Archive for November, 2008
This Day In History-November 30th
The Island of Barbados gained its independence from Great Britain on this day in history 1966.
Ken Jennings ended his 74-game winning spree on the popular game show, Jeopardy! winning him millions of dollars on this day in history 2004.
This Day In History-November 29th
On this day in history 1929, Commander Richard E. Byrd his small crew of three became the first to fly over the South Pole.
Member of the Beatle’s, George Harrison, died of cancer in 2001.
This Day In History-November 28th
On this day in history 1520, the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan passed through the strait, now named after him, reaching the Pacific ocean.
In 1964, the first successful mission to Mars came with the launch of the U.S. spacecraft named Mariner 4.
This Day In History-November 27th
On this day in history, 1895 with the signing of Alfred Nobel’s last will the Nobel Prize was established.
New York’s Pennsylvania Station was opened in the year 1910.
This Day In History-November 26th
The Nazis started forcing the Jews from Warsaw to live in a walled ghetto in 1940.
The first British prime minister to speak to the Irish parliament was Tony Blair in 1998.
This Day In History-November 25th
During the French and Indian War, the British captured Fort Duquesne in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1758.
The young Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, was rescued off the coast of Florida in 1999.
The Political Limit LIVE! 11.24.08
The Big Easy, more like the Big Crime Den
- New Orleans ranked the most dangerous city with an average of a murder every 40 hours in 2007.
Russia, "We didn’t start the fire!"
- Russian responds to claims that they fired on the Presidents of Georgia and Poland. The incident occurred in South Ossetia at [...]
This Day In History-November 24th
The land later renamed Tasmania was formerly known as Van Diemen’s land which was discovered by Abel Tasman in 1642.
On this day in history, the well known Darwin’s Origin of Species was published in 1859.
This Day In History-November 23rd
The very first jukebox was installed in San Francisco at the Palais Royal Saloon on this day in history 1889.
U.S. wartime food rationing due to WWII, of meat, butter, and other foods ended in 1945.
This Day In History-November 22nd
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas in 1943.
On this day in history 1842, Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupted spewing ash fallout reached as far as 48 mi away.
