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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.
Events
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 ).1179 - Phillip II is crowned King of France.1348 - The 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".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.1604 - William Shakespeare 's tragedy Othello Whitehall Palace in London .1611 - William Shakespeare 's romantic comedy The Tempest 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 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 thousand 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 French Revolution will end in a 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 meet at Chillicothe, Ohio to form a state constitutional convention .1805 - Napoleon Bonaparte invades Austria during the War of the Third Coalition .1814 - Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France , in the Napoleonic Wars .1848 - In Boston, Massachusetts , the first medical school for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with the Boston University School of Medicine), opens.1859 - The current Cape Lookout , North Carolina , lighthouse was lit for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for about 19 miles (30 kilometers), in good conditions.1861 - American Civil War : US President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the 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.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 .1886 - Ananda College , a leading Buddhist school in Sri Lanka was established with 37 students.1894 - Nicholas II becomes the new Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III , dies.1896 - A picture showing the unclad (bare) breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic 1901 - Sigma Phi Epsilon , the largest national male 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 Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel , is fought off of the western coast of Chile , in the Pacific .1915 - Parris Island is officially designated a Marine Corps Recruit Depot.1916 - Paul Miliukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the Boris Stürmer government.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 deaths .1918 - Western Ukraine gains its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire .
1920 - American Fishing Schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian Fishing Schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax .1922 - The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire , Mehmed VI , abdicates.1928 - The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet , replacing the version of the Arabic alphabet previously used, comes into force in Turkey .1937 - Stalinists executed by shooting Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan 's Lutheran community (including three women).1938 - Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.1939 - The first rabbit born after artificial insemination is exhibited to the world.1941 - American 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 .1942 - Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 4 .1943 - World War II : Battle of Empress Augusta Bay , United States Marines , the 3rd Marine Division, land on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands .1943 - World War II : In support of the landings on Bougainville , U.S. aircraft carrier forces attack the huge Japanese base at Rabaul .
1944 - World War II : Units of the British Army land at Walcheren in the Netherlands .1945 - The official North Korean newspaper, Rodong Sinmun , is first published under the name Chongro . Australia joins the United Nations .1946 - The 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 68-66.1948 - Off southern Manchuria , 6,000 people 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 .
1950 - Pope Pius XII claims Papal Infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary .
1951 - Operation Buster-Jangle : 6,500 American soldiers are exposed to 'Desert Rock' atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada . Participation was not voluntary.1952 - Operation 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.1954 - The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence .1955 - The bombing of United Airlines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado , killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas DC-6B airliner.1956 - Formation of Indian state of Andhra Pradesh with its capital as Hyderabad , formerly known as Nizam 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 upper and lower 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.1968 - The Motion Picture Association of America 's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.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.1973 - The Indian state of Mysore was renamed as Karnataka to represent all the regions within Karunadu .
1981 - Antigua and Barbuda gain independence from the United Kingdom .1982 - Honda 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.1991 - Three faculty, and one staff member of the department of physics and astronomy, were killed, along with one administrator, when physics graduate student Gang Lu went on a shooting rampage at the University of Iowa.1993 - The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union .2005 - First part of the Gomery Report , which discusses allegations of political money manipulation, is released in Canada .
Births
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 )1526 - Catherine Jagellonica of Poland , queen of Sweden and duchess of Finland (d. 1583 )1530 - Étienne de La Boétie , French judge and writer (d. 1563 )1539 - Pierre Pithou , French lawyer and scholar (d. 1596 )1549 - Anna of Austria , fourth wife of Philip II of Spain (d. 1580 )1567 - Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar , Spanish diplomat (d. 1626 )1578 - Dmitry Pozharsky , Russian prince (d. 1642 )1585 - Jan Brożek , 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 )1629 - St. Oliver Plunkett , last Catholic martyr to die in England. (d. 1681 )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 the United Kingdom (d. 1812 )1778 - 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 religious leader (d. 1887 )1847 - Emma Albani , Canadian soprano (d. 1930 )1860 - Boies Penrose , United States Senator from Pennsylvania (d. 1921 )1871 - Stephen Crane , American writer (d. 1900 )1872 - Louis Dewis , Belgian Post-Impressionist painter (d. 1946 )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 )1898 - Arthur Legat , Belgian racing driver (d. 1960 )1902 - Eugen Jochum , German conductor (d. 1987 )1903 - Max Adrian , Irish actor (d. 1973 )1903 - Edward "Carji" Greeves , Australian rules footballer (d. 1963 )
1905 - Paul-Émile Borduas , Quebec painter (d. 1960 )1906 - Johnny Indrisano , American boxer and actor (d. 1968 )1911 - Henri Troyat , French author and historian (d. 2007 )1914 - Moshe Teitelbaum , Hassidic rabbi (d. 2006 )1920 - James Kilpatrick , American journalist1920 - Ted Lowe , English former snooker commentator
1921 - John W. Peterson , American songwriter (d. 2006 )1923 - Gordon R. Dickson , Canadian author (d. 2001 )1923 - Victoria de los Angeles , Spanish soprano (d. 2005 )
1924 - Jean-Luc Pépin , French Canadian politician (d. 1995 )1924 - Süleyman Demirel , 9th President of Turkey
1926 - Lou Donaldson , American jazz alto saxophonist1928 - Emmaline Henry , American actress (d. 1979 )1929 - Betsy Palmer , American actress1929 - Nicholas Mavroules , U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts (d. 2003 )
1930 - A. R. Gurney , American playwright1932 - John Clark , English-born actor/director1932 - Al Arbour , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1934 - Umberto Agnelli , Swiss-born automobile executive (d. 2004 )1934 - Gillian Knight , English mezzo-soprano
1934 - William Mathias , British composer (d. 1992 )
1935 - Gary Player , South African golfer1935 - Edward Said , Palestinian-born literary critic (d. 2003 )
1936 - Eddie Colman , English footballer (d. 1958 )1937 - Bill Anderson , American country music singer and songwriter1939 - Barbara Bosson , American actress1940 - Ramesh Chandra Lahoti , Chief Justice of India 1940 - Barry Sadler , American singer (d. 1989 )
1941 - Alfio Basile , Argentine football coach1942 - Larry Flynt , American magazine publisher1942 - Ralph Klein , Premier of Alberta
1942 - Marcia Wallace , American actress
1943 - Salvatore Adamo , popular singer1943 - John McEnery , English actor
1944 - Oscar Temaru , President of French Polynesia 1944 - Bobby Heenan , American professional wrestling manager and commentator
1946 - Ric Grech , English rock bassist (Family , Ginger Baker's Air Force , Traffic ) (d. 1990 )1946 - Dennis Muren , American special effects artist
1946 - Lynne Russell , ex-CNN news anchor
1947 - Jim Steinman , American songwriter1948 - Phil Myre , Canadian ice hockey player
1949 - Michael D. Griffin , NASA chief administrator1950 - Robert B. Laughlin , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate1950 - Dan Peek , American guitarist (America )
1951 - Ronald Bell , American singer and saxophonist (Kool & the Gang )1951 - Fabrice Luchini , French actor
1953 - Jan Davis , American astronaut1955 - Beth Leavel , American musical theatre actress1955 - Mike Mendoza , British radio personality
1957 - Lyle Lovett , American singer1957 - Peter Ostrum , American actor
1957 - Carlos Paião , Portuguese singer (d. 1988 )
1958 - Charlie Kaufman , American screenwriter1958 - Jim Steinmeyer , Illusion creator
1958 - Rachel Ticotin , American actress
1960 - Fernando Valenzuela , Mexican baseball player1961 - Louise Boije af Gennäs , Swedish writer and novelist1961 - Calvin Johnson , American musician (Beat Happening , The Halo Benders , Dub Narcotic Sound System )
1961 - Kim Krizan , American screenwriter
1962 - Anthony Kiedis , American singer (Red Hot Chili Peppers )1962 - Magne Furuholmen , Norwegian guitarist and keyboardist (a-ha )
1963 - Rick Allen , British drummer (Def Leppard )1963 - Kenny Alphin , American guitarist (Big & Rich
1963 - Monty Sopp , American professional wrestler
1963 - Mark Hughes , Welsh footballer
1964 - Daran Norris , American actor1964 - Dana Plato , Americian actress (d. 1999 )
1966 - Barbara Becker , German actress; ex-wife of Boris Becker 1966 - Willie D , American hip hop artist, famous for being a member of The Geto Boys
1966 - Mary Hansen , Australian guitarist and singer (Stereolab ) (d. 2002 )
1967 - Sophie B. Hawkins , American musician1967 - Tina Arena , Australian singer
1967 - Carla van de Puttelaar , Dutch photographer
1968 - Park Shin-yang , South Korean actor1969 - Tie Domi , Canadian ice hockey player1971 - Vikram Chatwal , Indian hotelier1972 - Jenny McCarthy , American "Playmate of the Year" and TV actress1972 - Toni Collette , Australian actress
1972 - Paul Dickov , Scottish footballer
1973 - Aishwarya Rai , Indian actress and Miss World, 1994.1973 - Assia , Algerian singer
1973 - Geoff Horsfield , English footballer
1974 - V. V. S. Laxman , Indian cricketer1975 - Bo Bice , American singer1975 - Scott "Skippy" Chapman , American musician
1976 - Matt Chapman , American cartoonist and voice actor1976 - Logan Marshall-Green , American actor
1978 - Manju Warrier , Indian actress1978 - Mary Kate Schellhardt , American actress
1978 - Jessica Valenti , American feminist writer and blogger
1979 - Coco Crisp , American baseball player1979 - Delgado , Angolan footballer
1979 - Milan Dudić , Serbian footballer
1979 - Henry Shefflin , Irish hurler
1979 - Dave Hampton , Tahoe Outdoorsman
1982 - Michael Copon , American actor1983 - Yuko Ogura , Japanese model1983 - Josh Wicks , American soccer player
1983 - Jon Wilkin , English rugby league footballer
1984 - Natalia Tena , English actress1985 - Dizzee Rascal , English rapper1986 - Penn Badgley , American actor1988 - Ross Montague , English football Player1997 - Alex Wolff , American musician and actor
Deaths
921 - Richard, Duke of Burgundy 955 - Henry I, Duke of Bavaria 1296 - Guillaume Durand , French writer (b. 1230 )1391 - Amadeus VII of Savoy (b. 1360 )1399 - John V, Duke of Brittany (b. 1339 )1546 - Giulio Romano , Italian painter1588 - 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 )1947 - Man o' War , American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1917 )1955 - Dale Carnegie , American writer (b. 1888 )1962 - Ricardo Rodríguez , Mexican racing driver (b. 1942 )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 )
1983 - Anthony van Hoboken , Dutch musicologist (b. 1887 )1985 - Phil Silvers , American actor and comedian (b. 1911 )1986 - Serge Garant , French-Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1929 )1987 - René Lévesque , Premier of Quebec (b. 1922 )1993 - Severo Ochoa , Spanish–born biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1905 )1993 - A. N. Sherwin-White , English historian (b. 1911 )
1994 - Noah Beery, Jr. , American actor (b. 1913 )1999 - Theodore Alvin Hall , Atomic Spy (b. 1925 )1999 - Jean Coutu , Canadian actor (b. 1925 )
1999 - Walter Payton , American football player (b. 1954
2000 - Bernard Erhard , American voice actor (b. 1934 )2004 - Mac Dre , American rapper (b. 1970 )2004 - Terry Knight , American music promoter (b. 1943 )
2005 - Skitch Henderson , English-born bandleader (b. 1918 )2005 - Michael Piller , American screenwriter (b. 1948 )
2006 - William Styron , American author (b. 1925 )2006 - Adrienne Shelly , American actress (b. 1966 )
2007 - Paul Tibbets , US Air Force retired Brigadier General (b. 1915 )2007 - S. Ali Raza , Bollywood Screenwriter (b. 1922 )
2008 - Nathaniel Mayer , American soul musician (b. 1944 )2008 - Jacques Piccard , Swiss Ocean Explorer (b. 1922 )2008 - Yma Sumac , Peruvian singer (b. 1922 )
Holidays and observances
Mexico - Day of the Dead celebrations begin.Roman festivals - last day of the Ludi Victoriae Sullanae .Catholicism - Holy Day of Obligation , All Saints Day . Holiday in Austria , Belgium , Chile , Croatia , Finland , France , Germany , Guatemala , Hungary , Italy , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta (for schools only), Mauritius , Mexico , Peru , the Philippines , Poland , Portugal , Seychelles , Slovakia , Slovenia and Spain .Algeria - National day Antigua and Barbuda - Independence Day (from Britain, 1981 )Ireland - Samhain the traditional first day of Winter World Vegan Day November 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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