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 305th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 60 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 19, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,365,920 minutes 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 ‘trihectapentagon’ 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 108 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 4,698 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 1 Historical Events
- 365 –The Alamanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities.
- 1604 –William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
- 1884 –The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes’s Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
- 1920 –American Fishing Schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian Fishing Schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax.
- 1945 –Australia joins the United Nations.
- 1945 –The official North Korean newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, is first published under the name Chongro.
- 1954 –The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.
- 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.
- 1959 –In Rwanda, Hutu politician Dominique Mbonyumutwa is beaten up by Tutsi forces, leading to a period of violence known as the wind of destruction.
- 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?
- 1903 –Edward Greeves, Australian rules footballer (d. 1963)
- 1934 –William Mathias, British composer (d. 1992)
- 1935 –Gary Player, South African golfer
- 1942 –Larry Flynt, American adult magazine publisher
- 1957 –Lyle Lovett, American singer
- 1958 –Jim Steinmeyer, Illusion creator
- 1958 –Joe DeRenzo, American musician
- 1972 –Jenny McCarthy, American actress and model
- 1972 –Paul Dickov, Scottish footballer
- 1983 –Jon Wilkin, English rugby league footballer
Who died on November 1?
- 955 –Henry I, Duke of Bavaria
- 1888 –Nikolai Przhevalsky, Russian explorer (b. 1838)
- 1894 –Tsar Alexander III of Russia (b. 1845)
- 1942 –Hugo Distler, German composer (b. 1908)
- 1952 –Dixie Lee. American actress, dancer, and singer (b. 1911)
- 1972 –Ezra Pound, American poet (b. 1885)
- 1994 –Noah Beery, Jr., American actor (b. 1913)
- 1999 –Jean Coutu, Canadian actor (b. 1925)
- 1999 –Theodore Alvin Hall, American atomic spy (b. 1925)
- 2000 –Bernard Erhard, American voice actor (b. 1934)
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