This Day In History

November 1st

All Saint's Day

1765  British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act in the American Colonies.
1864  The US Postal Service made money orders available as a safe way for payments via mail.
1940  Abbott & Costello, one of the most famous comedy teams in history (and also both from New Jersey), released their first film, A Night in the Tropics.
1848  The first medical school in the US for women opened in Boston, Massachusetts.
1950  2 Puerto Rican radical nationalists attempt to assasinate US President Harry S. Truman.
1950  Charles Cooper of the Boston Celtics became the first black man to play in the National Basketball Association.
1968  The movie rating system (G, M, R, X, and now PG-13 and NC-17) was inagurated.

1920  TV Journalist James J. Kilpatrick
1942  Hustler Magazine Publisher Larry Flynt
1942  Actress Marcia Wallace
1944  Musician Chris Morris
1957  Singer Lyle Lovett
1960  Baseball Pitcher Fernando Valenzuela
1962  Musician Rick Allen

1959

• Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin

• Don't You Know - Della Reese

• Primrose Lane - Jerry Wallace

• The Three Bells - The Browns

1967

• To Sir with Love - Lulu

• Your Precious Love - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

• A Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin

• I Don't Wanna Play House - Tammy Wynette

1975

• Island Girl - Elton John

• Calypso/I'm Sorry - John Denver

• Who Loves You - Four Seasons

• (Turn Out the Light and) Love Me Tonight - Don Williams

1983

• All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie

• True - Spandau Ballet

• King of Pain - The Police

• Islands in the Stream - Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton

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