NOVEMBER 1
1512:Michelangelo Buonarroti's frescoes on the Sistine Chapel ceiling in the Vatican are unveiled to the public, displaying a Renaissance masterwork that covers some 12,000 square feet and includes over 300 iconographic figures, many from the Book of Genesis.
1800: President John Adams moves into the nearly completed White House in Washington, D.C. In a letter to his wife, Abigail, the president expresses his hope that "none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof."
1936: Italian dictator Benito Mussolini describes the newly signed alliance between Italy and Nazi Germany as an "axis" running between Rome and Berlin, coining the term "Axis powers."
1800: President John Adams moves into the nearly completed White House in Washington, D.C. In a letter to his wife, Abigail, the president expresses his hope that "none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof."
1936: Italian dictator Benito Mussolini describes the newly signed alliance between Italy and Nazi Germany as an "axis" running between Rome and Berlin, coining the term "Axis powers."
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