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November 1

4 sourced moments from November 1 in history: Michelangelo unveiled the Sistine Chapel ceiling on All Saints' Day (1512); Shakespeare's Othello Was First Performed (1604); The Lisbon earthquake struck mid-Mass and shook Europe's faith in a benevolent order (1755), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on November 1

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1952 History · Modern

The first hydrogen bomb test erased a Pacific island

On November 1, 1952, Ivy Mike unleashed a thermonuclear fireball that left only a crater where an island had been.

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1755 Earth & Climate · Natural Disasters

The Lisbon earthquake struck mid-Mass and shook Europe's faith in a benevolent order

On November 1, 1755, a quake, fire, and tsunami flattened Lisbon while the city was at All Saints' Day Mass.

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1604 Culture & Arts · Performing Arts

Shakespeare's Othello Was First Performed

On a London winter's night, the King's own players staged a jealous tragedy that would haunt the stage for centuries.

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1512 Culture & Arts · Art

Michelangelo unveiled the Sistine Chapel ceiling on All Saints' Day

On November 1, 1512, Pope Julius II said Mass beneath a ceiling that had quietly remade Western art.

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