, permanently transforming a freshwater ecosystem into a deep, saltwater basin connected to the Gulf of Mexico.
بدء محاكمة «عصابة الأربعة» في بكين من بينهم زوجة الرئيس ماو تسي تونغ.
بدء محاكمة «عصابة الأربعة» في بكين من بينهم زوجة الرئيس ماو تسي تونغ.
The General Union of Ecuadorian Workers was founded to consolidate labor organizing across the country.
The General Union of Ecuadorian Workers was founded to consolidate labor organizing across the country. The UGTE provided a unified voice for workers' rights during a period of economic instability and political repression in Ecuador.
Zwischen Hamburg und Berlin wird die fertiggestellte Transitautobahn für den Verkehr freigegeben.
Zwischen Hamburg und Berlin wird die fertiggestellte Transitautobahn für den Verkehr freigegeben. Auf DDR-Seite öffnet der innerdeutsche Grenzübergang bei Zarrentin am Schaalsee.
En los Estados Unidos, cerca de 100 millones de personas ven en directo el controvertido telefilm El día después, don…
En los Estados Unidos, cerca de 100 millones de personas ven en directo el controvertido telefilm El día después, donde se describen los efectos de una guerra nuclear en ese país.
The SETI Institute was established in Mountain View, California, to conduct scientific research on the origin and pre…
The SETI Institute was established in Mountain View, California, to conduct scientific research on the origin and prevalence of life in the universe. The nonprofit has since led systematic searches for extraterrestrial intelligence using radio telescopes and other detection methods.
En Japón empieza a publicarse el manga (revista de historietas) Dragon Ball.
En Japón empieza a publicarse el manga (revista de historietas) Dragon Ball.
Se funda el SETI, el servicio de búsqueda de inteligencia extraterrestre.
Se funda el SETI, el servicio de búsqueda de inteligencia extraterrestre.
Microsoft released Windows 1.0, replacing cryptic command-line prompts with a graphical interface driven by a mouse.
Microsoft released Windows 1.0, replacing cryptic command-line prompts with a graphical interface driven by a mouse. This shift transformed personal computing from a niche skill for programmers into an accessible tool for the general public, establishing the visual desktop standard that still dominates the industry today.
Microsoft released Windows 1.0 after two years of delays, offering PC users their first graphical interface with tile…
Microsoft released Windows 1.0 after two years of delays, offering PC users their first graphical interface with tiled windows, a mouse-driven desktop, and bundled apps like Paint and Notepad. Critics dismissed it as slow and limited, but it planted the seed for the platform that would dominate personal computing.
Sale a la venta la versión 1.0 de Microsoft Windows.
Sale a la venta la versión 1.0 de Microsoft Windows.
Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño fue adaptada.
Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño fue adaptada.
Half a million people.
Half a million people. In one city. In one day. What started as student marches just days earlier had exploded into something the Communist government couldn't mathematically ignore. Václav Havel, a playwright who'd spent years in prison, was coordinating from a theater basement. No army. No weapons. Just bodies filling Wenceslas Square until the numbers themselves became the argument. Czechoslovakia's Communist leadership resigned within days. But here's the thing — the revolution's name came after. Someone chose "Velvet" because nothing tore.
En España es asesinado Josu Muguruza durante una cena el día anterior a tomar posesión como diputado de Herri Batasuna.
En España es asesinado Josu Muguruza durante una cena el día anterior a tomar posesión como diputado de Herri Batasuna.
Soviet authorities finally cornered Andrei Chikatilo after a decade of terror, leading him to confess to fifty-six br…
Soviet authorities finally cornered Andrei Chikatilo after a decade of terror, leading him to confess to fifty-six brutal murders. This arrest ended one of history's most notorious killing sprees and exposed the terrifying scale of violence that had plagued the region for years.
proclamation de Norodom Sihanouk comme chef de l'État cambodgien.
proclamation de Norodom Sihanouk comme chef de l'État cambodgien.
Nineteen people were dead before anyone fully understood what had happened.
Nineteen people were dead before anyone fully understood what had happened. An MI-8 helicopter, carrying officials and journalists from three former Soviet republics on a peacekeeping mission, was shot down over Khojavend district — not by enemy combatants, but by forces supposedly involved in resolving the very conflict they were flying into. Reporters died alongside diplomats. And the Nagorno-Karabakh war ground on for three more brutal years. A peacekeeping mission became the massacre. That detail never quite faded.
En el Castillo de Windsor (Reino Unido), se incendia durante 15 horas una capilla privada, provocando serios daños en…
En el Castillo de Windsor (Reino Unido), se incendia durante 15 horas una capilla privada, provocando serios daños en la zona noroeste del edificio.
A faulty spotlight ignited a curtain in Queen Victoria’s Private Chapel, triggering a blaze that tore through Windsor…
A faulty spotlight ignited a curtain in Queen Victoria’s Private Chapel, triggering a blaze that tore through Windsor Castle for fifteen hours. The inferno destroyed over a hundred rooms and prompted a massive public debate over funding the £36.5 million restoration, which ultimately forced the Queen to pay income tax for the first time.
Die Dopingsperre von Katrin Krabbe, Grit Breuer und Manuela Derr wird durch den Internationalen Leichtathletik-Verban…
Die Dopingsperre von Katrin Krabbe, Grit Breuer und Manuela Derr wird durch den Internationalen Leichtathletik-Verband bestätigt.
Alan Cranston didn't go to jail.
Alan Cranston didn't go to jail. That's the part people forget. Charles Keating's Lincoln Savings collapse wiped out 23,000 investors — many of them elderly — costing taxpayers $3.4 billion. Cranston had accepted $1 million in contributions. But the Senate Ethics Committee landed on "censure," the softest punch available. Cranston, 79 and battling prostate cancer, stood on the Senate floor and refused to apologize. And somehow, that defiance reframed everything — the real scandal wasn't one senator. It was how ordinary the whole arrangement had been.
Avioimpex Flight 110 plummets into the mountainside near Ohrid Airport, claiming every single one of the 116 souls ab…
Avioimpex Flight 110 plummets into the mountainside near Ohrid Airport, claiming every single one of the 116 souls aboard. This tragedy stands as North Macedonia's deadliest aviation disaster and forces a complete overhaul of regional safety protocols for Yakovlev aircraft operations in the Balkans.
réouverture au public du musée du Louvre à Paris avec sa nouvelle aile dite "Richelieu" côté rue de Rivoli récemment …
réouverture au public du musée du Louvre à Paris avec sa nouvelle aile dite "Richelieu" côté rue de Rivoli récemment inaugurée par le président français Mitterrand après avoir été récupérée sur le ministère de l'économie, des finances et du budget quant à lui déplacé vers le nouvel ensemble architectural du quartier périphérique de Bercy toujours rive droite de la Seine mais plus en amont dans le 12e arrondissement de la capitale. 40 000 visiteurs répondent présent(e)(s) à cette réouverture du plus grand musée au monde.
Nineteen years of brutal civil war, and it ended with signatures in Lusaka — not Luanda, not anywhere Angolan.
Nineteen years of brutal civil war, and it ended with signatures in Lusaka — not Luanda, not anywhere Angolan. Jonas Savimbi's UNITA rebels and the government of President José Eduardo dos Santos finally agreed to stop. The protocol established ceasefires, power-sharing, and disarmament timelines that both sides swore they'd honor. But Savimbi didn't trust it. Within months, localized fighting crept back. Full-scale war resumed by 1998. Angola wouldn't see real peace until Savimbi himself was killed in 2002. The Lusaka Protocol didn't end the war — it just paused it.
La BBC emite en Reino Unido una polémica entrevista de la princesa Diana de Gales la cual terminaría por convertirse …
La BBC emite en Reino Unido una polémica entrevista de la princesa Diana de Gales la cual terminaría por convertirse en uno de los mayores escándalos de la monarquía británica.
A fire engulfed a 16-story commercial building in Hong Kong's Kowloon district, killing 41 people and injuring 81 in …
A fire engulfed a 16-story commercial building in Hong Kong's Kowloon district, killing 41 people and injuring 81 in the territory's deadliest building fire in decades. Many victims were trapped on upper floors where exits were blocked, and the disaster led to comprehensive fire safety reforms for Hong Kong's dense high-rise landscape.
la fusée russe Proton pose le premier élément de la station spatiale internationale (l'ISS).
la fusée russe Proton pose le premier élément de la station spatiale internationale (l'ISS).
Russia launches the Zarya module from Baikonur, kicking off the assembly of the International Space Station.
Russia launches the Zarya module from Baikonur, kicking off the assembly of the International Space Station. This specific hardware provided the initial power and propulsion needed to anchor the orbiting laboratory, enabling decades of continuous human presence above Earth.
Russia launched the Zarya control module into orbit, the first piece of the International Space Station.
Russia launched the Zarya control module into orbit, the first piece of the International Space Station. The 20-ton module provided power and propulsion for the station's early assembly, beginning a project that would grow into the largest structure ever built in space.
A Taliban court looked at the man the FBI wanted dead or alive and declared him innocent.
A Taliban court looked at the man the FBI wanted dead or alive and declared him innocent. Clean hands. No sin. This wasn't ignorance — it was a deliberate shield, issued just months after the August bombings killed 224 people across Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. The ruling made extradition legally impossible under Taliban logic. America pushed. The Taliban held firm. Bin Laden stayed. And that decision, dressed up in the language of Islamic jurisprudence, helped set the clock ticking toward September 11, 2001.
Honda stellt den humanoiden Roboter ASIMO der Öffentlichkeit vor.
Honda stellt den humanoiden Roboter ASIMO der Öffentlichkeit vor.
sortie au cinéma du film français de comédie de société « Tanguy » au lendemain de la saint-Tanguy, avec le jeune Éri…
sortie au cinéma du film français de comédie de société « Tanguy » au lendemain de la saint-Tanguy, avec le jeune Éric Berger, Sabine Azéma, André Dussollier et Hélène Duc, film inspiré à son réalisateur auteur Étienne Chatiliez par le fait divers d’une Italienne ayant chassé son fils de 31 ans de chez elle mais celui-ci ayant traîné sa génitrice en Justice et y obtenu qu’elle le ré-héberge.
The building had carried no name for decades.
The building had carried no name for decades. Then George W. Bush — a Republican — walked in and named it after a Kennedy. The Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building dedication happened on what would've been RFK's 76th birthday, May 20, 2001, inside the very department Kennedy once ran as Attorney General. Bush honored a man from America's most famous Democratic dynasty, no hesitation. And that's the part worth sitting with: the Justice Department itself carries his name now, not any president's.
Four bombs.
Four bombs. Two days. A city already reeling. The November 20 attacks hit the HSBC headquarters and British Consulate General Roger Short's building within minutes of each other, killing Short along with 27 others. Istanbul's streets had barely cleared from November 15. Al-Qaeda-linked group IBDA-C claimed responsibility, but the timing wasn't random — it landed the same day Tony Blair visited George W. Bush in London. The deadliest attack on British diplomats in decades, and it happened while two leaders celebrated their alliance.
En Chile comienza la cumbre de la APEC.
En Chile comienza la cumbre de la APEC.
réouverture du Museum of Modern Art agrandi à New York par l'architecte japonais Yoshio Taniguchi.
réouverture du Museum of Modern Art agrandi à New York par l'architecte japonais Yoshio Taniguchi.
Ein 18-jähriger ehemaliger Schüler der Geschwister-Scholl-Realschule in Emsdetten verletzt bei einem Amoklauf in sein…
Ein 18-jähriger ehemaliger Schüler der Geschwister-Scholl-Realschule in Emsdetten verletzt bei einem Amoklauf in seiner früheren Schule 37 Menschen. Anschließend tötet er sich selbst.
Se publican dos artículos en las revistas Science y Cell en donde dos grupos independientes anuncian que han logrado …
Se publican dos artículos en las revistas Science y Cell en donde dos grupos independientes anuncian que han logrado generar células madre a partir de fibroblastos humanos. Este es considerado uno de los avances más importantes en este campo de estudio.
Forty-six percent.
Forty-six percent. Gone. In barely thirteen months, the Dow shed nearly half its value, bottoming at 7,552.29 — levels unseen since 1997. But the real gut-punch lives in the inflation-adjusted numbers: the S&P 500 effectively erased thirteen years of gains, dragging investors back to May 1995. Ordinary retirement accounts vanished overnight. Families who'd planned to retire in 2009 didn't. And the March 2000 peak that started this freefall? That was the dot-com bubble's last gasp — meaning two separate manias destroyed one generation's wealth twice.
ظهور جزيرة نيشينو الواقعة في المحيط الهادئ والتابعة لليابان بعد ثوران أحد البراكين في المحيط.
ظهور جزيرة نيشينو الواقعة في المحيط الهادئ والتابعة لليابان بعد ثوران أحد البراكين في المحيط.
En México y otros lugares del mundo se celebra el primer día de la «Acción Global por Ayotzinapa», en el que miles de…
En México y otros lugares del mundo se celebra el primer día de la «Acción Global por Ayotzinapa», en el que miles de mexicanos exigen la renuncia del presidente Enrique Peña Nieto debido a su responsabilidad en el asesinato de los estudiantes de Ayotzinapa.
Jihadist gunmen stormed the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, Mali, taking 170 hostages and killing at least 19 people.
Jihadist gunmen stormed the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, Mali, taking 170 hostages and killing at least 19 people. The attack, claimed by al-Mourabitoun and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, underscored the spread of militant Islamist violence across West Africa.
Jimmie Johnson clinched his seventh NASCAR Cup Series title on November 20, 2016, tying Richard Petty and Dale Earnha…
Jimmie Johnson clinched his seventh NASCAR Cup Series title on November 20, 2016, tying Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for the most championships in series history. This achievement cemented his legacy as one of the sport's greatest drivers, proving that sustained excellence over a decade could match the dominance of racing legends from previous eras.
accident ferroviaire à Pukhrayan.
accident ferroviaire à Pukhrayan.
المحكمة الاتحادية العُليا العراقيَّة تُصدر قرارًا بإلغاء نتائج استفتاء انفصال إقليم كردستان.
المحكمة الاتحادية العُليا العراقيَّة تُصدر قرارًا بإلغاء نتائج استفتاء انفصال إقليم كردستان.
A 1.6 million-square-foot building — gone in seconds.
A 1.6 million-square-foot building — gone in seconds. The Georgia Dome, which had hosted two Super Bowls and the 1996 Olympic basketball finals, was brought down by strategically placed explosives on November 20, 2017. Workers had spent weeks threading charges through its steel bones. But the real twist? The $1.5 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium that replaced it was already standing next door, watching. The old dome didn't disappear into history — it collapsed in the shadow of its own successor.
en Éthiopie, un référendum sur la création d'une nouvelle région à part entière a lieu dans la zone Sidama, l'une des…
en Éthiopie, un référendum sur la création d'une nouvelle région à part entière a lieu dans la zone Sidama, l'une des quinze zones de la région des nations, nationalités et peuples du Sud (RNNPS) du pays.
In Fulda wird die Partei Bündnis Deutschland gegründet.
In Fulda wird die Partei Bündnis Deutschland gegründet.
The 2022 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Qatar, shattering tradition as the first tournament ever staged in the Middle East.
The 2022 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Qatar, shattering tradition as the first tournament ever staged in the Middle East. This historic shift forces global organizers to confront extreme heat challenges and sparks intense debates about labor rights across the host nation's construction sites. The event redefines the sport's geographic boundaries while igniting a worldwide conversation on human rights within international sporting governance.
en Guinée équatoriale, l' élection présidentielle afin d'élire le chef de l'État et simultanément les élections parle…
en Guinée équatoriale, l' élection présidentielle afin d'élire le chef de l'État et simultanément les élections parlementaires se déroulent afin de renouveler les deux chambres du Parlement du pays. Le président Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo est réélu avec 94,9 % des voix et son parti remporte la totalité des sièges de la Chambre des députés et du Sénat.
au Népal, les élections législatives ont lieu afin d'élire les 275 députés de la Chambre des représentants du pays.
au Népal, les élections législatives ont lieu afin d'élire les 275 députés de la Chambre des représentants du pays.
aux Tonga, les élections législatives ont lieu afin de renouveler pour quatre ans les vingt-six membres de l'Assemblé…
aux Tonga, les élections législatives ont lieu afin de renouveler pour quatre ans les vingt-six membres de l'Assemblée législative (Fale Alea), le parlement du royaume des Tonga.