11-01-2006, 03:28 PM
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November 1st
1512 ~ The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, was exhibited to the public for the first time.
1604 ~ At Whitehall Palace in London, the William Shakespeare tragedy Othello was presented for the first time.
1755 ~ Lisbon, Portugal was destroyed by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between sixty and ninety thousand people.
1892 ~ Birthday of Alexander Alekhine, World Chess Champion.
1923 ~ Birthday of Gordon R. Dickson, Science Fiction author.
1935 ~ Birthday of Gary Player, South African golfer.
1952 ~ The U.S. successfully detonated the first hydrogen bomb, codenamed Mike, at Eniwetok island in the Bikini atoll.
1963 ~ The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opened.
1972 ~ Death of Ezra Pound, Poet.
1993 ~ The Maastricht Treaty took effect, formally establishing the European Union.
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