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, 28,840,320 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 ‘trihectahexagon’ day.
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
- 1611 –William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
- 1765 –The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the 13 colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.
- 1805 –Napoleon Bonaparte invades Austria during the War of the Third Coalition.
- 1911 –The first dropping of a bomb from an airplane in combat, during the Italo-Turkish War.
- 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.
- 1943 –World War II: Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, United States Marines, the 3rd Marine Division, land on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands.
- 1953 –Andhra Pradesh attained statehood on 1 November 1953, with Kurnool as its capital.
- 1956 –The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore state are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act.
- 1959 –Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jacques Plante wears a protective mask for the first time in an NHL game.
- 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?
- 1838 –Khedrup Gyatso, 11th Dalai Lama (d. 1856)
- 1898 –Arthur Legat, Belgian racing driver (d. 1960)
- 1902 –Eugen Jochum, German conductor (d. 1987)
- 1934 –Gillian Knight, English mezzo-soprano
- 1946 –Dennis Muren, American special effects artist
- 1950 –Dan Peek, American guitarist (America) (d. 2011)
- 1950 –Robert B. Laughlin, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1958 –Joe DeRenzo, American musician
- 1962 –Anthony Kiedis, American singer (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- 1971 –Vikram Chatwal, Indian hotelier
Who died on November 1?
- 1399 –John V, Duke of Brittany (b. 1339)
- 1962 –Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1942)
- 1982 –King Vidor, American film director (b. 1894)
- 1983 –Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (b. 1887)
- 1999 –Jean Coutu, Canadian actor (b. 1925)
- 2005 –Michael Piller, American screenwriter (b. 1948)
- 2005 –Skitch Henderson, English bandleader (b. 1918)
- 2008 –Nathaniel Mayer, American soul musician (b. 1944)
- 2008 –Shakir Stewart, American music producer (b. 1974)
- 2008 –Yma Sumac, Peruvian singer (b. 1922)
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