Leslie Coffelt’s Last Stand: The Gunfight at Blair House
On November 1, 1950, two Puerto Rican nationalists, Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola, attempted to assassinate President Harry S. Truman at Blair House in Washington, D.C. Truman and First Lady ...
A Cold House for a New Republic: John Adams Moves into the Executive Mansion
On November 1, 1800, President John Adams became the first president to take up residence in the President’s House in Washington, D.C. The mansion was unfinished but habitable—a distinction that ...
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The Anxiety of the Shore: Winslow Homer’s “Dad’s Coming!”
Published in Harper’s Weekly on November 1, 1873, the wood engraving Dad’s Coming! captures a quiet moment of anticipation along the New England coast. Based on a composition by Winslow Homer, the scene shows ...
The Underdog’s Triumph: Seabiscuit and the Race of the Century
On November 1, 1938, an estimated 40,000 spectators packed Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, while more than 40 million listeners followed by radio. The highly anticipated match race pitted ...
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The Passing of the Old Wells: Weissbein’s Roadhouse Pump
On November 1, 1898, photographer James Reuel Smith recorded an unidentified boy working the pump well outside Weissbein’s roadhouse on Caton Street in Brooklyn. The scene preserves an everyday task ...
Awakening from Symphonic Slumbers: The Birth of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
The November 1, 1919, cover of the Pacific Coast Musical Review paired the portraits of philanthropist William Andrews Clark Jr. and conductor Walter Henry Rothwell—the financial patron and first musical ...
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The Gridiron Clash at the Coliseum
On November 1, 1953, a crowd of 93,751 packed the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as the Los Angeles Rams faced the defending NFL champion Detroit Lions. The afternoon belonged to ...
Opening Medicine to Women: The Boston Female Medical College
On November 1, 1848, twelve women began classes at the Boston Female Medical College, an institution that Boston University identifies as the first in the United States to teach medical ...
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From Green Beret to Balladeer: The Complicated Life of Barry Sadler
Born in Carlsbad, New Mexico, on November 1, 1940, Barry Sadler became an unlikely figure at the intersection of military service and American popular culture. Serving as a Green Beret ...
