November 1
Today in America's Present Past
1623 | A fire at Plymouth, Massachusetts, destroyed several buildings including the storehouses threatening the colony.
1683 | New York was subdivided into 12 counties.
1765 | The British imposed the Stamp Act tax.
1776 | Mission San Juan Capistrano was founded in California.
1787 | Civil Rights: The first free school in NYC (African Free School) opened.
1800 | POTUS: President Adams moves into the “White House.”
1815 | Surgeon Crawford Williamson Long was born.
1848 | Civil Rights: Classes begin at Boston Female Medical College, the first U.S. female medical college.
1849 | Painter William Merritt Chase was born.
1850 | Entrepreneur Mary Florence Potts was born.
1861 | Civil War: General George McClellan made general in chief of Union armies.
1871 | Novelist Stephen Crane was born.
1879 | Politician Zachariah Chandler died.
1901 | Sigma Phi Epsilon was formed.
1911 | Physist Donald William Kerst was born.
1915 | Paris Island was officially designated a US Marine Corps Recruit Depot.
1917 | Artist Margaret Taylor-Burroughs was born.
1920 | Journalist James J. Kilpatrick was born.
1931 | Dupont introduces synthetic rubber.
1935 | Entrepreneur Charles Koch was born.
1940 | Solider and songwriter Barry Sadler was born.
1941 | WWII: Japanese naval staff officers Suzuki and Maejima arrive at Pearl Harbor performing reconissance.
1942 | Publisher Larry Flynt was born.
1944 | Pro wrestler Bobby “The Brain” Heenan was born.
1945 | “Ebony” magazine debuted.
1947 | Thoroughbred Man o’ War died.
1950 | POTUS: Attempted assignation of Democrat President Truman, resulting in the death of a Washington, D.C. police officer.
1951 | “Jet” magazine debuted.
1955 | A bomb aboard United DC-6 kills 44 above Longmont, Colorado.
1955 | Vietnam War: America begins its involvement.
1957 | Mackinac Straits Bridge, the world longest suspension bridge, connecting Michigan’s Upper and Lower peninsulas, opened to traffic.
1957 | Entertainer Lyle Lovett was born.
1960 | Entrepreneur Tim Cook was born.
1967 | Film: “Cool Hand Luke” debuted.
1972 | Entertainer Jenny McCarthy was born.
1972 | Poet Ezra Weston Loomis Pound died.
1979 | First Lady Mamie Eisenhower died.
1982 | Director King Vidor died.
1991 | Entertainer Anthony Ramos was born.
1994 | Historian Richard Krautheimer died.
1997 | Film: “Titanic” debuted.
1999 | Soviet spy Theodore Hall died.
1999 | Pro footballer Walter Payton died.
2006 | Author William Styron died.
2007 | General Paul Tibbets died.
2012 | Microbiologist Welton Taylor died.
2015 | Actor and politician Fred Thompson died.
2021 | Psychologist Aaron Beck died.