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November 1

1979
Iranian Hostage Crisis:  Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini urges his people to demonstrate against United States, resulting in the seizing of U.S. Embassy in Tehran three days later.

1979
Chrysler: The U.S. government announces a $1.5 billion loan guarantee plan to aid the failing auto manufacturer.

1963
First maneuverable unmanned satellite: The Soviets announce the successful launching and operation of their Polyot I.

1963
First U.S. Christmas stamps: The stamps, depicting a Christmas tree in front of the White House, go on sale. (Source: An Almanac of the Christian Church)

1957
World's longest suspension bridge opens, a five-mile bridge between the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan.

1952
First hydrogen bomb explosion: By the U.S at Eniwetok Atoll in the South Pacific. The force was ten times that of an atom bomb.

1950
The Assumption of the Virgin Mary is proclaimed a dogma by Pope Pius XII, stating that upon her death she was taken into heaven both body and soul to join Christ.

1950
Presidential assassination attempt: Two members of the Puerto Rican nationalist movement attempt to kill Pres. Truman by shooting their way into Blair House.

1944
Harvey by Mary Coyle Chase opens in New York, featuring a giant imaginary rabbit.

1913
First Army-Notre Dame football game: Little known Notre Dame uses the forward pass to win.

1911
First air raid: Italy uses a monoplane to drop a 4½-pound bomb on the Turks.

1911
Chevrolet: Louis Chevrolet and William Durant form their automobile company.

1895
First automobile association is formed, the American Motor League, in Detroit.

1890
First state constitution to place restrictions on a black's right to vote is adopted by Mississippi.

1861
Civil War: Gen. George McClellan is named commander in chief of the U.S. army by Pres. Lincoln.

1848
First medical school exclusively for women opens, Boston Female Medical School founded by Samuel Gregory. It merged with the Boston University School of Medicine (1874) to become one of the first co-ed medical schools in the world.

1835
Second Seminole War: The war begins when Seminole Indians in Florida attack. They were protesting their forced removal to the West.

1792
Methodist Episcopal Church holds its first general conference in the U.S., at Baltimore, Maryland. (Source: An Almanac of the Christian Church)

1765
The Stamp Act goes into effect, requiring revenue stamps to be placed on commercial and legal documents, pamphlets, newspapers, almanacs, playing cards and dice. It was repealed in 1766.

1512
Michelangelo: The Italian artist unveils his masterpiece on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. He had begun working on it in 1508. (Source: An Almanac of the Christian Church)

1957
Lyle Lovett, American Grammy-winning country singer. Music: You Can't Resist It (1986) and If I Had a Boat (1987), and Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (1989, Grammy).

1944
Keith Emerson, British keyboardist, with Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Music: Lucky Man (1970), Tarkus (1971), and Brain Salad Surgery (1974).

1942
Marcia Wallace, American actress. TV: The Bob Newhart Show (Carol the receptionist) and The Simpsons (voice of school teacher Mrs. Karbappel).

1942
Larry Flynt, American publisher, creater of Hustler magazine.

1941
Robert Foxworth, American actor. TV: Falcon Crest (Chase Gioberti).

1939
Barbara Bosson, American actress. TV: Hill Street Blues (Fay Furillo).

1926
Betsy Palmer, American actress. TV: I've Got a Secret (panelist) and Knots Landing (Virginia Bullock).

1925
Jerry Tucker (Jerome H. Schatz), American actor, one of The Little Rascals; he appeared in 17 Our Gang films.

1892     d. 1946
Aleksandr Alekhine, Russian chess master, world champion (1927-35, 1937-46).

1871     d. 1900
Stephen Crane, American author. Writings: Red Badge of Courage (1895).

1863     d. 1937
George Stafford Parker, American inventor. He invented an improved fountain pen (1890) and founded The Parker Pen Company.

1815     d. 1878
Crawford Williamson Long, American physician, first to use anesthesia for surgery, he used diethyl ether during the removal of a neck tumor (1842).

846     d. 879
Louis II, King of France (877-79). He was known as "The Stammerer."

2005     b. 1918
Skitch Henderson (Lyle Russell Cedric Henderson), American orchestra leader. TV: The Tonight Show (Johnny Carson's first musical director on the show).

1994     b. 1913
Noah Beery Jr., American actor. TV: The Rockford Files (1974-1980, Jim's father).

1993     b. 1905
Severo Ochoa, Spanish-born American Nobel-winning biochemist. He shared the 1959 Nobel Prize in medicine and physiology with Arthur Kornberg for his discoveries that furthered the research in heredity.

1985     b. 1912
Phil Silvers (Philip Silversmith), American Emmy-winning comic actor. Film: Top Bananna (1954) and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966). TV: The Phil Silvers Show (Sgt. Bilko, Emmy).

1982     b. 1930
James Broderick, American actor. TV: Family (father Doug Lawrence). He is the real-life father of Matthew Broderick.

1972     b. 1885
Ezra Loomis Pound, American poet, winner of the first Bollingen Prize for Poetry from the Library of Congress (1948) for Pisan Cantos. He was charged with treason for making pro-fascist broadcasts in Italy during World War II.

1955     b. 1888
Dale Carnegie, American author. Writings: How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936).

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