Events in History for November 19th
Early History & Exploration
1493: Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to land on Puerto Rico during his second voyage to the New World, naming it San...
Events in History November 17th
Key Historical Events on November 17:
1558 - Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England upon the death of her half-sister, Mary I, beginning the Elizabethan Age.
1777 - The Articles of...
Events in History, November 14th
Key Historical Events on November 14th
1960: Ruby Bridges desegregates her school. Six-year-old Ruby Bridges was escorted by four federal marshals to her first day of classes at William Frantz...
Events in History November 11th
1600s
1620: The Mayflower Compact was signed by 41 male passengers aboard the Mayflower, creating the first framework for self-governance in the area that would become...
Events in History November 7th
Major events
1916: Jeannette Rankin becomes the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
1917: The Bolsheviks overthrow the Provisional Government in Russia, marking the start of the...
Events in History for November 6th
1860s
Abraham Lincoln elected president: In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th U.S. President, a victory that led to the secession of Southern states and the...
Today in history, November 4th
Today in history, November 4, includes the discovery of the entrance to King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, the beginning of the Iran hostage crisis in...
Events in History for November 3rd
16th Century
1534: England's Parliament passed the Act of Supremacy, declaring King Henry VIII the head of the Church of England.
1493: Christopher Columbus first sighted the island...
Winning with misinformation: New research identifies link between endorsing easily disproven claims and prioritizing...
Randy Stein, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and Abraham Rutchick, California State University, Northridge
Why do some people endorse claims that can easily be disproved?...
From ‘Frankenstein’ to ‘Dracula,’ exploring the dark world of death and the undead offers...
Molly Ryder Granatino, University of Tennessee
Spooky decorations of ghosts and skeletons will soon be returning to people’s doorsteps ahead of Halloween – but year-round,...
