On November 11, 1967—at a moment when the Vietnam War had already metastasized from a military conflict into a sprawling contest over national resolve—the Viet Cong staged one of the most striking propaganda rituals of the era. In Phnom Penh, Cambodia, three American prisoners…
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On November 11, 1921, in a solemn ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, President Warren G. Harding dedicated the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, honoring an unidentified American serviceman who had died in World War I. The tomb, situated prominently on a hill overlooking Washington,…
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On November 11, 1923, German authorities arrested Adolf Hitler following the Beer Hall Putsch, marking a pivotal event that could have shifted the direction of world history and changed the lives of tens of millions. The Beer Hall Putsch, which occurred on November 8-9,…
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The creation of the United States Marine Corps on November 10, 1775, at Philadelphia’s Tun Tavern stands as one of the most durable institutional legacies of the American Revolution. Conceived in the early weeks of the war—when the Continental Congress urgently sought to build…
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Kristallnacht, also known as the Night of Broken Glass, unfolded on the night of November 9 and 10, 1938, marking a horrifying turning point in the persecution of Jews during the Nazi era in Germany. Triggered by the assassination of German diplomat Ernst vom…
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The Wilmington Insurrection of 1898, often referred to as the Wilmington Race Riot, is a pivotal but often overlooked chapter in American history. It stands as the only instance of a municipal government being forcibly overthrown in the United States. On November 10, 1898,…
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The events of November 9, 1307, sit at the center of one of medieval Europe’s most enduring political dramas: the suppression of the Knights Templar. On that day, Hugues de Pairaud—one of the order’s highest-ranking officers in France—was compelled under duress to issue a…
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On November 9, during the height of Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) computers and the Alternate National Military Command Center at Fort Ritchie, Maryland, sounded a chilling alarm. The automated systems detected…
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In November 1906, Theodore Roosevelt embarked on a historic journey that helped make the United States a global player. He left the country, becoming the first president in history to make a trip abroad. His destination was the Panama Canal, an engineering marvel in…
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Thirteen minutes. On the night of November 8, 1939, while Munich’s old Bürgerbräukeller echoed with the loyalist cheers of Nazi Party faithful commemorating the sixteenth anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch, Adolf Hitler slipped out of the hall thirteen minutes earlier than scheduled—a minor…
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