Today in History: WWI: The 10-month long Battle of Verdun ends in 1916
The following are ten historical events that occurred on December 19: 1154: Henry II is crowned King of England, marking the beginning of...
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Today in History: Hamas attacks Israel killing 1,200 people
The following are some of the major events that occurred on October 7: 1571 – Battle of Lepanto : The Holy League, a coalition of Catholic ...
Today in history: Terrorist suicide attacks destroy World Trade Center in New York in 2001
The following are some of the major events that occurred on September 11: 1297 – The Battle of Stirling Bridge: William Wallace and Andrew ...
The Cyprus black people and its history
Slavery, Sugar Cane Plantations and Black Africans in Cyprus Greek and Turkish Cypriots who are the largest communities in Cyprus usually...
Today in History: Bomb on Pan Am flight over Scotland kills 270
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on December 21: 1907 – Strikers shot at mine in Chile. 1937 – Walt Disney’s “Sn...
Gaza’s centuries of war – a brief history
Gaza, which thrived in antiquity as a trade centre on the Mediterranean coast where Asia meets Africa, has been inhabited for thousands of...
Today in History: Ireland held a referendum to change its Catholic constitution and end a 70-year-old ban on divorce
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 24: 1922 – Execution of Erskine Childers in Ireland. 1929 – French...
Today in History: Hijacked Ethiopian Airplane with 163 passengers and 12 crew crashed into the sea off the Comoro Islands, killing 125 people
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 23: 1890 – King William III of Netherlands died. 1976 – Andre Malra...
Today in History: John F. Kennedy assassinated in 1963
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 22: 1943 – British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President ...
Today in History: Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe resigns, ending four decades of rule
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 21: 1818 - Russia's Tsar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish stat...
Today in History: Princess Elizabeth, heir to the British throne, married Prince Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 20: 1917 – A British force including 324 tanks struck at the German...
Today in History: The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, expelled to Malta
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 17: 1831 - Ecuador and Venezuela separated from Greater Colombia. ...
Today in History: Nigeria Agbani Darego becomes first black African woman to win Miss World title
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 16: 1933 – The United States and the Soviet Union established diplo...
Today in History: The first meeting of the Assembly of the League of Nations was held in Geneva
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 15: 1884 - European Colonization and trade in Africa is official...
Today in History: Albert Einstein presents his quantum theory of light
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 14: 1908 - Albert Einstein presents his quantum theory of light. 191...
Today in History: US Supreme court rules race separation on buses in Alabama unconstitutional
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 13: 1903 – Camille Pissarro, prolific painter of the French Impress...
Today in History: Germans begin demolishing the Berlin Wall
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 10: 1674 - Dutch formally cede New Netherlands (New York) to the ...
Today in History: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares holy war against Iran
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 9: 1799 Napoleon Bonaparte pulls off a coup and becomes the dicta...
Today in History: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf elected president of Liberia, the first woman to lead an African country
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 8: 392 - Roman Emperor Theodosius declares Christian religion the st...
Today in History: Chinese People's Republic proclaimed by Mao Zedong
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 7: 1916 – Jeannette Rankin becomes first woman elected to U.S. Cong...
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