This Day in "History"

[Dinesh jain]

October 30

1534
The English parliament passed the Act of
Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the
English church.

1938
Radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds,
starring Orson Welles, caused nationwide panic
among listeners.

1944
Martha Graham's ballet Appalachian Spring, with
music by Aaron Copland, premiered.

1953
Gen. George C. Marshall won the Nobel Peace
Prize for originating the Marshall Plan.

1974
Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in
the eighth round of a 15-round bout in Kinshasa,
Zaire ("rumble in the jungle") to regain his world
heavyweight title.

http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory

 

[Dinesh jain]

Born on October 30

John Adams
U.S. president (1735)

Alfred Sisley
landscape painter (1839)

Ruth Gordon
actress and playwright (1896)

Fred W. Friendly
broadcaster and author (1915)

Louis Malle
director (1932)

Diego Maradona
soccer player (1960)

October 30 Birthdays: Ezra Pound | Infoplease.com

 

[Dinesh jain]

October 31

1517
Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses on the door
of the Wittenberg Palace church, marking the
start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.

1846
A heavy snowfall trapped the Donner Party in the
Sierra Nevada mountains.

1864
Nevada became the 36th state.

1941
Work on the Mount Rushmore monument was
completed.

1956
Rear Admiral G. J. Dufek became the first
person to land an airplane at the South Pole.

1984
Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi was
assassinated.

1992
Pope John Paul II admitted that the Roman
Catholic Church had erred in convicting Galileo
of heresy 350 years earlier
http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory

 

[Dinesh jain]

Born on October 31

Jan Vermeer
painter (1632)

John Keats
poet (1795)

Juliette Gordon Low
founder of the Girl Scouts of America (1860)

Dale Evans
actor and singer (1912)

Barbara Bel Geddes
actress (1922)

Michael Collins
astronaut (1930)

Dan Rather
television journalist, writer (1931)

Michael Landon
actor (1936)

John Candy
actor (1950)

Jane Pauley
TV journalist (1950)

Peter Jackson
director (1961)
October 31 Birthdays: Chiang Kai-shek | Infoplease.com

 

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[Dinesh jain]

November 1

1512
Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of the
Sistine Chapel were shown to the public for the
first time.

1755
Earthquake, fires, and tsunami leveled Lisbon and
claimed 70,000 lives.

1765
The Stamp Act , the first direct tax on the
American colonies, went into effect.

1870
The U.S. Weather Bureau made its first
meteorological observations.

1936
Benito Mussolini described the new alliance
between Nazi Germany and Italy as an "axis"
running between Berlin and Rome.

1952
The United States exploded the first hydrogen
bomb in a test in the Marshall Islands.

1993
The Maastricht Treaty was enacted, establishing
the European Union.

http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory/November-1

 

[Dinesh jain]

November 2

1889
North Dakota and South Dakota became the 39th
and 40th states, respectively.

1947
Howard Hughes flew the Spruce Goose on its
first and only flight.

1948
Harry S. Truman defeated Thomas E. Dewey to
the surprise of pollsters and newspapers, in the
greatest presidential upset in history.

1959
Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van
Doren admitted that he had been given questions
and answers in advance.
1976
Jimmy Carter defeated Gerald Ford, becoming
the first U.S. president from the deep South
since the Civil War .

1984
Velma Margie Barfield, a convicted murderer
became the first woman to be executed since
capital punishment was reinstated in 1976.

2003
V. Gene Robinson was consecrated as bishop by
the U.S. Episcopal Church, becoming the first
openly gay bishop in the church.

http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory

 

[Dinesh jain]

Born on November 1
William Merritt Chase
painter (1849)
Stephen Crane
novelist, poet. (1871)
Naomi Mitchison
writer (1897)
Gary Player
golfer (1936)
Lyle Lovett
musician, singer, songwriter (1957)
http://www.infoplease.com/birthday?month=nov&day=1