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 305^th 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, 1,761,955,200 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 ‘trihectapentagon’ 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 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.

November 1 Historical Events

• 1512 –
  The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
• 1612 –
  (22 October O.S.) Time of Troubles in Russia: Moscow, Kitai-gorod, is captured by Russian troops under command of Dmitry Pozharsky
• 1870 –
  In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.
• 1920 –
  American Fishing Schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian Fishing Schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax.
• 1944 –
  World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren in the Netherlands.
• 1948 –
  Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople is enthroned.
• 1953 –
  Andhra Pradesh attained statehood on 1 November 1953, with Kurnool as its capital.
• 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.
• 1963 –
  The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens.
• 1970 –
  Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France kills 146 young people.

Who were born on November 1?

• 1351 –
  Duke Leopold III of Austria (d. 1386)
• 1808 –
  John Taylor, American religious figure (d. 1887)
• 1878 –
  Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1959)
• 1919 –
  Hermann Bondi, Anglo-Austrian cosmologist (d. 2005)
• 1932 –
  Francis Arinze, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate
• 1935 –
  Edward Said, Palestinian-born literary critic (d. 2003)
• 1943 –
  Salvatore Adamo, Italian-born Belgian singer
• 1963 –
  Rick Allen, British musician (Def Leppard)
• 1979 –
  Coco Crisp, American baseball player
• 1983 –
  Josh Wicks, American soccer player

Who died on November 1?

• 1296 –
  Guillaume Durand, French writer (b. 1230)
• 1947 –
  Man o' War, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1917)
• 1970 –
  Robert Staughton Lynd, American historian (b. 1892)
• 1993 –
  A. N. Sherwin-White, English historian (b. 1911)
• 1993 –
  Severo Ochoa, Spanish biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1905)
• 1999 –
  Jean Coutu, Canadian actor (b. 1925)
• 1999 –
  Theodore Alvin Hall, American atomic spy (b. 1925)
• 2004 –
  Terry Knight, American music promoter (b. 1943)
• 2006 –
  Adrienne Shelly, American actress (b. 1966)
• 2010 –
  Charlie O'Donnell, American television announcer (b. 1932)