This Week in History Part 1 Nov. 26-Dec. 2

Nov. 27, 1895 – Through the will drawn up by Alfred Nobel, the Swedish chemist who invented dynamite, the Nobel Prizes are established

Nov. 28, 1893 – Women vote in a national election for the first time, in the New Zealand general election

Nov. 29, 1929 – American aviator Richard E. Byrd flies over the South Pole

Dec. 1, 1913 – The world’s first moving assembly line debuts at a Ford factory in Highland Park, Michigan

Dec. 1, 1955 – Rosa Parks refuses to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger and is arrested, sparking a 381-day bus boycott led by Martin Luther King, Jr.