The British ship RMS Lusitania sank after being attacked by the German U-boat U-20 off the coast of Ireland.
23rd November 1889: The nickel-in-the-slot phonograph – the world’s first jukebox
23rd November 2020
Mary Mallon, better known as Typhoid Mary, was confined to permanent quarantine on North Brother Island in New York.
Mattel’s iconic Barbie doll made its debut at New York Toy Fair.
The resulting record was released in May, and went on to sell hundreds of thousands of copies.
Blackwell graduated first in her class and became the first woman to achieve a medical degree in the United States.
The organization now boasts more than 1.2 million members and continues to provide legal support where individual rights and liberties are threatened.
The broadcast included performances of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci featuring acclaimed Italian tenor Enrico Caruso.
As Star of the West approached Fort Sumter on the morning of 9 January it was met with cannon shots from cadet George E. Haynsworth on nearby Morris Island.
American President George Washington delivered the very first State of the Union address to Congress.
80 red, white, and blue walnut-sized glass light bulbs were hand-wired and placed around a large Christmas tree in the home of Edward H. Johnson’s New York home on Fifth Avenue.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019