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Nov 1, 1776: Mission San Juan Capistrano is founded by Father Junipero Serra.

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Nov 1, 1755: The Great Lisbon Earthquake kills over 50,000 people.

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Nov 1, 79: The city of Pompeii is buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.

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Nov 1, 1969: The Beatles' "Abbey Road" album goes #1 in the US, and stays #1 for 11 weeks.

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Nov 1, 1954: American debut of soprano Maria Callas in Bellini's Norma at Lyric Theatre of Chicago.

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Monaco, Scott Nr 1697 (1989)

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Oct 31, 1955: First performance of Symphony No. 2, by Armenian-American composer Alan Hovhaness.

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Oct 31, 1970: Led Zeppelin started a four week run at #1 on the US album chart with Led Zeppelin III

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Oct 31, 1941: Mount Rushmore is completed.

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Oct 31, 1962: Indira Ghandi, Prime Minister of India, is assassinated.

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Oct 31, 1864: Nevada becomes the 36th state of the union.

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Oct 30, 1485: Henry VII of England is crowned.

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Oct 30, 1975: King Juan Caarlos I assumes power in Spain.

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Oct 29, 1923: The Republic of Turkey is founded, after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire . . .

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Oct 29, 1927: Russian archaeologist Peter Kozloff uncovers the tomb of Genghis Khan . . . apparently

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Oct 29, 1618: Sir Walter Raleigh is executed, after rumors of treason against King James.

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Oct 29, 1787: Mozart's opera, “Don Giovanni,” opens in Prague.

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Oct 28, 1915 First performance of Richard Strauss' “Alpine Symphony,” with Strauss conducting . . .

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Oct 28, 312: Constantine the Great defeats Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius at the Mulvian Bridge.

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Oct 28, 1962: Nikita Blinks: Khrushchev announces Soviet missiles will be removed from Cuba.

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Oct 28, 1886: Statue of Liberty dedicated on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island).

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Oct 27, 1971: The Democratic Republic of Congo is renamed Zaire.

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Oct 27, 1809: President James Madison orders the annexation of the western part of West Florida.

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Oct 27, 1957: First performance of Hector Villa-Lobos' “Harmonica Concerto,” in Jerusalem.

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Oct 27, 1986: The New York Mets beat Boston Red Sox in the seventh game of World Series 8-5.

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Austria, Scott Nr 1872 (2002), 1984 (2005)

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Austria, Scott Nr 1869 (2002), 1983 (2005)

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Austria, Scott Nr 1866 (2003), 1981 (2005)

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Austria, Scott Nr 1864 (2003), 1980 (2005)

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Austria, Scott Nr 1862 (2003), 1982 (2005)

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Austria, Scott Nr 1863A (2003), 1979 (2005)

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Oct 26, 1881: The shootout at the O.K Corral.

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Oct 26, 1942: The Japanese attack Guadalcanal, sinking two U.S. carriers.

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Oct 26, 1896: First performance of Antonin Dvorak's symphonic poem, The Golden Spinning Wheel

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Oct 26, 1774: The first Continental Congress concludes in Philadelphia.

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