November 26
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190 events recorded on November 26 throughout history
President George Washington proclaimed a day of thanksgiving that Congress immediately approved, establishing the first national observance of its kind. This decree transformed a regional tradition into a federal holiday, setting a precedent for future presidential proclamations that would eventually evolve into the modern Thanksgiving celebration.
Eight students. That's all it took. Eight young men at Union College decided a secret literary society wasn't enough — they wanted something different, something *theirs*. So they built Kappa Alpha Society from scratch in Schenectady, New York, with no blueprint to follow because nothing like it existed. Every fraternity hazing scandal, every Greek row, every homecoming tradition traces back to this single afternoon. And those eight students weren't thinking about legacy. They just wanted better company.
The National Hockey League launched in 1917 with five founding franchises: the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas. This consolidation transformed hockey from a loose collection of regional leagues into a unified professional sport that established the modern rules and competitive structure still defining the game today.
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“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
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A queen didn't just lose her crown — she lost her freedom.
A queen didn't just lose her crown — she lost her freedom. Adosinda, widow of Alfonso I's son Silo, got locked inside a monastery the moment Mauregatus seized Asturias. Not retirement. Containment. Her family's blood made her dangerous, so walls replaced a palace. Mauregatus, likely illegitimate himself, understood that a living queen meant a living claim. But the plan didn't hold — her nephew Alfonso II eventually retook the throne. Adosinda's imprisonment wasn't an ending. It was just a waiting room.
fondation de la ville de Montpellier.
fondation de la ville de Montpellier.
en Ramla y Nablús (Palestina), un terremoto deja un saldo de 70 000 muertos.
en Ramla y Nablús (Palestina), un terremoto deja un saldo de 70 000 muertos. También podría haber sucedido durante el año siguiente.
« miracle des Ardents », qui renvoie à l'intoxication par le seigle qui sévit à Paris.
« miracle des Ardents », qui renvoie à l'intoxication par le seigle qui sévit à Paris. Cette épidémie d'ergotisme prend fin après une procession des reliques de sainte Geneviève.
Gunpowder bombs.
Gunpowder bombs. Dropped from Song warships onto Jin vessels crowding the Yangtze. Commander Yu Yunwen hadn't even planned to be there — he was a civil official, not a military man, scrambling to organize a defense after the local general fled. But his 1,800 ships faced 70,000 Jin troops. The bombs ignited chaos. Jin emperor Wanyan Liang was assassinated by his own officers shortly after. And the Song Dynasty survived — defended, improbably, by a bureaucrat who just didn't leave.
Charles IV secures his throne as German king through a coronation in Bonn by Bishop Walram of Cologne.
Charles IV secures his throne as German king through a coronation in Bonn by Bishop Walram of Cologne. This act solidifies his authority against rival claimants and sets the stage for his later election as Holy Roman Emperor, fundamentally redefining Central European politics for decades to come.
السلطان برقوق بن أنس يتولى الحكم في مصر، وهو مؤسس دولة المماليك الثانية.
السلطان برقوق بن أنس يتولى الحكم في مصر، وهو مؤسس دولة المماليك الثانية.
Three times.
Three times. Vlad III clawed back the throne of Wallachia three separate times — a man the Ottomans, rival boyars, and even his own brother couldn't permanently bury. This 1476 victory came only because two Stephens showed up: Stephen the Great of Moldavia and Stephen Báthory of Transylvania. An unlikely coalition fighting for an even unlikelier ruler. But Vlad's third reign lasted weeks. He died — or was killed — almost immediately after. The man history remembers as immortal couldn't hold power for a single month.
Kardinal Giulio de Medici, seit 1513 Erzbischof von Florenz, wird als Papst inthronisiert und nimmt den Namen Clemens…
Kardinal Giulio de Medici, seit 1513 Erzbischof von Florenz, wird als Papst inthronisiert und nimmt den Namen Clemens VII. an.
Am Conraditag wird im Zweiten Markgrafenkrieg die Residenzstadt Kulmbach von den bundesständischen Truppen unter dem …
Am Conraditag wird im Zweiten Markgrafenkrieg die Residenzstadt Kulmbach von den bundesständischen Truppen unter dem Oberbefehl von Herzog Heinrich II. von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel erobert und alle männlichen Bewohner getötet. Die Eroberung Kulmbachs bildet den tragischen Höhepunkt der Kriege des Markgrafen Albrecht Alcibiades von Brandenburg-Kulmbach.
en la villa de Guadalupe, en la costa norte del virreinato del Perú comienza la feria y romería en honor de Nuestra S…
en la villa de Guadalupe, en la costa norte del virreinato del Perú comienza la feria y romería en honor de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe.
la paix de Fleix met fin à la septième guerre de religion, en France.
la paix de Fleix met fin à la septième guerre de religion, en France.
en la región de Zelanda (Países Bajos), una inundación hace desaparecer para siempre la aldea de Vremdijke (también V…
en la región de Zelanda (Países Bajos), una inundación hace desaparecer para siempre la aldea de Vremdijke (también Vroondijk, Vremdic, Frondic o Vrandic).
le pape Innocent X dénonce le traité de Westphalie qui, un mois plus tôt, a mis fin à la guerre de Trente Ans.
le pape Innocent X dénonce le traité de Westphalie qui, un mois plus tôt, a mis fin à la guerre de Trente Ans.
en la Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción de la villa de Alhendín, 11 km al suroeste de Granada (España) es entroniza…
en la Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción de la villa de Alhendín, 11 km al suroeste de Granada (España) es entronizada una «estatuilla sacra» de la Virgen María, llamada Inmaculada Concepción de Alhendín (realizada ese año por el escultor Pedro de Mena), tras recorrer un solemne traslado desde la Catedral de Granada.
In Rastatt beginnen zwischen Frankreich und Österreich Verhandlungen, um den Spanischen Erbfolgekrieg beizulegen.
In Rastatt beginnen zwischen Frankreich und Österreich Verhandlungen, um den Spanischen Erbfolgekrieg beizulegen. Der Rastatter Friede kommt im Folgejahr zustande.
In Polen wird die Konföderation von Tarnogród gebildet.
In Polen wird die Konföderation von Tarnogród gebildet. Mit dieser wendet sich der polnische Adel gegen König August II. samt seinen Reformen sowie die Stationierung von sächsischen Truppen im Land.
Am Teatro dei Fiorentini in Neapel erfolgt die Uraufführung der Oper Il trionfo dell'onore von Alessandro Scarlatti.
Am Teatro dei Fiorentini in Neapel erfolgt die Uraufführung der Oper Il trionfo dell'onore von Alessandro Scarlatti.
Am Teatro San Bartolomeo in Neapel findet die Uraufführung des musikalischen Dramas Arianna e Teseo von Leonardo Leo …
Am Teatro San Bartolomeo in Neapel findet die Uraufführung des musikalischen Dramas Arianna e Teseo von Leonardo Leo statt.
Während des Ersten Schlesischen Kriegs gegen das Haus Habsburg und seine Verbündeten im Österreichischen Erbfolgekrie…
Während des Ersten Schlesischen Kriegs gegen das Haus Habsburg und seine Verbündeten im Österreichischen Erbfolgekrieg wird Prag von Franzosen, Sachsen und Bayern eingenommen.
Captain James Cook anchored off the coast of Maui, becoming the first European to encounter the island.
Captain James Cook anchored off the coast of Maui, becoming the first European to encounter the island. This arrival initiated sustained contact between the Hawaiian archipelago and Western powers, triggering rapid shifts in trade, religion, and governance that permanently altered the islands' political sovereignty and social structure over the following century.
Pope Pius VI established the Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the United States, creating the first formal organizati…
Pope Pius VI established the Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the United States, creating the first formal organizational structure for the Catholic Church in the new nation. The move recognized the growing American Catholic population and laid the groundwork for the church's expansion westward.
Washington Proclaims Thanksgiving: A New American Tradition Begins
President George Washington proclaimed a day of thanksgiving that Congress immediately approved, establishing the first national observance of its kind. This decree transformed a regional tradition into a federal holiday, setting a precedent for future presidential proclamations that would eventually evolve into the modern Thanksgiving celebration.
Charles Hatchett berichtet über das von ihm entdeckte chemische Element Columbium, das später den Namen Niob erhält.
Charles Hatchett berichtet über das von ihm entdeckte chemische Element Columbium, das später den Namen Niob erhält.
arriba a Guatemala el primer grupo de garífunas afrocaribeños, encabezados por Marco Sánchez.
arriba a Guatemala el primer grupo de garífunas afrocaribeños, encabezados por Marco Sánchez.
Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct opened in northeast Wales, carrying the Llangollen Canal 38 meters above the D…
Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct opened in northeast Wales, carrying the Llangollen Canal 38 meters above the Dee Valley on 18 stone arches. The structure remains the longest and highest aqueduct in Britain and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Napoleon’s starving Grande Armée fought a desperate three-day rearguard action against Russian forces while frantical…
Napoleon’s starving Grande Armée fought a desperate three-day rearguard action against Russian forces while frantically constructing pontoon bridges across the icy Berezina River. Although the French emperor escaped total annihilation, the brutal crossing cost him nearly 30,000 soldiers, shattering the remnants of his invasion force and signaling the end of his dominance in Europe.
en la ciudad de Trujillo (Venezuela), el gobierno de la República de Gran Colombia y el reino de España firman el Tra…
en la ciudad de Trujillo (Venezuela), el gobierno de la República de Gran Colombia y el reino de España firman el Tratado de Regularización de la Guerra, el cual pone fin a la "Guerra a Muerte" entre patriotas y realistas. Este tratado es el precursor del Derecho Internacional Humanitario en Occidente. Su principal redactor es el venezolano Antonio José de Sucre.
First Fraternity Born: Kappa Alpha Society Established
Eight students. That's all it took. Eight young men at Union College decided a secret literary society wasn't enough — they wanted something different, something *theirs*. So they built Kappa Alpha Society from scratch in Schenectady, New York, with no blueprint to follow because nothing like it existed. Every fraternity hazing scandal, every Greek row, every homecoming tradition traces back to this single afternoon. And those eight students weren't thinking about legacy. They just wanted better company.
Father Edward Sorin and seven Holy Cross brothers founded the University of Notre Dame on 524 acres of Indiana wilder…
Father Edward Sorin and seven Holy Cross brothers founded the University of Notre Dame on 524 acres of Indiana wilderness. The school grew from a tiny frontier college into one of America's most prestigious universities and a cultural institution synonymous with college football.
en España, el general Ramón María Narváez es designado por primera vez presidente del Consejo de Ministros.
en España, el general Ramón María Narváez es designado por primera vez presidente del Consejo de Ministros.
bombardement de Salé, au Maroc, par la Marine française.
bombardement de Salé, au Maroc, par la Marine française.
en el mar de Banda (Indonesia) sucede un terremoto de magnitud entre 7.5 y 8.8 y un tsunami, que dejan 60 muertos.
en el mar de Banda (Indonesia) sucede un terremoto de magnitud entre 7.5 y 8.8 y un tsunami, que dejan 60 muertos.
A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake shattered the Banda Sea, unleashing a destructive tsunami across the Dutch East In…
A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake shattered the Banda Sea, unleashing a destructive tsunami across the Dutch East Indies. The disaster claimed at least 60 lives and flattened coastal settlements, forcing colonial authorities to overhaul maritime safety protocols and disaster reporting systems throughout the Indonesian archipelago.
An der Pariser Oper wird Jacques Offenbachs Ballett-Pantomime Le Papillon in der Choreographie von Marie Taglioni ura…
An der Pariser Oper wird Jacques Offenbachs Ballett-Pantomime Le Papillon in der Choreographie von Marie Taglioni uraufgeführt. Die Aufführung gerät zu einem Triumph, was auch dem Können der jungen Ballerina Emma Livry zu danken ist.
Colombia adopta su actual bandera.
Colombia adopta su actual bandera.
A woman's 36-year lobbying campaign did what wars couldn't.
A woman's 36-year lobbying campaign did what wars couldn't. Sarah Josepha Hale — editor, novelist, author of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" — wrote five presidents before Lincoln finally said yes. He signed the proclamation in 1863, mid-Civil War, urging a fractured nation to give thanks anyway. Hale had started writing letters in 1827. Thirty-six years. Five presidents. But Lincoln saw something useful in shared ritual during national collapse. The holiday we treat as ancient tradition was essentially one persistent woman's pen against presidential indifference.
Meade had Lee exactly where he wanted him.
Meade had Lee exactly where he wanted him. The Army of the Potomac, 69,000 strong, crossed the Rapidan in late November 1863 and moved fast — fast enough to catch Lee's flank exposed. But Meade's corps commanders hesitated. Hours became days. Lee entrenched behind Mine Run Creek, and suddenly the trap reversed itself. Meade ordered the assault canceled, sparing thousands of lives. His own officers nearly relieved him for it. But Grant, watching from a distance, filed that decision away — knowing when *not* to attack was its own kind of generalship.
en Chile se libra el combate naval de Papudo, en la guerra hispano-sudamericana.
en Chile se libra el combate naval de Papudo, en la guerra hispano-sudamericana. La corbeta Esmeralda (de Chile, al mando del capitán Juan Williams Rebolledo) derrota y captura a la goleta Virgen de la Covadonga (de España).
One ship against one ship.
One ship against one ship. But the Covadonga, a small Chilean corvette, wasn't supposed to win — Spain's Esmeralda was bigger, better-armed, and flying the flag of a European power reasserting itself in South America. Commander Juan Williams Rebolledo made the call anyway, attacking the Spanish schooner Virgen de Covadonga near Papudo on November 26. Spain lost 26 men. Chile lost none. And that lopsided result didn't just embarrass the Spanish squadron — it ignited Chilean national identity in ways the battle's size never should have allowed.
en el Reino Unido, Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) publica Alicia en el País de las Maravillas.
en el Reino Unido, Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) publica Alicia en el País de las Maravillas.
en La Habana (capitanía general de Cuba, colonia del Reino de España), Federico Capdevilla pronuncia su célebre defen…
en La Habana (capitanía general de Cuba, colonia del Reino de España), Federico Capdevilla pronuncia su célebre defensa de los ocho estudiantes de medicina, que sin embargo al día siguiente serán fusilados por el Gobierno español.
Die Erstausgabe von Charles Darwins Werk The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (Der Ausdruck der Gemütsbe…
Die Erstausgabe von Charles Darwins Werk The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (Der Ausdruck der Gemütsbewegungen bei dem Menschen und den Tieren) erscheint.
le tsar de Russie Nicolas II épouse Alexandra de Hesse-Darmstadt (1872-1918), princesse de Hesse.
le tsar de Russie Nicolas II épouse Alexandra de Hesse-Darmstadt (1872-1918), princesse de Hesse.
en Madrid (España), el rey Alfonso XIII les ofrece la autonomía a sus colonias de Cuba y de Puerto Rico.
en Madrid (España), el rey Alfonso XIII les ofrece la autonomía a sus colonias de Cuba y de Puerto Rico.
In einem schweren Sturm, der die Küste von Neuengland heimsucht und mehr als 450 Menschenleben fordert, sinkt vor Cap…
In einem schweren Sturm, der die Küste von Neuengland heimsucht und mehr als 450 Menschenleben fordert, sinkt vor Cape Ann der amerikanische Passagierdampfer Portland. Alle 192 Menschen an Bord kommen ums Leben. Der Sturm wird daher The Portland Gale (in etwa „Der Portland-Sturm“) genannt.
Eight Jewish students at the City College of New York founded Sigma Alpha Mu to combat the systemic exclusion they fa…
Eight Jewish students at the City College of New York founded Sigma Alpha Mu to combat the systemic exclusion they faced from existing campus fraternities. By establishing their own organization, they created a lasting network for Jewish undergraduates that eventually expanded into a national collegiate presence, challenging the discriminatory social barriers prevalent in early 20th-century American higher education.
Ten women at Hunter College in New York City founded Phi Sigma Sigma, one of the first sororities to accept members r…
Ten women at Hunter College in New York City founded Phi Sigma Sigma, one of the first sororities to accept members regardless of religion or background. The organization pioneered inclusivity in Greek life at a time when most sororities imposed strict ethnic and religious restrictions.
A massive internal explosion tore through the HMS Bulwark while she sat at anchor near Sheerness, killing 741 sailors…
A massive internal explosion tore through the HMS Bulwark while she sat at anchor near Sheerness, killing 741 sailors in seconds. The disaster, caused by the improper storage of cordite charges against boiler room bulkheads, forced the British Admiralty to overhaul ammunition handling protocols across the entire Grand Fleet to prevent further catastrophic losses.
NHL Founded: Professional Hockey Takes Root
The National Hockey League launched in 1917 with five founding franchises: the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas. This consolidation transformed hockey from a loose collection of regional leagues into a unified professional sport that established the modern rules and competitive structure still defining the game today.
The Manchester Guardian exposed the secret Sykes-Picot Agreement, revealing that Britain and France had already carve…
The Manchester Guardian exposed the secret Sykes-Picot Agreement, revealing that Britain and France had already carved up the Ottoman Empire into spheres of influence. This disclosure shattered the illusion of Arab independence promised during the war, fueling decades of regional distrust and complicating diplomatic efforts in the Middle East long after the conflict ended.
Ninety-six men voted away a country.
Ninety-six men voted away a country. The Podgorica Assembly, November 1918, dissolved Montenegro entirely — no negotiation, no referendum, just delegates declaring their nation absorbed into Serbia. King Nikola I, exiled in France, called it a coup. His supporters weren't wrong: the assembly excluded opposition voices and rushed the vote through in days. Montenegro simply ceased to exist as a sovereign state. And the kingdom that swallowed it would itself collapse within decades, becoming Yugoslavia, then nothing at all.
The Red Army betrayed their former anarchist allies by launching a surprise offensive against Nestor Makhno’s Black A…
The Red Army betrayed their former anarchist allies by launching a surprise offensive against Nestor Makhno’s Black Army in southern Ukraine. This calculated strike dismantled the independent Free Territory, crushing the last major organized resistance to Bolshevik control in the region and consolidating Soviet authority over the Ukrainian countryside.
Carter Unveils Tutankhamun: Treasures Awaken After 3000 Years
Howard Carter chiseled a tiny breach into King Tutankhamun's sealed doorway and peered inside to reveal gold treasures still intact. His famous reply of "wonderful things" ignited a global frenzy that cemented his reputation, even as press coverage remained tightly controlled by Egyptian officials. This discovery transformed archaeology from academic pursuit into a worldwide spectacle, proving the tomb was a burial chamber rather than a mere cache.
Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon breached the sealed doors of Tutankhamun's tomb, revealing a treasure trove untouche…
Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon breached the sealed doors of Tutankhamun's tomb, revealing a treasure trove untouched for three millennia. This discovery instantly transformed Egyptology from speculative theory into a tangible science, flooding museums with artifacts that redefined our understanding of ancient burial practices and royal power.
A silent romance about a Chinese woman saving a shipwrecked sailor didn't seem like the stuff of revolution.
A silent romance about a Chinese woman saving a shipwrecked sailor didn't seem like the stuff of revolution. But *Toll of the Sea* carried something nobody was talking about — two-strip Technicolor, bleeding reds and greens onto screens for the first time in wide release. Chester Franklin directed Anna May Wong through a story lifted straight from Madama Butterfly. And audiences actually saw color. *The Gulf Between* had done it first in 1917, but almost nobody saw that film. Firsts only count when people show up.
The first State Great Khural passes a new constitution that abolishes Mongolia's centuries-old monarchy, officially e…
The first State Great Khural passes a new constitution that abolishes Mongolia's centuries-old monarchy, officially establishing the Mongolian People's Republic. This radical shift severs ties with imperial traditions and installs a socialist government aligned with Soviet interests, fundamentally transforming the region's political landscape for decades to come.
en Costa Rica se funda el Club Sport México, actualmente desaparecido.
en Costa Rica se funda el Club Sport México, actualmente desaparecido.
Prajadhipok wird zum König von Siam gekrönt, das unter seiner Regentschaft zur konstitutionellen Monarchie umgewandel…
Prajadhipok wird zum König von Siam gekrönt, das unter seiner Regentschaft zur konstitutionellen Monarchie umgewandelt werden wird.
In der russischen Luftfahrt absolviert ein Prototyp des Bombers und Ganzmetallflugzeugs ANT-4 seinen Erstflug.
In der russischen Luftfahrt absolviert ein Prototyp des Bombers und Ganzmetallflugzeugs ANT-4 seinen Erstflug.
Charles Vincent Massey presented his credentials in Washington, D.C., becoming the first Canadian ambassador to a for…
Charles Vincent Massey presented his credentials in Washington, D.C., becoming the first Canadian ambassador to a foreign nation. This appointment formalized Canada’s independent control over its own foreign policy, ending the British government's role as the primary intermediary for Canadian diplomatic interests in the United States.
Richard Strebinger, Mitglied der monarchistischen und antisemitischen Wehrformation Ostara, versucht den Wiener Bürge…
Richard Strebinger, Mitglied der monarchistischen und antisemitischen Wehrformation Ostara, versucht den Wiener Bürgermeister Karl Seitz in seinem Dienstwagen in der Nähe der Universumstraße zu erschießen. Karl Seitz bleibt bei dem Attentat unverletzt.
Criação do Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego no Brasil.
Criação do Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego no Brasil.
Der erste Band von Robert Musils Roman Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften erscheint.
Der erste Band von Robert Musils Roman Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften erscheint.
André Breton publie Vases communicants.
André Breton publie Vases communicants.
à Paris, Camille Chautemps forme son deuxième gouvernement.
à Paris, Camille Chautemps forme son deuxième gouvernement.
Mehr als 80 Jahre nach seiner Entstehung wird das Violinkonzert von Robert Schumann in Berlin uraufgeführt.
Mehr als 80 Jahre nach seiner Entstehung wird das Violinkonzert von Robert Schumann in Berlin uraufgeführt.
Soviet Shelling of Mainila: The Lie That Started the Winter War
The Soviet Army shells its own village of Mainila, then blames Finnish artillery to manufacture a casus belli for invasion. This staged attack gives Moscow the pretext it needs to launch the Winter War against Finland just four days later.
en la cárcel de Jilava ― una aldea a 10 km al sur de Bucarest (Rumanía)― miembros de la antisemita Guardia de Hierro,…
en la cárcel de Jilava ― una aldea a 10 km al sur de Bucarest (Rumanía)― miembros de la antisemita Guardia de Hierro, en venganza por el anterior asesinato de sus dirigentes en 1938, asesinan a 64 presos. (Matanza de Jilava).
Na Suíça, são proibidas todas as organizações comunistas.
Na Suíça, são proibidas todas as organizações comunistas.
القوات اليابانية بقيادة أمير البحار شوشي ناجومو تتوجه مع الأسطول الياباني تجاه بيرل هاربر.
القوات اليابانية بقيادة أمير البحار شوشي ناجومو تتوجه مع الأسطول الياباني تجاه بيرل هاربر.
For 75 years, Americans had celebrated Thanksgiving on the *last* Thursday of November.
For 75 years, Americans had celebrated Thanksgiving on the *last* Thursday of November. Then FDR moved it — quietly, by executive action — to the second-to-last Thursday, trying to stretch the Christmas shopping season and help Depression-battered retailers. The backlash was immediate. Twenty-three states refused to follow. Some families ate two Thanksgivings. Congress finally stepped in, signing the date into law in 1941. But here's the twist: the shopping calendar Roosevelt invented back then is basically the one driving Black Friday right now.
The United States delivers the Hull note to Japan, demanding a full withdrawal from China and French Indochina in exc…
The United States delivers the Hull note to Japan, demanding a full withdrawal from China and French Indochina in exchange for lifting economic sanctions. Simultaneously, Japan’s First Air Fleet slips out of Hitokappu Bay toward Hawaii. These parallel moves lock both nations into a path where diplomacy ends and war begins within days.
desde el puerto de Oslo (Noruega), 532 judíos noruegos son deportados en el SS Donau.
desde el puerto de Oslo (Noruega), 532 judíos noruegos son deportados en el SS Donau.
Forty-four delegates met in a bombed-out town nobody controlled to build a government for a country still occupied.
Forty-four delegates met in a bombed-out town nobody controlled to build a government for a country still occupied. Bihać, November 1942. The Yugoslav Partisans, outnumbered and hunted, didn't wait for liberation — they started governing anyway. Tito's men drafted laws, established courts, organized resistance across six nations worth of fractured territory. The Anti-Fascist Council would eventually become Yugoslavia's postwar government entirely. But here's the thing: the state that emerged from that freezing Bosnian meeting would outlast every expectation, holding together until 1991.
A riot erupted in Phoenix, Arizona when off-duty Black infantrymen clashed with white military police and local law e…
A riot erupted in Phoenix, Arizona when off-duty Black infantrymen clashed with white military police and local law enforcement, leaving three people dead and dozens injured. The violence reflected the deep racial tensions within the segregated U.S. military during World War II, where Black soldiers faced discrimination even as they trained to fight for their country.
Casablanca premiered at the Hollywood Theatre in New York City, its release timed to coincide with the Allied invasio…
Casablanca premiered at the Hollywood Theatre in New York City, its release timed to coincide with the Allied invasion of North Africa just weeks earlier. The wartime romance starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman won the Academy Award for Best Picture and produced some of cinema's most quoted lines, from "Here's looking at you, kid" to "We'll always have Paris."
Segunda Guerra Mundial: Hitler dá a ordem a Pétain para desmobilizar o exército francês e entregar aos alemães a frot…
Segunda Guerra Mundial: Hitler dá a ordem a Pétain para desmobilizar o exército francês e entregar aos alemães a frota francesa.
572 people boarded the *Donau* thinking it was a cargo ship.
572 people boarded the *Donau* thinking it was a cargo ship. It was. And they were the cargo. Norwegian police — not German soldiers — carried out most of the arrests, knocking on doors across Oslo before dawn. The names, the addresses: all handed over by Norwegian authorities. Of 767 Jews eventually deported from Norway, only 25 survived Auschwitz. Twenty-five. The country that prided itself on resistance had, in this moment, done the occupier's work for him.
A German radio-guided bomb — not torpedoes, not deck guns — killed more American troops at sea than any single enemy …
A German radio-guided bomb — not torpedoes, not deck guns — killed more American troops at sea than any single enemy attack in the war. The HMT Rohna, a British troopship, took a Henschel Hs 293 missile on November 26, 1943, and sank in minutes. Over 1,000 men died, most of them U.S. soldiers from the 853rd Engineer Battalion. But Washington buried the story for decades. Censors kept it quiet to protect morale. The families never knew. And some still don't — which means the war's deadliest maritime loss remains its least remembered.
Der Sieg der USA in der Schlacht bei Kap St. George im Pazifikkrieg bedeutet sowohl das Ende des Tokyo Express als au…
Der Sieg der USA in der Schlacht bei Kap St. George im Pazifikkrieg bedeutet sowohl das Ende des Tokyo Express als auch des japanischen Widerstandes auf den Salomonen.
A crowded Woolworth's.
A crowded Woolworth's. A Friday afternoon. 168 people gone in seconds. The V-2 that struck New Cross High Street on November 25 traveled faster than sound — shoppers never heard it coming. There was no warning system that could help, no air raid siren fast enough. Frank Duncan, a local warden, pulled bodies from the rubble for hours. Britain suppressed the story to protect morale. But here's the thing: those 168 people died shopping for bargains, doing something completely ordinary. War had made the mundane deadly.
en Buenos Aires (Argentina), el club de fútbol Boca le gana Racing Club por 3‑0 como local y se consagra campeón de l…
en Buenos Aires (Argentina), el club de fútbol Boca le gana Racing Club por 3‑0 como local y se consagra campeón de la Primera División (Argentina) por sexta vez y es bicampeón por segunda ocasión.
Germany unleashed a relentless barrage of V-1 flying bombs and V-2 rockets against the port of Antwerp, aiming to cri…
Germany unleashed a relentless barrage of V-1 flying bombs and V-2 rockets against the port of Antwerp, aiming to cripple the primary supply hub for Allied forces in Europe. By targeting this vital logistical artery, the Nazis forced the Allies to endure months of terror while struggling to keep fuel and ammunition flowing to the front lines.
en France, fondation du Mouvement républicain populaire.
en France, fondation du Mouvement républicain populaire.
Das Kinderbuch Pippi Langstrumpf von Astrid Lindgren erscheint.
Das Kinderbuch Pippi Langstrumpf von Astrid Lindgren erscheint.
en la ciudad de Dublín (Irlanda), el Parlamento aprueba la total independencia y la separación del Reino Unido.
en la ciudad de Dublín (Irlanda), el Parlamento aprueba la total independencia y la separación del Reino Unido.
The Constituent Assembly of India formally adopted the nation’s constitution, ending nearly three years of intense de…
The Constituent Assembly of India formally adopted the nation’s constitution, ending nearly three years of intense debate. By establishing a sovereign democratic republic, the document replaced the British colonial legal framework with a comprehensive charter of fundamental rights, enshrining universal adult suffrage and social equality as the bedrock of the new Indian state.
China Strikes Back: UN Hopes Shattered at Chosin Reservoir
China launches a massive counterattack across the Ch'ongch'on River and at the Chosin Reservoir, shattering UN hopes for a swift victory in Korea. This brutal engagement drags the war into a bloody stalemate that lasts for years rather than weeks.
en Uruguay se celebran elecciones generales.
en Uruguay se celebran elecciones generales. Vence la fórmula Andrés Martínez Trueba-Alfeo Brum.
China Strikes Back: UN Forces Retreat from Ch'ongch'on River
Three hundred thousand Chinese troops surged across frozen mountain ridges to smash into UN forces at the Ch'ongch'on River and Chosin Reservoir, launching the largest military ambush since World War II. The surprise offensive sent the longest retreat in U.S. Marine Corps history and shattered MacArthur's promise to end the Korean War by Christmas.
a 8 km al noroeste de La Plata (capital de la provincia de Buenos Aires), Eva Perón inaugura la República de los Niño…
a 8 km al noroeste de La Plata (capital de la provincia de Buenos Aires), Eva Perón inaugura la República de los Niños, un parque temático con edificios públicos a pequeña escala.
en Paraguay, el gobierno pone fin al estado de guerra con Alemania Occidental, y se restablecen las relaciones diplom…
en Paraguay, el gobierno pone fin al estado de guerra con Alemania Occidental, y se restablecen las relaciones diplomáticas, comerciales y financieras.
en Tokio, el boxeador Pascual Pérez se consagra como el primer argentino campeón del mundo al vencer a Yoshio Shirai …
en Tokio, el boxeador Pascual Pérez se consagra como el primer argentino campeón del mundo al vencer a Yoshio Shirai por puntos, en decisión unánime en un combate pautado a 15 asaltos.
en Limones Cantero (finca Palmarito, barrio Río de Ay, municipio de Trinidad), en la provincia de Las Villas, la band…
en Limones Cantero (finca Palmarito, barrio Río de Ay, municipio de Trinidad), en la provincia de Las Villas, la banda de Julio Emilio Carretero Escajadillo, Pedro González Sánchez y Braulio Amador Quesada ―en el marco de los ataques terroristas organizados por la CIA estadounidense― secuestran y asesinan al brigadista alfabetizador Manuel Ascunce Domenech (16), junto a su alumno, el campesino Pedro Lantigua Ortega (43).
France launched its Astérix satellite from a base in the Algerian Sahara using a Diamant-A rocket, becoming the third…
France launched its Astérix satellite from a base in the Algerian Sahara using a Diamant-A rocket, becoming the third country to place an object in orbit under its own power after the Soviet Union and the United States. The 42-kilogram capsule was named after the popular French comic book character.
en Ecuador, la Junta Militar que regía el país procede a declarar el 26 de noviembre de cada año como Día del Himno N…
en Ecuador, la Junta Militar que regía el país procede a declarar el 26 de noviembre de cada año como Día del Himno Nacional del Ecuador. El decreto se expidió el 24 de noviembre.
A rocket called Diamant launched from the middle of the Sahara Desert, and France quietly joined an extremely exclusi…
A rocket called Diamant launched from the middle of the Sahara Desert, and France quietly joined an extremely exclusive club. November 26, 1965 — three countries total could now put a satellite into orbit. Just three. France beat out Japan, China, and a dozen others to claim third place, years before anyone expected it. The satellite itself, Asterix-1, weighed just 42 kilograms. Engineers at Hammaguir had built something that worked on the first try. But here's the part that sticks: France did it entirely alone, without American or Soviet help.
ouverture de la plus grande usine marémotrice du monde, à l'embouchure / estuaire de la "Rance maritime", ouvrant ver…
ouverture de la plus grande usine marémotrice du monde, à l'embouchure / estuaire de la "Rance maritime", ouvrant vers le golfe de Saint-Malo.
en México DF se transmite por primera vez el programa infantil En familia con Editorial Novaro
en México DF se transmite por primera vez el programa infantil En familia con Editorial Novaro
Fleming flew into a kill zone twice.
Fleming flew into a kill zone twice. The first attempt got waved off — too hot. But he came back, hovering under heavy fire while five Green Berets sprinted across open ground and piled into his UH-1F. His co-pilot counted 1,000 rounds in the air around them. Fleming had just 200 pounds of fuel left when he touched down safely. He was 24 years old. And the men he pulled out that day in the Mekong Delta? They shouldn't have survived the morning.
en la bahía Grand Cul-de-Sac, en la isla St. Barts (San Bartolomé, Guadalupe) se registra el récord de caída máxima d…
en la bahía Grand Cul-de-Sac, en la isla St. Barts (San Bartolomé, Guadalupe) se registra el récord de caída máxima de lluvia en un solo minuto: 38 mm.
1.5 inches of rain.
1.5 inches of rain. In sixty seconds. A single minute in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe delivered what most cities see in a week. No warning, no buildup — just an instant wall of water hitting the Caribbean island so fast that measuring it correctly became its own challenge. Meteorologists still cite this 1970 reading as the absolute ceiling of recorded rainfall intensity. And here's what's strange: the record didn't just survive scrutiny, it dominated it. Nature didn't break a record that day. It set one nobody's touched since.
Yes (banda) lanza al mercado el álbum Fragile.
Yes (banda) lanza al mercado el álbum Fragile.
موريتانيا تصبح عضوًا في جامعة الدول العربية.
موريتانيا تصبح عضوًا في جامعة الدول العربية.
Simone Veil prononce le discours défendant son projet de loi dépénalisant l'avortement, la tribune de l'Assemblée na…
Simone Veil prononce le discours défendant son projet de loi dépénalisant l'avortement, la tribune de l'Assemblée nationale française.
sortie d'Anarchy in the U.K., disque des Sex Pistols.
sortie d'Anarchy in the U.K., disque des Sex Pistols.
Der Dissident Robert Havemann wird vom Kreisgericht Fürstenwalde zu Hausarrest verurteilt.
Der Dissident Robert Havemann wird vom Kreisgericht Fürstenwalde zu Hausarrest verurteilt. Zum Missfallen der DDR-Spitze hat er sich öffentlich für den mit ihm befreundeten und ausgebürgerten Liedermacher Wolf Biermann eingesetzt.
Six minutes.
Six minutes. That's all it took to make millions of Brits genuinely wonder if aliens had arrived. A voice calling itself "Vrillon" broke into Southern Television's signal mid-newscast, distorting the audio while the visuals kept rolling — anchors speaking, mouths moving, but Vrillon's message playing instead. The hijacker warned humanity to abandon its weapons. No one was ever caught. And the technical skill required was serious — not a prank from a teenager's bedroom. Britain's Independent Broadcasting Authority admitted they couldn't explain it fully. The weapons are still here.
mise en service du métro de Marseille.
mise en service du métro de Marseille.
le mouvement olympique admet à nouveau la Chine en ses rangs, après vingt-et-une années d'absence.
le mouvement olympique admet à nouveau la Chine en ses rangs, après vingt-et-une années d'absence.
Eine Boeing 707 der Pakistan International Airlines, voll besetzt mit Pilgern aus Mekka, stürzt kurz nach dem Start i…
Eine Boeing 707 der Pakistan International Airlines, voll besetzt mit Pilgern aus Mekka, stürzt kurz nach dem Start in Dschidda, Saudi-Arabien, ab. Alle 156 Menschen sterben.
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740 plummets into the desert near Taif, claiming every single one of its 156 s…
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740 plummets into the desert near Taif, claiming every single one of its 156 souls. This tragedy stands as the deadliest aviation accident in Saudi Arabia's history and remains the worst crash involving a Boeing 720. The disaster forces airlines to reevaluate emergency protocols for high-altitude cargo holds, where a fire on this flight proved impossible to contain once it ignited.
en Nueva Delhi, durante la asamblea de la Federación para los Juegos Asiáticos, se decide la creación del Consejo Olí…
en Nueva Delhi, durante la asamblea de la Federación para los Juegos Asiáticos, se decide la creación del Consejo Olímpico de Asia.
Larry Holmes gewinnt seinen Boxkampf und Weltmeistertitel im Schwergewicht gegen Randall „Tex“ Cobb im Astrodome, Hou…
Larry Holmes gewinnt seinen Boxkampf und Weltmeistertitel im Schwergewicht gegen Randall „Tex“ Cobb im Astrodome, Houston, Texas, USA, durch Sieg nach Punkten.
Six men walked out of Heathrow with 6,800 gold bars.
Six men walked out of Heathrow with 6,800 gold bars. That's three tons of gold — gone in under an hour. Inside job. A guard named Anthony Black had given them the vault codes, not knowing the haul would dwarf everyone's expectations. Brink's-MAT's own security man handed over the century. The gold was melted down and laundered so thoroughly that traces allegedly filtered into ordinary British jewelry for years. Some of it was never recovered. So statistically? You might own a piece of it.
Die beiden ehemaligen CSU-Bundestagsabgeordneten Franz Handlos und Ekkehard Voigt gründen in München die Partei Die R…
Die beiden ehemaligen CSU-Bundestagsabgeordneten Franz Handlos und Ekkehard Voigt gründen in München die Partei Die Republikaner.
Golpe Militar de 1964: segunda explosão em um comitê da Aliança Democrática, desta vez em Brasília.
Golpe Militar de 1964: segunda explosão em um comitê da Aliança Democrática, desta vez em Brasília.
Der ICE-Vorläufer InterCityExperimental wird der Öffentlichkeit offiziell vorgestellt.
Der ICE-Vorläufer InterCityExperimental wird der Öffentlichkeit offiziell vorgestellt. Am gleichen Tag stellt er mit 317 km/h einen neuen Geschwindigkeitsrekord für Schienenfahrzeuge in Deutschland auf.
In Österreich bricht sich der Intertrading-Skandal Bahn.
In Österreich bricht sich der Intertrading-Skandal Bahn. Eine Tochtergesellschaft des staatlichen VÖEST-Konzerns hat hoch spekulative Geschäfte am Ölmarkt getätigt, die zu Verlusten von mindestens 5,7 Milliarden Schilling (814 Millionen Deutsche Mark / 414 Millionen Euro) führen.
inauguration de la chaussée du roi Fahd.
inauguration de la chaussée du roi Fahd.
Reagan didn't pick the Tower Commission to find the truth.
Reagan didn't pick the Tower Commission to find the truth. He picked it hoping three men — former Senator John Tower, Senator Edmund Muskie, and Brent Scowcroft — would limit the damage. They didn't. Their 1987 report shredded Reagan's claim he didn't know about the arms-for-hostages deal, describing a president dangerously disengaged from his own administration. But here's the twist: Reagan himself requested this investigation. He handed his critics the weapon they used against him.
Israeli prosecutors opened the trial of John Demjanjuk, accusing him of serving as "Ivan the Terrible" at the Treblin…
Israeli prosecutors opened the trial of John Demjanjuk, accusing him of serving as "Ivan the Terrible" at the Treblinka extermination camp. This proceeding forced Israel to confront the specific mechanics of the Holocaust's industrial killing rather than relying solely on survivor testimony, establishing a legal precedent for prosecuting Nazi war crimes decades after the fact.
départ de Soyouz TM-7 vers la station Mir (parmi les trois cosmonautes, le Français Jean-Loup Chrétien).
départ de Soyouz TM-7 vers la station Mir (parmi les trois cosmonautes, le Français Jean-Loup Chrétien).
In Berlin werden erstmals die Europäischen Filmpreise verliehen, die als Felix tituliert werden.
In Berlin werden erstmals die Europäischen Filmpreise verliehen, die als Felix tituliert werden.
Bei der Volksabstimmung über die Initiative der Gruppe für eine Schweiz ohne Armee (GSoA) stimmt über ein Drittel der…
Bei der Volksabstimmung über die Initiative der Gruppe für eine Schweiz ohne Armee (GSoA) stimmt über ein Drittel der Schweizer Abstimmenden für die Abschaffung der Schweizer Armee.
en Honduras se realizan las elecciones generales; resulta elegido presidente Rafael Leonardo Callejas, presidente de …
en Honduras se realizan las elecciones generales; resulta elegido presidente Rafael Leonardo Callejas, presidente de ese país para el período 1990-1994.
en Uruguay se celebran elecciones generales; resulta elegido presidente Luis Alberto Lacalle, y en Montevideo es elec…
en Uruguay se celebran elecciones generales; resulta elegido presidente Luis Alberto Lacalle, y en Montevideo es electo intendente Tabaré Vázquez. Simultáneamente se realiza un plebiscito de reforma jubilatoria, que resulta ampliamente aprobado por la ciudadanía.
Die nach der Challenger-Katastrophe weiterentwickelte Delta II-Rakete absolviert ihren ersten Flug.
Die nach der Challenger-Katastrophe weiterentwickelte Delta II-Rakete absolviert ihren ersten Flug.
الجندي المصري أيمن حسن يهاجم جيبًا وحافلتين عسكريتين إسرائيليتين على الحدود المصرية الإسرائيلية موقعًا عددًا من القتل…
الجندي المصري أيمن حسن يهاجم جيبًا وحافلتين عسكريتين إسرائيليتين على الحدود المصرية الإسرائيلية موقعًا عددًا من القتلى والجرحى في صفوف العسكريين الإسرائيليين وذلك ردًا على مذبحة الأقصى الأولى.
The Delta II rocket completed its maiden flight, beginning a 28-year career that would become one of the most reliabl…
The Delta II rocket completed its maiden flight, beginning a 28-year career that would become one of the most reliable launch vehicles in spaceflight history. The rocket successfully delivered over 150 payloads including Mars rovers, GPS satellites, and deep space missions.
en Estados Unidos, Michael Jackson lanza al mercado el álbum Dangerous.
en Estados Unidos, Michael Jackson lanza al mercado el álbum Dangerous.
Die Vereinigten Staaten übergeben den Philippinen ihren Militärstützpunkt Clark Air Base auf der Insel Luzon.
Die Vereinigten Staaten übergeben den Philippinen ihren Militärstützpunkt Clark Air Base auf der Insel Luzon. Der philippinische Senat hatte vorher eine Verlängerung des Abkommens mit den USA abgelehnt.
el cantante puertorriqueño Ricky Martin, lanza al mercado su álbum debut homónimo de estudio como solista titulado Ri…
el cantante puertorriqueño Ricky Martin, lanza al mercado su álbum debut homónimo de estudio como solista titulado Ricky Martin (1991), producido por el español Mariano Pérez Bautista.
Comunidade Econômica Europeia: a Comunidade adere à Organização das Nações Unidas para a Alimentação e a Agricultura …
Comunidade Econômica Europeia: a Comunidade adere à Organização das Nações Unidas para a Alimentação e a Agricultura (FAO), tornando-se a primeira organização de integração econômica que é membro de pleno direito de uma agência especializada das Nações Unidas.
Azerbaijan's parliament didn't just redraw a map — they erased one.
Azerbaijan's parliament didn't just redraw a map — they erased one. With a single vote, Nagorno-Karabakh lost the autonomous status Soviet planners had carved out in 1921, stripping Armenian-majority residents of their recognized self-governance overnight. The renamed cities meant little on paper. But the move lit a fuse. Full-scale war followed within months, killing thousands and displacing nearly a million people. What Baku called a restoration of sovereignty, Armenians called erasure — and that disagreement still hasn't been settled.
Ein Großbrand in der Wiener Hofburg in der Nacht auf den 27.
Ein Großbrand in der Wiener Hofburg in der Nacht auf den 27. November zerstört Teile des Gebäudes.
en España se crea el Consejo Económico y Social de Andalucía.
en España se crea el Consejo Económico y Social de Andalucía.
A speeding express train plowed into a derailed freight train near Khanna in Punjab, India, killing 212 passengers in…
A speeding express train plowed into a derailed freight train near Khanna in Punjab, India, killing 212 passengers in one of India's worst rail disasters. The collision occurred at night when the express train's engineer failed to see or respond to emergency signals from the derailed freight cars blocking the track ahead.
No British Prime Minister had ever stood there before.
No British Prime Minister had ever stood there before. Blair walked into Leinster House on November 26, 1998, and spoke directly to Irish lawmakers — something 76 years of independence had never produced. He acknowledged British pain and Irish pain in the same breath. And he did it seven months after the Good Friday Agreement, when trust between Dublin and London was still fragile enough to shatter. The speech didn't fix everything. But suddenly, that chamber felt less like foreign territory.
A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Ambrym, Vanuatu, triggering a localized tsunami that devastated coastal villages.
A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Ambrym, Vanuatu, triggering a localized tsunami that devastated coastal villages. The disaster claimed ten lives and injured forty others, forcing the archipelago to overhaul its emergency warning systems and improve infrastructure resilience against future seismic events in the volatile South Pacific region.
Der erste Fall von BSE in Deutschland wird offiziell bestätigt.
Der erste Fall von BSE in Deutschland wird offiziell bestätigt.
Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris certified George W. Bush as the winner of the state’s electoral votes, en…
Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris certified George W. Bush as the winner of the state’s electoral votes, ending the recount battle. This decision handed Bush the presidency despite his loss in the national popular vote, forcing the Supreme Court to eventually resolve the legal challenges that defined the most contentious election in modern American history.
Papst Johannes Paul II.
Papst Johannes Paul II. verkündet das Grundgesetz des Staates der Vatikanstadt, das ab 22. Februar 2001 die bisherige Verfassung aus dem Jahr 1929 ablöst.
Mikhail Gorbachev funda o Partido Social-Democrata Russo.
Mikhail Gorbachev funda o Partido Social-Democrata Russo.
la banda estadounidense System of a Down lanza al mercado el álbum Steal This Album!.
la banda estadounidense System of a Down lanza al mercado el álbum Steal This Album!.
en Buenos Aires (Argentina), Gustavo Cerati lanza al mercado el álbum Siempre es Hoy.
en Buenos Aires (Argentina), Gustavo Cerati lanza al mercado el álbum Siempre es Hoy.
The supersonic era ended as the final Concorde touched down in Bristol, concluding 27 years of commercial service.
The supersonic era ended as the final Concorde touched down in Bristol, concluding 27 years of commercial service. This retirement grounded the only passenger jet capable of crossing the Atlantic in under four hours, forcing global aviation to abandon the pursuit of routine supersonic travel in favor of subsonic fuel efficiency.
sortie française du volume 1 des films Kill Bill de Quentin Tarantino avec Uma Thurman et David Carradine.
sortie française du volume 1 des films Kill Bill de Quentin Tarantino avec Uma Thurman et David Carradine.
la prima de riesgo de España (calculada frente a la de Alemania) obtiene su registro mínimo histórico (–6).
la prima de riesgo de España (calculada frente a la de Alemania) obtiene su registro mínimo histórico (–6).
The last known Po'ouli, a Black-faced honeycreeper found only on Maui, died of avian malaria at a conservation center…
The last known Po'ouli, a Black-faced honeycreeper found only on Maui, died of avian malaria at a conservation center before it could breed. The extinction of this Hawaiian bird, discovered only in 1973, became a stark warning about the vulnerability of island species to introduced diseases.
Eight dead.
Eight dead. Four bleeding. One man with a knife in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, Henan Province. The attacker moved through sleeping children before anyone could react — no warning, no apparent motive investigators could immediately name. China's school violence was rarely discussed publicly then, but this massacre forced uncomfortable conversations about mental health gaps and campus security across the country. Authorities quietly tightened dormitory protocols nationwide afterward. And the silence surrounding it tells you more than the attack itself.
massacre de Ruzhou.
massacre de Ruzhou.
Mit einem Heißluftballon fährt der indische Millionär Vijaypat Singhania auf eine bis dahin unerreichte Höhe von 21.2…
Mit einem Heißluftballon fährt der indische Millionär Vijaypat Singhania auf eine bis dahin unerreichte Höhe von 21.291 Meter.
Bielorrusia gana el Festival de Eurovisión Infantil.
Bielorrusia gana el Festival de Eurovisión Infantil.
en Ecuador, Rafael Correa es electo presidente.
en Ecuador, Rafael Correa es electo presidente.
The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 made her final voyage to Dubai, ending 39 years and nearly six million miles of ser…
The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 made her final voyage to Dubai, ending 39 years and nearly six million miles of service for Cunard Line. Dubai's Nakheel Properties had purchased the ship for $100 million to convert into a floating luxury hotel, though the project was delayed for years by the global financial crisis.
Ten gunmen.
Ten gunmen. Three days of chaos. Just 10 men nearly brought India's financial capital to its knees. Ajmal Kasab and his team from Lashkar-e-Taiba stormed 12 locations — hotels, a train station, a Jewish center — using grenades, AK-47s, and sheer brutality. The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel burned for 59 hours. India-Pakistan relations collapsed almost instantly. Kasab was captured alive, tried, and hanged in 2012. But here's the thing: 164 people died because 10 men with backpacks walked off a boat.
Ten gunmen from the Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Taiba stormed Mumbai's landmarks, slaughtering roughly 175 people …
Ten gunmen from the Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Taiba stormed Mumbai's landmarks, slaughtering roughly 175 people over three days. This coordinated assault shattered India's sense of security and forced a complete overhaul of the city's counter-terrorism protocols and intelligence sharing with neighboring nations.
doce periódicos catalanes publican de manera conjunta el editorial La dignidad de Cataluña defendiendo el Estatuto de…
doce periódicos catalanes publican de manera conjunta el editorial La dignidad de Cataluña defendiendo el Estatuto de autonomía de Cataluña de 2006, en proceso de revisión por el Tribunal Constitucional de España.
NATO helicopters and jets attacked a Pakistani border checkpoint in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 Pakistani so…
NATO helicopters and jets attacked a Pakistani border checkpoint in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 Pakistani soldiers and wounding 13. The strike triggered Pakistan's closure of NATO supply routes into Afghanistan for seven months, severely straining the U.S.-Pakistan alliance.
NASA launched the Mars Science Laboratory carrying the Curiosity rover, a car-sized mobile laboratory designed to det…
NASA launched the Mars Science Laboratory carrying the Curiosity rover, a car-sized mobile laboratory designed to determine whether Mars ever had conditions suitable for life. Curiosity landed in Gale Crater eight months later using a daring sky-crane maneuver and within its first year confirmed that ancient Mars had freshwater lakes and the chemical building blocks for life.
ouverture de la COP18 à Doha.
ouverture de la COP18 à Doha.
à New York, un exemplaire du Bay Psalm Book, psautier datant de 1640, est vendu aux enchères organisées par la maison…
à New York, un exemplaire du Bay Psalm Book, psautier datant de 1640, est vendu aux enchères organisées par la maison Sotheby's, pour 14,2 millions de dollars, un record pour un livre imprimé.
Huracán de Parque Patricios es campeón de la Copa Argentina tras vencer por penales 5-4 a Rosario Central.
Huracán de Parque Patricios es campeón de la Copa Argentina tras vencer por penales 5-4 a Rosario Central.
Toma posse em Portugal o XXI Governo Constitucional, um governo de maioria relativa do Partido Socialista apoiado par…
Toma posse em Portugal o XXI Governo Constitucional, um governo de maioria relativa do Partido Socialista apoiado parlamentarmente pelo Bloco de Esquerda, pelo Partido Comunista Português e pelo Partido Ecologista "Os Verdes" numa solução que ficou conhecida por "Gerigonça", chefiado pelo primeiro-ministro António Costa.
Au Népal, élections législatives.
Au Népal, élections législatives.
erupción del volcán Agung en Bali, Indonesia, provocando la evacuación de miles de personas.
erupción del volcán Agung en Bali, Indonesia, provocando la evacuación de miles de personas.
en la ciudad de Las Vegas (estado de Nevada) termina el 66.º (sexagésimo sexto) certamen Miss Universo, coronándose g…
en la ciudad de Las Vegas (estado de Nevada) termina el 66.º (sexagésimo sexto) certamen Miss Universo, coronándose ganadora la sudafricana Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters.
NASA’s InSight lander touched down on the Martian surface at Elysium Planitia, becoming the first probe designed spec…
NASA’s InSight lander touched down on the Martian surface at Elysium Planitia, becoming the first probe designed specifically to study the planet's deep interior. By deploying a seismometer and a heat-flow probe, the mission provided the first direct evidence of "marsquakes," revealing that the Red Planet remains geologically active rather than cold and dead.
250e lancement d'une fusée Ariane (106e d'une Ariane 5), 300e vol orbital français.
250e lancement d'une fusée Ariane (106e d'une Ariane 5), 300e vol orbital français.
en Albania sucede un terremoto de 6,4 grados que deja decenas de heridos y muertos.
en Albania sucede un terremoto de 6,4 grados que deja decenas de heridos y muertos.
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck western Albania before dawn, collapsing apartment buildings in Durrës and Thumanë a…
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck western Albania before dawn, collapsing apartment buildings in Durrës and Thumanë and killing 51 people. The quake was the deadliest to hit Albania in 99 years and exposed decades of shoddy construction, with investigators later finding that many collapsed buildings had been built without proper permits or engineering oversight.
تقسيم إداري جديد للجزائر تصبح به الجزائر 58 ولاية و553 دائرة و1541 بلدية
تقسيم إداري جديد للجزائر تصبح به الجزائر 58 ولاية و553 دائرة و1541 بلدية
acontecimientos en torno al fallecimiento de Diego Maradona, fallecido el día anterior:
acontecimientos en torno al fallecimiento de Diego Maradona, fallecido el día anterior:
acontecimientos en torno al fallecimiento de Diego Maradona, fallecido el día anterior:
acontecimientos en torno al fallecimiento de Diego Maradona, fallecido el día anterior:
acontecimientos en torno al fallecimiento de Diego Maradona, fallecido el día anterior:
acontecimientos en torno al fallecimiento de Diego Maradona, fallecido el día anterior:
acontecimientos en torno al fallecimiento de Diego Maradona, fallecido el día anterior:
acontecimientos en torno al fallecimiento de Diego Maradona, fallecido el día anterior:
The World Health Organization designated the Omicron variant as a variant of concern after its rapid emergence in Sou…
The World Health Organization designated the Omicron variant as a variant of concern after its rapid emergence in Southern Africa. This classification triggered a global scramble to update vaccine boosters and reimpose travel restrictions, as the strain’s high mutation rate demonstrated a unique ability to evade existing immunity and accelerate transmission across vaccinated populations.
au Mexique, accident d'un bus transportant des pèlerins ; au moins 19 morts.
au Mexique, accident d'un bus transportant des pèlerins ; au moins 19 morts.
à Taïwan, la population se prononce par référendum sur l'abaissement de 20 à 18 ans de l'âge d'obtention du droit de …
à Taïwan, la population se prononce par référendum sur l'abaissement de 20 à 18 ans de l'âge d'obtention du droit de vote.
en Italie, un glissement de terrain causé par des pluies torrentielles ravage la ville de Casamicciola Terme sur l'îl…
en Italie, un glissement de terrain causé par des pluies torrentielles ravage la ville de Casamicciola Terme sur l'île d'Ischia.
la représentante de la France, Zoé Clauzure, remporte le Concours Eurovision de la chanson junior 2023.
la représentante de la France, Zoé Clauzure, remporte le Concours Eurovision de la chanson junior 2023. C'est la deuxième fois en deux ans que la France gagne ce concours.
Max Verstappen, piloto da Red Bull Racing, vence o GP de Abu Dhabi, conseguindo o 17° título em sua Carreira da Fórmu…
Max Verstappen, piloto da Red Bull Racing, vence o GP de Abu Dhabi, conseguindo o 17° título em sua Carreira da Fórmula 1
A Polícia Federal indicia o ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro e mais 36 pessoas por tentativa de golpe de estado após sua …
A Polícia Federal indicia o ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro e mais 36 pessoas por tentativa de golpe de estado após sua derrota nas eleições presidenciais de 2022.
الإعلان عن اتفاق وقف لإطلاق النار بين حزب الله وإسرائيل بعد أربعة عشر شهرًا من القتال.
الإعلان عن اتفاق وقف لإطلاق النار بين حزب الله وإسرائيل بعد أربعة عشر شهرًا من القتال.
en Guinée-Bissau, un Coup d'État survient et est mené par l'armée, le président du pays Umaro Sissoco Embaló annonce …
en Guinée-Bissau, un Coup d'État survient et est mené par l'armée, le président du pays Umaro Sissoco Embaló annonce alors avoir été arrêté.
en Grèce, la flamme olympique est allumée à Olympie, deux mois avant les XXVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver dans les Alpes…
en Grèce, la flamme olympique est allumée à Olympie, deux mois avant les XXVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver dans les Alpes italiennes.
Wang Fuk Court Fire: 168 Lives Lost in Hong Kong Tragedy
168 dead in a single residential courtyard. The Wang Fuk Court fire tore through Tai Po's densely packed housing blocks with terrifying speed, trapping residents who had nowhere to go. Seventy-nine more survived with injuries. Emergency crews faced narrow corridors and smoke-choked stairwells — exactly the conditions Hong Kong's aging housing estates were never built to survive. And the question that followed wasn't just about this fire. It was about every building like it. Thousands still stand.