What are the important events that happened on November 1? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
November 1: Facts & Myths About This Day
November 1 is the 306th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 60 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 19, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,730,419,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectahexagon’ day.
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Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 89 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,333 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 1 Historical Events
- 1179 –Philip II is crowned King of France.
- 1604 –William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
- 1790 –Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in a disaster.
- 1916 –Paul Miliukov delivers in the State Duma the famous “stupidity or treason” speech, precipitating the downfall of the Boris Stürmer government.
- 1942 –Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 4.
- 1944 –World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren in the Netherlands.
- 1956 –In India, Kanyakumari district was joined to Tamilnadu state from Kerala.
- 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.
- 1961 –50,000 women in 60 cities participate in the inaugural Women Strike for Peace (WSP) against nuclear proliferation.
- 1968 –The Motion Picture Association of America’s film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.
Who were born on November 1?
- 1864 –Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna (d. 1918)
- 1880 –Grantland Rice, American sports writer (d. 1954)
- 1903 –Edward Greeves, Australian rules footballer (d. 1963)
- 1930 –A. R. Gurney, American playwright
- 1932 –Al Arbour, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1959 –Eriko Hara, Japanese voice actress
- 1961 –Louise Boije af Gennäs, Swedish writer and novelist
- 1969 –Tie Domi, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 –Coco Crisp, American baseball player
- 1979 –Luís Delgado, Angolan footballer
Who died on November 1?
- 1391 –Amadeus VII of Savoy (b. 1360)
- 1399 –John V, Duke of Brittany (b. 1339)
- 1596 –Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (b. 1539)
- 1700 –Charles II of Spain (b. 1661)
- 1938 –Charles Weeghman, American restaurateur and owner of Chicago Cubs (b.1874)
- 1952 –Dixie Lee. American actress, dancer, and singer (b. 1911)
- 1993 –Severo Ochoa, Spanish biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1905)
- 1994 –Noah Beery, Jr., American actor (b. 1913)
- 2000 –Bernard Erhard, American voice actor (b. 1934)
- 2008 –Jacques Piccard, Swiss ocean explorer (b. 1922)
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