Historically Speaking: Studying events in October and November from 1700-2000

It’s fun and interesting to look at events that happened many years ago. Understanding what has happened in the past helps us to better understand the present.

Check the timelines for events that occurred in October and November from 1700–2000, then read the primary source document or article related to each. (provided in pdf format) These articles and additional information on these topics can be found in several NewsBank products, including:

- NewsBank Subject Packages
- America’s Historical Newspapers
- Dallas Morning News Historical Archive
- Archive of Americana

OCTOBER

1700s
1781– Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown

1800s
1836 – Sam Houston becomes first president of Texas
1859 – John Brown leads raid on Harper’s Ferry

1900s
1962 – Cuban missile crisis begins
1964 – Martin Luther King awarded Nobel Peace Prize


NOVEMBER

1700s
1777 – Continental Congress approves Articles of Confederation

1800s
1841 – Amistad survivors return to Africa
1863 – Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address

1900s
1963 – President John F. Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas

 

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October 2007
Volume 2, Issue 2

In this issue:
1. Why are Primary
    Sources so Valuable
    to the Research
    Process? - A Student
    Activity and Project Plan
2. News Quiz: Science
    & Technology
3. Historically Speaking
4. Helping Students Pick
    a Research Topic

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