TUESDAY INHISTORY

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 1, the 306th day of 2016. There are 60 days left in the year. This is All Saints Day.

Highlight in History:

On Nov. 1, 1968, the Motion Picture Association of America unveiled its new voluntary film rating system: G for general, M for mature (later changed to GP, then PG), R for restricted and X (later changed to NC-17) for adults only.

On this date:

In 1478, the Spanish Inquisition was established.

In 1604, William Shakespeare’s tragedy “Othello” was presented at Whitehall Palace in London.

In 1765, the Stamp Act, passed by the British Parliament, went into effect, prompting stiff resistance from American colonists.

In 1870, the United States Weather Bureau made its first meteorological observations.

In 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.

In 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.

In 1952, the United States exploded the first hydrogen bomb, code-named “Ivy Mike,” at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

In 1989, East Germany reopened its border with Czechoslovakia, prompting tens of thousands of refugees to flee to the West.

Ten years ago: Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., apologized to “any service member, family member or American” offended by his “botched joke” about how young people might get “stuck in Iraq” if they didn’t study hard and do their homework.

Five years ago: Europe’s days-old plan to solve its crippling debt crisis and restore faith in the global economy was thrown into chaos by Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou’s stunning decision to call a referendum on the country’s latest rescue package.

One year ago: Turkey’s ruling party secured a stunning victory in a snap parliamentary election, sweeping back into single-party rule only five months after losing it.

Today’s Birthdays: Country singer Bill Anderson is 79. Actor Robert Foxworth is 75. Magazine publisher Larry Flynt is 74. Apple CEO Tim Cook is 56. Singer Sophie B. Hawkins is 52. Actress-talk show host Jenny McCarthy is 44. Actress Aishwarya Rai is 43. Rock singer Bo Bice is 41.

Thought for Today: “I am patient with stupidity, but not with those who are proud of it.” — Dame Edith Sitwell, English poet (1887-1964).