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1. 10th November 1871: Henry Morton Stanley locates Dr David Livingstone in Africa

   Gepubliceerd: 10-11-2024
2. 9th November 1799: Coup of 18 Brumaire sees Napoleon Bonaparte begin his rise to power

   Gepubliceerd: 9-11-2024
3. 8th November 1620: Battle of White Mountain fought near Prague in the early stages of the Thirty Years’ War

   Gepubliceerd: 8-11-2024
4. 7th November 1917: Bolshevik Red Guards take control of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg

   Gepubliceerd: 7-11-2024
5. 6th November 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected as the 16th President of the USA

   Gepubliceerd: 6-11-2024
6. 5th November 1605: Gunpowder Plot foiled when Guy Fawkes was discovered guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder beneath the House of Lords in London

   Gepubliceerd: 5-11-2024
7. 4th November 1839: The Newport Rising armed rebellion takes place in south Wales

   Gepubliceerd: 4-11-2024
8. 3rd November 1918: The Kiel Mutiny begins, marking the start of the German Revolution

   Gepubliceerd: 3-11-2024
9. 2nd November 1936: BBC Television Service launched in the UK as the world’s first regular high-definition television service

   Gepubliceerd: 2-11-2024
10. 1st November 1894: Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia following the death of his father, Tsar Alexander III

    Gepubliceerd: 1-11-2024
11. 31st October 1922: The cabinet of Benito Mussolini formally takes power in Italy

    Gepubliceerd: 31-10-2024
12. 30th October 1938: The War of the Worlds radio play, directed by Orson Welles, terrifies listeners in America

    Gepubliceerd: 30-10-2024
13. 29th October 1959: Comic book character Asterix the Gaul’s first appearance in the debut issue of Pilote magazine

    Gepubliceerd: 29-10-2024
14. 28th October 1962: End of the Cuban Missile Crisis as Khrushchev agrees to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba

    Gepubliceerd: 28-10-2024
15. 27th October 1988: Ronald Reagan halts construction of the new US embassy in Moscow

    Gepubliceerd: 27-10-2024
16. 26th October 1860: Garibaldi hands control of southern Italy to Victor Emmanuel II

    Gepubliceerd: 26-10-2024
17. 25th October 1940: Benjamin O. Davis Sr. becomes first black general in the US military

    Gepubliceerd: 25-10-2024
18. 24th October 1929: Black Thursday marks the start of the Wall Street Crash

    Gepubliceerd: 24-10-2024
19. 23rd October 1642: Battle of Edgehill fought during the early stages of the English Civil War

    Gepubliceerd: 23-10-2024
20. 22nd October 1910: Dr. Hawley Crippen found guilty of murdering his wife, after being captured with the aid of wireless technology

    Gepubliceerd: 22-10-2024