Do you want to learn about some unforgettable moments that have happened on November 21 throughout history? Then watch this video!
We’ll take a look at some of the most important events that have happened on this date in history and explain why they’re so memorable. This date in history has seen it all, so whatever you’re planning for November 21, make sure to watch this video first so you can learn more about the interesting and important events that have happened on this date in history!
164 BC During Maccabbean revolt Judas Maccabaeus recaptures Jersusalem and rededicates the Second Temple, commemorated since as Jewish festival Hanukkah
1787 Future US president Andrew Jackson admitted to the bar aged 20
1789 North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th US state
1817 US soldiers attack Miccosukee Tribe village of Fowltown, Georgia, beginning what becomes known as the First Seminole War
1818 Russia’s Tsar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine
1852 Duke University founded in 1838 as Union Institute, chartered as Normal College
1890 Edison lab records the 1st surviving motion picture, “Monkeyshines No. 1”, shot by William am Kennedy Dickson and William Heise [date disputed between June 1889 and November 21–27, 1890]
1922 Rebecca L Felton (Ga) sworn in as first female US Senator
1931 Horror film “Frankenstein” is released, starring Boris Karloff as the monster, directed by James Whale and based on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus”
1938 German forces occupy western Czechoslovakia and declare inhabitants to be German citizens
1952 1st US postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced
1963 US President John F. Kennedy flies to Texas (assassinated the next day)
1973 US President Richard Nixon’s attorney, J. Fred Buzhardt, reveals presence of 18½ minute gap in a White House tape recording related to Watergate
1974 Freedom of Information Act passed by Congress over President Ford’s veto
1976 “Rocky” directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Sylvester Stallone premieres in New York (Best Picture 1977)
1980 TV show “Dallas” episode “Who Done It” reveals ‘Who Shot J.R.?’, gets a then record 53.3 rating (over 83 million viewers, 76% of television watchers) in the US
1989 Law banning smoking on most domestic flights signed by US President George H. W. Bush
1989 TV cameras permitted in British House of Commons
2013 The Alabama parole board grants posthumous pardons to three members of the Scottsboro boys
2017 CBS TV host Charlie Rose is fired after allegations of harassment by eight women
2019 Elon Musk launches Tesla’s electric Cybertruck with shatterproof windows that when demonstrated on stage shatter
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164 BC During Maccabbean revolt Judas Maccabaeus recaptures Jersusalem and rededicates the Second Temple, commemorated since as Jewish festival Hanukkah
1787 Future US president Andrew Jackson admitted to the bar aged 20
1789 North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th US state
1817 US soldiers attack Miccosukee Tribe village of Fowltown, Georgia, beginning what becomes known as the First Seminole War
1818 Russia's Tsar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine
1852 Duke University founded in 1838 as Union Institute, chartered as Normal College
1890 Edison lab records the 1st surviving motion picture, "Monkeyshines No. 1", shot by William am Kennedy Dickson and William Heise [date disputed between June 1889 and November 21–27, 1890]
1922 Rebecca L Felton (Ga) sworn in as first female US Senator
1931 Horror film "Frankenstein" is released, starring Boris Karloff as the monster, directed by James Whale and based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus”
1938 German forces occupy western Czechoslovakia and declare inhabitants to be German citizens
1952 1st US postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced
1963 US President John F. Kennedy flies to Texas (assassinated the next day)
1973 US President Richard Nixon's attorney, J. Fred Buzhardt, reveals presence of 18½ minute gap in a White House tape recording related to Watergate
1974 Freedom of Information Act passed by Congress over President Ford's veto
1976 "Rocky" directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Sylvester Stallone premieres in New York (Best Picture 1977)
1980 TV show "Dallas" episode "Who Done It" reveals 'Who Shot J.R.?', gets a then record 53.3 rating (over 83 million viewers, 76% of television watchers) in the US
1989 Law banning smoking on most domestic flights signed by US President George H. W. Bush
1989 TV cameras permitted in British House of Commons
2013 The Alabama parole board grants posthumous pardons to three members of the Scottsboro boys
2017 CBS TV host Charlie Rose is fired after allegations of harassment by eight women
2019 Elon Musk launches Tesla's electric Cybertruck with shatterproof windows that when demonstrated on stage shatter
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