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What happened on November 1 in American history
November 1 is the 305th day of the year (the 306th in leap years). Patriot Compass has published 6 stories from November 1 spanning 1765 to 1952. Among them: in 1765, the Stamp Act takes effect; colonial paper now needs a stamp from London; and in 1800, Adams moves into the unfinished Executive Mansion, the first president to live there.
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The Stamp Act takes effect; colonial paper now needs a stamp from London
A week after the Stamp Act Congress adjourned in New York, the first direct tax Parliament has laid on the colonies comes due.
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Adams moves into the unfinished Executive Mansion, the first president to live there
The capital has just left Philadelphia for Washington, and the house is still under construction around him.
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Lincoln names McClellan to command the Union Army, replacing Winfield Scott
McClellan has outranked every officer but Scott since May; now Scott's post is his.
1941
Without his light meter, Ansel Adams guesses the exposure for a moon rising over Hernandez
He gets one negative; the sun leaves the white crosses seconds before he can make a second.
1944
A lone Superfortress crosses Tokyo at 32,000 feet, and Japan's fighters cannot reach it
Captain Ralph Steakley's crew photographs the plants west of the city under a cloudless sky while the interceptors climb to within 3,000 feet and fall short.
1952
U.S. detonates Ivy Mike at Enewetak; Elugelab Island is gone
The 7:15 a.m. shot, fired just before a presidential election, yields 10.4 megatons from a device more than twenty feet tall.
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