November 1
1478 - The Spanish Inquisition was established.
1512 - Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were shown to the public for the first time by Pope Julius II.
1604 - William Shakespeare’s tragedy “Othello” was first presented at Whitehall Palace in London.
1755 - An earthquake, fires and tsunami leveled Lisbon and killed more than 70,000 people.
1765 - The Stamp Act, the first direct tax on the American colonies, went into effect.
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 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.
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. (One of the pair was killed, along with a White House police officer.)
1952 - The United States detonated its first hydrogen bomb in a test in the Marshall Islands.
1989 - East Germany reopened its border with Czechoslovakia, prompting tens of thousands of refugees to flee to the West.
1991 - Clarence Thomas took his place as the newest justice on the Supreme Court.
1993 - The Maastricht Treaty was enacted, which established the European Union.
1995 - Peace talks opened in Dayton, Ohio, with the leaders of Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia present.
2007 - Less than a week after workers ratified a new contract, Chrysler announced 12,000 job cuts, or about 15 percent of its work force.
2021 - The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 5 million, as tallied by Johns Hopkins University.
2022 - Voters gave former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right allies a victory with a majority in the country’s parliament.
Birthdays
26 - Alex Wolff (actor)
26 - Max Burkholder (actor)
26 - Kaylee Bryant (actress)
37 - Penn Badgley (actor)
39 - Natalia Tena (actress)
42 - Matt Jones (actor)
48 - Bo Bice (singer)
50 - Aishwarya Rai (actress)
50 - David Berman (actor)
51 - Jenny McCarthy (actress/model/TV host)
51 - Toni Collette (actress)
59 - Sophie B. Hawkins (singer)
60 - "Big Kenny" Alphin (singer)
60 - Rick Allen (musician)
62 - Helene Udy (actress)
63 - Tim Cook (CEO of Apple)
65 - Rachel Ticotin (actress)
66 - Lyle Lovett (singer)
74 - Belita Moreno (actress)
74 - Jeannie Berlin (actress)
82 - Robert Foxworth (actor)
86 - Bill Anderson (singer)
88 - Gary Player (golfer)
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Today in Sports History - November 1
1913 - Notre Dame defeated Army 35-13. It was the first time the forward pass was used as a main offensive weapon in football.
1924 - Boston Bruins officially join the NHL, becoming the first United States based team to enter the League; Montreal Maroons also join NHL, but only last until 1938.
1938 - Seabiscuit, with George Woolf aboard, beats 1937 Triple Crown winner War Admiral by 3 lengths in Pimlico track record time to win $15,000 in what is regarded as one of the greatest match races in horse racing history.
1946 - In the first Basketball Association of America game the New York Knicks beat the Toronto Huskies, 68-66 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto.
1959 - Jacques Plante, of the Montreal Canadiens, became the first goalie in the NHL to wear a mask.
1964 - Jim Brown (Cleveland Browns) became the first NFL player to exceed 10,000 yards rushing.
1964 - Quarterback George Blanda of the AFL's Houston Oilers sets a record with 68 pass attempts (37 completions) in a 24-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills.
1966 - Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax becomes the first three-time winner of the Cy Young Award.
1966 - NFL awards a franchise to New Orleans; name "Saints" alludes to November 1, All Saints Day in Catholic faith.
1987 - The New York Jets retire Don Maynard's #13.
1994 - The Chicago Bulls retire Michael Jordan's #23.
1997 - Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne records his 250th career victory in a 67-7 rout of Oklahoma; Osborne, in his 25th season, reaches the 250 win milestone faster than anyone in college football history, doing so in just 301 games.
1997 - North Carolina State wide receiver Torry Holt catches five touchdown passes in a 48-35 loss to Florida State.
1998 - Steve Young and Jerry Rice connect for their 80th career touchdown, in the San Francisco 49ers loss to the Green Bay Packers. The mark eclipses the previous NFL record held by the Miami Dolphins tandem of Dan Marino and Mark Clayton.
2000 - Pat Riley becomes only 2nd coach in NBA history to accumulate 1,000 regular season victories when Miami Heat open season with a 105-79 victory v Orlando Magic; Lenny Wilkens is first to achieve the mark.
2001 - Dan Neil (Denver Broncos) was fined $15,000 for an illegal block that broke the leg of Bryan Cox (New England Patriots).
2003 - Arkansas defeats Kentucky 71-63 in seven overtimes, tying the NCAA record for longest football game in history.
2003 - John Gagliardi ties Eddie Robinson as college football's career victory leader with his 408th win, guiding Division III St. John's to a 15-12 victory over St.Thomas at St. Paul, Minnesota.
2003 - University of Pittsburgh wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald establishes a new NCAA record with a touchdown reception in his 14th straight game as Pittsburgh beats Boston College, 24-13 at Alumni Stadium.
2007 - Five-time Grand Slam tennis winner Martina Hingis admits testing positive for cocaine during Wimbledon; maintaining her innocence, she retires from tennis citing no desire to fight with anti-doping authorities.
2007 - Joe Torre, the winningest manager in MLB history, moves from the New York Yankees to the Los Angeles Dodgers after signing a three-year, $13 million contract.
2010 - The San Francisco Giants won their first World Series since moving from New York in the 1950s, defeating the Texas Rangers in five games.
2015 - The Kansas City Royals defeat the New York Mets in five games to win the World Series.
2017 - The Houston Astros defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games to win their first World Series.
1478 - The Spanish Inquisition was established.
1512 - Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were shown to the public for the first time by Pope Julius II.
1604 - William Shakespeare’s tragedy “Othello” was first presented at Whitehall Palace in London.
1755 - An earthquake, fires and tsunami leveled Lisbon and killed more than 70,000 people.
1765 - The Stamp Act, the first direct tax on the American colonies, went into effect.
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 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.
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. (One of the pair was killed, along with a White House police officer.)
1952 - The United States detonated its first hydrogen bomb in a test in the Marshall Islands.
1989 - East Germany reopened its border with Czechoslovakia, prompting tens of thousands of refugees to flee to the West.
1991 - Clarence Thomas took his place as the newest justice on the Supreme Court.
1993 - The Maastricht Treaty was enacted, which established the European Union.
1995 - Peace talks opened in Dayton, Ohio, with the leaders of Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia present.
2007 - Less than a week after workers ratified a new contract, Chrysler announced 12,000 job cuts, or about 15 percent of its work force.
2021 - The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 5 million, as tallied by Johns Hopkins University.
2022 - Voters gave former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right allies a victory with a majority in the country’s parliament.
Birthdays
26 - Alex Wolff (actor)
26 - Max Burkholder (actor)
26 - Kaylee Bryant (actress)
37 - Penn Badgley (actor)
39 - Natalia Tena (actress)
42 - Matt Jones (actor)
48 - Bo Bice (singer)
50 - Aishwarya Rai (actress)
50 - David Berman (actor)
51 - Jenny McCarthy (actress/model/TV host)
51 - Toni Collette (actress)
59 - Sophie B. Hawkins (singer)
60 - "Big Kenny" Alphin (singer)
60 - Rick Allen (musician)
62 - Helene Udy (actress)
63 - Tim Cook (CEO of Apple)
65 - Rachel Ticotin (actress)
66 - Lyle Lovett (singer)
74 - Belita Moreno (actress)
74 - Jeannie Berlin (actress)
82 - Robert Foxworth (actor)
86 - Bill Anderson (singer)
88 - Gary Player (golfer)
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Today in Sports History - November 1
1913 - Notre Dame defeated Army 35-13. It was the first time the forward pass was used as a main offensive weapon in football.
1924 - Boston Bruins officially join the NHL, becoming the first United States based team to enter the League; Montreal Maroons also join NHL, but only last until 1938.
1938 - Seabiscuit, with George Woolf aboard, beats 1937 Triple Crown winner War Admiral by 3 lengths in Pimlico track record time to win $15,000 in what is regarded as one of the greatest match races in horse racing history.
1946 - In the first Basketball Association of America game the New York Knicks beat the Toronto Huskies, 68-66 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto.
1959 - Jacques Plante, of the Montreal Canadiens, became the first goalie in the NHL to wear a mask.
1964 - Jim Brown (Cleveland Browns) became the first NFL player to exceed 10,000 yards rushing.
1964 - Quarterback George Blanda of the AFL's Houston Oilers sets a record with 68 pass attempts (37 completions) in a 24-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills.
1966 - Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax becomes the first three-time winner of the Cy Young Award.
1966 - NFL awards a franchise to New Orleans; name "Saints" alludes to November 1, All Saints Day in Catholic faith.
1987 - The New York Jets retire Don Maynard's #13.
1994 - The Chicago Bulls retire Michael Jordan's #23.
1997 - Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne records his 250th career victory in a 67-7 rout of Oklahoma; Osborne, in his 25th season, reaches the 250 win milestone faster than anyone in college football history, doing so in just 301 games.
1997 - North Carolina State wide receiver Torry Holt catches five touchdown passes in a 48-35 loss to Florida State.
1998 - Steve Young and Jerry Rice connect for their 80th career touchdown, in the San Francisco 49ers loss to the Green Bay Packers. The mark eclipses the previous NFL record held by the Miami Dolphins tandem of Dan Marino and Mark Clayton.
2000 - Pat Riley becomes only 2nd coach in NBA history to accumulate 1,000 regular season victories when Miami Heat open season with a 105-79 victory v Orlando Magic; Lenny Wilkens is first to achieve the mark.
2001 - Dan Neil (Denver Broncos) was fined $15,000 for an illegal block that broke the leg of Bryan Cox (New England Patriots).
2003 - Arkansas defeats Kentucky 71-63 in seven overtimes, tying the NCAA record for longest football game in history.
2003 - John Gagliardi ties Eddie Robinson as college football's career victory leader with his 408th win, guiding Division III St. John's to a 15-12 victory over St.Thomas at St. Paul, Minnesota.
2003 - University of Pittsburgh wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald establishes a new NCAA record with a touchdown reception in his 14th straight game as Pittsburgh beats Boston College, 24-13 at Alumni Stadium.
2007 - Five-time Grand Slam tennis winner Martina Hingis admits testing positive for cocaine during Wimbledon; maintaining her innocence, she retires from tennis citing no desire to fight with anti-doping authorities.
2007 - Joe Torre, the winningest manager in MLB history, moves from the New York Yankees to the Los Angeles Dodgers after signing a three-year, $13 million contract.
2010 - The San Francisco Giants won their first World Series since moving from New York in the 1950s, defeating the Texas Rangers in five games.
2015 - The Kansas City Royals defeat the New York Mets in five games to win the World Series.
2017 - The Houston Astros defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games to win their first World Series.
