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--mav 00:42, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)
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November 1: National Day in Algeria; Independence Day in Antigua and Barbuda (1981); All Saints' Day in Catholicism; World Vegan Day
- 1512 – Italian Renaissance painter Michelangelo finished repainting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (pictured) in fresco.
- 1520 – Portuguese maritime explorer Ferdinand Magellan led the first European expedition to navigate the Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America, connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans.
- 1755 – A massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami destroyed Lisbon, and killed at least 60,000 people in Portugal and Morocco.
- 1928 – As part of the reforms implemented under the leadership of Turkish President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the current 29-letter Turkish alphabet, used for the Turkish language, was established, replacing the Ottoman Turkish alphabet.
- 1963 – The Arecibo Observatory, with the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, officially opened in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.
More events: October 31 – November 1 – November 2
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Could not be confirmed at this date. Even if true, then who cares? Pompeii and Herculaneum were already destroyed by a previous eruption since August of that year. --mav 23:28, 31 Oct 2003 (UTC)
Manju Warriar is spelt as Manju Warrier on other web sites. --Surabhi
This page has been edited by people adding in random names. I'm not familiar with the program enough to delete them, but it looks like some kind of hack because it doesn't show up on the "edit this page."
