17th November 1903: The Bolshevik-Menshevik split within the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party split into the Bolshevik and Menshevik ...
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16th November 1938: Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann synthesizes lysergic acid diethylamide, later known as LSD
Lysergic acid diethylamide was modified from one of the principal active components of ergot, a fungus found on rye that had long been known for its medicinal and toxic ...
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15th November 1969: 500,000 people march on Washington in the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam
Over 500,000 protesters marched on Washington D.C. as part of the national Moratorium to End the War in ...
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14th November 1990: Margaret Thatcher’s fifteen year leadership of the British Conservative Party challenged by Michael Heseltine
Thatcher became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the General Election of 1979 but by the late 1980s her popularity, along with that of her party, was ...
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13th November 1833: Great Meteor Storm brings tens of thousands of meteors per hour to the North America sky
Contemporary estimates suggest that up to 100,000 meteors per hour may have been visible at the Great Storm's peak shortly before dawn on 13 ...
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