november 1 in English

November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in
leap years)
in the
Gregorian Calendar,
with 60 days remaining.

Events
List of 66 items
. 241 -
Battle of
Samhain
fought in
Ireland.
. 996 -
Emperor
Otto III
issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, which is the oldest known 
document using the name
Ostarrîchi
(
Austria
in
Old High German).
. 1512 -
The ceiling of the
Sistine Chapel,
painted by
Michelangelo,
is exhibited to the public for the first time.
. 1520 -
The
Strait of Magellan,
the passage immediately south of mainland
South America,
connecting the
Pacific
and the
Atlantic Oceans,
is first navigated by
Ferdinand Magellan
during his global
circumnavigation
voyage.
. 1592 -
At the
Battle of Busan,
the outnumbered Korean navy defeats a larger Japanese army.
. 1604 -
William Shakespeare'
s tragedy
Othello
is presented for the first time, at
Whitehall Palace
in
London.
. 1611 -
William Shakespeare'
s romantic comedy
The Tempest
is presented for the first time, at
Whitehall Palace
in
London.
. 1612 -
(
22 October
O.S.)
Time of Troubles
in Russia:
Moscow
Kitai-gorod
taken by
Russian
troops under command of
Dmitry Pozharsky
. 1683 -
The
British
crown colony of
New York
is subdivided into 12
counties.
. 1755 -
Lisbon earthquake:
In
Portugal,
Lisbon
is destroyed by a massive
earthquake
and
tsunami,
killing between sixty and ninety thousand people.
. 1765 -
The
British Parliament
enacts the
Stamp Act
on the
13 colonies
in order to help pay for
British
military operations in
North America.
. 1790 -
Edmund Burke
publishes
Reflections on the Revolution in France,
in which he predicts that the
French Revolution
will end in disaster.
. 1800 -
US President
John Adams
becomes the first
President of the United States
to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the
White House).
. 1802 -
Delegates met at
Chillicothe, Ohio
to form a state
constitutional convention.
. 1848 -
In
Boston, Massachusetts,
the first
medical school
for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which will later merge with
Boston University School of Medicine),
opens.
. 1859 -
The current
Cape Lookout,
North Carolina,
lighthouse
is lighted for the first time. Its first-order
Fresnel lens
can be seen for 19 miles (30 kilometers).
. 1861 -
American Civil War:
US President
Abraham Lincoln
appoints
George McClellan
as commander of the
Union Army,
replacing the aged General
Winfield Scott.
. 1870 -
In the
United States,
the Weather Bureau (later renamed the
National Weather Service)
makes its first official
meteorological
forecast.
. 1871 -
The
Stamford
to
Bourne, Lincolnshire
turnpike
road was freed from tolls.
. 1876 -
New Zealand'
s
provincial government
system is dissolved.
. 1884 -
The
Gaelic Athletic Association
is set up in Hayes's Hotel in
Thurles,
County Tipperary.
. 1894 -
Nicholas II
becomes the new Tsar of
Russia
after his father,
Alexander III,
dies.
. 1896 -
A picture showing the naked
breasts
of a woman appears in
National Geographic
magazine for the first time.
. 1897 -
The major
Italian
football team
Juventus F.C.
was founded.
. 1901 -
Sigma Phi Epsilon,
a national men's collegiate
fraternity
is established at
Richmond College,
in
Richmond, VA.
. 1911 -
The first dropping of a bomb from an airplane in combat, during the
Italo-Turkish War.
. 1914 -
World War I:
the first
British
naval defeat of the war, the
Battle of Coronel
is fought off of the coast of
Chile.
. 1918 -
Malbone Street Wreck:
the worst
rapid transit
accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and 
Flatbush Avenue,
Brooklyn,
New York City,
with at least 93
dead.
. 1918 - Western
Ukraine
gains
independence
from
Austria-Hungary
. 1922 -
The last sultan of the
Ottoman Empire,
Mehmed VI,
abdicates.
. 1939 -
The first
rabbit
born after
artificial insemination
is shown to the world.
. 1943 -
World War II:
Operation Goodtime
launched -
United States Marines
invade
Bougainville
in the
Solomon Islands.
. 1943 -
World War II:
In support of the landings on Bougainville, U.S. carrier aircraft
attack
the main Japanese base at
Rabaul.
. 1944 -
World War II:
Operation Infatuate
launched - The
British Army
land at
Walcheren
in the
Netherlands.
. 1945 -
The official
North Korean
newspaper,
Rodong Sinmun,
is first published under the name Chongro.
. 1948 -
Off southern
Manchuria,
6,000 are killed as a
Chinese
merchant ship explodes and sinks.
. 1950 -
Puerto Rican
nationalists
Griselio Torresola
and
Oscar Collazo
attempt to assassinate US President
Harry S. Truman
at Blair House.
. 1950 - Pope
Pius XII
witnesses the "
Miracle of the Sun"
while at the
Vatican"
[1]
. 1950 -
Pope Pius XII
claims
Papal Infallibility
when he formally
defines the dogma
of the
Assumption of Mary.
. 1951 -
US
soldiers are exposed to an
atomic explosion
for training purposes in
Desert Rock,
Nevada
; participation was not voluntary.
. 1952 -
Operation Ivy -
The
United States
successfully detonates the first
hydrogen bomb,
codenamed "Mike" ["m" for megaton], at
Eniwetok
island in the
Bikini atoll
located in the
Pacific Ocean.
. 1954 -
The
Front de Libération Nationale
fires the first shots of the
Algerian War of Independence.
. 1955 -
A
United Airlines
DC-6B explodes in mid-air and crashes near Longmont,
Colorado,
killing 44 people
. 1956 -
Formation of Indian State of
Andhra Pradesh
with its capital as
Hyderabad,
formerly known as
Nizam
State.
. 1956-
Formation of the Indian state of
Karnataka
(1973), formerly known as
Mysore State.
. 1956 - Formation of
Kerala
state in
India.
. 1957 -
The
Mackinac Bridge,
the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to 
traffic connecting Michigan's two peninsulas.
. 1960 -
While campaigning for
President of the United States,
John F. Kennedy
announces his idea of the
Peace Corps.
. 1963 -
The
Arecibo Observatory
in
Arecibo,
Puerto Rico,
with the largest
radio telescope
ever constructed, officially opens.
. 1966 -
The
National Football League
grants
New Orleans, Louisiana
a professional football franchise, the
New Orleans Saints.
. 1969 -
After seven years off the top of the charts,
Elvis Presley
hits number one on the
Billboard Hot 100
chart with his song "
Suspicious Minds."
. 1970 -
A fire at a dance hall in
Saint-Laurent-du-Pont,
France
kills 144 young people.
. 1973 -
Watergate Scandal:
Leon Jaworski
is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
. 1974 -
Hello Kitty,
was first drawn by Japanese Sanrio designer Ikuko Shimizu.
. 1980 -
Wayanad
district formed in the state of
Kerala,
India.
. 1981 -
Antigua and Barbuda
gain independence from the
United Kingdom.
. 1982 -
S4C
launches in the
United Kingdom.
. 1990 -
A
New York City
civil jury awards
Sandra Miller
$100 for battery after an incident in which
Mike Tyson
grabbed her breasts and insulted her; the jury found Tyson's behavior "not 
outrageous".
. 1993 -
The
Maastricht Treaty
takes effect, formally establishing the
European Union.
. 1994 -
George Lucas
leaves the day-to-day operations of his filmmaking business and starts a 
sabbatical. While on sabbatical, he writes the prequel section of the
Star Wars
movies.
. 1994 - The
Chijon Family
is sentenced to death in
South Korea
for murdering and
eating
five people.
. 1998 -
The
European Court of Human Rights
is instituted.
. 2004 -
Vendetta Online
is released.
. 2005 -
Makybe Diva
wins her third consecutive
Melbourne Cup
race.
. 2005 - First part of the
Gomery Report,
which discusses allegations of political money manipulation, is released in
Canada.
. 2005 - The
U.S. Senate
enters a rare
closed session
to discuss the
Plame affair
and intelligence in the
Iraq disarmament crisis.
list end

Births
List of 76 items
. 846 -
Louis the Stammerer,
King of West Francia (d.
879)
. 1339 -
Duke
Rudolf IV of Austria
(d.
1365)
. 1351 -
Duke
Leopold III of Austria
(d.
1386)
. 1530 -
Étienne de La Boétie,
French judge and writer (d.
1563)
. 1539 -
Pierre Pithou,
French lawyer and scholar (d.
1596)
. 1567 -
Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar,
Spanish diplomat (d.
1626)
. 1578 -
Dmitry Pozharsky,
Russian prince (d.
1642)
. 1585 -
Jan Brozek,
Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (d.
1652)
. 1607 -
Georg Philipp Harsdorffer,
German poet (d.
1658)
. 1611 -
François-Marie, comte de Broglie,
Italian-born French commander (d.
1656)
. 1636 -
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux,
French poet and critic (d.
1711)
. 1643 -
John Strype,
English historian and biographer (d.
1737)
. 1661 -
Florent Carton Dancourt,
French dramatist and actor (d.
1725)
. 1704 -
Paul Daniel Longolius,
German encylopedist (d.
1779)
. 1720 -
Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte,
French admiral (d.
1791)
. 1727 -
Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov,
founder of the
Moscow University
(d.
1797)
. 1762 -
Spencer Perceval,
Prime Minister of Great Britain
(d.
1812)
. 1778 -
Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden
(d.
1837)
. 1808 -
John Taylor,
American religious leader (d.
1887)
. 1860 -
Boies Penrose,
United States Senator from Pennsylvania (d.
1921)
. 1871 -
Stephen Crane,
American writer (d.
1900)
. 1877 -
Roger Quilter,
British composer (d.
1953)
. 1878 -
Konrad Mägi,
Estonian painter (d.
1925)
. 1878 -
Carlos Saavedra Lamas,
Argentine politician, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize
(d.
1959)
. 1880 -
Sholom Asch,
Polish-born American writer (d.
1957)
. 1880 -
Grantland Rice,
American sports writer (d.
1954)
. 1880 -
Alfred Wegener,
German meteorologist and geophysicist (d.
1930)
. 1881 -
Edward Van Sloan,
American actor (d.
1964)
. 1886 -
Hermann Broch,
Austrian author (d.
1951)
. 1887 -
L. S. Lowry,
British painter of industrial scenes (d.
1976)
. 1889 -
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker,
Canadian-born peace activist, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize
(d.
1982)
. 1892 -
Alexander Alekhine,
Russian-born chess player (d.
1946)
. 1902 -
Eugen Jochum,
German conductor (d.
1987)
. 1903 -
Max Adrian,
Irish actor (d.
1973)
. 1914 -
Moshe Teitelbaum,
Hassidic rabbi (d.
2006)
. 1923 -
Gordon R. Dickson,
Canadian author (d.
2001)
. 1923 -
Victoria de los Angeles,
Catalan soprano (d.
2005)
. 1926 -
Lou Donaldson,
American jazz alto saxophonist
. 1929 -
Betsy Palmer,
American actress
. 1929 -
Nicholas Mavroules,
U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts (d.
2003)
. 1934 -
Umberto Agnelli,
Swiss-born automobile executive (d.
2004)
. 1934 -
William Mathias,
British composer (d.
1992)
. 1935 -
Gary Player,
South African golfer
. 1935 -
Edward Said,
Palestinian-born literary critic (d.
2003)
. 1939 -
Barbara Bosson,
American actress
. 1940 -
Ramesh Chandra Lahoti,
Chief Justice of India
. 1941 -
Alfio Basile,
Boca Juniors head coach
. 1942 -
Larry Flynt,
American magazine publisher
. 1942 -
Ralph Klein,
Premier of Alberta
. 1946 -
Dennis Muren,
American special effects artist
. 1946 -
Ric Grech,
English rock bassist (
Family,
Ginger Baker's Air Force,
Traffic)
(d.
1990)
. 1948 -
James Richard Steinman
American songwriter
. 1949 -
Michael D. Griffin,
NASA
chief administrator
. 1950 -
Robert B. Laughlin,
American physicist,
Nobel Prize
laureate
. 1957 -
Lyle Lovett,
American singer
. 1957 -
Carlos Paião,
Portuguese singer (d.
1988)
. 1960 -
Fernando Valenzuela,
Major League Baseball pitcher (
Los Angeles Dodgers)
. 1962 -
Anthony Kiedis,
American singer (
Red Hot Chili Peppers)
. 1963 -
Rick Allen,
British drummer (
Def Leppard)
. 1963 -
Monty Sopp,
American professional wrestler
. 1966 -
Barbara Becker,
German actress; ex-wife of
Boris Becker
. 1967 -
Sophie B. Hawkins,
American musician
. 1967 -
Tina Arena,
Australian singer
. 1969 -
Tie Domi,
Canadian hockey player
. 1971 -
Vikram Chatwal,
Indian Hotelier
. 1972 -
Toni Collette,
Australian actress
. 1972 -
Paul Dickov,
Scottish footballer
. 1972 -
Jenny McCarthy,
American actress/TV personality
. 1973 -
Aishwarya Rai,
Indian actress
. 1973 -
Geoff Horsfield,
English footballer
. 1974 -
VVS Laxman,
Indian cricketer
. 1976 -
Matt Chapman,
American cartoonist and voice actor
. 1978 -
Manju Warrier,
Indian actress
. 1979 -
Coco Crisp,
baseball player
. 1979 -
Milan Dudic,
Serbia and Montenegro football player
. 1985 -
Dizzee Rascal,
British rapper
list end

Deaths
List of 30 items
. 1296 -
Guillaume Durand,
French writer
. 1391 -
Amadeus VII of Savoy
(b.
1360)
. 1399 -
John V, Duke of Brittany
(b.
1339)
. 1546 -
Giulio Romano,
Italian painter
. 1588 -
Jean Daurat,
French poet (b.
1508)
. 1596 -
Pierre Pithou,
French lawyer and scholar (b.
1539)
. 1642 -
Jean Nicolet,
French explorer (b.
1598)
. 1676 -
Gisbertus Voetius,
Dutch theologian (b.
1589)
. 1678 -
William Coddington,
first Governor of Rhode Island (b.
1601)
. 1700 -
Charles II of Spain
(b.
1661)
. 1814 -
Alexander Samoylov,
Russian general and statesman (b.
1744)
. 1888 -
Nikolai Przhevalsky,
Russian explorer (b.
1838)
. 1894 -
Tsar
Alexander III of Russia
(b.
1845)
. 1903 -
Theodor Mommsen,
German writer,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b.
1817)
. 1907 -
Alfred Jarry,
French writer (b.
1873).
. 1942 -
Hugo Distler,
German composer (b.
1908)
. 1972 -
Ezra Pound,
American poet (b.
1885)
. 1979 -
Mamie Eisenhower,
First Lady of the United States
(b.
1896)
. 1982 -
King Vidor,
American film director (b.
1894)
. 1983 -
George "Papa Bear" Halas,
player, coach, owner and pioneer in professional football (b.
1895)
. 1983 -
Anthony van Hoboken,
Dutch musicologist (b.
1887)
. 1985 -
Phil Silvers,
American actor and comedian (b.
1911)
. 1987 -
René Lévesque,
Premier of Quebec (b.
1922)
. 1993 -
Severo Ochoa,
Spanish-born biochemist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
(b.
1905)
. 1999 -
Walter Payton,
American football player (b.
1954)
. 2003 -
Anton Gustafsson,
better known as Anton Maiden. Infamous Swedish Iron Maiden fan (b.
1980)
. 2004 -
Mac Dre,
American rap artist (b.
1970)
. 2004 -
Terry Knight,
American music promoter (
Grand Funk Railroad)
(murdered) (b.
1943)
. 2005 -
Skitch Henderson,
English-born bandleader (b.
1918)
. 2005 -
Michael Piller,
American screenwriter (b.
1948)
list end
Deaths
List of 30 items
. 1296 -
Guillaume Durand,
French writer
. 1391 -
Amadeus VII of Savoy
(b.
1360)
. 1399 -
John V, Duke of Brittany
(b.
1339)
. 1546 -
Giulio Romano,
Italian painter
. 1588 -
Jean Daurat,
French poet (b.
1508)
. 1596 -
Pierre Pithou,
French lawyer and scholar (b.
1539)
. 1642 -
Jean Nicolet,
French explorer (b.
1598)
. 1676 -
Gisbertus Voetius,
Dutch theologian (b.
1589)
. 1678 -
William Coddington,
first Governor of Rhode Island (b.
1601)
. 1700 -
Charles II of Spain
(b.
1661)
. 1814 -
Alexander Samoylov,
Russian general and statesman (b.
1744)
. 1888 -
Nikolai Przhevalsky,
Russian explorer (b.
1838)
. 1894 -
Tsar
Alexander III of Russia
(b.
1845)
. 1903 -
Theodor Mommsen,
German writer,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b.
1817)
. 1907 -
Alfred Jarry,
French writer (b.
1873).
. 1942 -
Hugo Distler,
German composer (b.
1908)
. 1972 -
Ezra Pound,
American poet (b.
1885)
. 1979 -
Mamie Eisenhower,
First Lady of the United States
(b.
1896)
. 1982 -
King Vidor,
American film director (b.
1894)
. 1983 -
George "Papa Bear" Halas,
player, coach, owner and pioneer in professional football (b.
1895)
. 1983 -
Anthony van Hoboken,
Dutch musicologist (b.
1887)
. 1985 -
Phil Silvers,
American actor and comedian (b.
1911)
. 1987 -
René Lévesque,
Premier of Quebec (b.
1922)
. 1993 -
Severo Ochoa,
Spanish-born biochemist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
(b.
1905)
. 1999 -
Walter Payton,
American football player (b.
1954)
. 2003 -
Anton Gustafsson,
better known as Anton Maiden. Infamous Swedish Iron Maiden fan (b.
1980)
. 2004 -
Mac Dre,
American rap artist (b.
1970)
. 2004 -
Terry Knight,
American music promoter (
Grand Funk Railroad)
(murdered) (b.
1943)
. 2005 -
Skitch Henderson,
English-born bandleader (b.
1918)
. 2005 -
Michael Piller,
American screenwriter (b.
1948)
list end

Holidays and observances
List of 8 items
. Roman festivals -
last day of the Ludi Victoriae Sullanae.
. Catholicism -
Holy Day of Obligation,
All Saints Day.
Holiday in
Austria,
Belgium,
Croatia,
France,
Germany,
Hungary,
Italy,
Lithuania,
Mexico,
the
Philippines,
Poland,
Portugal,
Seychelles,
Slovenia,
Spain,
Guatemala.
. Also see
November 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
. Algeria -
National day
. Antigua and Barbuda -
Independence Day
(from Britain,
1981)
. Ireland -
Samhain
the traditional first day of
Winter
. World Vegan Day
. United States -
Start of
National Novel Writing Month
list end


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