A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on November 21st.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On November 21, 164 BC, Judas Maccabeus dedicated the Second Temple in Jerusalem, a restoration of the Temple first built by Solomon on Temple Mount in 957 BC. On November 21, 1916, the new and improved version of the Titanic became the largest ship sunk during World War I! On November 21, 1916, in the waters of the Aegean Sea near the…

A Brief History On November 21, 2019, cutting edge technology and electric vehicle producer, Tesla, proudly demonstrated their latest gem, the Cybertruck, and its alleged unbreakable windows.  This ultra-modern pickup truck was touted to have a range of 250 to 500 miles, depending on trim level, and a blistering 0 to 60 mph time of as little as 2.9 seconds. Digging Deeper The “Armor Glass” was demonstrated by having metal balls thrown at it, and both of the subject windows promptly shattered.  Ridicule followed, and company CEO Elon Musk made excuses, as expected. Another window demonstration gone wrong was the…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on November 20th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On November 20, 1518, Sir Marmaduke Constable, a Tudor Era English courtier and soldier, died in a most unusual way. On November 20, 1518, Sir Marmaduke Constable, a Tudor Era English courtier and soldier, died in a most unusual way.  (NOTE: The link in the date for this entry leads to a different article than the other mention to this same event…

A Brief History On November 20, 1990, serial killer Andrei Chikatilo was arrested in Rostov Oblast of the Soviet Union by undercover detectives that had been tailing him.  Chikatilo eventually confessed to 56 murders and was executed in 1994. Digging Deeper Born in Ukraine in 1936, his family was starving during the Holodomor famine.  Chikatilo claimed his family had to eat “grass and leaves” to survive, and that his brother was kidnapped by neighbors and cannibalized. Poverty stricken and hungry, Chikatilo was weak and constantly bullied.  Usually impotent, Chikatilo found sexual release in violence toward girls.  Conscripted into the Army…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on November 19th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On November 19, 1703, one of History’s most celebrated prisoners died while still in prison, an unidentified man known to us as “The Man in the Iron Mask.” On November 19, 1887, Emma Lazarus, the author of “The New Colossus,” a sonnet that appears on a plaque at the base of the Statue of Liberty, died in New York city at the…