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Events on November 1

• 1512 The ceiling frescoes by Michelangelo are unveiled in the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
• 1604 William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is premiered in London.
• 1755 The Portuguese capital of Lisbon is devastated by an earthquake followed by a tsunami, destroying two-thirds of the city. Around 60,000 people are killed in Lisbon alone. The rebuilding of Lisbon is subsequently organized by Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquês de Pombal.
• 1849 The Kingdom of Bavaria issues the first German postage stamp with the Black One.
• 1936 In a speech, the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini speaks for the first time of the “Berlin-Rome Axis.” The term Axis powers subsequently develops during the Second World War.
• 1949 The first issue of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung appears.
• 1961 The world's first complete postal code system is introduced in Germany using four-digit postal codes.
• 1970 With “Christoph 1,” the first rescue helicopter in Germany is put into service.
• 1973 The fairy-tale film Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella, which was successful for decades, premieres in Czechoslovakia.
• 1993 With the entry into force of the Maastricht Treaty, the European Union is founded on the basis of “three pillars.”
• 1998 The European Court of Human Rights is established as a permanent court in Strasbourg.
• 2024 In the Serbian city of Novi Sad, the front roof of the recently renovated railway station collapses, killing 16 people. This disaster triggers a wave of protests against corruption in the government across the country.

Born on November 1

• 1880 Alfred Wegener, German meteorologist and geoscientist
• 1886 Hermann Broch, Austrian author
• 1902 Eugen Jochum, German conductor
• 1921 Ilse Aichinger, Austrian writer
• 1960 Tim Cook, American manager
• 1962 Anthony Kiedis, American singer
• 1972 Mario Barth, German comedian
• 1972 Toni Collette, Australian actress
• 1972 Jenny McCarthy, American model
• 2000 Elena Wassen, German diver

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „1. November“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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