Friday, November 20, 2015

28 November - History and Importance of the Day


1660 - The Royal Society formed in London
1775 - 2nd Continental Congress formally established US Navy

1814 - The Times of London was for the first time printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by the German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer. The era of  availability of newspapers to a mass audience began.
1821 - Panama declared independence from Spain


1919 - US-born Lady Astor elected 1st female member of British Parliament
Read about her and activities
http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/parliamentary-archives/archives-highlights/archives-the-suffragettes/archives-the-first-women-in-parliament-1919-1945/

1958 - Test Cricket debut of  Wes Hall, v India at Bombay
1990 - Margaret Thatcher resigned as Britain's PM. Replaced by John Major

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Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management - 28 November

Technology History
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Cricket History
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http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov28.html


History and Importance of the Day - Index of the Year

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