| 79 |
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The city of Pompeii is buried by eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. |
| 1512 |
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Michelangelo’s painting on the Sistine Chapel ceiling is exhibited for the first time. |
| 1582 |
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Maurice of Nassau, the son of William of Orange, becomes the governor of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht. |
| 1755 |
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A great earthquake at Lisbon, Spain, kills over 50,000 people. |
| 1765 |
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The Stamp Act goes into effect in the British colonies. |
| 1861 |
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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 |
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Wild woman of the west Myra Maybelle Shirley marries James C. Reed in Collins County, Texas. |
| 1869 |
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Louis Riel seizes Fort Garry, Winnipeg, during the Red River Rebellion. |
| 1911 |
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Italian planes perform the first aerial bombing on Tanguira oasis in Libya. |
| 1923 |
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Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company buys the rights to manufacture Zeppelin dirigibles. |
| 1924 |
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Legendary Oklahoma marshal Bill Tilghman, 71, is gunned down by a drunk in Cromwell, Oklahoma. |
| 1936 |
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Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini announces the Rome-Berlin axis after Count Ciano’s visit to Germany. |
| 1936 |
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The Rodeo Cowboy’s Association is founded. |
| 1943 |
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American troops invade Bougainville in the Solomon Islands. |
| 1945 |
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John H. Johnson publishes the first issue of Ebony magazine. |
| 1950 |
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Two members of a Puerto Rican nationalist movement attempt to assassinate President Harry S Truman. |
| 1951 |
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Algerian National Liberation Front begins guerrilla warfare against the French. |
| 1967 |
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The first issue of Rolling Stone hits the streets. |
| 1968 |
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President Lyndon B. Johnson calls a halt to bombing in Vietnam, hoping this will lead to progress at the Paris peace talks. |
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Born on November 1 |
| 1500 |
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Benvunuto Cellini, Italian goldsmith and sculptor. |
| 1636 |
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Nicholas Boileaus, French poet and historian. |
| 1762 |
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Spencer Perceval, the only British prime minister to be assassinated. |
| 1798 |
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Benjamin Lee Guinness, Irish brewer. |
| 1818 |
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Jems Renwick, architect. |
| 1828 |
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Balfour Steward, Scottish physicist and meteorologist. |
| 1871 |
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Stephen Crane, poet and novelist (The Red Badge of Courage). |
| 1880 |
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Sholem Asch, Polish-born American novelist and playwright (The Nazarene, The Mother). |
| 1880 |
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Grantland Rice, American sportswriter. |
| 1902 |
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Nordahl Brun Greig, Norwegian writer and wartime hero during WWII. |
| 1923 |
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Victoria de Los Angeles, Spanish opera soprano. |
| 1930 |
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A.R. Gurney, American playwright (Love Letters, The Dining Room). |
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