🦃 November in the Time Tunnel

Every day of November: one big moment from history, famous birthdays and special days. Click a date for the full story and a quiz.

1. November 11512: Michelangelo’s painted ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was shown to the public for the first time🎂 Tim Cook
2. November 21920: KDKA in Pittsburgh began broadcasting — the first commercial radio station🎂 David Schwimmer
3. November 31493: Christopher Columbus first sighted the Caribbean island of Dominica🎂 Adolf Dassler
4. November 41783: Mozart’s Symphony No. 36 was performed for the first time in Linz🎂 Ruth Handler
5. November 51895: George Selden received the first US patent for an automobile🎂 Eliud Kipchoge
6. November 61217: England’s "Charter of the Forest" gave ordinary people rights to use the forests🎂 Adolphe Sax
7. November 71492: The Ensisheim meteorite fell to Earth in what is now France🎂 Marie Curie
8. November 81602: The Bodleian Library at Oxford opened to the public🎂 Bram Stoker
9. November 91907: The Cullinan Diamond, the biggest ever found, was given to King Edward VII🎂 Carl Sagan
10. November 101775: The US Marine Corps was founded🎂 Ennio Morricone
11. November 11🎖️ Veterans Day1572: Astronomer Tycho Brahe saw a supernova — an exploding star shining bright in the sky🎂 Fyodor Dostoevsky
12. November 121936: The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opened🎂 Elizabeth Cady Stanton
13. November 13💛 World Kindness Day1833: The "Great Meteor Storm" — thousands of shooting stars filled the sky over North America🎂 Robert Louis Stevenson
14. November 141680: Gottfried Kirch discovered the first comet found with a telescope🎂 Claude Monet
15. November 151806: Zebulon Pike saw the mountain later named Pikes Peak🎂 William Herschel
16. November 161855: David Livingstone became the first European to see Victoria Falls🎂 Paul Scholes
17. November 171820: Nathaniel Palmer became the first American to see Antarctica🎂 Soichiro Honda
18. November 181883: Railroads in the US and Canada started using four standard time zones🎂 Alan Shepard
19. November 191863: Abraham Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg Address🎂 Eileen Collins
20. November 20🧒 World Children’s Day1805: Beethoven’s opera "Fidelio" premiered in Vienna🎂 Edwin Hubble
21. November 21👋 World Hello Day1783: The first free-flying hot-air balloon flight with people took off in Paris🎂 Voltaire
22. November 221869: The fast sailing ship Cutty Sark was launched in Scotland🎂 Billie Jean King
23. November 231924: News spread that Edwin Hubble had found that Andromeda is a separate galaxy🎂 Miley Cyrus
24. November 241642: Abel Tasman discovered the island now called Tasmania🎂 Carlo Collodi
25. November 251915: Albert Einstein presented the equations of general relativity🎂 Karl Benz
26. November 261778: Captain James Cook became the first European to reach the island of Maui🎂 Willis Carrier
27. November 271895: Alfred Nobel signed the will that created the Nobel Prizes🎂 Anders Celsius
28. November 281520: Magellan sailed out of the strait into the ocean he named the Pacific🎂 William Blake
29. November 291899: FC Barcelona was founded🎂 Louisa May Alcott
30. November 301872: The first international soccer match was played: Scotland vs. England🎂 Mark Twain