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Mars 1, also known as Sputnik 24, was launched by the Soviet Union as part of its Mars program, with an expected arrival date of June. [1] The probe would come within 120,000 miles (190,000 km) of Mars on June 19, 1963, but the system that adjusted the probe's antenna to maintain contact with Earth would fail on March 21, 1963.
November 2 – 6,000 British troops are flown into Egypt to quell unrest in the Suez Canal zone. [11] November 10 – Direct dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States. November 11 – Juan Perón is re-elected president of Argentina. November 12 – The National Ballet of Canada performs for the first time in Eaton ...
1635 – Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launch a pacification campaign against native villages, resulting in Dutch control of the middle and south of the island. [5]1718 – Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard attacks and boards the vessels of the British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") off the coast of North Carolina.
[14] 1875 – Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States. [15] 1877 – First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia. [16] 1888 – Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888. [17]
The following is a list of notable deaths in November 1997. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
Pages in category "14th-century paintings" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. H.
November 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day of Declaration of Sovereignty ; Earliest day on which Day of Repentance and Prayer can fall, while November 22 is the latest; celebrated 11 days before Advent Sunday (Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist) and United Protestant churches, Saxony, Bavaria), and its related observance: Volkstrauertag (Germany)
The Battle of Ia Drang (Vietnamese: Trận Ia Đrăng, [iə̯ ɗrăŋ]; in English / ˈ iː ə d r æ ŋ /) was the first major battle between the United States Army and the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), as part of the Pleiku Campaign conducted early in the Vietnam War, at the eastern foot of the Chu Pong Massif in the central highlands of Vietnam, in 1965.