This Month in History – November…

November 4, 2024 by  
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Let’s have some fun. Go to The History Place and pick three events which capture your attention. Limit yourself to 3 minutes.

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Welcome back. So, which events did you select?

Mine were:

November 1, 1848 – The first medical school for women opened in Boston. [Why did it take so long?]

November 4, 1922 – King Tut’s tomb was discovered at Luxor, Egypt. [“I see dead people.”]

November 6, 1860 – Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th U.S. President and the first Republican. [I’m sure we all picked this low-hanging fruit.]

Bonus selection: I would have said: “November 5, 1733 – The first issue of the New York Weekly Journal was published by John Peter Zenger, a colonial American printer and journalist. A year later, he was arrested on charges of libeling New York’s royal governor.”, but that may have come across a bit self-serving.

I’m sure if I had started at the middle or end of the list I would likely have a different “top three”. Furthermore, to be fair, the task was not served fairly by the time constraint. Oh well.

Although some of the events in their list may not have had corresponding reports within contemporary newspapers, my guess is more than a few did – and while each can be explored online, it is only through “rare & early newspapers” they can be easily pursued in context. Albeit not to Biblical proportions, context matters.

If your interest has been piqued, the following link will take you to an abundance of available newspapers containing reports of events which occurred in the month of November:

NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN NOVEMBER

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