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November 1 1993 CE – The Maastricht Treaty Takes Effect, Creating the European Union
by Vishul MalikAfter months of negotiations and a long ratification process, the Maastricht Treaty came into force on November 1, 1993. The European Union (EU), featuring a central bank and deeper military…
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November 10 1659 CE – Chattarapati Shivaji Maharaj Begins the Maratha Empire at the Battle of Pratapgad
by Vishul MalikThe history of western India took a new turn on November 10, 1659: the Battle of Pratapgad shifted the balance of power in the region away from the Adilshahi and…
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November 11 1918 CE – World War I Ends at the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month
by Vishul Malik*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons The Great War, a four-year-slog dividing Europe that heralded a new age of combat, mercifully came to a close at 11am on November 11, 1918 in…
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Walking along the River Foyers after attending church, Hugh Gray managed to be the first to capture photographic evidence of Scotland’s enduring mystery — the Loch Ness Monster — on…
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November 13th – 1956 CE – The United States Supreme Court Strikes Down Bus Segregation Laws
by Vishul Malik*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons Almost a year after a woman named Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to sit in the back of a National City Lines bus in Montgomery,…
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November 14 – 1716 CE – Gottfried Leibniz, German Philosopher and Mathematician, Dies in Hannover
by Vishul Malik*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons If the Germans were looking for their own Renaissance man to compete with the likes of Britain’s Sir Isaac Newton, it is unlikely they would look…
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November 15 1864 CE – Union General William Tecumseh Sherman Begins His March to the Sea by Burning Atlanta
by Vishul Malik*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons In a bid to unhinge the Confederate States of America’s ability to make war against the Union Army, General William Tecumseh Sherman launched an aggressive strategy…
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*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons The day after one of his men told Inca Emperor Atahualpa the Spanish had arrived in peace, Francisco Pizarro captured the native leader on November 16,…
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*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons Nearly 4,000 years after Pharaoh Senausert III dug the first waterway to link the Mediterranean and Red Seas, the Suez Canal opened in Egypt on November…
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A pair of world icons hit the silver screen for the first time at the Colony Theater in New York City on November 18, 1928: Mickey and Minnie Mouse starred…
