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What happened in history on this day: November 1?
On November 1 in ...
- 1784 - Maryland grants citizenship to Lafayette and his descendants.
- 1800 - President John Adams and First Lady Abigail Adams move into the new president's house.
- 1838 - The branch mint in New Orleans re-opens.
- 1848 - In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which later merges with Boston University School of Medicine), opens.
- 1861 - General George B McClellan is made general in chief of USA armies.
- 1863 - Fortifications are built on Angel Island (San Francisco Bay) by troops.
- 1864 - The US Post Office establishes postal money order system.
- 1870 - Army Signal Services' Division of Telegrams and Reports organizes a national weather service, the forerunner of the US Weather Bureau.
- 1879 - US patent office grants Thomas Edison patent on electric lamp.
- 1893 - An Act of Congress declares bi-metallism (gold and silver as money) to be the policy of the United States.
- 1918 - 97 die in New York City subway's worst accident.
- 1936 - Rodeo Cowboys Association founded.
- 1940 - First US air raid shelter, Fleetwood, Pennsylvania.
- 1941 - The US extends a lend-lease loan of US$1 billion to the Soviet Union.
- 1942 - John H Johnson publishes first issue of Negro Digest.
- 1943 - Wartime dim-out ban lifted in San Francisco Bay, California area.
- 1944 - Japanese begin launching large balloons with bombs destined for the west coast of North America. The balloons maintain a range of altitude by releasing sandbags or hydrogen automatically during their flight. The bombs are set to be released when all sandbags have been dropped.
- 1950 - Puerto Rican nationalists (Collazo and Torresola) try to kill US President Harry Truman at the Blair House in Washington, DC.
- 1951 - First atomic explosion witnessed by troops, New Mexico, USA.
- 1951 - Jet magazine founded by John H Johnson.
- 1952 - First hydrogen thermonuclear device (10.4 megatons) exploded by US at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. Code name for the project was Ivy Mike.
- 1955 - Time bomb aboard United DC-6 flight kills 44 above Longmont, Colorado.
- 1965 - First concert at Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.
- 1972 - Standard Oil (New Jersey) changes its company name to Exxon.
- 1979 - Tanker Burmah Agate off Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 10.7 million gallons of oil, in US's worst oil tanker spill disaster.
- 1979 - Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini urges his people to demonstrate on November 4 and to expand attacks on United States and Israeli interests.
- 1981 - US Postal Service raises First Class Mail from 18 cents to 20 cents per ounce.
- 1983 - IBM announces the IBM PCjr. It features an Intel 8088 CPU, 64 kB RAM, detached keyboard, cartridge slots, and joystick, for $670.
- 1995 - Participants in the Yugoslav War begin negotiations in Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
- 1995 - The U.S. House of Representatives votes to ban "partial birth" abortions by a vote of 288-139.
- 1995 - Intel formally announces and begins shipping the Pentium Pro processor, at speeds of 150 to 200 MHz. The processor incorporates 5.5 million transistors. Prices range from US$974 to $1989.
- 2005 - The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall arrive in the United States for a state visit, their first overseas tour since their marriage.
- 2005 - United States Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and his fellow Democrats force a closed session of the Senate over the Lewis Libby indictment.
- 2006 - The Stardust Resort & Casino closes after 48 years of business in Las Vegas.
- 2009 - US lender CIT Group files for bankruptcy protection, arranging with bondholders to reduce debt by US$10 billion. In its filing it showed US$71 billion in finance and leasing assets against total debt of US$64.9 billion, making this the fifth biggest in US corporate history.
Births on November 1
- 1890 - Birth of James Barton in New Jersey, USA; Broadway actor (Tobacco Road, Iceman Cometh).
- 1920 - Birth of James J Kilpatrick in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; newspaperman (Point-Counterpoint contributor on 60 Minutes TV show).
- 1922 - Birth of George S Irving in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA; singer/actor (Dumplings).
- 1922 - Birth of Jeff Richards in Portland, Oregon, USA; actor (Don't Go Near the Water).
- 1926 - Birth of Betsy Palmer AKA Patricia Bromek in Chicago, Illinois, USA; panelist (I've Got a Secret, Masquerade Party), hostess (Today show, Girl Talk), actress (Knots Landing, Number 96, As the World Turns, Mr Roberts, Friday the 13th movie series).
- 1939 - Birth of Barbara Bosson in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Fay - Hill Street Blues, Hooperman, Murder One).
- 1941 - Birth of Robert Foxworth in Houston, Texas, USA; actor (Chase - Falcon Crest, Frankenstein).
- 1942 - Birth of Marcia Wallace in Creston, Iowa, USA; actress (Carol - Bob Newhart Show, The Simpsons).
- 1949 - Birth of Jeannie Berlin in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (The Heartbreak Kid, Portnoy's Complaint).
- 1953 - Birth of N Jan Davis in Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA; PhD/astronaut (sk:STS-47).
- 1958 - Birth of Rachel Ticotin in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Grace - For Love and Honor, American Family, Skin).
- 1964 - Birth of Joe Leste in San Diego, California, USA; rock vocalist (Bang Tango - "Dancin' on Coals").
- 1981 - Birth of LaTavia Roberson; American singer (Destiny's Child).
Deaths on November 1
- 1979 - Death of Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States (born 1896).
- 1985 - Death of Phil Silvers AKA Philip Silversmith at age 74 after a heart attack; comedian (Sargeant Bilko - You'll Never Get Rich: The Phil Silvers Show, The Beverly Hillbillies).
- 1989 - Death of Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, American civil rights activist (born 1898).
- 1994 - Death of Noah Beery Junior at age 81 from a cerebral thrombosis in California, USA; actor (The Rockford Files, Yellow Rose, Doc Elliot, Quest).
- 2007 - Death of Paul Tibbets, American general, pilot of the Enola Gay (born 1915).
- 2022 - Death of Takeoff AKA Kirsnick Khari Ball at age 28, shot and killed at a bowling alley in Houston, Texas, USA; rapper.
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