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  • 1972-11-01Arts & Culture
    Elvis on Tour, a concert film that documented Elvis Presley's tour throughout the United States, opened.
  • 1963-11-01Conflict
    Lê Quang Tung, loyalist head of the South Vietnam Special Forces, was executed in a U.S.-backed coup against president Ngô Đình Diệm following a period of religious unrest.
  • 1959-11-01Conflict
    Dominique Mbonyumutwa, one of the few Hutu sub-chiefs in colonial Rwanda, was attacked by Tutsi activists, precipitating the Rwandan Revolution.
  • 1959-11-01Sports
    After being struck in the face with a hockey puck, Jacques Plante played the rest of the game wearing a face mask, now mandatory equipment for goaltenders in ice hockey.
  • 1956-11-01Geopolitics
    The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka were formally created under the States Reorganisation Act.
  • 1944-11-01Conflict
    World War II: An American F-13 Superfortress made the first flight by an Allied aircraft over Tokyo since the Doolittle Raid in April 1942.
  • 1941-11-01Arts & Culture
    American photographer Ansel Adams (pictured) shot Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, one of his most famous photographs.
  • 1921-11-01Arts & Culture
    Frances Kyle was called to the Bar of Ireland, becoming the first female barrister in Ireland or Great Britain.
  • 1914-11-01Conflict
    World War I: The first contingent of the First Australian Imperial Force departed Albany, Western Australia.
  • 1824-11-01Geopolitics
    The disposable ship Columbus (pictured) arrived in the The Downs off England, becoming, at that time, the largest vessel to have crossed the Atlantic Ocean.
  • 1214-11-01Conflict
    Byzantine–Seljuk wars: Seljuq Turks captured the important port city of Sinope.
  • 1141-11-01Conflict
    After Empress Matilda released her rival King Stephen, he in turn released Robert of Gloucester, her strongest supporter, thus prolonging the Anglo-Norman civil war known as The Anarchy.
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