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Today! The Smurfs originally appeared in the story "Johan and Pirlouit" by Belgian artist Peyo in 1958.
The Smurfs were developed and launched as a series of comic characters in 1958 by Belgian comics artist Peyo under the name Les Schtroumpfs. There are over 100 Smu...
Today! Apple unveiled the iPod in 2001.
At a modest ceremony on Apple's Infinite Loop headquarters, Steve Jobs unveiled the initial iPod. While the iMac launched Apple's rebirth in 1998, it was t...
In 1911, Orville Wright flew in a glider for 9 minutes and 45 seconds in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, setting a new world record that stood for ten years.
On October 24th, in the year 1911, Orville Wright set a new world soaring record of 9 minutes and 45 seconds of unpowered flight.The record had stood international...
Steffi Graf competes in her first professional tennis match in 1982.
Steffi Graf, a renowned former German tennis player played her first professional tennis match in the year 1982 on October 24th. She, since then became a dominant ...
Today! The first electronic wrist watch was sold in New York City in 1960.
One of the main challenges of watchmaking was being studied within a workshop in Garland, Texas, by an engineer named George H Thiess. The late 1960s were dominate...
In 2017, the first ichthyosaur (marine reptile) fossil (152 million years old) was discovered in India. Reports published in the scientific journal "Plos One."
On October 25th, the Indian scientisits made a great discovery of Ichthyosaur fossil for the very first time. It was an extinct marine reptile and was a 152 millio...
In 1918, Germany's top commander, General Eric Ludendorff, resigns in protest at the terms agreed upon by the German government in negotiating an armistice.
General Eric Ludendroff was a top German Military Commander in tha latter stages of World War I. He, on October 26th in the year 1918, resigned from his post and f...
The Missionary of Charity was founded by Mother Teressa.
The Missonaryof Charity Centre was founded by Mother Teresa in the year 1950. The aim of this centre was to provide support to the people who are in need. Since th...
The Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir joins India in 1947.
A legal document, The Instrument of Accession executed by Maharaja Hari Singh, the riler of princely state of Jammu and Kashmir on October 26 in the year 1946. By ...
Walt Disney's first television show, "Disneyland," aired on ABC in 1954.
The famous Walt Disney's first television show, Disneyland, was produced since the year 1954 under several other titals. However, the orginal version of the se...
James Cook, the British explorer, navigator, and cartographer who was the first European to discover much of Australia, the Pacific Islands, and New Zealand, was born in Marton, Yorkshire, England in 1728.
James Cook, a renowned British Naval Captain, Navigator and Explorer who sailed the seaways and coasts of Canada and conducted three expeditions to Pacific Ocean w...
1932 Sylvia Plath, American poet and novelist, was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1858. Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, was born in New York City.
Sylvia Plath, one of the most dynamic and admired poets of 20th century was born on October 27th in the year 1932. She was an important part of literary community,...
Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" is published in London by Benjamin Motte in 1726.
One of the most famous novels in English Literature, Gulliver's Travels was first published on October 28th in the year 1726 by Benjamin Motte. The Novel is di...
Michael Faraday displays his dynamo invention, an electrical generator, in 1831.
Michael Faraday, on October 28th in 1831 invented the first laboratory models of Electric Generators or Dynamo. It consisted of a copper disc rotating between the ...
Lala Lajpat Rai, an Indian freedom fighter, was injured in 1928 while organizing a quiet demonstration against a visiting British commission in Lahore.
Lajpat Rai led a nonviolent march in protest of the Simon Commission's visit to Lahore on October 30, 1928. James A. Scott, the superintendent of police, direc...
In 1999, the worst Indian Ocean tropical super cyclone strikes Odisha, India, killing 9,885 people and reaching wind speeds of 300 miles per hour.
On October 29, 1999, a super cyclone with winds of 300 mph hit Odisha, causing what was perhaps the worst cyclonic tragedy in the previous century. The super cyclo...
After a similar incident and President Macron's advocacy of the freedom to print caricatures of Prophet Muhammad, three people were stabbed to death in a church in Nice, France, in 2020.
French President Emmanuel Macron has stated that he understands why Muslims were outraged by cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. It comes after a deadly knife...
On October 29, 2005, more than 60 people were killed in the Delhi bombings.
29th of October, 2005 With Diwali only two days away, Delhi's marketplaces were teeming with people. The holiday cheer was in the air until 5.30 p.m., when ter...
Rene Goscinny's "Asterix" is originally published in the French magazine "Pilote" in 1959, drawn by Albert Uderzo.
On October 29, 1959, the serial debuted in the Franco-Belgian comic magazine Pilote. Goscinny and Uderzo had already achieved success with their series Oumpah-pah,...
Vasco da Gama returns to Calicut, India, for the second time in 1502.
He desired retaliation for the abuse meted out to the last mission. Vasco da Gama landed in Calicut on the Malabar coast for the second time on October 30, 1502. H...
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia provides civil rights and approves the first Duma in the "October Manifesto" of 1905. (Parliament)
The Duma was the elected legislative body that, together with the State Council, served as the imperial Russian legislature from 1906 until its dissolution after t...
A radio broadcast of H. G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds," narrated by Orson Welles, supposedly sparks a worldwide panic in 1938.
A deep dive into one of the most contentious events in broadcasting history: Orson Welles' 1938 radio drama about Martians invading New Jersey." According...
On his 37th birthday in 1997, Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona announces his retirement from the game.
However, the soccer legend's career was tarnished by two high-profile bans for drug usage, and he has frequently struggled with health issues after retirement....
In 2019, Kashmir formally loses its autonomous status, flag, and constitution as India reasserts federal sovereignty over the region, thus abolishing its statehood.
On Thursday, India's government will legally divide Jammu and Kashmir state into two federal territories, as part of a broad effort to strengthen its control o...
"Dil To Pagal Hai" the blockbuster, hit cinemas on 30th October 1997
Dil To Pagal Hai is a narrative that proves this notion. It tells the narrative of Rahul (Shah Rukh Khan), a man who does not believe in love and wonders whether t...
Laura Aime, a Ted Bundy victim, goes missing in Utah in 1974.
Laura Ann Aime was at a Halloween party with friends on October 31st, 1974. The 17-year-old left the gathering by herself later that night. This was the final time...
In 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is killed at her residence in New Delhi by her bodyguards Satwant Singh and Beant Singh.
Indira Gandhi, India's prime minister, is killed by two of her own bodyguards in New Delhi. Sikhs Beant Singh and Satwant Singh opened fire on Gandhi as she he...
Rajiv Gandhi becomes India's sixth Prime Minister in 1984, succeeding his mother Indira Gandhi, who was killed.
Mr. Rajiv Gandhi was the youngest Prime Minister of India, and possibly one of the world's youngest elected heads of government, at the age of 40. His mother, ...
The Statue of Unity, the world's largest statue of Indian independence leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, was unveiled in Gujarat state in 2018 at a height of 182 meters.
The world's highest statue, the Statue of Unity, is dedicated to visionary Indian statesman Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. It was formally revealed on October 31, 2...
On or around this day in 1348, the Black Death arrives in London.
Black death struck London in November 1348 and spread all the way up the coast of East Anglia early in the new year. It had ravaged Wales and the Midlands by sprin...
After the demise of Alexander III in 1894, Nicholas II becomes the next Tsar of Russia.
On November 1, 1894, Nicolas II succeeded his father Alexander III as Tsar, and on May 26, 1896, he was crowned Tsar in Moscow. April 1894, Nikolay Aleksandrovich ...
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk seizes Constantinople from Mehmed VI in 1922, establishing the Republic of Turkey and bringing the Ottoman Empire to an end.
The occupations of Constantinople and Smyrna galvanized the Turkish national movement, which eventually triumphed in the Turkish War of Independence. On November 1...
Suzuki and Maejima, Japanese navy staff officers, arrive at Pearl Harbor in 1941.
The Japanese ship Taiyo Maru landed at Honolulu in November 1941, carrying 340 passengers, including Suguru Suzuki, the Japanese Imperial Navy's youngest lieut...
India takes over management of four French Indian colonies in 1954.
In 1948, France and India agreed that the inhabitants of France's Indian possessions would choose their political future. French India was not de jure united w...
Today! Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, and Haryana are created as Indian states in 1956.
On November 1, 1956, the states of Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Punjab, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu observed formation day, while D...
The Indian state of Mysore is renamed Karnataka in 1973 to represent all of Karunadu's territories.
Former Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs is credited with renaming Mysore State Karnataka on November 1, 1973; however, historians claim that the term 'Karnataka&#...
Today! Delhi becomes a union territory of India in 1956.
On November 1st, another chapter was added to the golden history of the capital of India, i.e. Delhi. That chapter made the capital of India. Delhi, a Union Territ...
In 1966, the Indian state of Haryana was formed from Punjab, and the territory of Chandigarh was established.
Haryana was formed on November 1, 1966, as a result of the division of the former state of Punjab into two separate states: Punjab, which spoke Punjabi, and Haryan...
The 1997 Tokyo International Film Festival saw the world premiere of James Cameron's "Titanic," starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.
The film is based on the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912. Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio feature in it. The two actors play characters from different socioe...
Today, Howard Hughes flies the "Spruce Goose," a massive wooden airplane, for the first and only time in 1947.
The Hughes Flying Boat, once the biggest aircraft ever built, is flown on its first and only flight by creator Howard Hughes. The gigantic wooden aircraft, built o...
Today, at the age of 62, Ngô nh Dim, President and autocratic leader of South Vietnam, was killed in a coup.
Ngo Dinh Nhu was South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem's younger brother and main political adviser. Nhu commanded the ARVN special forces and the Personali...
Today, The Times of India, the world's most widely read English-language daily broadsheet newspaper, was launched in 1838 as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce Today.
The daily was formed in 1838 in Mumbai (then Bombay) under the British Raj to serve the British citizens of western India, after Lord Metcalfe's Act of 1835, w...
Chevrolet officially joins the automotive market in 1911, competing with the Ford Model T.
Chevrolet, sometimes known informally as Chevy and formally as the Chevrolet Subsidiary of General Motors Company, is an American vehicle division of the American ...
Today, the Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2 in 1957, with space dog Laika, a mostly-Siberian husky, onboard, becoming the first animal in orbit.
On November 3, 1957, the Soviet Union astonished the world by launching Sputnik 2. Laika, the first animal to orbit Earth, was aboard the tiny satellite. Laika, ho...
Today, Howard Carter discovers Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt in 1922.
A team led by British Egyptologist Howard Carter began excavating Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings on November 4, 1922. Tutankhamun, also ...
Today, Barack Obama is elected President of the United States, becoming the first African-American to do so, beating Republican contender John McCain.
Senator Barack Obama of Illinois defeated Senator John McCain of Arizona on November 4, 2008, to become the 44th President of the United States and the first Afric...
Today! Akbar succeeds his father Humayun as Sultan of Delhi in 1556.
The Mughal Empire spanned nearly one million square kilometres at the time of Akbar's death in 1556. Then, on November 5,1556, Humayun succeeded his father as ...
In the Second Battle of Panipat in 1556, Hindu Emperor of North India Hem Chandra Vikramaditya is defeated by Mughal Emperor Akbar's army, who capture and eventually behead Hem Chandra.
On November 5, 1556, the Second Battle of Panipat was fought between the forces of Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, popularly known as Hemu, the Hindu king who rul...
Chittaranjan Das, an Indian lawyer and politician who founded the Swaraj Party, was born in Bikrampur, British India, in 1869.
Chittranjan Das, popularly known as Deshbandhu, was an Indian politician, a prominent lawyer, an activist of the Indian National Movement, and the founder of the S...
Republican Abraham Lincoln of Illinois was elected as the 16th President of the United States of America in 1860.
On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the first Republican to do so. Des...
MK Gandhi was detained in South Africa in 1913 for spearheading an Indian miners' march.
Gandhi was arrested while leading a march on November 6, 1913, that included 127 women, 57 children, and 2037 men. He was freed on bond, returned to the march, and...
In 2016, the Indian government declared Delhi's air pollution levels to be an emergency, halting schools and construction sites.
The Indian government has declared extreme levels of harmful air pollution in Delhi a "emergency scenario," with authorities announcing a plan to tempora...
Bipin Chandra Pal, an Indian patriot and independence warrior, was born in Habiganj, Sylhet area, India, in 1858.
Bipin Chandra Pal was born on November 7, 1858, in Poil village, Syllhet district, Bangladesh. He was born into a prosperous Hindu Vaishnavite family. Ramchandra P...
In Tiruchirappalli, India, in 1888, Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, an Indian physicist who earned the Nobel Prize in 1930 for light scattering, was born.
On November 7, 1888, Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was born in Tiruchirappalli, Southern India. His father was a mathematics and physics instructor, therefore he wa...
Marie Curie, the Polish-French physicist who discovered radium and the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize (1903, 1911), was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1867.
Maria Sklodowska, later known as Marie Curie, was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867. (modern-day Poland). Curie was the youngest of five siblings, the others bein...
During an unannounced live broadcast address in 2016, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the demonetization of all 500 and 1,000 banknotes, scrapping 86 percent of the notes in circulation in a fight against corruption.
On November 8, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi went on national television and said that all Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 high-value notes will become worthless by midni...
Vlad III the Impaler, a Wallachian prince, was born in SighiÅŸoara, Transylvania, Romania in 1431.
Vlad III - afterwards known as Vlad the Impaler, Vlad TepeÅŸ - was born in 1431 at the Sighisoara Citadel, the son of Vlad II Dracul, who was the illegitimate so...
K. R. Narayanan, India's 10th President, died in 2005 at the age of 85.
Kocheril Raman Narayanan was appointed vice president of India in 1992 and elected president in 1997. Narayanan was born on February 4, 1921, to a destitute Dalit ...
In 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte stages a coup and ascends to the position of dictator of France under the title of First Consul.
Napoleon was a member of a party that successfully ousted the French Directory in November 1799, in an incident known as the coup of 18 Brumaire. The Directory was...
In the year 1907 On his birthday, King Edward VII receives the Cullinan Diamond, the biggest diamond ever unearthed.
The Cullinan Diamond is the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever discovered, weighing 3,106.75 carats (621.35 g) (21.9 ounces) and discovered on January 26, 1905...
In 2019, India's Supreme Court finds in favor of Hindus over Muslims in a dispute over who has the claim to the Ayodhya holy site.
The 2.77 acres, previously claimed by both Hindus and Muslims, were the site of a 16th century mosque was demolished by right-wing mobs to unearth and find a...
In 2019, the Kartarpur corridor will open, allowing Sikh pilgrims from India to visit the holy shrine of Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur in Pakistan without requiring a visa.
Ahead of Guru Nanak's 550th Prakash Purab celebrations, the Kartarpur corridor, which connects Sri Darbar Sahib Dera Baba Nanak in India's Punjab with Gurd...
Marc Márquez won the MotoGP world championship on November 10th, 2013.
Spanish professional motorcycle road racer Marc Márquez Alentà has competed for Honda's factory team since his 2013 MotoGP debut. Marc Márquez won the MotoGP world champion...
10th of November 2019 India defeated Bangladesh in the T20 series thanks to Deepak Chahar's 6 wickets for 7 runs.
On 10th of November 2019 India defeated Bangladesh in the T20 series thanks to Deepak Chahar's 6 wickets for 7 runs. In November 2019, during the third a...
Guru Teg Bahadur Ji, the ninth Nanak and the ninth of ten Gurus of the Sikhs, was executed at the age of 54 by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1675.
Guru Teg Bahadur was the ninth Sikh Guru, and the Sikhs revered him as the "Protector of Humanity." Guru Tegh Bahadur was a wonderful teacher as wel...
Abul Kalam Azad, India's first Minister of Education, was born in Makkah, Hejaz Vilayet, Ottoman Empire, in 1888.
Maulana Azad was born on November 11, 1888, in Makkah, Hejaz vilayet, Ottoman Empire, now Mecca, Saudi Arabia. During the Indian independence movement, he was an I...
During the Gemini program in 1966, Buzz Aldrin snaps the first'space selfie,' a photograph of himself practicing extravehicular activity in space.
On November 12, 1966, decades before the term "selfie" became widespread, NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin took the first space selfie while on a spacewalk during the Gemini 12 mission. In a Tw...
Stan Lee [Stanley Martin Lieber], an American comic-book artist, writer, and the creative boss of the Marvel multimedia conglomerate, died in 2018 at the age of 95.
Stan Lee, the man credited with ushering in a new renaissance in comic books with his many flawed, relatable superheroes such as Spider-Man and Iron Man, died on N...
India's opening batsman Rohit Sharma recorded the highest individual ODI score on November 13, 2014.
India's opening batsman Rohit Sharma recorded the highest individual ODI score on November 13, 2014. At the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Rohit, a.k.a. "Hitman," smashed 264 runs in 173 ba...
Michael Schumacher won his first Formula One drivers' world championship on November 13th, 1994
Michael Schumacher, a German race car driver who holds records for winning the most Formula One (F1) Grand Prix races, was born on January 3, 1969 in Hürth-Hermülhein, West Germany. Micha...
Mariner 9 was the first spacecraft to orbit a planet on November 13, 1971.
A robotic spacecraft called Mariner 9 that was a component of NASA's Mariner programme made a significant contribution to the exploration of Mars. Mariner 9 wa...
Albert Einstein introduces his quantum theory of light in 1908.
Albert Einstein, the scientist who unveiled his radical theory of relativity, presented his quantum theory about light on November 14, 1908. Albert Einstein's ...
Astronomers announced the finding of a Super-Earth planet circling the red dwarf Barnard's star, 6 light years distant, in 2018.
On November 14, 2018, astronomers discovered a frozen and dimly lit planet, dubbed 'Super-Earth,' orbiting the closest solitary star to the Sun, a breakthr...
Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister and a key figure in the Indian independence struggle, was born in Allahabad, North-Western Provinces, British India, in 1889.
Indira Gandhi's father, Jawaharlal Nehru, was a leader of India's nationalist movement and the country's first prime minister following independence. In 1889, Nehru was born in Allahaba...
Aditya Birla, an industrialist, was born in India in 1944.
Aditya Vikram Birla was a businessman from India. He oversaw the diversification of his group into textiles, petrochemicals, and telecommunications after being bor...
AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian teacher and founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, dies at the age of 81 in 1977.
A. C. Bhaktivedanta, also known as Swami Prabhupda, was an Indian religious leader and author who founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, also...
King Charles, former Prince of Wales/Duke of Cornwall, was born in London in 1948.
King Charles, former prince of Wales and earl of Chester, duke of Cornwall, duke of Rothesay, earl of Carrick and Baron Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, and Prince...
Birsa Munda, an Indian tribal freedom fighter, religious leader, and folk hero of the Munda tribe who led an uprising in Bengal against the British Raj, was born in Ulihatu, Bengal Presidency, British India, in 1875.
Birsa Munda was an Indian tribal freedom fighter, religious leader, and folk hero from the Chhotanagpur Plateau area. Birsa Munda established a tribal religious Mi...
In the year 2000, India gains a new state, Jharkhand.
On November 15, 2000, Jharkhand was formed from 18 districts of Bihar. Six more districts were later created by reorganising the existing districts.
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Microsoft delivers the first Xbox gaming console in the United States in 2001.
The Xbox is a home video game console that was the first in Microsoft's Xbox series of video game consoles. It was released on November 15, 2001, as Microsoft&...
Sony releases the Playstation Four in 2013, selling one million copies on the first day.
Sony reportedly sold over one million units of its latest gaming console PlayStation 4 on its first day of sale, November 15th, 2013, in the United States and Cana...
Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto's PPP wins the first free elections in 11 years in 1988.
The PPP of Pakistan's Bhutto won the first free elections for the first time in 11 years. Despite allegations of vote rigging against the PPP and the use of th...
Lionel Messi, at 16, makes his FC Barcelona debut in 2003, coming in as a substitute in a friendly against Porto.
Messi made his first team debut on November 16, 2003, at the age of 16 years, four months, and 23 days, when he came on in the 75th minute of a friendly against Jo...
Lala Lajpat Rai, an Indian novelist, politician, and independence fighter, was born in 1928.
Lala Lajpat Rai, also known as "Punjab Kesari," was an Indian independence activist, author, politician, and freedom fighter who played a pivotal role in...
Omprakash Valmiki, an Indian Dalit writer and poet (Joothan), died of stomach cancer in 2013 at the age of 63.
Omprakash Valmiki was a Dalit writer and poet from India. Joothan is well-known for his autobiography, which is regarded as a watershed moment in Dalit literature....
In 1558, at the age of 25, Elizabeth I ascends to the English throne following the death of her half-sister, Queen "Bloody" Mary.
After her half-sister died in November 1558, Elizabeth ascended to the throne. She was well-educated (fluent in five languages) and had inherited her parents' ...
Niels Bohr, a Danish physicist who expanded quantum physics, died in 1962 at the age of 77.
Niels Bohr was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on October 7, 1885, to mother Ellen Adler, a prosperous Jewish banking family, and father Christian Bohr, a noted physi...
Indira Gandhi, India's fourth Prime Minister, was born in Allahabad in 1917.
Indira Gandhi was born on November 19, 1917, in Allahabad, India, as Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi, née Nehru. She was an Indian politician who served as the ...
