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On November 27, 1835, London witnessed the execution of James Pratt and John Smith, marking the final time England carried out the death penalty for sodomy. Their deaths reflected a period of harsh legal enforcement rooted in social, religious, and moral attitudes toward sexuality: 🧵
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
On November 27, 1835, London witnessed the execution of James Pratt and John Smith, marking the final time England carried out the death penalty for sodomy. Their deaths reflected a period of harsh legal enforcement rooted in social, religious, and moral attitudes toward sexuality: 🧵
On November 26, 1917, a group of team owners gathered in Montreal and made a decision that reshaped the future of hockey forever. That meeting created the National Hockey League, a league born out of conflict but destined to define the sport: 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
On November 26, 1917, a group of team owners gathered in Montreal and made a decision that reshaped the future of hockey forever. That meeting created the National Hockey League, a league born out of conflict but destined to define the sport: 🧵
On November 25, 1970, the celebrated author and playwright Yukio Mishima, known for both his literary brilliance and nationalist views, carried out a dramatic act of ritual suicide following a failed attempt to inspire political change in Japan: 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
On November 25, 1970, the celebrated author and playwright Yukio Mishima, known for both his literary brilliance and nationalist views, carried out a dramatic act of ritual suicide following a failed attempt to inspire political change in Japan: 🧵
On November 24, 1859, Charles Darwin changed how people saw life forever. On the Origin of Species presented a bold, evidence based explanation for how species evolve. It was careful, detailed, and quietly revolutionary, challenging centuries of accepted thinking: 🧵
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
On November 24, 1859, Charles Darwin changed how people saw life forever. On the Origin of Species presented a bold, evidence based explanation for how species evolve. It was careful, detailed, and quietly revolutionary, challenging centuries of accepted thinking: 🧵
On November 23, 1991 the world received a brief message that carried enormous weight. Freddie Mercury released a public statement confirming that he was HIV positive and that he had been living with AIDS for years. It was the first and only time he spoke publicly about his illness: 🧵
November 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
On November 23, 1991 the world received a brief message that carried enormous weight. Freddie Mercury released a public statement confirming that he was HIV positive and that he had been living with AIDS for years. It was the first and only time he spoke publicly about his illness: 🧵
On November 22, 1307 the authority of the medieval church reached into every kingdom of Europe with a single document. Pope Clement V issued the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae and turned the future of the Knights Templar upside down in an instant: 🧵
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
On November 22, 1307 the authority of the medieval church reached into every kingdom of Europe with a single document. Pope Clement V issued the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae and turned the future of the Knights Templar upside down in an instant: 🧵
On November 21, 1905, Albert Einstein published a short paper in Annalen der Physik that quietly introduced an idea the world now knows as E = mc². Few realized that this single insight would reshape modern physics: 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
On November 21, 1905, Albert Einstein published a short paper in Annalen der Physik that quietly introduced an idea the world now knows as E = mc². Few realized that this single insight would reshape modern physics: 🧵
On November 20, 1990, Soviet authorities arrested Andrei Chikatilo, bringing down one of the most notorious serial killers in the history of the USSR: 🧵
November 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
On November 20, 1990, Soviet authorities arrested Andrei Chikatilo, bringing down one of the most notorious serial killers in the history of the USSR: 🧵
On November 19, 1999, a quiet Internal Revenue Service employee stunned the country on live television. John Carpenter walked onto the set of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and left with the first top prize in the show’s history: 🧵
November 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
On November 19, 1999, a quiet Internal Revenue Service employee stunned the country on live television. John Carpenter walked onto the set of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and left with the first top prize in the show’s history: 🧵
On November 18, 1626, Rome opened the doors of a church that had taken more than a century to build. The new St. Peter’s Basilica was finally ready to be consecrated, and its completion marked one of the most ambitious architectural projects in European history: 🧵
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
On November 18, 1626, Rome opened the doors of a church that had taken more than a century to build. The new St. Peter’s Basilica was finally ready to be consecrated, and its completion marked one of the most ambitious architectural projects in European history: 🧵
On November 17, 1894, authorities finally arrested H. H. Holmes in Boston, bringing an end to a manhunt that began as a simple fraud investigation and grew into one of the most disturbing criminal cases in American history: 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
On November 17, 1894, authorities finally arrested H. H. Holmes in Boston, bringing an end to a manhunt that began as a simple fraud investigation and grew into one of the most disturbing criminal cases in American history: 🧵
Imagine watching a man who helped create a Canadian province walk toward the gallows. On November 16, 1885, Louis Riel faced execution, and the country was forced to confront what his life and death truly meant: 🧵
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Imagine watching a man who helped create a Canadian province walk toward the gallows. On November 16, 1885, Louis Riel faced execution, and the country was forced to confront what his life and death truly meant: 🧵
It is not often that a single day captures the scale of a nation’s frustration, but November 15 of 1969 did exactly that: 🧵
November 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It is not often that a single day captures the scale of a nation’s frustration, but November 15 of 1969 did exactly that: 🧵
On November 14, 2003, two of the biggest rap releases of the early two thousands arrived on the very same day. Jay-Z put out The Black Album and G-Unit released Beg for Mercy. The timing created one of the most memorable hip-hop Fridays of that era: 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
On November 14, 2003, two of the biggest rap releases of the early two thousands arrived on the very same day. Jay-Z put out The Black Album and G-Unit released Beg for Mercy. The timing created one of the most memorable hip-hop Fridays of that era: 🧵
On November 13, 1893, Parisian diners at a bustling restaurant on Avenue de l’Opéra witnessed a shocking act. Léon Jules Léauthier, a young shoemaker, stabbed a man in the chest simply because he appeared bourgeois. The victim was Rista Georgevitch, a Serbian diplomat, who survived the attack: 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
On November 13, 1893, Parisian diners at a bustling restaurant on Avenue de l’Opéra witnessed a shocking act. Léon Jules Léauthier, a young shoemaker, stabbed a man in the chest simply because he appeared bourgeois. The victim was Rista Georgevitch, a Serbian diplomat, who survived the attack: 🧵
On November 12, 1912, a search party from the Terra Nova expedition discovered the frozen bodies of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Dr. Edward Wilson, and Lieutenant Henry “Birdie” Bowers, on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica, proving that Scott’s expedition to the South Pole had ended in tragedy: 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
On November 12, 1912, a search party from the Terra Nova expedition discovered the frozen bodies of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Dr. Edward Wilson, and Lieutenant Henry “Birdie” Bowers, on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica, proving that Scott’s expedition to the South Pole had ended in tragedy: 🧵
On November 11, 1831, in Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner was hanged. Turner, an enslaved preacher, had led one of the most significant and violent slave uprisings in American history just a few months earlier: 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
On November 11, 1831, in Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner was hanged. Turner, an enslaved preacher, had led one of the most significant and violent slave uprisings in American history just a few months earlier: 🧵
On November 10, 1969, American television changed forever. That morning, children across the country met a new group of colorful characters on a show that would redefine educational programming: Sesame Street 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 AM
On November 10, 1969, American television changed forever. That morning, children across the country met a new group of colorful characters on a show that would redefine educational programming: Sesame Street 🧵
On November 8, 1888, in London’s East End, Mary Jane Kelly entered a moment she could not escape. She spent her final hours in the single room she rented at 13 Miller’s Court off Dorset Street in Spitalfields before becoming widely considered to be the last victim of the infamous Jack the Ripper: 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 AM
On November 8, 1888, in London’s East End, Mary Jane Kelly entered a moment she could not escape. She spent her final hours in the single room she rented at 13 Miller’s Court off Dorset Street in Spitalfields before becoming widely considered to be the last victim of the infamous Jack the Ripper: 🧵
On November 8, 1520, Stockholm’s streets ran with fear. Christian II of Denmark had promised a general amnesty for his opponents. But within days, that promise was broken in one of the most infamous events in Scandinavian history: the Stockholm Bloodbath: 🧵
November 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
On November 8, 1520, Stockholm’s streets ran with fear. Christian II of Denmark had promised a general amnesty for his opponents. But within days, that promise was broken in one of the most infamous events in Scandinavian history: the Stockholm Bloodbath: 🧵
On November 7, 1893, the wealthy and powerful of Barcelona gathered at the Gran Teatre del Liceu for an evening of opera. The performance was Guillermo Tell. Businessmen, landowners, and aristocrats dressed in their finest clothes. They had no reason to think the night would end in terror: 🧵
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 AM
On November 7, 1893, the wealthy and powerful of Barcelona gathered at the Gran Teatre del Liceu for an evening of opera. The performance was Guillermo Tell. Businessmen, landowners, and aristocrats dressed in their finest clothes. They had no reason to think the night would end in terror: 🧵
On the early morning of November 6, 1976 in the village of Uttawar, in Haryana, India, when most villagers slept under emergency curfews, loudspeakers summoned every man over the age of fifteen to assemble. The village had become caught in the cross‐hairs of the national sterilization campaign: 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 AM
On the early morning of November 6, 1976 in the village of Uttawar, in Haryana, India, when most villagers slept under emergency curfews, loudspeakers summoned every man over the age of fifteen to assemble. The village had become caught in the cross‐hairs of the national sterilization campaign: 🧵
On the early morning of November 5, 1995, a serious security breach occurred at the official residence of Canada’s prime minister. Jean Chrétien and his wife, Aline Chrétien, were in their home at 24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa when a man broke into the premises and attempted to assassinate the PM: 🧵
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 AM
On the early morning of November 5, 1995, a serious security breach occurred at the official residence of Canada’s prime minister. Jean Chrétien and his wife, Aline Chrétien, were in their home at 24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa when a man broke into the premises and attempted to assassinate the PM: 🧵
On November 4, 1924, voters in Wyoming made history. They elected Nellie Tayloe Ross as the first female governor in the history of the United States. Her victory came less than five years after women gained the right to vote nationwide, and it marked a new moment in American politics: 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 AM
On November 4, 1924, voters in Wyoming made history. They elected Nellie Tayloe Ross as the first female governor in the history of the United States. Her victory came less than five years after women gained the right to vote nationwide, and it marked a new moment in American politics: 🧵
On November 3, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2. The mission carried a living passenger: a dog named Laika, who became the first animal to orbit the Earth. Although it was a major step in the space race, it also raised ethical and scientific questions that continue to be discussed: 🧵
November 4, 2025 at 6:13 AM
On November 3, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2. The mission carried a living passenger: a dog named Laika, who became the first animal to orbit the Earth. Although it was a major step in the space race, it also raised ethical and scientific questions that continue to be discussed: 🧵