Today is Saturday, November 1, the 306th day of 2008. There are 60 days left in the year.
79 _ Pompei buried by Mt. Vesuvius
1512 _ Michelangelo's paintings on ceiling of Sistine Chapel, first exhibited
1604 _ William Shakespeare's tragedy ``Othello" first presented
1894 _ Vaccine for diphtheria announced by Dr. Roux of Paris
1928 _ Graf Zeppelin sets airship distance record of 6,384 km
1952 _ First hydrogen device exploded at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific
1952 _ Fusion occurred for the first time on Earth
1969 _ Beatles' ``Abbey Road," album goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for 11 weeks
1989 _ Scandinavian Airlines System bans smoking on many flights
1993 _ European Union comes into existence