TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

Nov. 1, 1952

The United States exploded the first hydrogen bomb, code_named “Ivy Mike,” at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

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1512

Michelangelo’s just_completed paintings on the ceiling of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel were publicly unveiled by the artist’s patron, Pope Julius II.

1765

The Stamp Act, passed by the British Parliament, went into effect, prompting stiff resistance from American colonists.

1861

During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln named Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan General _ in _ Chief of the Union armies, succeeding Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott.

1870

The United States Weather Bureau made its first meteorological observations.

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.

1949

An Eastern Airlines DC_4collided in midair with a Lockheed P_38fighter plane near Washington National Airport, killing all 55people aboard the DC_4and seriously injuring the pilot of the P_38.

1950

Two Puerto Rican nationalists tried to force their way into Blair House in Washington, D.C., in a failed attempt to assassinate President Harry S. Truman.

1968

The Motion Picture Association of America unveiled its new voluntary film rating system: G for general, M for mature, R for restricted and X for adults only.

1989

East Germany reopened its border with Czechoslovakia, prompting tens of thousands of refugees to flee to the West.