Today in History

1-Nov 1537 German reformer Martin Luther states during one of his “Table Talks”: 'There are many fluent preachers who speak at length but say nothing, who have words without substance.'

2-Nov 1904 British newspaper, "The Daily Mirror," begins publishing

3-Nov 1928 Turkey switches from Arabic to Roman alphabet

4-Nov 1979 500 Iranian "students" seize US embassy, take 90 hostages for 444 days

5-Nov 1970 American Presbyterian missionary Francis Schaeffer wrote in a letter: 'The Bible does not minimize sexual sin, but neither does it make it different from any other sin.'

6-Nov 1918 Republic of Poland proclaimed

7-Nov 1918 Billy Graham distinguished US evangelist (Crusades) is born

8-Nov 1960 John F Kennedy (Democrat) beats Vice President Richard Nixon (Republican) for President

9-Nov 1952 Chaim Weizmann 1st President of Israel, dies at 57

10-Nov 1951 1st long distance telephone call without operator assistance

11-Nov 1969 Beatles with Billy Preston release "Get Back" in the UK

12-Nov: 1866 Sun Yat-sen father of modern China (Republic of China & People Republic of China) is born

13-Nov: 1941 British aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" sank in Mediterranean

14-Nov: 1889 Jawaharlal Nehru 1st Indian PM (1947-64) is born

15-Nov: 1939 Nazis begin mass murder of Warsaw Jews

16-Nov: 1988 Robin Givens sues Mike Tyson for $125 million for libel

17-Nov 1869 Suez Canal opens (Egypt)

18-Nov 1626 In Rome, the newly completed St Peter's Basilica was consecrated by Urban VIII. St. Peter's is presently the ‘largest’ church in Christendom, with a length of 619 feet.

19-Nov 1933 Larry King radio talk show host "143 Arivadechi" (Larry King Show) is born

20-Nov 1914 US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports

21-Nov: 1990 Signing of Declaration of "End of Cold war" in Paris

22-Nov: 1990 Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation as British Prime Minister

23-Nov 1904 3rd Olympic Games close in St Louis

24-Nov 1859 Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species"

25-Nov 1957 US President Dwight Eisenhower suffers a mild stroke, impairing his speech

26-Nov 1970 Pope Paul VI attacked by a knife-wielding man while on a 10-day visit in Manila, Philippines. The pontiff was unhurt and continued his journey.

27-Nov: 1895 Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize

28-Nov: 1966 Coup in Burundi overthrows monarchy; a republic is declared

29-Nov 1967 US Secretary of Defense McNamara becomes President of the World Bank

30-Nov 1924 1st photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio