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3rd November 1534: English Parliament passes the Act of Supremacy

The Parliament of England passed the First Act of Supremacy which made Henry VIII the head of the Church of England.Read more

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2nd November 1917: Balfour Declaration gives support to the establishment of a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine

Zionists regarded the Balfour Declaration as an important recognition of their national aspirations, while many Palestinian Arabs argued that it threatened their political and national interests.Read more

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1st November 1512: Michelangelo’s ceiling of the Sistine Chapel unveiled

The public saw the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel for the first time when Pope Julius II celebrated All Saints Day mass.Read more

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31st October 1913: Formal dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first transcontinental highway in the United States

The Lincoln Highway connected New York City on the East Coast to San Francisco on the West Coast, traversing 13 states along the way.Read more

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30th October 1858: The Bradford sweets poisoning kills at least twenty people after eating peppermint lozenges containing arsenic

“Humbug Billy”, bought his stock from the confectioner Joseph Neal who made peppermint lozenges using powdered gypsum in place of some of the relatively expensive sugar, but he mistakenly added arsenic trioxide.Read more

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27th October 1954: Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first African American general in the US Air Force

His promotion to brigadier general on 27 October 1954 came six years after President Truman ordered the desegregation of the US military, and made him the first African American general in the US Air Force.Read more

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26th October 1881: The gunfight at the O.K. Corral involving Wyatt Earp

The gunfight at the O.K. Corral took place between the Earp brothers and a gang of outlaws in Tombstone, Arizona.Read more

4th November 1979: Iran hostage crisis begins when Iranian students storm the American Embassy in Tehran

5th November 1688: William of Orange lands in England to begin the invasion that overthrows King James II in the Glorious Revolution