Today in History for 1st November 2016:
Historical Events
1248 – Earl Willem II of Holland crowned as RC German emperor
1848 – First US women’s medical school opens (Boston)
1859 – The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse was lit for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for about 19 miles (30 kilometers), in good conditions.
1956 – Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Laetamur admodum
1985 – Netherlands decides definitive sites for cruise missiles
1990 – Rhetoric escalates as Bush likens Saddam to Hitler
Famous Birthdays
846 – Louis the Stammerer, King of West Francia (877-79) (d. 879)
1578 – Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (d. 1642)
1921 – Ilse Aichinger, Austria, author
1934 – Umberto Agnelli, Italian CEO (Fiat) and politician
1954 – Ruben Guerrero, Mexico, relay swimmer (Olympic-1968)
1975 – Van Hiles, NFL safety (Chicago Bears)
Famous Deaths
955 – Henry I, Duke of Bavaria
1817 – Giovanni Calisto Andrea Zanotti, composer, dies at 79
1895 – Aleksander Zarzycki, composer, dies at 61
1907 – Alfred Jarry, writer, dies at 33
1962 – Winter Haynes Watts, composer, dies at 78
1968 – Georgios Papandreou, Greek minister/premier, dies at 80