The UN expelled Taiwan and admitted China in 1971. The Charge of the Light Brigade occurred in 1854 during the Crimean War. The US invaded Grenada in 1983, and Nixon vetoed the war powers resolution in 1973. Himmler cracked down on the Edelweiss Pirates in 1944. The Toronto Stock Exchange was founded in 1861. Fidel Castro banned US dollars in Cuba in 2004. The Battle of Agincourt took place in 1415. Archbishop Francis Beckman denounced swing music in 1938. Pablo Picasso was born in 1881.
The United Nations expelled Taiwan and admitted China. (1971) By admitting the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the United Nations had to dismiss Taiwan’s ambassador because Taiwan is not recognized by China as an independent entity from China.
The charge of the Light Brigade took place. (1854) One of the most devastating battles in British military history took place during the Crimean War. Lord James Cardigan led his 600-man British Calvary to fight against Russian troops armed with heavy artillery at the Battle of Balaclava. Cardigan lost more than 40 percent of his troops in the battle, which was apparently a miscommunication under his orders: they shouldn’t have been sent to fight. Cardigan was later honored as a hero and the battle was made even more famous by a poem written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, The Charge of the Light Brigade.
The United States has invaded Grenada. (1983) US President Ronald Reagan has sent troops under the pretext of protecting American citizens living in the country; the invasion, however, came just six days after the country’s prime minister, Maurice Bishop, was executed in a bloody coup led by Bernard Coard, a Marxist who later assumed power. In what came to be called Operation Fury, the United States assumed control of Grenada until a new government was established.
US President Nixon vetoed the war powers resolution. (1973) Resolution aimed to give the United States Congress more power over declarations of war and limit the presidential power to do so without congressional approval. On November 7, the law was passed by Congress, overriding President Nixon’s veto.
Nazi Party leader Heinrich Himmler began a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a group of young men who opposed the Third Reich. (1944) Children avoided having to join the Hitler Youth by dropping out of school at age 14. They didn’t have to report for military service until they were 17 years old. The Edelweiss Pirates helped hide deserters from the army, among others, from Nazi forces. In response, Himmler sent many of the young men to concentration camps, and in November 13 people were hanged, six of them teenagers from this group.
The Toronto Stock Exchange is born. (1861) The Toronto Stock Exchange is now the eighth largest stock exchange in the world. The New York Stock Exchange, by comparison, is the largest stock exchange in the world and was founded in 1817.
Cuban President Fidel Castro has announced a ban on US dollars. (2004) The ban was Castro’s response to increased US embargoes on Cuba.
The British achieved one of the largest and most unlikely victories in the history of warfare at the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years War. (1415) King Henry V led some 5,500 British troops into battle against more than 20,000 French troops. With little strategic advantage, King Henry’s forces were able to prevail against overwhelming odds. Henry V was later recognized as the heir to the French throne and also became the head of France.
Francis Beckman, an American Archbishop of Dubuque in the Roman Catholic Church, has denounced swing music as a route to hell. (1938) Beckman famously claimed that music would “gnaw into the moral fiber of the young.” His campaign against the popular music of the time was unsuccessful.
Spanish painter Pablo Picasso was born. (1881) Picasso, who spent most of his life in France, was a famous cubist artist and one of the most important artistic figures of the 20th century.
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