1 November — 1512 —
The ceiling is finished. Pope Julius II celebrated the inauguration of Michelangelo’s newly painted Sistine Chapel ceiling with Mass on All Saints’ Day. The decorating had taken about four years.
To finishing the decorating. Eventually.
Read the history Previous reasons ⌄ 9 November · Carl Sagan’s birthday 8 November · Edmond Halley’s birthday 7 November · Marie Curie’s birthday 6 November · Rutgers and Princeton’s first football match 5 November · Susan B. Anthony casts her ballot 4 November · The first step to Tutankhamun’s tomb 3 November · Dewey Defeats Truman: the wrong headline 2 November · The first resident ISS crew 1 November · Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling 31 October · Luther’s Ninety-five Theses 30 October · The War of the Worlds radio broadcast 29 October · ARPANET’s first message 28 October · The Statue of Liberty is dedicated 27 October · DuPont announces nylon 26 October · The Football Association is founded 25 October · Florence Foster Jenkins at Carnegie Hall 24 October · Annie Edson Taylor’s Niagara barrel ride 23 October · Apple unveils the first iPod 22 October · Garnerin’s parachute descent 21 October · An attempt to levitate the Pentagon 20 October · Sydney Opera House opens 19 October · The first Blockbuster video store 18 October · The British Broadcasting Company is formed 17 October · Bobby Fischer’s Game of the Century 16 October · Morton demonstrates ether anaesthesia 15 October · The Gregorian calendar skips ten dates 14 October · Winnie-the-Pooh is published 13 October · Greenwich and the prime meridian 12 October · The royal wedding behind Oktoberfest 11 October · Kathryn Sullivan’s spacewalk 10 October · William Lassell discovers Triton 9 October · The Treaty of Bern and international post 8 October · Percy Spencer’s microwave cooking patent 7 October · The early barcode patent 6 October · The Moulin Rouge opens 5 October · Monty Python’s Flying Circus begins 4 October · Sputnik 1 launches 3 October · Leiden’s relief and the hutspot legend 2 October · Peanuts makes its newspaper debut 1 October · Sony launches the CDP-101 30 September · The first Boeing 747 rolls out 29 September · The Metropolitan Police begin patrols 28 September · Fleming’s penicillin discovery anniversary 27 September · Einstein’s mass–energy paper 26 September · The Beatles release Abbey Road 25 September · Publick Occurrences: a one-issue newspaper 24 September · Giffard’s steam-powered airship 23 September · The discovery of Neptune 22 September · ITV and Britain’s first TV commercial 21 September · The Hobbit is published 20 September · Magellan’s expedition sets sail 19 September · The smiley emoticon is proposed 18 September · Tiffany & Young opens: a disputed date 17 September · Emperor Norton’s proclamation 16 September · The Mayflower leaves Plymouth 15 September · Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens 14 September · IBM’s RAMAC disk storage 13 September · Michelangelo begins David 12 September · Luna 2 launches towards the Moon 11 September · Jenny Lind’s American debut 10 September · Elias Howe’s sewing machine patent 9 September · A moth in the Harvard Mark II 8 September · The first roll of Scotch transparent tape 7 September · Farnsworth’s electronic television 6 September · Piggly Wiggly and self-service shopping 5 September · Voyager 1 launches 4 September · Google is incorporated 3 September · Sweden changes driving sides 2 September · Chemical Bank’s cash machine 1 September · Carrington’s solar storm
Share this toast ↗ Tomorrow’s reason remains tomorrow’s business.
