14th November 1960

Ruby Bridges Goes to School

On this day in 1960, a law was
passed in New Orleans, Louisiana in
the US. The law declared that public
schools could no longer be
segregated.

Before then, there had been schools

for Black children and schools for
White children.
Many people were unhappy about
the new law and did not want the
desegregation to happen. In fact,
Ruby and just one teacher were at
the school on 14th November.
Ruby Bridges was the first Black
child to attend William Frantz
Elementary School. She walked
in with her mother and
marshals through crowds of
angry people.

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 15th November 2001
Xbox First Released by Microsoft
The Xbox was not like other gaming consoles of the time as it used some
PC technology. This allowed it to outperform other consoles which were
designed as entertainment hubs, allowing the user to play music and
DVDs.
Before the Xbox The cost to make
was released, the Xbox was
Sony and huge. It is believed
Nintendo were that Microsoft lost
the leading around $4 billion
competitors in when designing
the game console the first Xbox.
market.
In fact, it actually cost more to make them than the price they went on
sale for. Because of this, Microsoft had to make profit through the Xbox
games.
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 17th November 1558
The Elizabethan Era Begins
Upon the death of her half sister, Mary I, Elizabeth became Elizabeth I
Queen of England and Ireland.

This was the start of her 45-year reign as

Queen, the latter part of which is known
by some historians as a ‘golden age’.
The Tudor Era in the 16th century saw
much religious change. During her
father’s reign - Henry VIII – he made
himself Supreme Head of the Church of
England in 1534.
Elizabeth I made the official religion of
the country Protestantism. However, she
allowed some Catholic traditions to take
place.
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 18th November 1916
End of the First Battle of the Somme
The First Battle of the Somme was a joint attack between the British and
the French to defeat Germany on the Western Front.

The battle lasted almost five months with

more than a million soldiers losing their
lives.

Douglas Haig was the British Commander

and opted to use the method of attrition.
Haig's plan failed and resulted in large
numbers of casualties of British soldiers.

There were approximately 58,000 British

casualties on the first day of the battle, 1st
July 1916.
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 19th November 1969
Pelé Scores his 1000th Goal
Pelé is a Brazilian footballer. It was in his 909th first-class match that he
scored the 1000th goal of his career.

He has won a According to the

number of awards, International
such as the Federation of
International Peace Football History
Award in 1978 and and Statistics
Athlete of the (IFFHS),
Century by the Pelé scored 765
International goals in official
Olympic Committee games.
in 1999.

The IFFHS say that currently the world’s top goal scorer is Cristiano
Ronaldo with more than 800 goals scored in official games in his career.
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 20th November 1947
The Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and
Philip Mountbatten
Princess Elizabeth and Philip
Mountbatten married at
Westminster Abbey. The Princess
was the 10th Royal to be married
in the Abbey.

2,000 guests attended and the

ceremony was officiated by the
Archbishop of Canterbury and the
Archbishop of York.
As the Second World War had
After the wedding, the newlyweds ended just two years before,
stood on the balcony of Princess Elizabeth used ration
Buckingham Palace where they coupons to pay for her wedding
waved to crowds. dress.
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 Reflection
Which events interested you the most? Why?

What have you learnt today that you didn’t know yesterday?

Can you think of an example of how one of your school values is reflected
in one or more of the events?

Have you heard any of these events elsewhere?

What other questions have these events made you think of?

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