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November 1
November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining.
Events
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996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising , which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi (Austria in Old High German).
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1512 - The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
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1520 - The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America, connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first navigated by Ferdinand Magellan during his global circumnavigation voyage.
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1530 - An approximated 400,000 die after the Netherlands' dikes fail.
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1604 - William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
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1611 - William Shakespeare's romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
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1683 - The British crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.
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1755 - Lisbon earthquake: In Portugal, Lisbon is destroyed by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between sixty and ninety thousand people.
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1765 - The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the 13 colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.
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1790 - Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in disaster.
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1800 - US President John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).
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1848 - In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which will later merge with Boston University School of Medicine ), opens.
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1859 - The current Cape Lookout , North Carolina, lighthouse is lighted for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for 19 miles (30 kilometers).
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1861 - American Civil War: US President Abraham Lincoln appoints George McClellan as commander of the Union Army, replacing the aged General Winfield Scott.
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1870 - In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.
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1876 - New Zealand's provincial government system is dissolved.
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1894 - Nicholas II becomes the new Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
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1896 - A picture showing the naked breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
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1914 - World War I: the first British naval defeat of the war, the Battle of Coronel is fought off of the coast of Chile.
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1918 - Malbone Street Wreck: the worst rapid transit accident in world history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 93 dead.
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1922 - The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.
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1939 - The first rabbit born after artificial insemination is shown to the world.
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1943 - World War II: Operation Goodtime launched - United States Marines invade Bougainville in the Solomon Islands.
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1944 - World War II: Operation Infatuate launched - The British Army land at Walcheren in the Netherlands.
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1948 - Off southern Manchuria, 6,000 are killed as a Chinese merchant ship explodes and sinks.
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1950 - Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman.
- 1950 - Pope Pius XII claims Papal Infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
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1951 - US soldiers are exposed to an atomic explosion for training purposes in Desert Rock, Nevada; participation was not voluntary.
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1952 - Operation Ivy - The United States successfully detonates the first hydrogen bomb, codenamed "Mike" ["m" for megaton], at Eniwetok island in the Bikini atoll located in the Pacific Ocean.
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1954 - The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.
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1955 - A United Airlines DC-6B explodes in mid-air and crashes near Longmont, Colorado, killing 44 people
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1960 - While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.
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1963 - The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens.
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1963 - President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam is overthrown and executed in a coup d'état led by General Duong Van Minh.
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1969 - After seven years off the top of the charts, Elvis Presley's song "Suspicious Minds," hits No. 1 on the Billboard Music charts.
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1973 - Watergate Scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
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1981 - Antigua and Barbuda gain independence from the United Kingdom.
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1990 - A New York City civil jury awards Sandra Miller $100 for battery after an incident in which Mike Tyson grabbed her breasts and insulted her; the jury found Tyson's behavior "not outrageous".
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1993 - The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.
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1994 - George Lucas leaves the day-to-day operations of his filmmaking business and starts a sabbatical. While on sabbatical, he writes the prequel section of the Star Wars movies.
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1994 - The Chijon Family is sentenced to death in South Korea for murdering and eating five people.
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1998 - The European Court of Human Rights is instituted.
Births
800-1899
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846 - Louis the Stammerer, King of West-Francia (d. 879)
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1339 - Rudolf IV of Austria (d. 1365)
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1351 - Duke Leopold III of Austria
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1762 - Spencer Perceval, British Prime Minister (d. 1812)
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1778 - Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (d. 1837)
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1798 - Sir Henry Lee Guinness , brewer
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1808 - John Taylor, American religious leader
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1871 - Stephen Crane, writer (d. 1900)
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1877 - Roger Quilter, composer (d. 1953)
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1880 - Alfred Wegener, meteorologist, geophysicist (d. 1930)
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1880 - Sholom Asch, writer (d. 1957)
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1880 - Grantland Rice, sports writer (d. 1954)
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1886 - Hermann Broch, Austrian author (d. 1951)
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1892 - Alexander Alekhine, chess player (d. 1946)
1900-1999
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1902 - Eugen Jochum, conductor (d. 1987)
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1923 - Gordon R. Dickson, science fiction author (d. 2001)
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1923 - Victoria de los Angeles, Catalan soprano
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1929 - Betsy Palmer, actress
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1934 - William Mathias , composer (d. 1992)
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1935 - Gary Player, golfer
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1940 - Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, Chief Justice of India
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1942 - Ralph Klein, Premier of Alberta
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1943 - Salvatore Adamo Belgian/Italian singer
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1952 - Larry Flynt, magazine publisher
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1957 - Lyle Lovett, singer
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1957 - Carlos Paião, Portuguese singinr (d. 1988)
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1962 - Anthony Kiedis, singer
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1963 - Rick Allen, Def Leppard drummer
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1967 - Sophie B. Hawkins, musician
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1972 - Toni Collette, actress
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1974 - Hello Kitty, fictional Sanrio character
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1976 - Matt Chapman, creator of Homestar Runner
Deaths
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1399 - John V, Duke of Brittany (b. 1339)
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1894 - Alexander III, Tsar of Russia
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1903 - Theodor Mommsen, German author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1902
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1924 - William Tilghman, frontier marshal
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1963 - Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam
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1972 - Ezra Pound, American poet (b. 1885)
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1979 - Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States
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1982 - King Vidor, film director
- 1982 - James Broderick , actor
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1983 - Anthony van Hoboken, musicologist
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1985 - Phil Silvers, American actor, comedian
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1999 - Walter Payton, American football player
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2002 - Käte Jaenicke , actress
Holidays
External links
October 31 - November 2 - October 1 - December 1 - more historical anniversaries
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