EVENTS:
1512 – Michelangelo’s paintings on ceiling of Sistine Chapel in the Vatican first exhibited
1683 – The British crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties .
1800 – John Adams becomes the first US president to live in White House
1922 – Ottoman Empire abolished
1928 – 1 st celebration of Authors’ Day
1954 – General Fulgencio Batista elected President of Cuba
Cuban President and Dictator of Cuba, overthrown by the revolution of 1959
1954 – The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence against France.
1956 – Delhi becomes a territory of Indian union
1956 – Indian state of Madhya Pradesh forms
1956 – Indian states of Punjab, Patiala & PEPSU merge as Punjab protection
1957 – World longest suspension bridge opens ( Mackinac Straits Mich )
1959 – Patrice Lumumba arrested in Belgian Congo
Lumumba was a Congolese independence leader and the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo (now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
1981 – Antigua & Barbuda gains independence from Britain (National Day)
Antigua is located in the Caribbean region. It is an
island in Leeward Islands of the West Indies.
The national day of Antigua and Barbuda is celebrated on November 1. On this day in 1981, Antigua became an independent state within the
Commonwealth Realm system. Queen Elizabeth II became the first queen of the nation and Vere Cornwall Bird became the first Prime Minister.
1998 – The European Court of Human Rights is instituted .
2012 – Google ‘s Gmail becomes the world ‘s most popular email service
BIRTHDAYS
1979 – Delgado, Angolan footballer
DEATHS
1894 – Tsar Alexander III of Russia ( b. 1845) Reigned from 1881
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