On November 30, 1900, Oscar Wilde passes away. His life work left us with multiple essays, plays, and short fictional works. His one novel though is The Picture of Dorian
On November 29, 1972, Atari releases Pong. It becomes the first commercially successful video game. Video games and their role in our lives have dramatically changed since that time. Ernest
On November 28, 1925, The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance. The show has had more stars through the decades than a list
On November 27, 1924, the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is held in New York City. Against this backdrop Milly and the Macy’s Parade tells the story of a little
On November 26, 1917 , the National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams. Using a
On November 25, 1970, Japanese author, Yukio Mishima, and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt. Mishima was part of a family descended from the Japanese samurai class,
On November 24, 1859, Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species. Normally I would recommend the book itself on the day it was published, but I have been assured
On November 23, 1924, Edwin Hubble’s discovery that the Andromeda “nebula” is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York
On November 22, 1963, Aldous Huxley, CS. Lewis and American President John F. Kennedy all pass away. There are some notable differences between the first two men and the third.
On November 21, 1920, 31 people are killed in Dublin during what became known as “Bloody Sunday.” It became one of the most significant events to take place during the