Today is Tuesday, November 1, the 305th day of 2011. 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
1834 ― First published reference to poker (as Mississippi riverboat game)
1922 ― Ottoman Empire abolished
1936 ― Mussolini describes alliance between Italy and Germany as an ``axis"
1951 ― First atomic explosion witnessed by troops in New Mexico
1969 ― Beatles' ``Abbey Road," album goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for 11 weeks
1979 ― Federal government made $1.5 billion loan to Chrysler
1993 ― European Union comes into existence