Today In History(In 1908 Einstein presents his quantum theory) - November 14th

[jchima]

A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.



1501 Arthur Tudor of England marries Katherine of Aragon.

1812 As Napoleon Bonaparte's army retreats form Moscow, temperatures drop to 20 degrees below zero.

1851 Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick is published in New York.

1882 Billy Clairborne, a survivor of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, loses his life in a shoot-out with Buckskin Frank Leslie.

1908 Albert Einstein presents his quantum theory of light.

1910 Lieutenant Eugene Ely, U.S. Navy, becomes the first man to take off in an airplane from the deck of a ship. He flew from the ship Birmingham at Hampton Roads to Norfolk.

1921 The Cherokee Indians ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review their claim to 1 million acres of land in Texas.

1922 The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) begins the first daily radio broadcasts from Marconi House.

1930 Right-wing militarists in Japan attempt to assassinate Premier Hamagushi.

1935 Manuel Luis Quezon is sworn in as the first Filipino president, as the Commonwealth of the Philippines is inaugurated.

1940 German bombers devastate Coventry in Great Britain, killing 1,000 in the worst air raid of the war.

1951 The United States and Yugoslavia sign a military aid pact.

1951 French paratroopers capture Hoa Binh, Vietnam.

1960 New Orleans integrates two all-white schools.

1960 President Dwight Eisenhower orders U.S. naval units into the Caribbean after Guatemala and Nicaragua charge Castro with starting uprisings.

1961 President Kennedy increases the number of American advisors in Vietnam from 1,000 to 16,000.

Source: Today In History - November 14th - eReporter

 

[Rogue 9]

You missed 1864 - General William Tecumseh Sherman orders the governmental and industrial buildings of Atlanta destroyed and sets out on his March to the Sea.

 

[whitehall]

Funny thing about the eggheads who developed the first Bomb. They pretended that they had nothing to do with it after their experiment incinerated the occupants of two Japanese cities. Thanks to the fawning media at the time the professors were able to pretend that their monster belonged to somebody else.
















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