10 NOV 2013 C of E General Synod voted in favour of ordination of women BLUE BADGE 1483 Birth of Martin Luther, leader of Protestant Reformation bishops 1775 United States Marine Corps founded 1871 Henry Morton Stanley located David Livingstone 21 NOV GUIDES’ DIARY 1968 Robert Kennedy assassinated 1783 First passenger-carrying hot air balloon flight in Paris (Montgolfier bros) 11 NOV ARMISTICE DAY 1918 The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act was passed allowing 1918 WWI - Armistice Day, World War I ended women over 21 to stand as MPs ANNIVERSARIES 1920 Cenotaph unveiled by King George V 1989 UK started televising proceedings in House of Commons 1921 First British Legion Poppy Day 22 NOV NATIONAL DAY OF LEBANON NOVEMBER 2019 12 NOV 1819 Birth of George Eliot, English author 1917 Start of first aeroplane flight from England to Australia by the Smith 1869 'Cutty Sark' launched at Dumbarton 1189 During the month of November – Henry Fitz Ailwyn was elected brothers - arrived one month later on 13th December 1944 Release of Laurence Olivier's Henry V, the first work of the first Lord Mayor of the City of London 1954 Ellis Island closed after processing 15 million immigrants into US Shakespeare filmed in colour 1 NOV NATIONAL DAY OF ALGERIA 1974 First salmon caught in Thames since 1840 1963 John F Kennedy assassinated 1512 Ceiling of Sistine Chapel revealed to public 1984 End of £1 note - introduction of £1 coin 1975 Juan Carlos declared King of Spain 1968 Adulthood in UK changed from 21 to 18 1990 Tim Berners-Lee, published plans for World Wide Web 1977 British Airways inaugurated regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service 2 NOV 13 NOV 1990 Margaret Thatcher resigned as PM of UK 1924 ‘Sunday Express’ first newspaper to publish crossword 1916 Battle of Somme ended having started on 1st July and cost 60,000 1936 BBC began world’s first regular high definition television service Allied lives 23 NOV from studios in Alexandra Palace 1499 Perkin Warbeck, pretender to English throne, hanged at Tyburn 1986 First motor insurance policy issued in British – excluding damage 14 NOV 1658 State funeral of Oliver Cromwell in Westminster Abbey caused by frightened horses! 1940 WWII – major bombing raid targeted Coventry 1852 First pillar boxes in Britain 1959 M1 motorway opened – between London and Birmingham 1969 NASA launched Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the 1963 First broadcast of Dr Who with William Hartnell playing the title role surface of the Moon 3 NOV NATIONAL DAY OF PANAMA 2014 Nicola Sturgeon elected 1st female First Minister of Scotland 24 NOV UNITED NATIONS DAY 1843 Statue of Nelson raised in Trafalgar Square 1434 First recorded instance of Thames in London freezing over 15 NOV (First recorded Frost Fair 1607 - Last recorded Frost Fair 1814) 4 NOV 1866 Cornelia Sorabji born. 1st female advocate from India. She was 1859 Darwin's 'Origin of the Species' published 1616 Prince Charles, 15 yr old son King James I invested as Prince of the first female graduate from Bombay University and in 1889 1868 The new Smithfield Meat Market opened in London Wales at Whitehall, the last such investiture until 1911. became first woman to read law at Oxford University 1945 United Nations established 1852 New House of Commons by Barry& Pugin completed after 1834 fire 1918 WWI - The first released British prisoners of war reached Calais 1958 Exhibition of computers held at Earl's Court, the first of its kind 1890 The first electrified underground railway opened - now City Branch 1968 British liner Queen Elizabeth completed her last voyage in the world of the Northern Line 2005 New licensing laws allowed UK pubs to open 24hrs 2008 Barack Obama was elected the first African-American president 16 NOV 1750 Westminster Bridge formally opened 25 NOV 5 NOV 1867 Alfred Nobel patented dynamite 1605 Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plot 17 NOV 1958 The Austin FX4 London taxi went on sale, it remained in 1688 William of Orange landed at Torbay 1558 Queen Mary I died; Queen Elizabeth I succeeded production until 1997 1800 British monarch abandoned title King of France 1603 Sir Walter Raleigh put on trial for treason at Winchester Castle 1869 Suez Canal formally opened 26 NOV 6 NOV 1919 George V proclaimed Armistice Day (later Remembrance Day) 1789 The first national Thanksgiving day in USA 1999 Australian referendum decided against becoming a republic 1959 The first duty-free shops in UK opened in Prestwick and Renfrew airports. (LHR granted similar concessions early 1960) 27 NOV 7 NOV NATIONAL DAY OF RUSSIA 1582 William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway 1665 The London Gazette published (as Oxford Gazette) the world’s 18 NOV NATIONAL DAY OF MOROCCO 1913 First British policewoman on duty, Grantham, Lincolnshire oldest surviving English language newspaper 1963 Dartford Tunnel under River Thames opened 1783 John Austin, a forger, last of some 50,000 executions at Tyburn 28 NOV 1979 Monty Python‘s Life of Brian released in UK 19 NOV INTERNATIONAL MENS DAY 1836 London University granted charter 1947 GVI created Philip Mountbatten the Duke of Edinburgh in 1919 Lady Astor became first woman MP to take her seat in Parliament 8 NOV preparation for his wedding to Princess Elizabeth, the next day 1895 X Rays discovered by Wilhelm Roentgen, German physicist 1969 Pele scored his 1000th goal 29 NOV 1974 Covent Garden market moved to Nine Elms 1994 First National Lottery draw in the UK 2001 George Harrison, Beatle, died

9 NOV NATIONAL DAY OF CAMBODIA 20 NOV 30 NOV NATIONAL DAY OF BARBADOS 1938 Jews in major German and Austrian cities endured the 1947 Princess Elizabeth married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at WA ST ANDREW’S DAY, NATIONAL DAY OF SCOTLAND Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass. 1,000 synagogues were 1951 Snowdonia made a National Park 1782 USA's Independence recognised by Britain burnt and 7,000 shops and businesses looted by Nazi thugs 1999 Phase 3 of the Jubilee Line extension opened between Waterloo 1874 Sir Winston Churchill born 1953 Dylan Thomas died in New York City, aged 39 and Green Park 1893 University of Wales incorporated by Royal charter 1965 Capital punishment for murder abolished in UK 1992 Windsor Castle devastated by fire 1934 The Flying Scotsman became the first steam locomotive to 1989 Berliners celebrate fall of the Berlin Wall 1995 Princess Diana gave revealing interview to Martin Bashir on BBC officially exceed 100mph 1998 Capital punishment in UK, already abolished for murder, is 2012 Scientists reported significant decline in UK birdlife - from 210 1996 Stone of Scone installed in Edinburgh Castle 700 years after its completely abolished for all remaining capital offences million nesting birds in 1966, down to 166 million 2012 removal from Scotland by KEI of England