November 1

November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining.

Events:

79 - Mount Vesuvius erupts, burying Pompeii and Herculaneum
1512 - The Sistine Chapel opens
1683 - British crown colony of New York subdivided into 12 counties
1755 - Lisbon is destroyed by an earthquake
1765 - Parliament enacts the Stamp Act
1861 - Abraham Lincoln appoints George McClellan as commander of the Union Army
1914 - Battle of Coronel fought -- first British naval defeat of the First World War.
1922 - Ottoman Empire abolished
1927 - Ford Model A begins production
1943 - United States Marines invade Bougainville in the Solomon Islands
1950 - Puerto Rican nationalists attempt to assassinate President Harry Truman
1952 - The first hydrogen bomb is exploded by the United States on the island of Enewetak in the Bikini Atoll
1960 - While campaigning for President of the United States, John Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps
1981 - Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from the United Kingdom
1993 - European Union established
1998 - European Court of Human Rights instituted

Births:

1778 - Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (+ 1837)
1798 - Sir Henry Lee Guinness[?], brewer
1801 - Vincenzo Bellini, composer
1871 - Stephen Crane, writer (+ 1900)
1880 - Alfred Wegener, meteorologist, geophysicist
1880 - Sholom Asch[?], writer (+ 1957)
1880 - Grantland Rice[?], sports writer (+ 1954)
1892 - Alexander Alekhine, chess player (+ 1946)
1923 - Gordon R. Dickson, science fiction author (+ 2001)
1929 - Betsy Palmer[?], actress
1935 - Gary Player[?], golfer
1943 - Salvatore Adamo[?] Belgian/Italian singer.
1952 - Larry Flynt, magazine publisher
1957 - Lyle Lovett[?], singer
1962 - Anthony Kiedis[?], singer
1967 - Sophie B. Hawkins, musician
1972 - Toni Collette[?], actress

Deaths:

1903 - Theodor Mommsen, author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1902
1924 - William Tilghman[?], frontier marshal
1963 - Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam (+ 1963)
1972 - Ezra Pound, poet
1979 - Mamie Eisenhower[?], First Lady
1982 - King Vidor, film director
1982 - James Broderick[?], actor
1985 - Phil Silvers[?], actor, comedian
1999 - Walter Payton, American football player

Holidays:

Catholicism - Festival of All Saints. Holiday in Spain.
Mexico and United States - The Day of the Dead

See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

October 31 - November 2 - October 1 - December 1 - more historical anniversaries

		November 1
		November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. Events: 79 - Mount Vesuvius erupts, burying Pompeii and Herculaneum 1512 - The Sistine Chapel opens 1683 - British crown colony of New York subdivided into 12 counties 1755 - Lisbon is destroyed by an earthquake 1765 - Parliament enacts the Stamp Act 1861 - Abraham Lincoln appoints George McClellan as commander of the Union Army 1914 - Battle of Coronel fought -- first British naval defeat of the First World War. 1922 - Ottoman Empire abolished 1927 - Ford Model A begins production 1943 - United States Marines invade Bougainville in the Solomon Islands 1950 - Puerto Rican nationalists attempt to assassinate President Harry Truman 1952 - The first hydrogen bomb is exploded by the United States on the island of Enewetak in the Bikini Atoll 1960 - While campaigning for President of the United States, John Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps 1981 - Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from the United Kingdom 1993 - European Union established 1998 - European Court of Human Rights instituted Births: 1778 - Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (+ 1837) 1798 - Sir Henry Lee Guinness[?], brewer 1801 - Vincenzo Bellini, composer 1871 - Stephen Crane, writer (+ 1900) 1880 - Alfred Wegener, meteorologist, geophysicist 1880 - Sholom Asch[?], writer (+ 1957) 1880 - Grantland Rice[?], sports writer (+ 1954) 1892 - Alexander Alekhine, chess player (+ 1946) 1923 - Gordon R. Dickson, science fiction author (+ 2001) 1929 - Betsy Palmer[?], actress 1935 - Gary Player[?], golfer 1943 - Salvatore Adamo[?] Belgian/Italian singer. 1952 - Larry Flynt, magazine publisher 1957 - Lyle Lovett[?], singer 1962 - Anthony Kiedis[?], singer 1967 - Sophie B. Hawkins, musician 1972 - Toni Collette[?], actress Deaths: 1903 - Theodor Mommsen, author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1902 1924 - William Tilghman[?], frontier marshal 1963 - Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam (+ 1963) 1972 - Ezra Pound, poet 1979 - Mamie Eisenhower[?], First Lady 1982 - King Vidor, film director 1982 - James Broderick[?], actor 1985 - Phil Silvers[?], actor, comedian 1999 - Walter Payton, American football player Holidays: Catholicism - Festival of All Saints. Holiday in Spain. Mexico and United States - The Day of the Dead See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December October 31 - November 2 - October 1 - December 1 - more historical anniversaries
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