November 1
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November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 60 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Events [change]
- 996 – First documented mention of Austria.
- 1197 - Philip II is crowned King of France.
- 1512 – The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited for the first time.
- 1520 - Ferdinand Magellan and his crew enter the now-named Magellan Strait, linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, south of mainland South America. It is navigated by November 28.
- 1570 - The All Saints Day flood devastates the Dutch coast.
- 1604 - William Shakespeare's play Othello is performed for the first time at Whitehall Palace, London.
- 1611 - William Shakespeare's play The Tempest is performed for the first time at Whitehall Palace, London.
- 1683 - The British crown colony of New York is sub-divided into 12 counties.
- 1755 – A major Earthquake and subsequent Tsunamis hit the city of Lisbon, Portugal, as thousands are killed, and the effects of the earthquake are felt around Europe, Morocco and Algeria.
- 1765 - The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the 13 colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.
- 1800 - John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion, which is now known as the White House.
- 1805 - Napoleon Bonaparte invades Austria during the War of the Third Coalition.
- 1814 - The Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the political map of Europe after the defeat the defeat of France, following the Napoleonic Wars.
- 1848 - The first medical school for women opens in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1859 - The current Cape Lookout lighthouse in North Carolina is lit for the first time.
- 1876 - The Dutch North Sea canal is opened by William III of the Netherlands.
- 1894 – Tsar Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia.
- 1896 - A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears on the covers of National Geographic magazine for the first time.
- 1911 - The first dropping of a bomb from an airplane in combat occurs, during the Italo-Turkish War.
- 1918 – Western Ukraine gains its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
- 1922 – The last Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed VI, abdicates.
- 1928 - An alphabet reform takes effect in Turkey.
- 1941 - American photographer Ansel Adams takes an iconic image of moonrise over Hernandez, New Mexico.
- 1942 - World War II: The Matanikau Offensive begins in the Guadalcanal campaign, ending a US victory on November 4.
- 1945 - Australia joins the UN.
- 1948 - Off southern Manchuria, China, a Chinese merchant ship explodes and sinks, killing 6,000 people.
- 1952 – Operation Ivy: The United States detonates a large hydrogen bomb at Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands. It yields the power of 10 megatons.
- 1954 – The Algerian war of independence begins.
- 1956 – Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Mysore State (now Karnataka) become states of India.
- 1963 - A military coup occurs in South Vietnam against Ngo Dinh Diem, who is then killed.
- 1970 - A fire at a nightclub in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France, kills 146 people.
- 1973 – Mysore state is renamed Karnataka.
- 1981 – Antigua and Barbuda becomes independent (separate) from the United Kingdom.
- 1982 - Honda becomes the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the US.
- 1984 - Anti-Sikh ethnic riots occur in India, following the fatal shooting of Indira Gandhi the previous day.
- 1986 – A chemical fire near Basel, Switzerland pollutes the river Rhine.
- 1993 – The Maastricht Treaty enters into force.
- 1995 - Peace talks begin in Dayton, Ohio, in order to try to find a solution to the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- 1998 - The European Court of Human Rights is created in Strasbourg.
- 2000 – Serbia joins the UN.
Births [change]
- 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)
- 1500 - Benvenuto Cellini, Italian sculptor (d. 1571)
- 1526 - Queen Catherine Jagiellonica of Poland (d. 1583)
- 1539 – Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (d. 1596)
- 1549 - Anna of Austria (d. 1580)
- 1585 – Jan Brozek, Polish mathematician, physician and astronomer (d. 1652)
- 1607 - Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, German poet (d. 1658)
- 1666 - James Sherard, English botanist and amateur musician (d. 1738)
- 1727 - Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, Russian educator (d. 1797)
- 1757 - Antonio Canova, Italian artist (d. 1822)
- 1762 – Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1812)
- 1778 – King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (d. 1837)
- 1782 – Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1859)
- 1808 - John Taylor, American Mormon church leader (d. 1887)
- 1815 - Crawford W. Long, American physician (d. 1878)
- 1823 - Lascar Catargiu, Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1899)
- 1831 – Harry Atkinson, Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1892)
- 1832 - Richard B. Hubbard, 17th Governor of Texas (d. 1901)
- 1838 - Khedrup Gyatso, 11th Dalai Lama (d. 1856)
- 1847 - Hiep Hoa, Emperor of Vietnam (d. 1883)
- 1847 - Emma Albani, Canadian soprano (d. 1920)
- 1852 - Haninbo Shuei, Japanese professional board game player (d. 1907)
- 1855 - Guido Adler, Austrian musicologist (d. 1941)
- 1859 - Charles Brantley Aycock, 50th Governor of North Carolina (d. 1912)
- 1862 - Johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer and organist (d. 1941)
- 1864 – Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna of Russia (d. 1918)
- 1871 – Stephen Crane, American author (d. 1900)
- 1878 - Konrad Magi, Estonian painter (d. 1925)
- 1878 – Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine politician (d. 1959)
- 1879 – Pal Teleki, Hungarian Prime Minister, scientist and scout (d. 1941)
- 1880 – Sholom Asch, Polish-American writer (d. 1957)
- 1880 – Alfred Wegener, German geologist and meteorologist, proponent of the theory of Continental Drift (d. 1930)
- 1885 - Anton Flettner, German inventor (d. 1961)
- 1886 - Sakutaro Hagiwara, Japanese poet (d. 1942)
- 1887 – L. S. Lowry, English painter (d. 1976)
- 1889 – Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, Canadian peace activist (d. 1982)
- 1889 - Hannah Hoech, German Dada artist (d. 1978)
- 1892 – Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (d. 1946)
- 1902 – Eugen Jochum, German conductor (d. 1987)
- 1902 - Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian poet (d. 1943)
- 1911 – Henri Troyat, French-Armenian writer (d. 2007)
- 1921 – Ilse Aichinger, Austrian writer
- 1923 – Victoria de los Angeles, Spanish soprano (d. 2005)
- 1924 – Suleyman Demirel, former President of Turkey.
- 1925 – Fritz Laband, German footballer (d. 1982)
- 1926 – Betsy Palmer, American actress
- 1926 – Lou Donaldson, American musician
- 1927 - Marcel Ophuels, French filmmaker and director
- 1934 – Umberto Agnelli, Italian industrialist (d. 2004)
- 1935 – Gary Player, South African golfer
- 1935 - Edward Said, Palestinian-born literary critic (d. 2003)
- 1936 - Eddie Colman, English footballer (d. 1958)
- 1936 - Katsuhisa Hattori, Japanese composer
- 1936 - Shizuka Kamei, Japanese politician
- 1939 - Barbara Bosson, American actress
- 1940 – Barry Sadler, American author and songwriter (d. 1989)
- 1941 – Alfio Basile, Argentine football coach
- 1942 – Marcia Wallace, American actress
- 1942 - Larry Flynt, American magazine publisher
- 1944 – Rafik Hariri, Lebanese businessman and politician (d. 2005)
- 1944 – Oscar Temaru, French Polynesian politician
- 1949 – Bernhard Cullmann, German footballer
- 1949 - Michael D. Griffin, American NASA executive
- 1950 – Robert B. Laughlin, American physicist
- 1950 – Dan Peek, American singer and musician (d. 2011)
- 1957 – Lyle Lovett, American singer
- 1960 - Tim Cook, American CEO of Apple Inc.
- 1960 - Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican baseball player
- 1962 – Magne Furuholmen, Norwegian musician (a-ha)
- 1962 – Sharron Davies, British swimmer and broadcaster
- 1962 – Anthony Kiedis, American singer (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- 1963 – Rick Allen, British musician (Def Leppard)
- 1963 – Kenny Alphin, American musician
- 1963 – Mark Hughes, Welsh footballer
- 1964 - Sophie B. Hawkins, American singer
- 1966 - Barbara Becker, German actress and model
- 1966 - Jeremy Hunt, British politician
- 1972 – Paul Dickov, Scottish footballer
- 1972 – Toni Collette, Australian actress and singer
- 1972 - Jenny McCarthy, American actress and model
- 1973 – Aishwarya Rai, Indian actress and model
- 1973 - Assia, Algerian singer
- 1975 - Bo Rice, American singer
- 1975 – Megan Wing, Canadian figure skater
- 1979 – Luis Delgado, Angolan footballer
- 1979 – Milan Dudic, Serbian footballer
- 1983 - Yuko Ogura, Japanese model
- 1983 - Vaclav Sverkos, Czech footballer
- 1983 – Natalia Tena, British actress
- 1984 - Milos Krasic, Serbian footballer
- 1986 – Penn Badgley, American actor
- 1987 - Ileana D'Cruz, Indian film actress
- 1988 - Ai Fukuhara, Japanese table tennis player
- 1988 - Masahiro Tanaka, Japanese baseball player
Deaths [change]
- 921 - Richard, Duke of Burgundy
- 955 - Henry I, Duke of Bavaria
- 1112 – Henry, Duke of Portugal (b. 1069)
- 1296 - Guillaume Durand, French writer (b. 1230)
- 1391 – Amadeus VII of Savoy (b. 1360)
- 1399 - John V, Duke of Brittany (b. 1339)
- 1596 – Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (b. 1539)
- 1642 - Jean Nicolet, French explorer (b. 1598)
- 1678 – William Coddington, 1st Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1601)
- 1700 – King 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 and historian (b. 1817)
- 1907 - Alfred Jarry, French writer (b. 1873)
- 1942 – Hugo Distler, German composer (b. 1908)
- 1952 – Dixie Lee, American actress, dancer and singer (b. 1911)
- 1955 – Dale Carnegie, American writer (b. 1888)
- 1956 – Pietro Badoglio, Italian military officer and politician (b. 1871)
- 1963 – Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam (b. 1901)
- 1968 – George Papandreou, Greek politician (b. 1888)
- 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)
- 1982 - James Broderick, American actor (b. 1927)
- 1985 - Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (b. 1911)
- 1987 – René Lévesque, Canadian politician (b. 1922)
- 1993 – Severo Ochoa, Spanish biochemist (b. 1905)
- 1996 – J.R. Jayewardene, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1906)
- 2006 – William Styron, American author (b. 1925)
- 2007 – Paul Tibbets, American Air Force Brigadier General (b. 1915)
- 2008 – Jacques Piccard, underwater explorer and scientist (b. 1922)
- 2008 – Yma Sumac, Peruvian singer and actress (b. 1922)
- 2010 – Ed Litzenberger, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1932)
- 2011 - Dorothy Howell Rodham, mother of Hillary Clinton (b. 1919)
- 2012 - Gae Aulenti, Italian architect and designer (b. 1927)
- 2012 - Agustin Garcia Calvo, Spanish philologist, philosopher, poet and playwright (b. 1926)
Holidays [change]
- All Saints Day Christian Holiday
- Independence Day (Antigua and Barbuda)
- National holiday (Algeria)
- Foundation Day (Kerala, Karnataka)
- Day of the Leaders of the Bulgarian National Revival
- World Vegan Day
