Hankering For History: Events that happened today in history, Nov 1st!

Some of the great historical events that happened today in history, on November 1st!

79	The city of Pompeii is buried by eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.
1512	Michelangelo’s painting on the Sistine Chapel ceiling is exhibited for the first time.
1582	Maurice of Nassau, the son of William of Orange, becomes the governor of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht.
1604	William Shakespeare’s tragedy “Othello” was first performed, at Whitehall Palace in London.
1755	A great earthquake at Lisbon, Portugal, kills over 50,000 people.
1765	The Stamp Act goes into effect in the British colonies.
1861	Gen. George B. McClellan was made general-in-chief of the Union armies.
1866	Wild woman of the west Myra Maybelle Shirley marries James C. Reed in Collins County, Texas.
1869	Louis Riel seizes Fort Garry, Winnipeg, during the Red River Rebellion.
1911	Italian planes perform the first aerial bombing on Tanguira oasis in Libya.
1923	Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company buys the rights to manufacture Zeppelin dirigibles.
1924	Legendary Oklahoma marshal Bill Tilghman, 71, is gunned down by a drunk in Cromwell, Oklahoma.
1936	In a speech in Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini described the alliance between his country and Nazi Germany as an “axis” running between Rome and Berlin.
1936	The Rodeo Cowboy’s Association is founded.
1943	American troops invade Bougainville in the Solomon Islands.
1945	John H. Johnson publishes the first issue of Ebony magazine.
1946	Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, was ordained as a priest in Poland.
1950	Two members of a Puerto Rican nationalist movement attempt to assassinate President Harry S Truman.
1967	The first issue of Rolling Stone hits the streets.
1979	Former first lady Mamie Eisenhower died in Washington, D.C., at age 82.
1991	Clarence Thomas took his place as a justice on the Supreme Court.
1995	Bosnia peace talks opened in Dayton, Ohio.

Today’s historical facts are from various sites including, but not limited too: the History Channel, The New York Times, WHG Historynet.com, HistoryOrb.com, and On This Day blogs from my blogroll.