Major Events
- 1755 Lisbon earthquake kills more than 50,000 in Portugal
- 1814 Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France, in the Napoleonic Wars
- 1894 Vaccine for diphtheria is announced by Dr. Émile Roux of Paris
- 1916 Paul Miliukov delivers in the Russian State Duma the famous “stupidity or treason” speech, precipitating the downfall of the Boris Stürmer government
- 1922 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk takes Constantinople from Mehmed VI, proclaiming the Republic of Turkey and bringing an end to the Ottoman Empire
- 1952 “Ivy Mike”, the first thermonuclear weapon to utilize the H-bomb design of Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam, is detonated in the Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean
- 1993 The Maastricht Treaty comes into effect creating the European Union
- 2012 Scientists detect evidence of light from the universe’s first stars, estimated to have formed 500 million years after the Big Bang
Nov 1 in Film & TV
Nov 1 in Music
- 1969 The Beatles’ “Abbey Road” album goes #1 in the US and stays #1 for 11 weeks
Nov 1 in Sport
- 1950 Celtics forward Chuck Cooper becomes the first African American to play in the NBA during Boston’s 107-84 loss to the Fort Wayne Pistons; future Hall of Famer Bob Cousy also debuts for the Celtics
Did You Know?
Turkey passes a new alphabet law, switching from the Arabic to the Latin alphabet
Fun Fact About November 1
Montreal Canadiens’ goaltender Jacques Plante becomes the first NHL netminder to wear a fiberglass protective face mask
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