Talk:November 1
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Selected anniversaries entry for this day. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before editing this entry. --mav 00:42, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)
November 1: National Day in Algeria, Independence Day in Antigua and Barbuda (1981), All Saints' Day in Catholicism, World Vegan Day
- 1512 - Michelangelo finished repainting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (pictured) in fresco.
- 1520 - Ferdinand Magellan led the first European expedition to navigate the Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America, connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans.
- 1755 - A massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami destroyed Lisbon, and killed over 100,000 people in Portugal and Morocco.
- 1954 - The "Front de Libération Nationale" began the Algerian War of Independence against French rule, with guerrilla attacks in various parts of Algeria.
- 1963 - The Arecibo Observatory, with the world's largest radio telescope, officially opened in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.
Recent days: October 31 – October 30 – October 29
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- 79 - Mount Vesuvius erupts, burying Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Could not be confirmed at this date. Even if true, then who cares? Pompeii and Herculaneum were already destroyed by a previous eruption since August of that year. --mav 23:28, 31 Oct 2003 (UTC)
Manju Warriar is spelt as Manju Warrier on other web sites. --Surabhi
This page has been edited by people adding in random names. I'm not familiar with the program enough to delete them, but it looks like some kind of hack because it doesn't show up on the "edit this page."
