November 1
79 | The city of Pompeii is buried by eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. | |
1512 | Michelangelo's painting on the Sistine Chapel ceiling is exhibited for the first time. | |
1582 | Maurice of Nassau, the son of William of Orange, becomes the governor of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht. | |
1755 | A great earthquake at Lisbon, Portugal, kills over 50,000 people. | |
1765 | The Stamp Act goes into effect in the British colonies. | |
1861 | Lieutenant General Winfield Scott, 50 year-veteran and leader of the U.S. Army at the onset of the Civil War, retires. General George McClellan is appointed general-in-chief of the Union armies. | |
1866 | Wild woman of the west Myra Maybelle Shirley (Belle Starr) marries James C. Reed in Collins County, Texas. | |
1869 | Louis Riel seizes Fort Garry, Winnipeg, during the Red River Rebellion. | |
1911 | Italian planes perform the first aerial bombing on Tanguira oasis in Libya. | |
1923 | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company buys the rights to manufacture Zeppelin dirigibles. | |
1924 | Legendary Oklahoma marshal Bill Tilghman, 71, is gunned down by a drunk in Cromwell, Oklahoma. | |
1936 | Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini announces the Rome-Berlin axis after Count Ciano's visit to Germany. | |
1936 | The Rodeo Cowboy's Association is founded. | |
1943 | American troops invade Bougainville in the Solomon Islands. | |
1945 | John H. Johnson publishes the first issue of Ebony magazine. | |
1950 | Two members of a Puerto Rican nationalist movement attempt to assassinate President Harry S Truman. | |
1951 | Algerian National Liberation Front begins guerrilla warfare against the French. | |
1967 | The first issue of Rolling Stone hits the streets. | |
1968 | President Lyndon B. Johnson calls a halt to bombing in Vietnam, hoping this will lead to progress at the Paris peace talks. | |
1968 | The Motion Picture Association of America officially introduces its rating system to indicate age-appropriateness of film content. | |
1973 | Leon Jaworski appointed as new Watergate Special Prosecutor. | |
1981 | Antigua and Barbuda gain independence from the United Kingdom. | |
1982 | Honda opens a plant in Marysville, Ohio, becoming the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the US. | |
2000 | Serbia joins the United Nations. |
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