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On This Day in History — November 1
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Highlights of November 1
- 1998 — Karl Bushby set off from Punta Arenas, Chile, beginning his attempt to walk around the world towards England, a journey that remains ongoing. Read more
- 1972 — Elvis on Tour, a concert film that documented Elvis Presley's tour throughout the United States, opened. Read more
- 1963 — Lê Quang Tung, loyalist head of the South Vietnam Special Forces, was executed in a U.S.-backed coup against president Ngô Đình Diệm following a period of religious unrest. Read more
- 1959 — After being struck in the face with a hockey puck, Jacques Plante played the rest of the game wearing a face mask, now mandatory equipment for goaltenders in ice hockey. Read more
- 1959 — Dominique Mbonyumutwa, one of the few Hutu sub-chiefs in colonial Rwanda, was attacked by Tutsi activists, precipitating the Rwandan Revolution. Read more
- 1956 — The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka were formally created under the States Reorganisation Act. Read more
- 1944 — World War II: An American F-13 Superfortress made the first flight by an Allied aircraft over Tokyo since the Doolittle Raid in April 1942. Read more
- 1941 — American photographer Ansel Adams (pictured) shot Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, one of his most famous photographs. Read more
- 1921 — Frances Kyle was called to the Bar of Ireland, becoming the first female barrister in Ireland or Great Britain. Read more
- 1914 — World War I: The first contingent of the First Australian Imperial Force departed Albany, Western Australia. Read more
- 1824 — The disposable ship Columbus (pictured) arrived in the The Downs off England, becoming, at that time, the largest vessel to have crossed the Atlantic Ocean. Read more
- 1214 — Byzantine–Seljuk wars: Seljuq Turks captured the important port city of Sinope. Read more
- 1141 — After Empress Matilda released her rival King Stephen, he in turn released Robert of Gloucester, her strongest supporter, thus prolonging the Anglo-Norman civil war known as The Anarchy. Read more
Events
- 2024 — A concrete canopy collapses at the Novi Sad railway station, killing 16 people and injuring 3. Read more
- 2012 — A fuel tank truck crashes and explodes in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh, killing 26 people and injuring 135. Read more
- 2011 — Mario Draghi succeeds Jean-Claude Trichet and becomes the third president of the European Central Bank. Read more
- 2009 — An Ilyushin Il-76 crashes near the Mir mine after takeoff from Mirny Airport in Yakutia, killing all 11 aboard. Read more
- 2001 — Turkey, Australia, and Canada agree to commit troops to the invasion of Afghanistan. Read more
- 2000 — Chhattisgarh officially becomes the 26th state of India, formed from sixteen districts of eastern Madhya Pradesh. Read more
- 2000 — Serbia and Montenegro joins the United Nations. Read more
- 1997 — Titanic premieres publicly at Tokyo festival, launching a global blockbuster career. Read more
- 1993 — The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union. Read more
- 1991 — President of the Chechen Republic Dzhokhar Dudayev declares sovereignty of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria from the Russian Federation. Read more
- 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. Read more
- 1984 — After the assassination of Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India on 31 October 1984, by two of her Sikh bodyguards, anti-Sikh riots erupt. Read more
- 1982 — Honda becomes the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States with the opening of its factory in Marysville, Ohio; a Honda Accord is the first car produced there. Read more
- 1981 — Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from the United Kingdom. Read more
- 1979 — In Bolivia, Colonel Alberto Natusch executes a bloody coup d'état against the constitutional government of Wálter Guevara. Read more
- 1979 — Griselda Álvarez becomes the first female governor of a state of Mexico. Read more
- 1976 — Burundian president Michel Micombero is deposed in a bloodless military coup d'état by deputy Jean-Baptiste Bagaza. Read more
- 1973 — Watergate scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor. Read more
- 1973 — The Indian state of Mysore is renamed as Karnataka to represent all the regions within Karunadu. Read more
- 1970 — Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France kills 146 young people. Read more
- 1968 — The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X. Read more
- 1963 — The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens. Read more
- 1963 — The 1963 South Vietnamese coup begins. Read more
- 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. Read more
- 1956 — The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act; Kanyakumari district is joined to Tamil Nadu from Kerala. Delhi was established as a union territory. Read more
- 1956 — Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy announces Hungary's neutrality and withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact. Soviet troops begin to re-enter Hungary, contrary to assurances by the Soviet government. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich secretly defect to the Soviets. Read more
- 1956 — The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia kills 39 miners; 88 are rescued. Read more
- 1955 — The establishment of a Military Assistance Advisory Group in South Vietnam marks the beginning of American involvement in the conflict. Read more
- 1955 — The bombing of United Air Lines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas DC-6B airliner. Read more
- 1954 — The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence. Read more
- 1952 — Nuclear weapons testing: The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent. Read more
- 1951 — Operation Buster–Jangle: Six thousand five hundred United States Army soldiers are exposed to 'Desert Rock' atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Participation is not voluntary. Read more
- 1950 — Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House. Read more
- 1949 — All 55 people on board Eastern Air Lines Flight 537 are killed when the Douglas DC-4 operating the flight collides in mid-air with a Bolivian Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft over Alexandria, Virginia. Read more
- 1948 — Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, is enthroned. Read more
- 1945 — The official North Korean newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, is first published under the name Chongro. Read more
- 1944 — World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren. Read more
- 1943 — World War II: The 3rd Marine Division, United States Marines, landing on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands, secures a beachhead, leading that night to a naval clash at the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay. Read more
- 1942 — World War II: Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal campaign and ends three days later with an American victory. Read more
- 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. Read more
- 1938 — Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing. Read more
- 1937 — Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community. Read more
- 1928 — The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet. Read more
- 1923 — The Finnish airline Aero O/Y (now Finnair) is founded. Read more
- 1922 — Abolition of the Ottoman sultanate: The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates. Read more
- 1918 — World War I: With a brave action carried out into the waters of the Austro-Hungarian port of Pula, two officers of the Italian Regia Marina sink with a manned torpedo the enemy battleship SMS Viribus Unitis. Read more
- 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 102 deaths. Read more
- 1918 — Western Ukraine separates from Austria-Hungary. Read more
- 1916 — In Russia, Pavel Milyukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the government of Boris Stürmer. Read more
- 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, with the loss of HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth. Read more
- 1914 — World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt. Read more
- 1911 — World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs. Read more
- 1905 — Lahti, a city in Finland, is granted city rights by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the last Grand Duke of Finland. Read more
- 1897 — The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol. Read more
- 1897 — Italian Sport-Club Juventus is founded by a group of students of Liceo Classico Massimo d'Azeglio. Read more
- 1896 — A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time. Read more
- 1894 — Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies. Read more
- 1894 — Buffalo Bill, 15 of his Native Americans, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison in his Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey. Read more
- 1893 — The Battle of Bembezi took place and was the most decisive battle won by the British in the First Matabele War of 1893. Read more
- 1870 — In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast. Read more
Born on November 1
- 2003 — Ernest Nuamah, Ghanaian footballer Read more
- 2003 — Lautaro Rivero, Argentine footballer Read more
- 2002 — NLE Choppa, American rapper and YouTuber Read more
- 2001 — Alofiana Khan-Pereira, Australian rugby league player Read more
- 2000 — Gonzalo Plata, Ecuadorian footballer Read more
- 1998 — Stuart Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player Read more
- 1997 — Max Burkholder, American actor Read more
- 1997 — Nordi Mukiele, French footballer Read more
- 1997 — Elvis Rexhbeçaj, Kosovan footballer Read more
- 1997 — Alex Wolff, American actor and musician Read more
- 1996 — GeorgeNotFound, English internet personality Read more
- 1996 — Jeongyeon, South Korean singer Read more
- 1996 — Chinanu Onuaku, American basketball player Read more
- 1996 — Lil Peep, American rapper (died 2017) Read more
- 1995 — Joe Chealey, American basketball player Read more
- 1995 — Margarita Mamun, Russian gymnast Read more
- 1994 — Brent Rooker, American baseball player Read more
- 1994 — James Ward-Prowse, English footballer Read more
- 1992 — Semaj Christon, American basketball player Read more
- 1992 — Filip Kostić, Serbian footballer Read more
- 1991 — Reece Brown, English footballer Read more
- 1991 — Anthony Ramos, American actor and singer Read more
- 1991 — Jiang Yuyuan, Chinese gymnast Read more
- 1990 — Tim Frazier, American basketball player Read more
- 1988 — Masahiro Tanaka, Japanese baseball player Read more
- 1987 — Ileana D'Cruz, Indian film actress Read more
- 1987 — Bruce Irvin, American football player Read more
- 1986 — Penn Badgley, American actor and television personality Read more
- 1986 — Ksenija Balta, Estonian high jumper, sprinter, and heptathlete Read more
- 1985 — Marcus Landry, American basketball player Read more
- 1985 — Paulo Orlando, Brazilian baseball player Read more
- 1984 — Miloš Krasić, Serbian footballer Read more
- 1984 — Natalia Tena, English actress and musician Read more
- 1984 — Stephen Vogt, American baseball player Read more
- 1983 — Matt Moulson, Canadian ice hockey player Read more
- 1983 — Yuko Ogura, Japanese model and singer Read more
- 1983 — Jon Wilkin, English rugby player Read more
- 1982 — Bradley Orr, English footballer Read more
- 1982 — Warren Spragg, English-Italian rugby player Read more
- 1981 — Matt Jones, American actor and comedian Read more
Died on November 1
- 2025 — Martha Layne Collins, American politician, 56th Governor of Kentucky (born 1936) Read more
- 2025 — John Farragher, Australian rugby league player (born 1957) Read more
- 2025 — Carlos Manzo, Mexican politician (born 1985) Read more
- 2023 — Brian Brain, English cricketer (born 1940) Read more
- 2022 — Takeoff, member of the American hip-hop group Migos (born 1994) Read more
- 2021 — Hugo Dittfach, Canadian horse jockey (born 1936) Read more
- 2020 — Keith Hitchins, American historian expert on Romanian history (born 1931) Read more
- 2020 — Lady Elizabeth Shakerley, British party planner, writer and socialite (born 1941) Read more
- 2015 — Thomas R. Fitzgerald, American lawyer and judge (born 1941) Read more
- 2015 — Houston McTear, American sprinter (born 1957) Read more
- 2015 — Charles Duncan Michener, American entomologist and academic (born 1918) Read more
- 2015 — Günter Schabowski, German journalist and politician (born 1929) Read more
- 2015 — Fred Thompson, American actor, lawyer, and politician (born 1942) Read more
- 2014 — Joel Barnett, Baron Barnett, English accountant and politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury (born 1923) Read more
- 2014 — Jackie Fairweather, Australian runner and coach (born 1967) Read more
- 2014 — Abednigo Ngcobo, South African footballer (born 1950) Read more
- 2014 — Jean-Pierre Roy, Canadian-American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (born 1920) Read more
- 2014 — Wayne Static, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1965) Read more
- 2013 — John Y. McCollister, American lieutenant and politician (born 1921) Read more
- 2013 — Piet Rietveld, Dutch economist and academic (born 1952) Read more
- 2012 — Agustín García Calvo, Spanish poet, playwright, and philosopher (born 1926) Read more
- 2012 — Mitch Lucker, American singer (born 1984) Read more
- 2012 — Pascual Pérez, Dominican baseball player (born 1957) Read more
- 2011 — Cahit Aral, Turkish engineer and politician, Turkish Minister of Industry and Commerce (born 1927) Read more
- 2010 — Shannon Tavarez, American actress (born 1999) Read more
- 2010 — Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (born 1922) Read more
- 2009 — Esther Hautzig, Lithuanian-American author (born 1930) Read more
- 2009 — Endel Laas, Estonian scientist and academic (born 1915) Read more
- 2009 — Robert H. Rines, American violinist and composer (born 1922) Read more
- 2008 — Jacques Piccard, Swiss oceanographer and engineer (born 1922) Read more
- 2008 — Shakir Stewart, American record producer (born 1974) Read more
- 2008 — Yma Sumac, Peruvian-American soprano and actress (born 1922/1923) Read more
- 2007 — S. Ali Raza, Indian director and screenwriter (born 1922) Read more
- 2007 — Paul Tibbets, American general (born 1915) Read more
- 2006 — Adrienne Shelly, American actress, director, and screenwriter (born 1966) Read more
- 2006 — William Styron, American novelist and essayist (born 1925) Read more
- 2005 — Skitch Henderson, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1918) Read more
- 2005 — Michael Piller, American screenwriter and producer (born 1948) Read more
- 2004 — Mac Dre, American rapper and producer, founded Thizz Entertainment (born 1970) Read more
- 2004 — Terry Knight, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1943) Read more
Holidays & observances
All Saints' Day, a holy day of obligation in some areas (a national holiday in many historically Catholic countries), and its related observance:
Day of the Innocents, The first day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration. (Mexico, Haiti); Anniversary of the Revolution (Algeria); Chavang Kut (Mizo people of Northeast India, Bangladesh, Burma); Chhattisgarh Rajyotsava (Chhattisgarh, India); Christian feast day:
Austromoine; Christian feast day:
Benignus of Dijon; Christian feast day:
Caesarius of Africa; Christian feast day:
Santa Muerte (Folk Catholicism, Mexico and Southwestern United States); Christian feast day:
November 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics); Coronation of the fifth Druk Gyalpo (Bhutan); Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Antigua and Barbuda from 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); Self-Defense Forces Commemoration Day (Japan); The first day of winter observances:
Calan Gaeaf, celebrations start at sunset of October 31. (Wales); The first day of winter observances:
Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere and Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere, celebrations start at sunset of October 31 (Neopagan Wheel of the Year); World Vegan Day
Events, births and deaths from Wikipedia contributors, “November 1”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Lists are selections; the full record lives at the source.