What happened on November 1? There are more than 319 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About November 1
November 1 is the 306th day of the year 2024. There are 60 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday. This day falls under the 44th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Seal Rock, Oregon 97376 sunrise occured at 07:53 AM and sunset occured at 06:06 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Scorpio. The modern birthstone for this month is Topaz while the mystical birthstone is Pearl.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 89 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For November 1
- 365The Alamanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities.
- 996Emperor 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).
- 1179Philip II is crowned King of France.
- 1348The anti-royalist Union of Valencia attacks the Jews of Murviedro on the pretext that they are serfs of the King of Valencia and thus “royalists.”
- 1512The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
- 1520The Strait of Magellan is discovered, the passage immediately south of mainland South America, connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first navigated by Ferdinand Magellan during the first global circumnavigation voyage.
- 1555French Huguenots establish the France Antarctique colony in present-day Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- 1604William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
- 1611William 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, is captured by Russian troops under command of Dmitry Pozharsky
- 1683The British crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.
- 1688William III of Orange sets out a second time from Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands to invade England, Scotland and Ireland from King James II of England during the Glorious Revolution.
- 1755Lisbon earthquake: In Portugal, Lisbon is destroyed by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between sixty thousand and ninety thousand people.
- 1765The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the 13 colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.
- 1790Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in a disaster.
- 1800US President John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).
- 1805Napoleon Bonaparte invades Austria during the War of the Third Coalition.
- 1814Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France, in the Napoleonic Wars.
- 1848In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with the Boston University School of Medicine), opens.
- 1859The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse is lit for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for about 19 miles (30 kilometers), in good conditions.
- 1861American Civil War: US President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.
- 1870In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.
- 1876New Zealand’s provincial government system is dissolved.
- 1884The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes’s Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
- 1886Ananda College, a leading Buddhist school in Sri Lanka is established with 37 students.
- 1894Nicholas II becomes the new Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
- 1896A picture showing the unclad (bare) breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
- 1897The first Library of Congress building opened its doors to the public. The Library had been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
- 1901Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, VA.
- 1911The first dropping of a bomb from an airplane in combat, during the Italo-Turkish War.
- 1914World War I: the first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth.
- 1915Parris Island is officially designated a US Marine Corps Recruit Depot.
- 1916Paul Miliukov delivers in the State Duma the famous “stupidity or treason” speech, precipitating the downfall of the Boris Stürmer government.
- 1918Malbone 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 deaths.
- 1918Western Ukraine gains its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
- 1920American Fishing Schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian Fishing Schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax.
- 1922The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.
- 1928The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replacing the version of the Arabic alphabet previously used, comes into force in Turkey.
- 1937Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan’s Lutheran community.
- 1938Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed “the match of the century” in horse racing.
- 1939The first rabbit born after artificial insemination is exhibited to the world.
- 1941American photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.
- 1942Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 4.
- 1943World War II: Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, United States Marines, the 3rd Marine Division, land on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands.
- 1943World War II: In support of the landings on Bougainville, U.S. aircraft carrier forces attack the huge Japanese base at Rabaul.
- 1944World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren in the Netherlands.
- 1945Australia joins the United Nations.
- 1945The official North Korean newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, is first published under the name Chongro.
- 1946The New York Knicks played against the Toronto Huskies at the Maple Leaf Gardens, in the first Basketball Association of America game. The Knicks would win 68–66.
- 1948Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople is enthroned.
- 1948Off southern Manchuria, 6,000 people are killed as a Chinese merchant ship explodes and sinks.
- 1950Pope Pius XII claims Papal Infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
- 1950Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.
- 1951Operation Buster-Jangle: 6,500 American soldiers are exposed to ‘Desert Rock’atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Participation is not voluntary.
- 1952Operation Ivy – The United States successfully detonates the first large hydrogen bomb, codenamed “Mike” [“M” for megaton], in the Eniwetok atoll, located in the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean. The explosion had a yield of 10 megatons.
- 1953Andhra Pradesh attained statehood on 1 November 1953, with Kurnool as its capital.
- 1954The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.
- 1955The bombing of United Airlines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas DC-6B airliner.
- 1956In India, Kanyakumari district was joined to Tamilnadu state from Kerala.
- 1956The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore state are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act.
- 1957The Mackinac Bridge, the world’s longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas.
- 1959In Rwanda, Hutu politician Dominique Mbonyumutwa is beaten up by Tutsi forces, leading to a period of violence known as the wind of destruction.
- 1959Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jacques Plante wears a protective mask for the first time in an NHL game.
- 1960While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.
- 196150,000 women in 60 cities participate in the inaugural Women Strike for Peace (WSP) against nuclear proliferation.
- 1963The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens.
- 1966The New Orleans Saints football team is founded.
- 1968The Motion Picture Association of America’s film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.
- 1970Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France kills 146 young people.
- 1973The Indian state of Mysore is renamed as Karnataka to represent all the regions within Karunadu.
- 1973Watergate Scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
- 1981Antigua and Barbuda gain independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1982Honda becomes the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States with the opening of their factory in Marysville, Ohio. The Honda Accord is the first car produced there.
- 1993The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.
- 2000Serbia joins the United Nations.
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Who Were Born On November 1?
- 846Louis the Stammerer, King of West Francia (d. 879)
- 1339Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (d. 1365)
- 1351Duke Leopold III of Austria (d. 1386)
- 1526Queen Catherine Jagellonica of Poland (d. 1583)
- 1530Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer (d. 1563)
- 1539Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (d. 1596)
- 1549Anna of Austria, consort of Philip II of Spain (d. 1580)
- 1567Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (d. 1626)
- 1578Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (d. 1642)
- 1585Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (d. 1652)
- 1607Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, German poet (d. 1658)
- 1611François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (d. 1656)
- 1629St. Oliver Plunkett, Irish Catholic martyr (d. 1681)
- 1636Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (d. 1711)
- 1643John Strype, English historian and biographer (d. 1737)
- 1661Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (d. 1725)
- 1704Paul Daniel Longolius, German encyclopedist (d. 1779)
- 1720Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (d. 1791)
- 1727Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, Russian educator (d. 1797)
- 1757Antonio Canova, Italian artist (d. 1822)
- 1762Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1812)
- 1778Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (d. 1837)
- 1782Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, British statesman (d. 1859)
- 1808John Taylor, American religious figure (d. 1887)
- 1838Khedrup Gyatso, 11th Dalai Lama (d. 1856)
- 1847Emma Albani, Canadian soprano (d. 1930)
- 1847Emperor Hiep Hoa, the sixth emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn Dynasty (d. 1883)
- 1852Honinbo Shuei, Japanese professional board game player (d. 1907)
- 1859Charles Brantley Aycock, 50th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina (d. 1912)
- 1860Boies Penrose, American politician (d. 1921)
- 1862Johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer and organist (d. 1941)
- 1864Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna (d. 1918)
- 1871Stephen Crane, American writer (d. 1900)
- 1872Louis Dewis, Belgian artist (d. 1946)
- 1877Roger Quilter, British composer (d. 1953)
- 1878Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1959)
- 1878Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter (d. 1925)
- 1880Alfred Wegener, German meteorologist and geophysicist (d. 1930)
- 1880Grantland Rice, American sports writer (d. 1954)
- 1880Sholom Asch, Polish-born American writer (d. 1957)
- 1881Edward Van Sloan, American actor (d. 1964)
- 1881Perikles Ioannidis, Greek admiral (d. 1965)
- 1886Hermann Broch, Austrian author (d. 1951)
- 1886Sakutarō Hagiwara, Japanese writer (d. 1942)
- 1887L. S. Lowry, British painter (d. 1976)
- 1889Hannah Höch, German Dada artist (d. 1978)
- 1889Philip Noel-Baker, British-born Canadian diplomat and activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1982)
- 1896Edmund Blunden, English poet, author and critic (d. 1974)
- 1898Arthur Legat, Belgian racing driver (d. 1960)
- 1902Eugen Jochum, German conductor (d. 1987)
- 1902Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian lyric poet (d. 1943)
- 1903Edward Greeves, Australian rules footballer (d. 1963)
- 1903Max Adrian, Irish actor (d. 1973)
- 1905Paul-Émile Borduas, Quebec painter (d. 1960)
- 1906Johnny Indrisano, American boxer and actor (d. 1968)
- 1907Max “Slapsie Maxie” Rosenbloom, American boxer (d. 1976)
- 1911Henri Troyat, French author and historian (d. 2007)
- 1912Gunther Plaut, German-born Canadian rabbi and writer
- 1914Moshe Teitelbaum, Hungarian Hassidic rabbi (d. 2006)
- 1917Clarence E. Miller, American politician (d. 2011)
- 1917Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, American artist and writer (d. 2010)
- 1919Hermann Bondi, Anglo-Austrian cosmologist (d. 2005)
- 1920James Kilpatrick, American journalist (d. 2010)
- 1920Ted Lowe, English snooker commentator (d. 2011)
- 1921John W. Peterson, American songwriter (d. 2006)
- 1922George S. Irving, American actor
- 1923Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian author (d. 2001)
- 1923Victoria de los Angeles, Spanish soprano (d. 2005)
- 1924Colette Renard, French actress and singer (d. 2010)
- 1924Jean-Luc Pépin, French Canadian politician (d. 1995)
- 1924Süleyman Demirel, Turkish politician
- 1926Betsy Palmer, American actress
- 1926Lou Donaldson, American jazz alto saxophonist
- 1927Victor Pellot, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2005)
- 1928Emmaline Henry, American actress (d. 1979)
- 1929Nicholas Mavroules, American politician (d. 2003)
- 1930A. R. Gurney, American playwright
- 1931Chosuke Ikariya, Japanese comedian (d. 2004)
- 1931Shunsuke Kikuchi, Japanese composer
- 1932Al Arbour, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1932Francis Arinze, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate
- 1932John Clark, English actor/director
- 1934Gillian Knight, English mezzo-soprano
- 1934Umberto Agnelli, Italian automobile executive (d. 2004)
- 1934William Mathias, British composer (d. 1992)
- 1935Edward Said, Palestinian-born literary critic (d. 2003)
- 1935Gary Player, South African golfer
- 1936Eddie Colman, English footballer (d. 1958)
- 1936Katsuhisa Hattori, Japanese composer
- 1936Shizuka Kamei, Japanese politician
- 1937Bill Anderson, American country music singer and songwriter
- 1939Barbara Bosson, American actress
- 1940Barry Sadler, American singer (d. 1989)
- 1940Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, Indian jurist
- 1941Alfio Basile, Argentine football coach
- 1941Robert Foxworth, American actor
- 1942Larry Flynt, American adult magazine publisher
- 1942Marcia Wallace, American actress
- 1942Ralph Klein, Canadian politician
- 1943Jacques Attali, French economist
- 1943John McEnery, English actor
- 1943Salvatore Adamo, Italian-born Belgian singer
- 1944Bobby Heenan, American professional wrestling manager and commentator
- 1944Kinky Friedman, American musician and novelist
- 1944Oscar Temaru, President of French Polynesia
- 1946Dennis Muren, American special effects artist
- 1946Lynne Russell, American news anchor
- 1946Ric Grech, English musician (Family, Ginger Baker’s Air Force, Traffic) (d. 1990)
- 1947Jim Steinman, American songwriter
- 1948Phil Myre, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1949David Foster, Canadian musician and composer
- 1949Michael D. Griffin, American NASA executive
- 1950Dan Peek, American guitarist (America) (d. 2011)
- 1950Mitch Kapor, American computer programmer and businessman
- 1950Robert B. Laughlin, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1951Belita Moreno, American actress
- 1951Fabrice Luchini, French actor
- 1951Ronald Bell, American singer and saxophonist (Kool & the Gang)
- 1953Jan Davis, American astronaut
- 1955Beth Leavel, American musical theatre actress
- 1955Mike Mendoza, British radio personality
- 1957Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer (d. 1988)
- 1957Lyle Lovett, American singer
- 1957Peter Ostrum, American actor
- 1958Charlie Kaufman, American screenwriter
- 1958Jim Steinmeyer, Illusion creator
- 1958Joe DeRenzo, American musician
- 1958Rachel Ticotin, American actress
- 1959Eriko Hara, Japanese voice actress
- 1960Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican baseball player
- 1960Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc.
- 1961Calvin Johnson, American musician (Beat Happening, The Halo Benders, Dub Narcotic Sound System)
- 1961Kim Krizan, American screenwriter
- 1961Louise Boije af Gennäs, Swedish writer and novelist
- 1961Nicky Grist, Welsh rally driver
- 1962Anthony Kiedis, American singer (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- 1962Magne Furuholmen, Norwegian musician (a-ha)
- 1962Sharron Davies, British swimmer
- 1963Katja Riemann, German actress
- 1963Kenny Alphin, American musician (Big & Rich)
- 1963Mark Hughes, Welsh footballer
- 1963Rick Allen, British musician (Def Leppard)
- 1964Daran Norris, American actor
- 1965Inka Friedrich, German actress
- 1965Patrik Ringborg, Swedish conductor
- 1966Barbara Becker, German actress and model
- 1966Mary Hansen, Australian musician (Stereolab) (d. 2002)
- 1966Willie D, American hip hop singer (The Geto Boys)
- 1967Carla van de Puttelaar, Dutch photographer
- 1967Sophie B. Hawkins, American musician
- 1967Tina Arena, Australian singer
- 1968Park Shin-yang, South Korean actor
- 1969Tie Domi, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1971Vikram Chatwal, Indian hotelier
- 1972Jenny McCarthy, American actress and model
- 1972Paul Dickov, Scottish footballer
- 1972Sean Roberge, Canadian actor (d. 1996)
- 1972Toni Collette, Australian actress
- 1973Aishwarya Rai, Indian actress and Miss World, 1994
- 1973Assia, Algerian singer
- 1973Geoff Horsfield, English footballer
- 1974V. V. S. Laxman, Indian cricketer
- 1975Bo Bice, American singer
- 1975Megan Wing, Canadian figure skater
- 1975Scott “Skippy” Chapman, American musician
- 1976Logan Marshall-Green, American actor
- 1976Matt Chapman, American cartoonist and voice actor
- 1978Jessica Valenti, American writer and blogger
- 1978Manju Warrier, Indian actress
- 1978Mary Kate Schellhardt, American actress
- 1979Coco Crisp, American baseball player
- 1979Luís Delgado, Angolan footballer
- 1979Milan Dudić, Serbian footballer
- 1982Warren Spragg, English-born Italian rugby player
- 1983Jon Wilkin, English rugby league footballer
- 1983Josh Wicks, American soccer player
- 1983Matt Moulson, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983Yuko Ogura, Japanese model
- 1984Miloš Krasić, Serbian footballer
- 1984Natalia Tena, English actress
- 1986Penn Badgley, American actor
- 1987Ileana D'Cruz, Indian film actress
- 1988Ai Fukuhara, Japanese table tennis player
- 1988Masahiro Tanaka, Japanese baseball player
- 1991Eyþór Arnarson, Icelandic skiier
- 1997Alex Wolff, American singer and actor
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Who Died On November 1?
- 921Richard, Duke of Burgundy
- 955Henry I, Duke of Bavaria
- 1296Guillaume Durand, French writer (b. 1230)
- 1391Amadeus VII of Savoy (b. 1360)
- 1399John V, Duke of Brittany (b. 1339)
- 1546Giulio Romano, Italian painter
- 1588Jean Daurat, French poet (b. 1508)
- 1596Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (b. 1539)
- 1642Jean Nicolet, French explorer (b. 1598)
- 1676Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch theologian (b. 1589)
- 1678William Coddington, first Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1601)
- 1700Charles II of Spain (b. 1661)
- 1814Alexander Samoylov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1744)
- 1888Nikolai Przhevalsky, Russian explorer (b. 1838)
- 1894Tsar Alexander III of Russia (b. 1845)
- 1903Theodor Mommsen, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1817)
- 1907Alfred Jarry, French writer (b. 1873)
- 1924Bill Tilghman, American peace officer (shot by Wiley Lynn) (b. 1854)
- 1938Charles Weeghman, American restaurateur and owner of Chicago Cubs (b.1874)
- 1942Hugo Distler, German composer (b. 1908)
- 1947Man o' War, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1917)
- 1952Dixie Lee. American actress, dancer, and singer (b. 1911)
- 1955Dale Carnegie, American writer (b. 1888)
- 1962Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1942)
- 1968George Papandreou, Greek politician (b. 1888)
- 1970Robert Staughton Lynd, American historian (b. 1892)
- 1972Ezra Pound, American poet (b. 1885)
- 1979Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States (b. 1896)
- 1982James Broderick, American actor (b. 1927)
- 1982King Vidor, American film director (b. 1894)
- 1983Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (b. 1887)
- 1985Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (b. 1911)
- 1986Serge Garant, French-Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1929)
- 1987René Lévesque, Premier of Quebec (b. 1922)
- 1993A. N. Sherwin-White, English historian (b. 1911)
- 1993Severo Ochoa, Spanish biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1905)
- 1994Noah Beery, Jr., American actor (b. 1913)
- 1996J.R. Jayewardene, Sri Lankan politician and statesman (b. 1906)
- 1999Jean Coutu, Canadian actor (b. 1925)
- 1999Theodore Alvin Hall, American atomic spy (b. 1925)
- 1999Walter Payton, American football player (b. 1954)
- 2000Bernard Erhard, American voice actor (b. 1934)
- 2001John S. Romanides, Greek Orthodox priest, author and professor (b. 1928)
- 2004Mac Dre, American rapper (b. 1970)
- 2004Terry Knight, American music promoter (b. 1943)
- 2005Michael Piller, American screenwriter (b. 1948)
- 2005Skitch Henderson, English bandleader (b. 1918)
- 2006Adrienne Shelly, American actress (b. 1966)
- 2006William Styron, American author (b. 1925)
- 2007Paul Tibbets, US Air Force retired Brigadier General (b. 1915)
- 2007S. Ali Raza, Bollywood Screenwriter (b. 1922)
- 2008Jacques Piccard, Swiss ocean explorer (b. 1922)
- 2008Nathaniel Mayer, American soul musician (b. 1944)
- 2008Shakir Stewart, American music producer (b. 1974)
- 2008Yma Sumac, Peruvian singer (b. 1922)
- 2010Charlie O'Donnell, American television announcer (b. 1932)
- 2010Ernesto Presas, Filipino martial artist (b. 1945)
- 2011Dorothy Howell Rodham, Mother of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. (b. 1919)
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