On this day: November 1

POSTED: 10:34 PM PDT Oct 31, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Oct 31, 2012 

The Sistine Chapel's ceiling is unveiled, the National Weather Service makes its first forecast, the U.S. explodes its first hydrogen bomb, and Honda opens its first U.S. factory, all on this day.

OTD November 1 - Malbone Street Wreck
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1918: The worst rapid transit accident in U.S. history occurs with a Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company train derailing under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, N.Y., with at least 93 deaths.

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