“I stood upon a high place, And saw, below, many devils Running, leaping, And carousing in sin. One looked up, grinning, And said, “Comrade! Brother!” by American author Stephen Crane who was born on November 1, 1871 in Newark, New Jersey Image of Stephen Crane via Wikimedia Commons, public domain
On November 1, 1938 champion thoroughbreds War Admiral and Seabiscuit raced in the head-to-head “Match of the Century” at Baltimore’s Pimlico racecourse. Practically all sports writers and odds maker favored War Admiral to win but with jockey George Wolff aboard Seabiscuit (both shown) won by four lengths. Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain in the US
On November 1, 1950, White House police officer Leslie William Coffelt made the ultimate sacrifice while defending President Truman during an assassination attempt at The Blair House. After being fatally shot three times, Officer Coffelt was able to return fire and kill one of the two intruders. Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain in the US
“Lititz, Pennsylvania. “Frozen” brand new tractors displayed outside Diem’s farm machinery store. No more farm machinery can be sold since November 1. They hope for some kind of rationing before spring.” – 1942 via LOC, no known restrictions
On November 1, 1848 the first classes commenced at Boston Female Medical College. Image: A print from 1860 of the school after it changed its name to the New England Female Medical College via Wikimedia Commons, public domain
Sergeant Barry Sadler, born November 1, 1940, served and was wounded in Vietnam at a Special Forces medic. His song “Ballad of the Green Berets” spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1966. Sadler was also an author, writing a number of military-fantasy novels in the Casca series. Image via Wikimedia Commons, no known copyright, public domain in the US.
“My dearest friend We arrived here last night, or rather yesterday, at one o Clock and here we dined and Slept. The Building is in a State to be habitable. And now we wish for your Company. The Account you give of the melancholly State of our dear Brother Mr. Cranch and his family is really distressing and must severely afflict you. I most cordially Sympathize with you and them. I have seen only Mr. Marshall and Mr. Stoddert, General Wilkinson and the two Commissioners Mr. Scott and Mr. Thornton. I shall say nothing of public affairs. I am very glad you consented to come on, for you would have been more anxious at Quincy than here, and I, to all my other Solicitudines Mordaces as Horace calls them i.e. “biting Cares” should have added a great deal on your Account. Besides it is fit and proper that you and I should retire together and not one before the other. Before I end my Letter I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof. I shall not attempt a description of it. You will form the best Idea of it from Inspection. Mr. Brisler is very anxious for the arrival of the Man and Women and I am much more so for that of the Ladies. I am with unabated Confidence and affection your John Adams” a letter from John Adams to his wife Abigail. He moved into the White House on November 1, 1800. The letter above was sent the next day. Source: Letters of John Adams, addressed to his wife https://archive.org/details/byhisgransonwife02adamrich/page/267/mode/1up Image via Wikimedia Commons, no known copyright, public domain
A photo of from November 1, 1957 which was the day that the Mackinac Bridge opened in Michigan. The Mackinac Bridge connects Michigan’s Upper and Lower peninsulas. Image via Wikimedia Commons, no known copyright, public domain in the US.
On November 1, 1979 Mamie Eisenhower, the wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, passed away just two weeks before her 83rd birthday. Image of Mamie c. 1952-1961 via Wikimedia Commons, public domain in the US
