On November 28, 1893, women voted in New Zealand elections for the first time.
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On November 28, 1871, Ku Klux Klan trials began in US District Court in South Carolina as part of a federal effort to halt growing White violence in the former Confederate states. Learn more about the Ku Klux Klan trials.
On November 27, 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his will, creating the Nobel Prize. Learn more about the history of the Nobel Prize and the Nobel Commission.
On November 27, 1983, the revised Code of Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church went into effect. Learn more about the history of Canon Law from Professor Kenneth Pennington of the Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law.
On November 26, 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India voted to adopt the country’s first constitution after attaining independence from the United Kingdom. The document went into force on January 26 of the following year.
On November 26, 1975, Charles Manson follower Lynette ”Squeaky” Fromme was found guilty by a federal jury in Sacramento, California, of the attempted assassination of President Gerald Ford.
November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
On November 25, 1867, a US Congressional commission began looking into the possible impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. Learn more about the impeachment of President Johnson from contemporary articles in Harper’s Weekly, and pay a virtual visit to the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site in Greeneville, Tennessee.
On November 24, 1989, the leaders of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia resigned to allow for democratic reforms.
On November 24, 1969, US Army Lt. William L. Calley was ordered to stand trial by court martial for the massacre of over 100 civilians in the Vietnamese village of My Lai in March 1968. Read an overview of the My Lai Massacre Trial by Professor Douglas Linder of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School [...]
