9th November 1989: Berlin Wall opened by the East German government after Günter Schabowski mistakenly announced that GDR citizens could cross to West Berlin with immediate effect
Although the border remained closed for around three hours, by 11pm the Berlin Wall checkpoint at Bornholmer Strasse had been ...
9 Nov 0s
8th November 1923: Adolf Hitler leads the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich, alongside General Ludendorff
Hitler was injured and escaped capture, but was arrested two days later and put on trial for high ...
8 Nov 0s
7th November 1874: Elephant first appears as a symbol of the Republican Party in Thomas Nast’s political cartoon Third Term Panic
Third Term Panic became one of Thomas Nast’s most influential works, securing the elephant’s place in American political iconography and was later adopted by the Republican Party ...
7 Nov 0s
6th November 1975: The Sex Pistols play their first gig at St Martin’s College of Art in London
The Sex Pistols supported pub rock band Bazooka Joe and played a few cover songs on equipment borrowed from the headliners, but the plug was pulled after twenty ...
6 Nov 0s
5th November 1940: President Roosevelt elected for an unprecedented third term
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected for an unprecedented third term as President of the United ...
5 Nov 0s
4th November 1852: Count Camillo Benso di Cavour appointed Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia
By the time of his death in 1861, shortly after the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, Cavour’s vision of a unified and constitutional nation had largely been ...
4 Nov 0s
3rd November 1957: Laika the dog becomes the first animal to enter orbit around the Earth
Laika was never intended to return to Earth as the technology to re-enter the atmosphere had not yet been ...
3 Nov 0s
