1922: Archaeologists enter Tutankhamen’s tomb
British archaeologists Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter King Tutankhamen’s Egyptian tomb in over 3,000 years. Carter discovered the entrance to the tomb of the teenage pharaoh three weeks before, hidden in debris near the excavated tomb of King Ramses VI. Tutankhamen’s sealed chambers were miraculously intact, and inside was a collection of several thousand objects, including a gold coffin containing the mummy of the boy-king Tutankhamen. Most of these treasures are now housed in the Cairo Museum.
2005
An earthquake with the magnitude of 5.7 hits central
China, killing 14 people.
1992
The British government announces that the Queen will start to pay income tax.
1985
Random House pay American President Ronald Reagan $3 million for the rights to publish his
autobiography. 1983
Gold bars, worth over £25 million are stolen from the Brink’s Mat Security warehouse at Heathrow Airport near London, England.
1972
In the Republic of Ireland, the
IRA attempt to rescue one of its members, Sean MacStiofain, from a hospital in Dublin – the attempt is foiled by police.
1968
A new Race Relations Act comes into force in
Britain, making it illegal to refuse housing, employment or public services on the basis of ethnicity.
1965
France successfully launches the Asterix-1 satellite into space from the Sahara Desert, its first mission into space.
1953
In Britain, The
House of Lords votes in support of the Conservative Government’s proposals to establish commercial television.
1950
The
Korean War: The start of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, a massive counter-offensive by Chinese troops.
1942
The classic film ‘Casablanca’ is released in America.
1941
American President Franklin D. Roosevelt officially establishes the fourth Thursday in November as
Thanksgiving Day.
1941
The Second World War: The
Japanese First Air Fleet set out for Pear Harbour.
1865
Chile defeats
Spain at the Naval Battle of Papudo fought during the Chincha Islands War.
1862
Oxford mathematician Charles Dodgson, better known by his pen name
Lewis Carroll, sends a handwritten manuscript called Alice’s Adventures Under Ground to 10-year-old Alice Liddell.
1778
Captain
James Cook became the first European to explorer the Hawaiian Island,
Maui. 1924
British actress Pat Phoenix.1922
American cartoonist Charles Schultz.1908
Businessman and Hotel owner Sir Charles Forte.1844
Car designer and manufacturer Karl Benz.
