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Quote:Dia de los Muertos
The Day of the Dead - Sonoran Desert Holiday.
1512
Artist Michelangelo unveils his 5,808-square-foot masterpiece, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.
1604
William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is performed for the first time.
1611
William Shakespeare's play The Tempest is performed for the first time.
1871
Author Stephen Crane (The Red Badge of Courage) born in Newark, NJ.
1938
Beginning date of Malcolm Lowry's novel Under the Volcano.
Seabiscuit defeats Triple Crown winner War Admiral in a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
1941
Photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture called Moonrise Hernandez, New Mexico.
It will become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.
1950
Puerto Rican nationalists attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.
1957
Singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett born in Klein, Texas.
1963
South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem assassinated.
