The events that take place on different days of different years play a significant role in history, especially for future generations.
What do you know about November 1st? Below is a list of the events that made it to history books:
- 835 – Pope Gregory IV made All Saints’ Day compulsory throughout the Frankish Kingdom.
- 1210 – King John of England began imprisoning Jews.
- 1755 – At least 60,000 lives were lost in Lisbon, Portugal by an earthquake.
- 1800 – U.S. President, John Adams, became the first president to live in the White House when he moved in.
- 1894 – Nicholas II became Tsar of Russia, following the death of his father.
- 1911 – The first aerial bombing took place when Italy used planes to drop bombs on the Tanguira oasis in Libya.
- 1939 – The first animal (rabbit), to be conceived by artificial insemination was displayed.
- 1950 – Two Puerto Rican nationalists tried to assassinate U.S. President Harry Truman.
- 1951 – The U.S. performed the 1st atomic explosion witnessed by troops, in Nevada Test Site, New Mexico.
- 1952 – The United States tested its first large hydrogen bomb.
- 1954 – Algeria began to rebel against French rule.
- 1955 – The United Airlines Flight 629 blew up over Colorado, killing all 44 people on board.
- 1956 – Delhi became a union territory of India.
- 1958 – USSR performed a nuclear test.
- 1962 – Greece entered the European Common Market.
- 1974 – UN affirmed the independence of Cyprus.
- 1977 – The minimum wage was raised from $2.30 to $3.35 an hour, effective from 1st Jan 1981 by U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
- 1989 – Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega announced the end of a cease-fire with the Contra rebels.
- 1994 – The Amazon.com domain name was registered.
- 2012 – Google’s Gmail becomes the world’s most popular email service.