10 Nov 1960     The Uncensored version of DH Lawrence’s ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ finally went on sale in the UK after a jury finds publisher Penguin Books not guilty in an obscenity trial.
10 Nov 1969     ‘Sesame Street’ made its TV debut.
10 Nov 1980     Michael Foot became the new Labour leader.
10 Nov 1983     Bill Gates introduced Windows 1.0.

11 Nov 1100     King Henry I married Princess Matilda of Scotland at Westminster Abbey.
11 Nov 1983     Michael Jackson released the single ‘Thriller’.
11 Nov 1992     The Church of England approved the ordination of female priests.

12 Nov 1912     British explorer Robert Scott’s body was found in Antarctica along with his diary.
12 Nov 1980     The NASA space probe Voyager I made its closest approach to Saturn and took the first images of its rings.
12 Nov 2018     Stan Lee died.
12 Nov 2021     A judge ruled to end Britney Spears’ conservatorship, which had controlled almost all aspects of her life for 14 years.

13 Nov 1856     The Great Bell, Big Ben, first chimed at the foot of the still unfinished clock tower outside the

Palace of Westminster.

13 Nov 1885     The first canned pineapples were shipped from Hawaii.
13 Nov 1941     The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal was torpedoed by U-81 and sank the following day.
13 Nov 1940     Walt Disney’s animated film ‘Fantasia’ had its premiere at the Broadway Theatre, New York City.
13 Nov 1954     Great Britain beat France in the first Rugby League World Cup.
13 Nov 2002     Eminem released the single ‘Lose Yourself’ from the soundtrack of ‘8 Mile’. The first rap song to win an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
13 Nov 2020     Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 election. While President Trump challenged the result.

14 Nov 1532     King Henry VIII secretly married Anne Boleyn. They officially married 25 Jan 1533.
14 Nov 1896     The power plant at Niagara Falls began operations.
14 Nov 1902     Brooklyn toymaker Morris Michton named the teddy bear after US President Teddy Roosevelt.
14 Nov 1908     Albert Einstein presented his quantum theory of light.
14 Nov 1922     BBC began a daily radio broadcast from the 2LO transmitter at Marconi House.
14 Nov 1983     Andrew Lloyd Webber divorced Sarah Hugill.
14 Nov 1948     Princess Elizabeth gave birth to her first son Charles.
14 Nov 1952     The New Musical Express published the first regular UK Singles Chart.
14 Nov 1973     Princess Anne married Mark Phillips at Westminster Abbey.
14 Nov 1994     The first public trains ran through the Channel Tunnel linking England and France under the English Channel.
14 Nov 2020     Des O’Connor died.

15 Nov 1904     King C Gillette patented the Gillette razor blade.
15 Nov 1986     Beastie Boys released their debut album ‘Licensed to Ill’.
15 Nov 2001     Microsoft launched the Xbox game console.
15 Nov 2013     Sony released the PlayStation 4 (PS4) game console.
15 Nov 2020     Lewis Hamilton clinched his fourth consecutive and a record equalling seventh F1 World Drivers Championship.
15 Nov 2022     The world population passed the eight billion mark.

16 Nov 1855     David Livingstone became the first European to see the Victoria Falls.
16 Nov 1920     Qantas, Australia’s national airline, was founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.
16 Nov 1938     LSD was first synthesised by Albert Hofmann.
16 Nov 1979      Sir Anthony Blunt was exposed as the 4^th man in the Soviet spy ring.
16 Nov 1990     Milli Vanilli were stripped of their Grammy Award for not singing on their album ‘Girl You Know Its True’.
16 Nov 2003     16-year old Lionel Messi made his official debut for FC Barcelona coming on as a substitute in a friendly against Porto.