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— Martha Graham
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Today is Tuesday, November 1st, the 305th day of 2022. There are 60 days left in the year. It is Extra Mile Day, Prime Meridian Day, National Calzone Day, National Cinnamon Day, National Deep Fried Clams Day, National Vinegar Day, International Scented Candle Day, and World Vegan Day.
On This Day
In 1520, the Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America connecting the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean, was discovered and navigated by explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
In 1683, the British Crown’s colony of New York was subdivided into 12 counties.
In 1790, Edmund Burke published Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicted that the French Revolution will end in a disaster.
In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln appointed George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.
In 1870, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) made its first meteorological forecast.
In 1897, the first Library of Congress building opened its doors to the public. The library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
In 1922, the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicated.
In 1952, the U.S. successfully detonated Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at Eniwetok Atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent.
In 1982, Honda became the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States, with the opening of its factory in Marysville, Ohio.
In 2000, the Republic of Serbia and Montenegro joined the United Nations.
Today's Birthdays
World Golf Hall of Famer Gary Player is 87. Actor Robert Foxworth is 81. Singer-songwriter and musician Lyle Lovett is 65. Actress Toni Collette is 50.
The Links
The War on Humanity Continues (Brownstone Institute)
“First, they terrify your parents into keeping you indoors on a night you should be enjoying yourselves outside. Then they see to it that wherever you’re allowed to go, you’ll be met by masks — not playful Halloween masks, but terrifyingly real symbols of the mortal danger the propagandists want you to see in every human being from now on, as you learn to be the frightened slaves of a police state that uses you as pawns in its quest for social atomization and absolute control.”
TRUTH COPS: Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinformation (The Intercept)
“How disinformation is defined by the government has not been clearly articulated, and the inherently subjective nature of what constitutes disinformation provides a broad opening for DHS officials to make politically motivated determinations about what constitutes dangerous speech.”
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