November 1

November 1 in recent years

2023 (Wednesday)

2022 (Tuesday)

2021 (Monday)

2020 (Sunday)

2019 (Friday)

2018 (Thursday)

2017 (Wednesday)

2016 (Tuesday)

2015 (Sunday)

2014 (Saturday)

November 1is the 305th day of the year (306th inleap years) in theGregorian calendar;60 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

• 365– TheAlemannicross theRhineand invadeGaul.EmperorValentinian Imoves toParisto command the army and defend the Gallic cities.
• 996– EmperorOtto IIIissues a deed to Gottschalk,Bishop of Freising,which is the oldest known document using the nameOstarrîchi(Austria inOld High German).
• 1009–Berberforces led bySulayman ibn al-Hakamdefeat theUmayyadcaliphMuhammad II of Córdobain the battle ofAlcolea.
• 1141–Empress Matilda's reign as 'Lady of the English' ends withStephen of Bloisregaining the title of 'King ofEngland'.
• 1179–Philip IIiscrownedas 'King ofFrance'.
• 1214– The port city ofSinopesurrendersto theSeljuq Turks.
• 1348– The anti-royalistUnion of Valenciaattacks the Jews ofMurviedroon the pretext that they areserfsof theKing of Valenciaand thus "royalists".
• 1503–Pope Julius IIis elected.
• 1512– The ceiling of theSistine Chapel,painted byMichelangelo,is exhibited to the public for the first time.
• 1520– TheStrait of Magellan,the passage immediately south of mainland South America connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first discovered and navigated by European explorerFerdinand Magellanduring the first recordedcircumnavigationvoyage.
• 1555– FrenchHuguenotsestablish theFrance Antarctiquecolony in present-dayRio de Janeiro,Brazil.
• 1570– TheAll Saints' Flooddevastates the Dutch coast.

1601–1900

• 1604–William Shakespeare's tragedyOthellois performed for the first time, atWhitehall Palacein London.
• 1611– Shakespeare's playThe Tempestis performed for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
• 1612– During theTime of Troubles,Polish troops are expelled from Moscow'sKitay-gorodby Russian troops under the command ofDmitry Pozharsky(22 OctoberO.S.).
• 1683– The British Crowncolony of New Yorkis subdivided into 12counties.
• 1688–William III of Orangesets out a second time fromHellevoetsluisin the Netherlands to seize the crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland fromKing James II of Englandduring theGlorious Revolution.
• 1755– In Portugal,Lisbonistotally devastatedby a massive earthquake andtsunami,killing an estimated 40,000 to 60,000 people.
• 1765– TheBritish Parliamentenacts theStamp Acton theThirteen Coloniesin order to help pay for British military operations in North America.
• 1790–Edmund BurkepublishesReflections on the Revolution in France,in which he predicts that theFrench Revolutionwill end in a disaster.
• 1800–John Adamsbecomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed theWhite House).
• 1805–Napoleon BonaparteinvadesAustriaduring theWar of the Third Coalition.
• 1814–Congress of Viennaopens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France in theNapoleonic Wars.
• 1848– InBoston,Massachusetts,the firstmedical schoolfor women, Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with theBoston University School of Medicine), opens.
• 1861–American Civil War:U.S. PresidentAbraham LincolnappointsGeorge B. McClellanas the commander of theUnion Army,replacing GeneralWinfield Scott.
• 1870– In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed theNational Weather Service) makes its first officialmeteorologicalforecast.
• 1893– TheBattle of Bembezitook place and was the most decisive battle won by theBritishin theFirst Matabele Warof 1893.
• 1894–Nicholas IIbecomes the new (and last)Tsar of Russiaafter his father,Alexander III,dies.
• 1894 –Buffalo Bill,15 of his Native Americans, andAnnie Oakleywere filmed byThomas Edisonin hisBlack Maria StudioinWest Orange, New Jersey.
• 1896– A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears inNational Geographicmagazine for the first time.
• 1897– The firstLibrary of Congressbuilding opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in theU.S. Capitol.
• 1897 – ItalianSport-Club Juventusis founded by a group of students ofLiceo Classico Massimo d'Azeglio.

1901–present

• 1905–Lahti,the city of Finland, is granted city rights by TsarNicholas II of Russia,the last Grand Duke of Finland.
• 1911– World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during theItalo-Turkish War.Second LieutenantGiulio GavottiofItalydrops several small bombs.
• 1914–World War I:The first BritishRoyal Navydefeat of the war with Germany, theBattle of Coronel,is fought off of the western coast ofChile,in the Pacific, with the loss ofHMSGood HopeandHMSMonmouth.
• 1914 – World War I: TheAustralian Imperial Force(AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy fromAlbany, Western Australiabound for Egypt.
• 1916– In Russia,Pavel Milyukovdelivers in theState Dumathe famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the government ofBoris Stürmer.
• 1918– World War I: With a brave action carried out into the waters of the Austro-Hungarian port ofPula,two officers of the ItalianRegia Marinasink with a manned torpedo the enemy battleshipSMSViribus Unitis.
• 1918 –Malbone Street Wreck:The worstrapid transitaccident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street andFlatbush Avenue,Brooklyn,New York City, with at least 102 deaths.
• 1918 –Western Ukraineseparates fromAustria-Hungary.
• 1922–Abolition of the Ottoman sultanate:The last sultan of theOttoman Empire,Mehmed VI,abdicates.
• 1923– The Finnish airline Aero O/Y (nowFinnair) is founded.
• 1928– TheLaw on the Adoption and Implementation of theTurkish Alphabet,replaces theArabic Alpha betwith theLatin Alpha bet.
• 1937–Stalinistsexecute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members ofAzerbaijan'sLutherancommunity.
• 1938–SeabiscuitdefeatsWar Admiralin an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
• 1941– American photographerAnsel Adamstakes apicture of a moonriseover the town ofHernandez, New Mexicothat would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.
• 1942–World War II:Matanikau Offensivebegins during theGuadalcanal Campaignand ends three days later with an American victory.
• 1943– World War II: The3rd Marine Division,United States Marines,landing onBougainvillein theSolomon Islands,secures a beachhead, leading that night to a naval clash at theBattle of Empress Augusta Bay.
• 1944– World War II: Units of the British ArmylandatWalcheren.
• 1945– The officialNorth Koreannewspaper,Rodong Sinmun,is first published under the nameChongro.
• 1948–Athenagoras I,Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople,is enthroned.
• 1949– All 55 people on boardEastern Air Lines Flight 537are killed when theDouglas DC-4operating the flightcollides in mid-airwith aBolivian Air ForceLockheed P-38 Lightningaircraft overAlexandria, Virginia.
• 1950–Puerto RicannationalistsGriselio TorresolaandOscar Collazoattempt to assassinateUS PresidentHarry S. TrumanatBlair House.
• 1951–Operation Buster–Jangle:Six thousand five hundredUnited States Armysoldiers are exposed to 'Desert Rock'atomic explosionsfor training purposes inNevada.Participation is not voluntary.
• 1952–Nuclear weapons testing:The United States successfully detonatesIvy Mike,the firstthermonuclear device,at theEniwetokatoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatonsTNT equivalent.
• 1954– TheFront de Libération Nationalefires the first shots of theAlgerian War of Independence.
• 1955– The establishment of aMilitary Assistance Advisory Groupin South Vietnam marks the beginning of American involvement in the conflict.
• 1955 – The bombing ofUnited Air Lines Flight 629occurs nearLongmont, Colorado,killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard theDouglas DC-6B airliner.
• 1956– The Indian statesKerala,Andhra Pradesh,andMysoreare formally created under theStates Reorganisation Act;Kanyakumaridistrict is joined toTamil NadufromKerala.Delhiwas established as aunion territory.
• 1956 –Hungarian Revolution:Imre Nagyannounces Hungary's neutrality and withdrawal from theWarsaw Pact.Soviet troopsbegin to re-enter Hungary, contrary to assurances by the Soviet government.János KádárandFerenc Münnichsecretly defect to the Soviets.
• 1956 – TheSpringhill mining disasterinSpringhill, Nova Scotiakills 39 miners; 88 are rescued.
• 1957– TheMackinac Bridge,the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
• 1963– TheArecibo ObservatoryinArecibo, Puerto Rico,with the largestradio telescopeever constructed, officially opens.
• 1963 – The1963 South Vietnamese coupbegins.
• 1968– TheMotion Picture Association of America'sfilm rating systemis officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.
• 1970–Club Cinq-Sept fireinSaint-Laurent-du-Pont,France kills 146 young people.
• 1973–Watergate scandal:Leon Jaworskiis appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
• 1973 – The Indian state ofMysoreis renamed asKarnatakato represent all the regions within Karunadu.
• 1979– In Bolivia, ColonelAlberto Natuschexecutes a bloodycoup d'étatagainst the constitutional government ofWálter Guevara.
• 1979 –Griselda Álvarezbecomes the first femalegovernorof a state of Mexico.
• 1981–Antigua and Barbudagains independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1982–Hondabecomes the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States with the opening of its factory inMarysville, Ohio;aHonda Accordis the first car produced there.
• 1984– After theassassination of Indira Gandhi,Prime Minister of Indiaon 31 October 1984, by two of her Sikh bodyguards,anti-Sikh riotserupt.
• 1987–British Rail Class 43 (HST)hits the record speed of 238 km/h for rail vehicles with on-board fuel to generate electricity for traction motors.
• 1991–President of the Chechen RepublicDzhokhar Dudayevdeclares sovereignty of theChechen Republic of Ichkeriafrom theRussian Federation.
• 1993– TheMaastricht Treatytakes effect, formally establishing theEuropean Union.
• 2000–Chhattisgarhofficiallybecomesthe 26thstate of India,formed from sixteen districts of easternMadhya Pradesh.
• 2000 –Serbia and Montenegrojoins theUnited Nations.
• 2001–Turkey,Australia,andCanadaagree to commit troops to theinvasion of Afghanistan.
• 2011–Mario DraghisucceedsJean-Claude Trichetand becomes the third president of theEuropean Central Bank.
• 2012– A fuel tank truckcrashes and explodesin theSaudi ArabiancapitalRiyadh,killing 26 people and injuring 135.

Births

Pre-1600

• 846–Louis the Stammerer,Frankish king (d. 879)
• 1339–Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria(d. 1365)
• 1351–Leopold III, Duke of Austria(d. 1386)
• 1419–Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen(d. 1485)
• 1498–Giovanni Ricci,Italian cardinal (d. 1574)
• 1499–Rodrigo of Aragon,Italian noble (d. 1512)
• 1522–Andrew Corbet,English landowner and politician (d. 1578)
• 1526–Catherine Jagiellon,queen ofJohn III of Sweden(d. 1583)
• 1527–William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham,English noble and politician (d. 1597)
• 1530–Étienne de La Boétie,French philosopher and judge (d. 1563)
• 1539–Pierre Pithou,French lawyer and scholar (d. 1596)
• 1550–Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg,Prince-Archbishop of Bremen,Prince-Bishop of Osnabruck and Paderborn (d. 1585)
• 1567–Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar,Spanish academic and diplomat (d. 1626)
• 1585–Jan Brożek,Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (d. 1652)
• 1596–Pietro da Cortona,Italian painter (d. 1669)

1601–1900

• 1607–Georg Philipp Harsdörffer,German poet and translator (d. 1658)
• 1609–Matthew Hale,Lord Chief Justice of England (d. 1676)
• 1611–François-Marie, comte de Broglie,Italian-French commander (d. 1656)
• 1625–Oliver Plunkett,Irish archbishop and saint (d. 1681)
• 1636–Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux,French poet and critic (d. 1711)
• 1643–John Strype,English priest, historian, and author (d. 1737)
• 1661–Florent Carton Dancourt,French actor and playwright (d. 1725)
• 1661 –Louis, Grand Dauphin,heir apparent to the throne of France (d. 1711)
• 1666–James Sherard,English botanist and curator (d. 1738)
• 1720–Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte,French admiral (d. 1791)
• 1727–Ivan Shuvalov,Russian art collector and philanthropist (d. 1797)
• 1752–Józef Zajączek,Polish general, politician (d. 1826)
• 1757–Antonio Canova,Italian sculptor and educator (d. 1822)
• 1762–Spencer Perceval,English lawyer and politician,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom(d. 1812)
• 1769–Garlieb Merkel,German author and activist (d. 1850)
• 1778–Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden(d. 1837)
• 1782–F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich,English politician,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom(d. 1859)
• 1808–John Taylor,English-American religious leader, 3rdPresident of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints(d. 1887)
• 1831–Harry Atkinson,English-New Zealand politician, 10thPrime Minister of New Zealand(d. 1892)
• 1838–11th Dalai Lama(d. 1856)
• 1839–Ahmed Muhtar Pasha,Ottoman general and politician, 227thGrand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire(d. 1919)
• 1847–Emma Albani,Canadian-English soprano and actress (d. 1930)
• 1847 –Hiệp Hòa,Vietnamese emperor (d. 1883)
• 1848–Caroline Still Anderson,American physician, educator and abolitionist (d. 1919)
• 1848 –Jules Bastien-Lepage,French painter (d. 1884)
• 1849–William Merritt Chase,American painter and educator (d. 1916)
• 1859–Charles Brantley Aycock,American educator, lawyer, and politician, 50thGovernor of North Carolina(d. 1912)
• 1862–Johan Wagenaar,Dutch organist and composer (d. 1941)
• 1864–Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine(d. 1918)
• 1871–Stephen Crane,American poet, novelist, and short story writer (d. 1900)
• 1872–Louis Dewis,Belgian-French painter (d. 1946)
• 1877–Roger Quilter,English composer (d. 1953)
• 1878–Konrad Mägi,Estonian painter and educator (d. 1925)
• 1878 –Carlos Saavedra Lamas,Argentinian academic and politician,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 1959)
• 1880–Sholem Asch,Polish-American author and playwright (d. 1957)
• 1880 –Grantland Rice,American journalist and poet (d. 1954)
• 1880 –Alfred Wegener,German meteorologist and geophysicist (d. 1930)
• 1881–Perikles Ioannidis,Greek admiral (d. 1965)
• 1886–Hermann Broch,Austrian-American author and poet (d. 1951)
• 1886 –Sakutarō Hagiwara,Japanese poet and critic (d. 1942)
• 1887–L.S. Lowry,English painter and illustrator (d. 1976)
• 1888–George Kenner,German-American painter and illustrator (d. 1971)
• 1888 –Michał Sopoćko,Polish cleric and academic (d. 1975)
• 1889–Hannah Höch,German painter and photographer (d. 1978)
• 1889 –Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker,English academic and politician,Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 1982)
• 1896–Edmund Blunden,English author, poet, and critic (d. 1974)
• 1898–Arthur Legat,Belgian race car driver (d. 1960)
• 1898 –Sippie Wallace,American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1986)

1901–present

• 1902–Nordahl Grieg,Norwegian journalist, author, poet, and playwright (d. 1943)
• 1902 –Eugen Jochum,German conductor (d. 1987)
• 1903–Max Adrian,Irish-born British actor (d. 1973)
• 1903 –Edward Greeves, Jr.,Australian footballer (d. 1963)
• 1904–Laura LaPlante,American silent film actress (d. 1996)
• 1905–Paul-Émile Borduas,Canadian-French painter and educator (d. 1960)
• 1906–Johnny Indrisano,American boxer (d. 1968)
• 1907–Maxie Rosenbloom,American boxer (d. 1976)
• 1909–Hans Mork,South African-Australian rugby league player (d. 1960)
• 1911–Mingun Sayadaw,Burmese monk and scholar (d. 1993)
• 1911 –Henri Troyat,French historian and author (d. 2007)
• 1912–Gunther Plaut,German-Canadian rabbi and author (d. 2012)
• 1914–Moshe Teitelbaum,Romanian-American rabbi (d. 2006)
• 1915–Margaret Taylor-Burroughs,American painter, poet, and educator, co-founded theDuSable Museum of African American History(d. 2010)
• 1917–Zenna Henderson,American author (d. 1983)
• 1917 –Clarence E. Miller,American engineer and politician (d. 2011)
• 1918–Ken Miles,English-American race car driver (d. 1966)
• 1919–Hermann Bondi,English-Austrian mathematician and cosmologist (d. 2005)
• 1920–James J. Kilpatrick,American journalist and author (d. 2010)
• 1920 –Ted Lowe,English sportscaster (d. 2011)
• 1921–John W. Peterson,American pilot and songwriter (d. 2006)
• 1921 –Harald Quandt,German businessman (d. 1967)
• 1922–George S. Irving,American actor (d. 2016)
• 1922 –Andy Tonkovich,American basketball player and coach (d. 2006)
• 1923–Victoria de los Ángeles,Spanish soprano and actress (d. 2005)
• 1923 –Gordon R. Dickson,Canadian-American author (d. 2001)
• 1923 –Menachem Elon,German-Israeli academic and jurist (d. 2013)
• 1923 –Carlos Páez Vilaró,Uruguayan painter and sculptor (d. 2014)
• 1924–Süleyman Demirel,Turkish engineer and politician, 9thPresident of Turkey(d. 2015)
• 1924 –Jean-Luc Pépin,Canadian academic and politician, 19thCanadian Minister of Labour(d. 1995)
• 1926–Stephen Antonakos,Greek-American sculptor (d. 2013)
• 1926 –Betsy Palmer,American actress and game show panelist (d. 2015)
• 1927–Marcel Ophüls,German documentary filmmaker
• 1927 –Vic Power,Puerto Rican baseball player and coach (d. 2005)
• 1928–James Bradford,American weightlifter (d. 2013)
• 1929–Nicholas Mavroules,American lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
• 1930–A. R. Gurney,American playwright and author (d. 2017)
• 1930 –Russ Kemmerer,American baseball player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1931–Yossef Gutfreund,Israeli wrestler and coach (d. 1972)
• 1931 –Shunsuke Kikuchi,Japanese composer (d. 2021)
• 1931 –Arne Pedersen,Norwegian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 1932–Al Arbour,Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
• 1932 –Francis Arinze,Nigerian cardinal
• 1933–Antoine Kohn,Luxembourgian footballer and manager (d. 2012)
• 1934–Umberto Agnelli,Swiss-Italian businessman and politician (d. 2004)
• 1934 –Gillian Knight,English soprano and actress
• 1934 –William Mathias,Welsh pianist and composer (d. 1992)
• 1935–Gary Player,South African golfer and sportscaster
• 1935 –Edward Said,Palestinian-American theorist, author, and academic (d. 2003)
• 1936–Katsuhisa Hattori,Japanese composer and conductor (d. 2020)
• 1936 –Shizuka Kamei,Japanese lawyer and politician
• 1937–Bill Anderson,American country music singer-songwriter
• 1938–Nicholasa Mohr,Puerto Rican AmericanNuyoricanwriter
• 1939–Barbara Bosson,American actress (d. 2023)
• 1940–Bruce Grocott, Baron Grocott,English academic and politician
• 1940 –Roger Kellaway,American pianist and composer
• 1940 –Ramesh Chandra Lahoti,Indian lawyer and jurist, 35thChief Justice of India(d. 2022)
• 1940 –Barry Sadler,American sergeant, author, actor, and singer-songwriter (d. 1989)
• 1941–Alfio Basile,Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1941 –Joe Caldwell,American basketball player
• 1941 –Robert Foxworth,American actor and director
• 1941 –John Pullin,English rugby player (d. 2021)
• 1942–Larry Flynt,American publisher, foundedLarry Flynt Publications(d. 2021)
• 1942 –Ralph Klein,Canadian journalist and politician, 12thPremier of Alberta(d. 2013)
• 1942 –Marcia Wallace,American actress and comedian (d. 2013)
• 1943–Salvatore Adamo,Italian-Belgian singer-songwriter
• 1943 –Jacques Attali,French economist and civil servant
• 1944–Kinky Friedman,American singer-songwriter and author(d. 2024)
• 1944 –Rafic Hariri,Lebanese businessman and politician 60thPrime Minister of Lebanon(d. 2005)
• 1944 –Bobby Heenan,American wrestler, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2017)
• 1944 –Oscar Temaru,French-Polynesian soldier and politician,President of French Polynesia
• 1945–Narendra Dabholkar,Indian author and activist, foundedMaharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti(d. 2013)
• 1945 –John Williamson,Australian singer-songwriter
• 1946–Ric Grech,British rock musician (d. 1990)
• 1946 –Yuko Shimizu,Japanese graphic designer, createdHello Kitty
• 1947–Ted Hendricks,Guatemalan-American football player
• 1947 –Nick Owen,English journalist
• 1947 –Jim Steinman,American songwriter and producer (d. 2021)
• 1948–Amani Abeid Karume,Zanzibar accountant and politician, 6thPresident of Zanzibar
• 1948 –Mike Mendoza,English radio host and politician
• 1948 –Phil Myre,Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1948 –Bill Woodrow,English sculptor and academic
• 1949–Jeannie Berlin,American actress
• 1949 –David Foster,Canadian singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1949 –Michael D. Griffin,American physicist and engineer
• 1949 –Belita Moreno,American actress and acting coach
• 1950–Mitch Kapor,American computer programmer and businessman, foundedLotus SoftwareandElectronic Frontier Foundation
• 1950 –Robert B. Laughlin,American physicist and academic,Nobel Prizelaureate
• 1950 –Dan Peek,American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2011)
• 1951–Ronald Bell,American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (d. 2020)
• 1951 –Fabrice Luchini,French actor and screenwriter
• 1951 –Craig Serjeant,Australian cricketer and chemist
• 1953–Jan Davis,American engineer and astronaut
• 1953 –Paul Wellings,English ecologist and academic
• 1955–Beth Leavel,American actress and singer
• 1957–Lyle Lovett,American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1957 –Murray Pierce,New Zealand rugby player
• 1958–Mark Austin,English journalist
• 1958 –Robert Hart,English singer-songwriter
• 1958 –Rachel Ticotin,American actress
• 1959–Susanna Clarke,English author and educator
• 1960–Tim Cook,American businessman and engineer, current CEO ofApple Inc.
• 1960 –Fernando Valenzuela,Mexican baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1961–Louise Boije af Gennäs,Swedish author and screenwriter
• 1961 –Anne Donovan,American basketball player and coach (d. 2018)
• 1961 –Calvin Johnson,American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1961 –Heng Swee Keat,Singaporean politician
• 1962–Sharron Davies,English swimmer
• 1962 –Magne Furuholmen,Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 –Anthony Kiedis,American singer-songwriter
• 1963–Rick Allen,English musician
• 1963 –Nita Ambani,Indian businesswoman
• 1963 –Mark Hughes,Welsh footballer and manager
• 1963 –Big Kenny,American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964–Sophie B. Hawkins,American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1965–Michael Daley,Australian politician
• 1965 –Patrik Ringborg,Swedish conductor
• 1966–Willie D,American rapper and entrepreneur
• 1966 –Mary Hansen,Australian singer and musician (d. 2002)
• 1966 –Gary Howell,American businessman and politician
• 1966 –Jeremy Hunt,English businessman and politician,Secretary of State for Health
• 1966 –Ashab Uddin,Indian-Bengali politician
• 1967–Tina Arena,Australian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1967 –Carla van de Puttelaar,Dutch photographer
• 1969–Gary Alexander,American basketball player
• 1969 –Tie Domi,Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1970–Sherwin Campbell,Barbadian cricketer
• 1970 –Toma Enache,Romanian film director
• 1972–Toni Collette,Australian actress
• 1972 –Paul Dickov,Scottish footballer and manager
• 1972 –Jenny McCarthy,American actress and model
• 1972 –Glen Murray,Canadian ice hockey player
• 1973–David Berman,American actor
• 1973 –Geoff Horsfield,English footballer and manager
• 1973 –Aishwarya Rai,Indian model and actress
• 1974–V. V. S. Laxman,Indian cricketer
• 1975–Bo Bice,American singer and musician
• 1975 –Keryn Jordan,South African footballer (d. 2013)
• 1975 –Megan Wing,Canadian figure skater and coach
• 1976–Sergei Artyukhin,Russian-Belarusian wrestler (d. 2012)
• 1976 –Bryan Harsin,American college football coach
• 1977–Steve Hutchinson,American football player
• 1978–Helen Czerski,English physicist and oceanographer
• 1978 –Danny Koevermans,Dutch footballer and manager
• 1978 –Jessica Valenti,American author
• 1979–Coco Crisp,American baseball player
• 1979 –Milan Dudić,Serbian footballer
• 1979 –Alex Prager,American photographer and director
• 1980–Bilgin Defterli,Turkish footballer
• 1981–Matt Jones,American actor and comedian
• 1982–Bradley Orr,English footballer
• 1982 –Warren Spragg,English-Italian rugby player
• 1983–Matt Moulson,Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 –Yuko Ogura,Japanese model and singer
• 1983 –Jon Wilkin,English rugby player
• 1984–Miloš Krasić,Serbian footballer
• 1984 –Natalia Tena,English actress and musician
• 1984 –Stephen Vogt,American baseball player
• 1985–Marcus Landry,American basketball player
• 1985 –Paulo Orlando,Brazilian baseball player
• 1986–Penn Badgley,American actor and television personality
• 1986 –Ksenija Balta,Estonian high jumper, sprinter, and heptathlete
• 1987–Ileana D'Cruz,Indian film actress
• 1987 –Bruce Irvin,American football player
• 1988–Masahiro Tanaka,Japanese baseball player
• 1990–Tim Frazier,American basketball player
• 1991–Reece Brown,English footballer
• 1991 –Anthony Ramos,American actor and singer
• 1991 –Jiang Yuyuan,Chinese gymnast
• 1992–Semaj Christon,American basketball player
• 1994–Brent Rooker,American baseball player
• 1994 –James Ward-Prowse,English footballer
• 1995–Joe Chealey,American basketball player
• 1995 –Margarita Mamun,Russian gymnast
• 1996–Jeongyeon,South Korean singer
• 1996 –Chinanu Onuaku,American basketball player
• 1996 –Lil Peep,American rapper (d. 2017)
• 1997–Max Burkholder,American actor
• 1997 –Alex Wolff,American actor and musician
• 2001–Alofiana Khan-Pereira,Australian rugby league player

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 934–Beornstan of Winchester,English bishop
• 970–Boso of Merseburg,German bishop
• 1038–Herman I, Margrave of Meissen(b. c. 980)
• 1296–Guillaume Durand,French bishop and theologian (b. 1230)
• 1319–Uguccione della Faggiuola,Italiancondottieri(b. c. 1250)
• 1324–John de Halton,Bishop of Carlisle
• 1391–Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy(b. 1360)
• 1399–John IV, Duke of Brittany(b. 1339)
• 1406–Joanna, Duchess of Brabant(b. 1322)
• 1423–Nicholas Eudaimonoioannes,Byzantine diplomat (probable date)
• 1461–David of Trebizond(b. 1408)
• 1496–Filippo Buonaccorsi (Filip Callimachus),Italian humanist writer (b. 1437)
• 1546–Giulio Romano,Italian painter and architect (b. 1499)
• 1588–Jean Daurat,French poet and scholar (b. 1508)
• 1596–Pierre Pithou,French lawyer and scholar (b. 1539)

1601–1900

• 1629–Hendrick ter Brugghen,Dutch painter (b. 1588)
• 1642–Jean Nicolet,French-Canadian explorer (b. 1598)
• 1676–Gisbertus Voetius,Dutch minister and theologian (b. 1589)
• 1678–William Coddington,American judge and politician, 1stGovernor of Rhode Island(b. 1601)
• 1700–Charles II of Spain(b. 1661)
• 1814–Alexander Samoylov,Russian general and politician,Russian Minister of Justice(b. 1744)
• 1888–Nikolay Przhevalsky,Russian geographer and explorer (b. 1838)
• 1894–Alexander III of Russia(b. 1845)

1901–present

• 1903–Theodor Mommsen,German archaeologist, journalist, and politician,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1817)
• 1907–Alfred Jarry,French author and playwright (b. 1873)
• 1920–Kevin Barry,executed Irish Republican (b. 1902)
• 1925–Max Linder,French actor, director, screenwriter, producer and comedian (b. 1883)
• 1938–Charles Weeghman,American businessman (b. 1874)
• 1942–Hugo Distler,German organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1952–Dixie Lee,American singer (b. 1911)
• 1955–Dale Carnegie,American author and educator (b. 1888)
• 1958–Yahya Kemal Beyatlı,Turkish poet, author, and diplomat (b. 1884)
• 1962–Ricardo Rodríguez,Mexican race car driver (b. 1942)
• 1961 –Livia Gouverneur,Venezuelan communist (b. 1941)
• 1968–Georgios Papandreou,Greek economist and politician, 134thPrime Minister of Greece(b. 1888)
• 1970–Robert Staughton Lynd,American sociologist and academic (b. 1892)
• 1972–Waldemar Hammenhög,Swedish author (b. 1902)
• 1972 –Robert MacArthur,Canadian-American ecologist and academic (b. 1930)
• 1972 –Ezra Pound,American poet and critic (b. 1885)
• 1982–James Broderick,American actor and director (b. 1927)
• 1982 –King Vidor,American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1983–Anthony van Hoboken,Dutch-Swiss musicologist and author (b. 1887)
• 1984–Norman Krasna,American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1909)
• 1985–Arnold Pihlak,Estonian-English footballer (b. 1902)
• 1985 –Phil Silvers,American actor and comedian (b. 1911)
• 1986–Serge Garant,Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1929)
• 1987–René Lévesque,Canadian journalist and politician, 23rdPremier of Quebec(b. 1922)
• 1993–Severo Ochoa,Spanish-American biochemist and academic,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1905)
• 1993 –A. N. Sherwin-White,English historian and scholar (b. 1911)
• 1994–Noah Beery, Jr.,American actor (b. 1913)
• 1996–J. R. Jayewardene,Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 2ndPresident of Sri Lanka(b. 1906)
• 1999–Theodore Hall,American physicist and spy (b. 1925)
• 1999 –Walter Payton,American football player and race car driver (b. 1954)
• 2000–George Armstrong,English footballer and manager (b. 1944)
• 2004–Mac Dre,American rapper and producer, foundedThizz Entertainment(b. 1970)
• 2004 –Terry Knight,American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1943)
• 2005–Skitch Henderson,American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1918)
• 2005 –Michael Piller,American screenwriter and producer (b. 1948)
• 2006–Adrienne Shelly,American actress, director, and screenwriter (b. 1966)
• 2006 –William Styron,American novelist and essayist (b. 1925)
• 2007–S. Ali Raza,Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 2007 –Paul Tibbets,American general (b. 1915)
• 2008–Jacques Piccard,Swiss oceanographer and engineer (b. 1922)
• 2008 –Shakir Stewart,American record producer (b. 1974)
• 2008 –Yma Sumac,Peruvian-American soprano and actress (b. 1922/1923)
• 2009–Esther Hautzig,Lithuanian-American author (b. 1930)
• 2009 –Endel Laas,Estonian scientist and academic (b. 1915)
• 2009 –Robert H. Rines,American violinist and composer (b. 1922)
• 2010–Shannon Tavarez,American actress (b. 1999)
• 2010 –Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington(b. 1922)
• 2011–Cahit Aral,Turkish engineer and politician,Turkish Minister of Industry and Commerce(b. 1927)
• 2012–Agustín García Calvo,Spanish poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1926)
• 2012 –Mitch Lucker,American singer (b. 1984)
• 2012 –Pascual Pérez,Dominican baseball player (b. 1957)
• 2013–John Y. McCollister,American lieutenant and politician (b. 1921)
• 2013 –Piet Rietveld,Dutch economist and academic (b. 1952)
• 2014–Joel Barnett, Baron Barnett,English accountant and politician,Chief Secretary to the Treasury(b. 1923)
• 2014 –Jackie Fairweather,Australian runner and coach (b. 1967)
• 2014 –Abednigo Ngcobo,South African footballer (b. 1950)
• 2014 –Jean-Pierre Roy,Canadian-American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1920)
• 2014 –Wayne Static,American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1965)
• 2015–Thomas R. Fitzgerald,American lawyer and judge (b. 1941)
• 2015 –Houston McTear,American sprinter (b. 1957)
• 2015 –Charles Duncan Michener,American entomologist and academic (b. 1918)
• 2015 –Günter Schabowski,German journalist and politician (b. 1929)
• 2015 –Fred Thompson,American actor, lawyer, and politician (b. 1942)
• 2020–Keith Hitchins,American historian expert on Romanian history (b. 1931)
• 2021–Hugo Dittfach,Canadian horse jockey (b. 1936)
• 2022–Takeoff,member of the American hip-hop group Migos (b. 1994)

Holidays and observances

• All Saints' Day,aholy day of obligationin some areas (anational holidayin many historicallyCatholic countries), and its related observance:
  • Day of the Innocents,The first day ofDay of the DeadorEl Dia de los Muertoscelebration. (Mexico,Haiti)
• Anniversary of the Revolution(Algeria)
• Chavang Kut(Mizo peopleofNortheast India,Bangladesh,Burma)
• Chhattisgarh Rajyotsava(Chhattisgarh,India)
• Christianfeast day:
  • Austromoine
  • Benignus of Dijon
  • Caesarius of Africa
  • Santa Muerte(Folk Catholicism,Mexico andSouthwestern United States)
  • November 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Coronation of the fifth Druk Gyalpo(Bhutan)
• Independence Day,celebrates the independence ofAntigua and Barbudafrom the United Kingdom in 1981.
• Karnataka Rajyotsava(Karnataka,India)
• Kerala Day(Kerala,India)
• Liberty Day(United States Virgin Islands)
• International Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Awareness Day
• National Brush Day(United States)
• National Awakening Day(Bulgaria)
• Self-Defense Forces Commemoration Day(Japan)
• The first day of winter observances:
  • Calan Gaeaf,celebrations start at sunset ofOctober 31.(Wales)
  • Samhainin theNorthern HemisphereandBeltanein theSouthern Hemisphere,celebrations start at sunset ofOctober 31(NeopaganWheel of the Year)
• World Vegan Day

External links

• "On This Day".BBC.
• The New York Times:On This Day
• "Historical Events on November 1".OnThisDay.