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First International Football Match 30 Nov 2012 | 05:44 pm
November 30 Events 1872 – The first official international football (soccer) match took place and was between England and Scotland at the West of Scotland Cricket Club’s ground in Partick, Scotland. T...
The Battle of Spring Hill 29 Nov 2012 | 10:09 pm
November 29 Events 1864 – The Battle of Spring Hill took place in Maury County, Tennesee and was part of the American Civil War. The Union were victorious over the confederacy. 1945 – In Yugoslavia th...
The Battle of Cane Hill 28 Nov 2012 | 10:22 pm
November 28 Events 1821 – Panama gained its independence from Spain. 1862 – During the American Civil War the Battle of Cane Hill took place in Washington County, Arkansas in which the Union were vict...
The Battle of Cortenuova 27 Nov 2012 | 10:09 pm
November 27 Events 1237 – The Battle of Cortenuova took place at Cortenuova, Lombardy in which the Holy Roman Empire defeated the Second Lombard League. 1582 – William Shakespeare married Anne Hathawa...
The Battle of Papudo 26 Nov 2012 | 09:40 pm
November 26 Events 1865 – The naval Battle of Papudo took place near Valparaiso in Chile in which the Chileans were victorious over the Spanish. 1941 – Lebanon gained its independence from France. 199...
Baku Earthquake 25 Nov 2012 | 05:41 pm
November 25 Events 1867 – Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel patented dynamite. 1975 – The Republic of Suriname gained independence from the Netherlands. 2000 – An earthquake measuring 7.0 on t...
The Battle of Solway Moss 24 Nov 2012 | 09:17 pm
November 24 Events 1542 – At the Battle at Solway Moss near the River Esk the English led by Sir Thomas Wharton defeated the Scottish led by Robert, Lord Maxwell. 1859 – The book “On the Origin of Spe...
Horseshoe Machine Patented 23 Nov 2012 | 07:34 pm
November 23 Events 1835 – Scottish born engineer Henry Burden patented the horseshoe manufacturing machine in Troy, New York. 1890 – Wilhelmina became Queen of the Netherlands at the age of 10. She wa...
Juan Fernández Islands Discovered 22 Nov 2012 | 09:52 pm
November 22 Events 1574 – Situated off the east coast of Chili in the southern Pacific Ocean, the Juan Fernández Islands were discovered by Spanish sailor Juan Fernández. 1922 – Ramsay MacDonald becam...
Thomas Edison Phonograph Invented 21 Nov 2012 | 10:06 pm
November 21 Events 1877 – Prolific inventer Thomas Edison announce that he had invented the phonograph, his “talking machine”. 1987 – Demi Moore and Bruce Willis got married. 1989 – Television cameras...
