Today in History – November 1st

Published November 1, 2012 |

846, Louis the Stammerer, King of West Francia (d. 879) was born.
1179, Philip II is crowned King of France.
1214, The port city of Sinope surrenders to the Seljuq Turks.
1512, The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for 1st time.
1520, The Strait of Magellan is 1st navigated by European explorer Ferdinand Magellan during 1st recorded circumnavigation voyage.
1555, French Huguenots establish the France Antarctique colony in present-day Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1570, The All Saints’ Flood devastates the Dutch coast.
1604, William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello is presented for 1st time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
1611, William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for 1st time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
1683, The British crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.
1762, Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1812) was born.
1765, British Parliament enacts Stamp Act on the 13 colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America
1800, US President John Adams becomes 1st President of the US to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).
1805, Napoleon Bonaparte invades Austria during the War of the Third Coalition.
1814, Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France, in the Napoleonic Wars.
1871, Stephen Crane, American writer (d. 1900) was born.
1876, New Zealand’s provincial government system is dissolved.
1897, 1st Library of Congress building opened its doors to the public.
1901, Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, VA.
1907, Max “Slapsie Maxie” Rosenbloom, American boxer (d. 1976) was born.
1911, 1st dropping of a bomb from an airplane in combat, during the Italo-Turkish War.
1915, Parris Island is officially designated a US Marine Corps Recruit Depot.
1918, Banat Republic is founded.
1918, Western Ukraine gains its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
1922, The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.
1939, 1st rabbit born after artificial insemination is exhibited to the world.
1944, WWII: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren in the Netherlands.
1945, Australia joins the United Nations.
1946, The New York Knicks played against the Toronto Huskies at Maple Leaf Gardens, in 1st Basketball Association of America game.
1955, Dale Carnegie, American writer (b. 1888) died.
1957, The Mackinac Bridge opens to traffic connecting Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas.
1972, Ezra Pound, American poet (b. 1885) died.
1979, Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States (b. 1896) died.
1985, Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (b. 1911) died.
1987, Rene Levesque, Premier of Quebec (b. 1922) died.
1999, Walter Payton, American football player (b. 1954) died.

Chris Rivait

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