November 1st

2012
Scientists detect evidence of light from the universe's first stars, predicted to have formed 500 million years after the big bang.
Chronology of the universe
1993
The Maastricht Treaty was enacted, establishing the European Union.
Maastricht Treaty
1955
United Airlines Flight 629 blows up over Colorado. A bomb hidden in checked luggage of United Airlines Flight 629 exploded over Longmont, Colorado killing all 44 people on board.
United Airlines Flight 629
1952
The United States exploded the first hydrogen bomb in a test in the Marshall Islands.
Ivy Mike
1936
Benito Mussolini described the new alliance between Nazi Germany and Italy as an "axis" running between Berlin and Rome.
Fascism and ideology
1916
Paul Miliukov delivers in the Russian State Duma the famous 'stupidity or treason' speech, precipitating the downfall of the Boris Stürmer government.
Pavel Milyukov
1911
First bomb dropped from an aircraft. Prior to this, bombs were dropped using unmanned balloons. The first bomb launched from an aircraft was used by the Italians in the Italo-Turkish War.
Aerial bomb
1894
Vaccine for diphtheria announced by Dr Roux of Paris.
Alexandre Yersin
1870
The U.S. Weather Bureau made its first meteorological observations.
National Weather Service
1814
Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France, in the Napoleonic Wars.
War of the Sixth Coalition
1765
The Stamp Act, the first direct tax on the American colonies, went into effect.
Stamp Act 1765
1755
Earthquake, fires, and tsunami leveled Lisbon and claimed 70,000 lives.
Portal:Disasters/Selected article
1512
Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were shown to the public for the first time.
Sistine Chapel ceiling
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