November 1: Sistine Chapel ceiling opens to pubic, President Adams moves into the White House

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Maine Fast Fact: The average annual snowfall in Augusta is 80 inches but in 1996 Augusta received 173.8 inches of snowfall.

Births:

• 1871: Stephen Crane, American writer, author of novel The Red Badge of Courage
• 1942: Larry Flynt, American magazine publisher
• 1951: Robert Bell, American singer, composer, saxophonist and founding member of Kool & the Gang
• 1953: Jan Davis, American astronaut
• 1957: Lyle Lovett, American singer; Peter Ostrum, American veterinarian and former child actor, known for his role as Charlie Bucket in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
• 1962: Anthony Kiedis, American musician, lead singer for the band the Red Hot Chili Peppers
• 1963: Rick Allen, British musician, drummer for the band Def Leppard
• 1972: Jenny McCarthy, American model, comedian, activist, actress and author; Toni Collette, Australian actress and musician, lead singer of the band Toni Collette & the Finish, known for her roles in the films The Sixth Sense, In Her Shoes and Little Miss Sunshine
• 1979: Coco Crisp, American baseball player
• 1984: Natalia Tena, British actress, known for her role as Nymphora Tonks in the movies Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Deaths:

• 1972: Ezra Pound, American poet
• 1979: Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States, wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
• 1999: Walter Payton, American football player

History:

• 1512: The painting by Michelangelo on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is opened to the pubic for the first time.
• 1520: Ferdinand Magellan navigates the Strait of Magellan, the passage south of South America, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, for the first time during his global circumnavigation voyage.
• 1604: The first performance of William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello takes place at Whitehall Palace in London.
• 1611: The first performance of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy The Tempest is performed at Whitehall Palace.
• 1755: An earthquake and a tsunami destroys the city of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, killing between sixty and ninety thousand people.
• 1765: The Stamp Act is enacted by the British Parliament on the 13 colonies to help pay for British military operations in North America.
• 1800: U.S. President John Adams becomes the first president to live in the White House (first named the Executive Mansion).
• 1848: The first medical school for women, the Boston Female Medical School, opens in Boston, Massachusetts.
• 1861: President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan commander of the Union Army to replace the aged General Winfield Scott.
• 1870: The United States Weather Bureau, later named the National Weather Service, makes its first meteorological forecast.
• 1918: Western Ukraine declares its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
• 1938: The “match of the century” in horse racing takes place when Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory.
• 1950: Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresole and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate President Harry S. Truman at Blair House in Washington.
• 1952: The U.S. explodes the first hydrogen bomb in a test in the Marshall Islands.
• 1968: The Motion Picture Association of America introduces its film rating system with the ratings of G, M, R and X.
• 1981: Antigua and Barbuda declare independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1982: Honda becomes the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the U.S., producing the Honda Accord.
• 1993: The European Union is officially established when the Maastricht Treaty takes effect.

November 1 is Independence Day in Antigua and Barbuda, celebrating the gain of independence from the United Kingdom in 1981. It is Day of the Dead, celebrated in Mexico and Latin Americans in the U.S and Canada, to pray and remember family and friends who have died. Gaelic cultures celebrate November 1 as Samhain, known as summer’s end with festivals to mark the end of the harvest. Today is also World Vegan Day. Celebrated since 1994, it is the anniversary of the creation of The Vegan Society. 2009 is the 65th anniversary of the Vegan Society and veganism.