November 1 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for November 1
In the headlines today:

2000	Serbia and Montenegro join the United Nations.
1999	Football great Walter Payton, then the all-time NFL rushing yards leader, dies of cancer at age 45.
1989	Thousands of refugees flee East Germany when the border into Czechoslovakia is reopened.
1979	Mamie Eisenhower, wife of former US president Dwight D. Eisenhower, dies in Washington, DC, at age 82.
1959	Montreal Canadiens goalie Jacques Plante becomes the first hockey player to wear a face mask.
1954	Muslims in Algeria begin a series of guerrilla attacks against government targets, in a protest against French rule.
1950	An attempt on the life of US president Harry Truman fails, as a pair of Puerto Rican men are apprehended at the Blair House in Washington, DC. (photo credit: SoundWorks)
1947	The winningest race horse in history, Man O' War, dies at age 30.
1945	Australia is admitted to the United Nations.
1864	US post offices begin selling money orders as a safer alternative to sending cash through the mail.
1755	Over 60,000 people die when a powerful earthquake and resulting tsunami combine to level buildings and swamp cities.
1604	William Shakespeare premieres his tragedy, Othello, London's Whitehall Palace theater.