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Historical events & facts — November 1
What happened on November 1?
On November 1, 1952, the United States detonated the first hydrogen bomb in history at Elugelab atoll in the Marshall Islands. The device, codenamed Ivy Mike, was 700 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb and completely vaporised the island. The USSR responded by detonating its own hydrogen bomb nine months later.
On November 1, 1954, the Algerian National Liberation Front launched a coordinated series of attacks against French targets, beginning the Algerian War of Independence. The conflict, one of the bloodiest of decolonisation, lasted eight years and cost the lives of more than 300,000 Algerians. Algeria gained independence on July 5, 1962.
On November 1, 1755, a devastating earthquake followed by a tsunami and great fires destroyed the city of Lisbon during the All Saints' Day festivities. Between 10,000 and 100,000 people died. The disaster shocked Enlightenment Europe and was debated by philosophers such as Voltaire and Rousseau, who questioned the idea of a benevolent divine providence.
Notable birthdays — November 1
Famous people born on November 1
Louis, Grand Dauphin
Louis, Dauphin of France, commonly known as le Grand Dauphin, was the eldest son of King Louis XIV and his spouse, Maria Theresa of Spain and heir apparent to the French throne.
Michał Sopoćko
Michael Sopoćko was a Polish Catholic priest and professor at Vilnius University. He is best known as the spiritual director of Faustina Kowalska. He was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2008.
Harald Quandt
Harald Friedrich Ludwig Quandt was a German industrialist, the son of Günther Quandt and Magda Behrend Ritschel. His parents divorced, and his mother was later married to Joseph Goebbels, the chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to 1945.
Vic Power
Victor Felipe Pellot Pové, known professionally as Vic Power, was a Puerto Rican professional baseball first baseman. He played twelve seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia / Kansas City Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles / California Angels, and Philadelphia Phillies, from 1954 through 1965.
Shizuka Kamei
Shizuka Kamei is a Japanese retired politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1979 to 2017. He was a faction leader in the Liberal Democratic Party, but left in opposition to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in 2005 and founded the People's New Party.
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