# Today in History **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 10, 2016, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530 "2016-07-10T04:53:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 74
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1464 "2018-11-27T18:29:42Z")
**November 27, 1971** : The Soviet Mars 2 orbiter launches a descent module that malfunctions and crashes on the planet’s surface, making broken Soviet trash the first man-made objects on Mars. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1465 "2018-11-28T05:02:33Z")
**November 28, 1908** : [The Marianna Mine Explosion](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/minres/dms/records/marianna.htm&ved=2ahUKEwiS26uPpfbeAhVyzlkKHdsRCMkQFjABegQIChAB&usg=AOvVaw0l0ZYHufW-JOebir3PGabI) kills 154 miners in Pennsylvania. Only one person inside the mine at the time of the disaster survived. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1466 "2018-11-29T06:34:43Z")
**November 29, 1864** : [The Sand Creek Massacre](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_Creek_massacre&ved=2ahUKEwjXzoqA-_jeAhXMt1kKHfIkAGQQFjAYegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw0PJxwMcppqnzhmPHD6DEyb) The U.S Army kills somewhere between 70 and 500 peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians in their village in the Colorado Territory. Most of the dead are women and children, whose bodies are mutilated and carved up for souvenirs. No one is held accountable. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1467 "2018-11-30T07:16:40Z")
**November 30, 1835** : Mark Twain is born. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1468 "2018-11-30T09:18:14Z")
**November 30, 1954:** In Oak Grove, Alabama, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits Ann Elizabeth Fowler Hodges taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1469 "2018-11-30T13:31:18Z")
**November 30, 1982** : Michael Jackson’s sixth solo studio album, Thriller is released worldwide. It becomes, and still remains today, the best-selling record album in history. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1470 "2018-12-01T08:09:48Z")
**December 1, 1974** : [TWA Flight 514](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_514)crashes outside of Dulles Airport killing all 92 on board. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1471 "2018-12-01T11:41:03Z")
**December 1, 1952:** The _New York Daily News_ reports the news of Christine Jorgensen, the first notable case of sex reassignment surgery. She becomes an instant celebrity. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1472 "2018-12-02T06:29:04Z")
**December 2, 1984** : [Bhopal](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/12/bhopal-the-worlds-worst-industrial-disaster-30-years-later/100864/&ved=2ahUKEwixofHxwYDfAhXp5IMKHU7WBEQQFjAfegQIChAB&usg=AOvVaw2AAMX-kqeI-lx1-L3JTbgw). ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1473 "2018-12-03T16:06:50Z")
**December 3, 1800** : In the United States presidential election of 1800 the Electoral College casts votes for President and Vice President that results in a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. The House of Representatives then holds a tie-breaking contingent election. The first 35 ballots also tie, but the 36th gives the Presidency to Jefferson. . ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1474 "2018-12-04T01:54:03Z")
**December 3, 1775** : The _USS Alfred_ becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones. **December 3, 1927** : _Putting Pants on Philip_, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released. **December 3, 1964** : Free Speech Movement: Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building in protest of the UC Regents’ decision to forbid protests on UC property. **December 3, 1990** : Mary Robinson is sworn in as President of Ireland, becoming the first woman to hold the role. **December 3, 1992** : A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world’s first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1475 "2018-12-05T19:47:54Z")
**December 5, 1952:** The “Great Smog”: A cold fog descends upon London, combining with air pollution and killing at least 12,000 in the weeks and months that follow. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1476 "2018-12-06T10:12:09Z")
**December 6, 1912:** The Nefertiti Bust is discovered. Owing to the work, Nefertiti has become one of the most famous women of the ancient world, and an icon of feminine beauty. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1477 "2018-12-06T13:54:42Z")
**December 6, 1884** : The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1478 "2018-12-07T10:06:38Z")
**December 7, 1987:** Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771, a British Aerospace 146-200A, crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and steers the plane into the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1479 "2018-12-07T13:13:51Z")
December 7th, 1941. A date that will live in infamy. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1480 "2018-12-07T16:10:43Z")
\*\*December 7, 1703 \*\*: [The Great Storm of 1703](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170309-in-1703-britain-was-struck-by-possibly-its-worst-ever-storm&ved=2ahUKEwiBo4zZi47fAhUEtlkKHcbXDFMQFjAYegQIBxAB&usg=AOvVaw3zcXF0xGsz9DBGBbR9hcvo&cshid=1544198800232) strikes England. This may be the worst storm ever to hit that country. Estimates of the dead go as high as 15,000. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1481 "2018-12-08T05:49:21Z")
**December 8, 1966** : [The SS _Heraklion_](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Heraklion&ved=2ahUKEwixroWyw4_fAhVHrlkKHWRSAEEQFjAAegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw36u6Q_hr7tGxMXiLGCCINQ) passenger ferry sinks in the Aegean Sea killing over 200. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1482 "2018-12-08T07:57:43Z")
**December 8, 1980:** Former Beatle John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman, in front of The Dakota in New York City. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1483 "2018-12-08T11:34:50Z")
**December 8, 1941** : Great Britain and the British Empire declared war on the Imperial Government of Japan. The House of Commons gave its approval, for some reason, by passing a Motion to Adjourn without objection. **December 8, 1941** : The U.S.A. declared war on the Imperial Government of Japan. The U.S. resolution received 470 Aye votes in the Houses of Congress and a single dissent, from Jeannette Rankin, the first female Congressperson, who said “As a woman, I can’t go to war and I refuse to send anyone else.” **December 8, 1941** : Eight other countries declared war on the Imperial Government of Japan. **December 8, 1941** : The Supreme Court decided, with Black and Douglas dissenting, in the case of _Raymond Lisenba v. The People of the State of California_ to deny the petitioner a writ of habeas corpus based on the methods used by law enforcement officials to procure his confession to murder… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530.md?page=73) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530.md?page=75)