This Day in History
1 November. Events from the Supanet archive.
- 2000 Serbia joins the United Nations. 26 yrs ago
- 1993 The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union. 33 yrs ago
- 1982 Honda becomes the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States with the opening of their factory in Marysville, Ohio. The Honda Accord is the first car produced there. 44 yrs ago
- 1981 Antigua and Barbuda gain independence from the United Kingdom. 45 yrs ago
- 1973 The Indian state of Mysore is renamed as Karnataka to represent all the regions within Karunadu. 53 yrs ago
- 1973 Watergate Scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor. 53 yrs ago
- 1970 Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France kills 146 young people. 56 yrs ago
- 1968 The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X. 58 yrs ago
- 1963 The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens. 63 yrs ago
- 1961 50,000 women in 60 cities participate in the inaugural Women Strike for Peace (WSP) against nuclear proliferation. 65 yrs ago
- 1960 While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps. 66 yrs ago
- 1959 Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jacques Plante wears a protective mask for the first time in an NHL game. 67 yrs ago
- 1959 In Rwanda, Hutu politician Dominique Mbonyumutwa is beaten up by Tutsi forces, leading to a period of violence known as the wind of destruction. 67 yrs ago
- 1957 The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas. 69 yrs ago
- 1956 The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore state are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act. 70 yrs ago
- 1955 The bombing of United Airlines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas DC-6B airliner. 71 yrs ago
- 1954 The Front de Liberation Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence. 72 yrs ago
- 1953 Andhra Pradesh attained statehood on 1 November 1953, with Kurnool as its capital. 73 yrs ago
- 1952 Operation Ivy : The United States successfully detonates the first large hydrogen bomb, codenamed "Mike" ["M" for megaton], in the Eniwetok atoll, located in the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean. The explosion had a yield of 10 megatons. 74 yrs ago
- 1951 Operation Buster-Jangle: 6,500 American soldiers are exposed to 'Desert Rock' atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Participation is not voluntary. 75 yrs ago
- 1950 Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House. 76 yrs ago
- 1950 Pope Pius XII claims Papal Infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary. 76 yrs ago
- 1948 Off southern Manchuria, 6,000 people are killed as a Chinese merchant ship explodes and sinks. 78 yrs ago
- 1946 The New York Knicks played against the Toronto Huskies at the Maple Leaf Gardens, in the first Basketball Association of America game. The Knicks would win 68-66. 80 yrs ago
- 1945 The official North Korean newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, is first published under the name Chongro. Australia joins the United Nations. 81 yrs ago
- 1944 World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren in the Netherlands. 82 yrs ago
- 1943 World War II: Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, United States Marines, the 3rd Marine Division, land on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands. 83 yrs ago
- 1943 World War II: In support of the landings on Bougainville, U.S. aircraft carrier forces attack the huge Japanese base at Rabaul. 83 yrs ago
- 1942 Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 4. 84 yrs ago
- 1941 American photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography. 85 yrs ago
- 1939 The first rabbit born after artificial insemination is exhibited to the world. 87 yrs ago
- 1938 Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing. 88 yrs ago
- 1937 Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community. 89 yrs ago
- 1928 The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replacing the version of the Arabic alphabet previously used, comes into force in Turkey. 98 yrs ago
- 1922 The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates. 104 yrs ago
- 1920 American Fishing Schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian Fishing Schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax. 106 yrs ago
- 1918 Malbone Street Wreck: the worst rapid transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 93 deaths. 108 yrs ago
- 1918 Western Ukraine gains its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. 108 yrs ago
- 1916 Paul Miliukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the Boris Sturmer government. 110 yrs ago
- 1915 Parris Island is officially designated a US Marine Corps Recruit Depot. 111 yrs ago