Tag: History
History of 26 November
1990 - Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz at the Kremlin to demand that Iraq withdraw from Kuwait.
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27 November
1520 - Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition reaches Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of South America.
1700 - The opera “Agrippina” by George...
History of 25 November
1783 - The British evacuated New York City, marking the end of the American Revolution.
1839 - The opera “Les Huguenots” by Giacomo...
History of 24 November
1990 - Poland held its first popular presidential election.
1992 - The Czech parliament voted to split the country into separate Czech and Slovak republics...
History of 23 November
1991 - Yugoslavia's rival leaders agreed to a new cease-fire, the 14th of the Balkan civil war.
1991 - The Sacramento Kings ended the NBA's longest...
History of 22 November
1990 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush, his wife, Barbara, and other congressional leaders shared Thanksgiving dinner with U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia.
1990 - British Prime Minister...
History of 20 November
1990 - Saddam Hussein ordered another 250,000 Iraqi troops into the country of Kuwait.
1990 - The space shuttle Atlantis landed at Cape Canaveral, FL, after completing a...
History of 19 November
1990 - NATO and the Warsaw Pact signed a treaty of nonaggression.
1993 - The U.S. Senate approved a sweeping $22.3 billion anti-crime measure.
1994 - The U.N....
History of 18 November
1993 - The U.S. House of Representatives joined the U.S. Senate in approving legislation aimed at protecting abortion facilities, staff and patients.
1993 - American Airlines flight attendants went...
History of 17 November
1982 - The Empire State Building was added to the National Register of Historical Places.
1988 - Benazir Bhutto became the first woman leader of...
History of 16 November
1994 - Major League Soccer announced that it would start its inaugural season in 1996.
1997 - China released Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident from jail for...
History of 15 November
1992 - Richard Petty drove in the final race of his 35-year career.1993 - A judge in Mineola, NY, sentenced Joey Buttafuoco to six...