Today is Tuesday, Nov. 1, the 306th day of 2016. There are 60 days left in the year. This is All Saints Day.

Today’s birthdays: Golfer Gary Player is 81. Magazine publisher Larry Flynt is 74. Country singer-humorist Kinky Friedman is 72. Music producer David Foster is 67. Country singer Lyle Lovett is 59. Apple chief executive Tim Cook is 56. Singer Sophie B. Hawkins is 52. Actress Toni Collette is 44. Actress-talk show host Jenny McCarthy is 44. Actress Aishwarya Rai is 43.

In 1478, the Spanish Inquisition was established.

In 1765, the Stamp Act, passed by the British Parliament, went into effect, prompting stiff resistance from American colonists.

In 1950, two Puerto Rican nationalists tried to force their way into Blair House in Washington, D.C., in a failed attempt to assassinate President Harry S. Truman.

In 1952, the United States exploded the first hydrogen bomb at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

In 1968, the Motion Picture Association of America unveiled its new voluntary film rating system: G for general, M for mature (later changed to GP, then PG), R for restricted and X (later changed to NC-17) for adults only.

In 1989, East Germany reopened its border with Czechoslovakia, prompting tens of thousands of refugees to flee to the West.

In 2006, Senator John Kerry apologized to ‘‘any service member, family member or American’’ offended by his ‘‘botched joke’’ about how young people might get ‘‘stuck in Iraq’’ if they didn’t study hard and do their homework.