November 1......

November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 60 days remaining in the year on this date.

EVENTS

● 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 B. 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, using reports gathered by telegraph from 24 locations.

● 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.

● 1936 - In a speech in Milan, Benito Mussolini described the alliance between Italy and Nazi Germany as an ''axis'' running between Rome and Berlin.

● 1938 - Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century"

● 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.

● 1946 - Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, was ordained as a priest.

● 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, one is killed.

● 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 - 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 from France.

● 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 - Viet Cong bombs Saigon; At least eight people are killed including an American officer when Viet Cong artillery shells the South Vietnamese capital.

● 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, most of them teenagers.

● 1973 - Watergate Scandal: Following the ''Saturday Night Massacre,'' acting Attorney General Robert H. Bork appointed Leon Jaworski to be the new Watergate special prosecutor, succeeding Archibald Cox.

● 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.

● 1984 - Violence follows Gandhi killing; Rioting breaks out in parts of India following yesterday's assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

● 1986 - Chemical spill turns Rhine red; A catastrophic fire at a chemicals factory near Basle, Switzerland, sends tons of toxic chemicals into the river Rhine, turning it red.

● 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".

● 1990 - Howe resigns over Europe policy; The UK's deputy Prime Minister, Sir Geoffrey Howe, has resigned after disagreements over the government's Europe policy.

● 1991 - Clarence Thomas took his place as a justice on the Supreme Court.

● 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.

● 1995 - Bosnia peace talks opened in Dayton, Ohio.

● 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.

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)

● 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 Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (d. 1652)

● 1607 - Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, German poet (d. 1658)

● 1609 - Sir Matthew Hale, English legal scholar (d. 1676)

● 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)

● 1798 - Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness, Irish brewer (d. 1868)

● 1808 - John Taylor, American religious leader (d. 1887)

● 1815 - Crawford W. Long, American physician; pioneered use of anesthetics (d. 1878)

● 1847 - Emma Albani, Canadian soprano (d. 1930)

● 1849 - William Merritt Chase, American painter (d. 1916)

● 1860 - Boies Penrose, United States Senator from Pennsylvania (d. 1921)

● 1871 - Stephen Crane, American novelist, poet and short story writer ("The Red Badge of Courage”) (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 novelist and playwright (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)

● 1885 - Anton Flettner, German inventor (d. 1961)

● 1886 - Hermann Broch, Austrian author (d. 1951)

● 1886 - Sakutaro Hagiwara, Japanese poet (d. 1942)

● 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)

● 1899 - Sir Gavin de Beer, British zoologist (d. 1972)

● 1902 - Nordahl Brun Grieg, Norwegian lyric poet (d. 1943)

● 1902 - Eugen Jochum, German conductor (d. 1987)

● 1903 - Max Adrian, Irish actor (d. 1973)

● 1905 - Paul-Émile Borduas, Québécois painter (d. 1960)

● 1914 - Moshe Teitelbaum, Hassidic rabbi (d. 2006)

● 1921 - John W. Peterson, American songwriter (d. 2006)

● 1923 - Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian author (d. 2001)

● 1923 - Victoria de los Angeles, Catalan soprano (d. 2005)

● 1924 - Jean-Luc Pépin, French Canadian politician (d. 1995)

● 1926 - Lou Donaldson, American jazz alto saxophonist

● 1929 - Betsy Palmer, American actress

● 1929 - Nicholas Mavroules, U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts (d. 2003)

● 1932 - Al Arbour, National Hockey League player and coach

● 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)

● 1937 - Bill Anderson, American country music singer and songwriter

● 1939 - Barbara Bosson, American actress

● 1940 - Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, Chief Justice of India

● 1940 - Barry Sadler, American singer (d. 1989)

● 1941 - Alfio Basile, Argetine football coach

● 1941 - Robert Foxworth, Actor

● 1942 - Marcia Wallace, Actress (''The Bob Newhart Show'')

● 1942 - Larry Flynt, American magazine publisher

● 1942 - Ralph Klein, Premier of Alberta

● 1943 - Salvatore Adamo, popular singer

● 1946 - Dennis Muren, American special effects artist

● 1946 - Ric Grech, English rock bassist (Family, Ginger Baker's Air Force, Traffic) (d. 1990)

● 1947 - Mike Mendoza, British radio personality

● 1948 - James Richard Steinman American songwriter

● 1948 - Phil Myre, National Hockey League goaltender

● 1949 - Michael D. Griffin, NASA chief administrator

● 1949 - Jeannie Berlin, Actress

● 1950 - Robert B. Laughlin, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

● 1950 - Dan Peek, American guitarist (America)

● 1951 - Khalis Bayyan (Ronald Bell), American singer and saxophonist (Kool & the Gang)

● 1951 - Fabrice Luchini, French actor

● 1954 - Keith Stegall, Country singer

● 1957 - Lyle Lovett, American singer

● 1957 - Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer (d. 1988)

● 1958 - Rachel Ticotin, Actress

● 1959 - Eddie MacDonald, Rock musician (The Alarm)

● 1960 - Fernando Valenzuela, Major League Baseball pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers)

● 1962 - Anthony Kiedis, American singer (Red Hot Chili Peppers)

● 1962 - Mags Furuholmen, Pop singer-musician (a-ha)

● 1963 - Rick Allen, British drummer (Def Leppard)

● 1963 - Monty Sopp, American professional wrestler

● 1966 - Barbara Becker, German actress; ex-wife of Boris Becker

● 1966 - Willie D, Rapper (Geto Boys)

● 1967 - Sophie B. Hawkins, American musician

● 1967 - Tina Arena, Australian singer

● 1969 - Tie Domi, Canadian hockey player

● 1969 - Dale Wallace, Country musician (Emerson Drive)

● 1971 - Vikram Chatwal, Indian Hotelier

● 1972 - Toni Collette, Australian actress

● 1972 - Paul Dickov, Scottish footballer

● 1972 - Jenny McCarthy, American actress/TV personality

● 1972 - Andrew Gonzales, Rock musician (Reel Big Fish)

● 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 Dudić, Serbia and Montenegro football player

● 1985 - Dizzee Rascal, British rapper

● 1986 - Penn Badgley, Actor

DEATHS

● 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)

● 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 - 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)

● 1986 - Serge Garant, French Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1929)

● 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 and Hall of Fame member (b. 1954)

● 1999 - Jean Coutu, French Canadian actor (b. 1925)

● 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)

HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES

● 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.

● 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

● India-Kerala- State formation day (kerala piravi dinam-malayalam language)

● Eastern Orthodox liturgics

● All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Nov. 14 by Old Calendarists

● Saints:
● Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian of Mesopotamia and their mother Venerable Theodota
● Martyr Hermeningilda the Goth of Spain, prince (584)
● Martyrs Cyrenia and Juliana in Cilicia (4th century)
● Martyrs Caesarius, Dacius, Sabbas, Sabinian, Agrippa, Adrian, and Thomas at Damascus
● Hieromartyr John the Bishop and James the Presbyter of Persia (345)
● Venerable James of Mount Athos and his two disciples James and Dionysius (1520)
● Martyrs Cyprian and Juliana
● Saint David of Euboia
● Blessed Cosmas of Verkhoturye (1704)

● Repose of Elder Hilarion of Valaam and Sarov (1841)


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Additional facts taken from:

On this day in the New York Times

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