01 November History


Month:                           Date:     

  • 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.
ADVERTISEMENTS
  • 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 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.
ADVERTISEMENTS
  • 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.
ADVERTISEMENTS
  • 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.

  • 01 November Birthdays

  • 1500    -    Benvunuto Cellini, Italian goldsmith and sculptor.
  • 1636    -    Nicholas Boileaus, French poet and historian.
  • 1762    -    Spencer Perceval, the only British prime minister to be assassinated.
  • 1798    -    Benjamin Lee Guinness, Irish brewer.
  • 1818    -    Jems Renwick, architect.
  • 1828    -    Balfour Steward, Scottish physicist and meteorologist.
  • 1871    -    Stephen Crane, poet and novelist (The Red Badge of Courage).
  • 1880    -    Sholem Asch, Polish-born American novelist and playwright (The Nazarene, The Mother).
  • 1880    -    Grantland Rice, American sportswriter.
  • 1902    -    Nordahl Brun Greig, Norwegian writer and wartime hero during WWII.
  • 1923    -    Victoria de Los Angeles, Spanish opera soprano.
  • 1930    -    A.R. Gurney, American playwright (Love Letters, The Dining Room).