November 1

November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 60 days remaining until the end of the year.

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.
• 996 – Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi (Austria in Old High German).
• 1179 – Philip II is crowned King of France.
• 1348 – The anti-royalist Union of Valencia attacks the Jews of Murviedro on the pretext that they are serfs of the King of Valencia and thus "royalists."
• 1512 – The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
• 1520 – The Strait of Magellan is discovered, the passage immediately south of mainland South America, connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first navigated by Ferdinand Magellan during the first global circumnavigation voyage.
• 1555 – French Huguenots establish the France Antarctique colony in present-day Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• 1604 – William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
• 1611 – William Shakespeare's romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
• 1612 – (22 October O.S.) Time of Troubles in Russia: Moscow, Kitai-gorod, is captured by Russian troops under command of Dmitry Pozharsky
• 1683 – The British crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.
• 1688 – William III of Orange sets out a second time from Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands to invade England, Scotland and Ireland from King James II of England during the Glorious Revolution.
• 1755 – Lisbon earthquake: In Portugal, Lisbon is destroyed by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between sixty thousand and ninety thousand people.
• 1765 – The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the 13 colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.
• 1790 – Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in a disaster.
• 1800 – US President John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).
• 1805 – Napoleon Bonaparte invades Austria during the War of the Third Coalition.
• 1814 – Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France, in the Napoleonic Wars.
• 1848 – In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with the Boston University School of Medicine), opens.
• 1859 – The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse is lit for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for about 19 miles (30 kilometers), in good conditions.
• 1861 – American Civil War: US President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.
• 1870 – In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.
• 1876 – New Zealand's provincial government system is dissolved.
• 1884 – The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
• 1886 – Ananda College, a leading Buddhist school in Sri Lanka is established with 37 students.
• 1894 – Nicholas II becomes the new Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
• 1896 – A picture showing the unclad (bare) breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
• 1897 – The first Library of Congress building opened its doors to the public. The Library had been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
• 1901 – Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, VA.
• 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.
• 1915 – Parris Island is officially designated a US Marine Corps Recruit Depot.
• 1916 – Paul Miliukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the Boris Stürmer government.
• 1918 – Malbone Street Wreck: the worst rapid transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 93 deaths.
• 1918 – Western Ukraine gains its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
• 1920 – American Fishing Schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian Fishing Schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax.
• 1922 – The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.
• 1928 – The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replacing the version of the Arabic alphabet previously used, comes into force in Turkey.
• 1937 – Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community.
• 1938 – Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
• 1939 – The first rabbit born after artificial insemination is exhibited to the world.
• 1941 – American photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.
• 1942 – Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 4.
• 1943 – World War II: Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, United States Marines, the 3rd Marine Division, land on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands.
• 1943 – World War II: In support of the landings on Bougainville, U.S. aircraft carrier forces attack the huge Japanese base at Rabaul.
• 1944 – World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren in the Netherlands.
• 1945 – The official North Korean newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, is first published under the name Chongro.
• 1945 – Australia joins the United Nations.
• 1946 – The New York Knicks played against the Toronto Huskies at the Maple Leaf Gardens, in the first Basketball Association of America game. The Knicks would win 68–66.
• 1948 – Off southern Manchuria, 6,000 people are killed as a Chinese merchant ship explodes and sinks.
• 1948 – Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople is enthroned.
• 1950 – Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.
• 1950 – Pope Pius XII claims Papal Infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
• 1951 – Operation Buster-Jangle: 6,500 American soldiers are exposed to 'Desert Rock' atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Participation is not voluntary.
• 1952 – Operation Ivy – The United States successfully detonates the first large hydrogen bomb, codenamed "Mike" ["M" for megaton], in the Eniwetok atoll, located in the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean. The explosion had a yield of 10 megatons.
• 1953 – Andhra Pradesh attained statehood on 1 November 1953, with Kurnool as its capital.
• 1954 – The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.
• 1955 – The bombing of United Airlines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas DC-6B airliner.
• 1956 – The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore state are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act.
• 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.
• 1959 – Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jacques Plante wears a protective mask for the first time in an NHL game.
• 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.
• 1960 – While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.
• 1961 – 50,000 women in 60 cities participate in the inaugural Women Strike for Peace (WSP) against nuclear proliferation.
• 1963 – The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens.
• 1966 – The New Orleans Saints football team is founded.
• 1968 – The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.
• 1970 – Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France kills 146 young people.
• 1973 – Watergate Scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
• 1973 – The Indian state of Mysore is renamed as Karnataka to represent all the regions within Karunadu.
• 1981 – Antigua and Barbuda gain independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1982 – Honda becomes the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States with the opening of their factory in Marysville, Ohio. The Honda Accord is the first car produced there.
• 1993 – The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.
• 2000 – Serbia joins the United Nations.

Births

• 846 – Louis the Stammerer, King of West Francia (d. 879)
• 1339 – Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (d. 1365)
• 1351 – Duke Leopold III of Austria (d. 1386)
• 1526 – Queen Catherine Jagellonica of Poland (d. 1583)
• 1530 – Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer (d. 1563)
• 1539 – Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (d. 1596)
• 1549 – Anna of Austria, consort of Philip II of Spain (d. 1580)
• 1567 – Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (d. 1626)
• 1578 – Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (d. 1642)
• 1585 – Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (d. 1652)
• 1607 – Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, German poet (d. 1658)
• 1611 – François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (d. 1656)
• 1629 – St. Oliver Plunkett, Irish Catholic martyr (d. 1681)
• 1636 – Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (d. 1711)
• 1643 – John Strype, English historian and biographer (d. 1737)
• 1661 – Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (d. 1725)
• 1704 – Paul Daniel Longolius, German encyclopedist (d. 1779)
• 1720 – Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (d. 1791)
• 1727 – Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, Russian educator (d. 1797)
• 1757 – Antonio Canova, Italian artist (d. 1822)
• 1762 – Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1812)
• 1778 – Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (d. 1837)
• 1782 – Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, British statesman (d. 1859)
• 1808 – John Taylor, American religious figure (d. 1887)
• 1838 – Khedrup Gyatso, 11th Dalai Lama (d. 1856)
• 1847 – Emperor Hiep Hoa, the sixth emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn Dynasty (d. 1883)
• 1847 – Emma Albani, Canadian soprano (d. 1930)
• 1852 – Honinbo Shuei, Japanese professional board game player (d. 1907)
• 1859 – Charles Brantley Aycock, 50th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina (d. 1912)
• 1860 – Boies Penrose, American politician (d. 1921)
• 1862 – Johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer and organist (d. 1941)
• 1864 – Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna (d. 1918)
• 1871 – Stephen Crane, American writer (d. 1900)
• 1872 – Louis Dewis, Belgian artist (d. 1946)
• 1877 – Roger Quilter, British composer (d. 1953)
• 1878 – Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter (d. 1925)
• 1878 – Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1959)
• 1880 – Sholom Asch, Polish-born American writer (d. 1957)
• 1880 – Grantland Rice, American sports writer (d. 1954)
• 1880 – Alfred Wegener, German meteorologist and geophysicist (d. 1930)
• 1881 – Perikles Ioannidis, Greek admiral (d. 1965)
• 1881 – Edward Van Sloan, American actor (d. 1964)
• 1886 – Hermann Broch, Austrian author (d. 1951)
• 1886 – Sakutarō Hagiwara, Japanese writer (d. 1942)
• 1887 – L. S. Lowry, British painter (d. 1976)
• 1889 – Hannah Höch, German Dada artist (d. 1978)
• 1889 – Philip Noel-Baker, British-born Canadian diplomat and activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1982)
• 1896 – Edmund Blunden, English poet, author and critic (d. 1974)
• 1898 – Arthur Legat, Belgian racing driver (d. 1960)
• 1902 – Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian lyric poet (d. 1943)
• 1902 – Eugen Jochum, German conductor (d. 1987)
• 1903 – Max Adrian, Irish actor (d. 1973)
• 1903 – Edward Greeves, Australian rules footballer (d. 1963)
• 1905 – Paul-Émile Borduas, Quebec painter (d. 1960)
• 1906 – Johnny Indrisano, American boxer and actor (d. 1968)
• 1907 – Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, American boxer (d. 1976)
• 1911 – Henri Troyat, French author and historian (d. 2007)
• 1912 – Gunther Plaut, German-born Canadian rabbi and writer
• 1914 – Moshe Teitelbaum, Hungarian Hassidic rabbi (d. 2006)
• 1917 – Clarence E. Miller, American politician (d. 2011)
• 1917 – Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, American artist and writer (d. 2010)
• 1919 – Hermann Bondi, Anglo-Austrian cosmologist (d. 2005)
• 1920 – James Kilpatrick, American journalist (d. 2010)
• 1920 – Ted Lowe, English snooker commentator (d. 2011)
• 1921 – John W. Peterson, American songwriter (d. 2006)
• 1922 – George S. Irving, American actor
• 1923 – Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian author (d. 2001)
• 1923 – Victoria de los Angeles, Spanish soprano (d. 2005)
• 1924 – Süleyman Demirel, Turkish politician
• 1924 – Jean-Luc Pépin, French Canadian politician (d. 1995)
• 1924 – Colette Renard, French actress and singer (d. 2010)
• 1926 – Lou Donaldson, American jazz alto saxophonist
• 1926 – Betsy Palmer, American actress
• 1927 – Victor Pellot, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1928 – Emmaline Henry, American actress (d. 1979)
• 1929 – Nicholas Mavroules, American politician (d. 2003)
• 1930 – A. R. Gurney, American playwright
• 1931 – Chosuke Ikariya, Japanese comedian (d. 2004)
• 1931 – Shunsuke Kikuchi, Japanese composer
• 1932 – Al Arbour, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1932 – Francis Arinze, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate
• 1932 – John Clark, English actor/director
• 1934 – Umberto Agnelli, Italian automobile executive (d. 2004)
• 1934 – Gillian Knight, English mezzo-soprano
• 1934 – William Mathias, British composer (d. 1992)
• 1935 – Gary Player, South African golfer
• 1935 – Edward Said, Palestinian-born literary critic (d. 2003)
• 1936 – Eddie Colman, English footballer (d. 1958)
• 1936 – Katsuhisa Hattori, Japanese composer
• 1936 – Shizuka Kamei, Japanese politician
• 1937 – Bill Anderson, American country music singer and songwriter
• 1939 – Barbara Bosson, American actress
• 1940 – Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, Indian jurist
• 1940 – Barry Sadler, American singer (d. 1989)
• 1941 – Alfio Basile, Argentine football coach
• 1941 – Robert Foxworth, American actor
• 1942 – Larry Flynt, American adult magazine publisher
• 1942 – Ralph Klein, Canadian politician
• 1942 – Marcia Wallace, American actress
• 1943 – Salvatore Adamo, Italian-born Belgian singer
• 1943 – Jacques Attali, French economist
• 1943 – John McEnery, English actor
• 1944 – Kinky Friedman, American musician and novelist
• 1944 – Bobby Heenan, American professional wrestling manager and commentator
• 1944 – Oscar Temaru, President of French Polynesia
• 1946 – Ric Grech, English musician (Family, Ginger Baker's Air Force, Traffic) (d. 1990)
• 1946 – Dennis Muren, American special effects artist
• 1946 – Lynne Russell, American news anchor
• 1947 – Jim Steinman, American songwriter
• 1948 – Phil Myre, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1949 – Michael D. Griffin, American NASA executive
• 1949 – David Foster, Canadian musician and composer
• 1950 – Mitch Kapor, American computer programmer and businessman
• 1950 – Robert B. Laughlin, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1950 – Dan Peek, American guitarist (America) (d. 2011)
• 1951 – Ronald Bell, American singer and saxophonist (Kool & the Gang)
• 1951 – Belita Moreno, American actress
• 1951 – Fabrice Luchini, French actor
• 1953 – Jan Davis, American astronaut
• 1955 – Beth Leavel, American musical theatre actress
• 1955 – Mike Mendoza, British radio personality
• 1957 – Lyle Lovett, American singer
• 1957 – Peter Ostrum, American actor
• 1957 – Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer (d. 1988)
• 1958 – Joe DeRenzo, American musician
• 1958 – Charlie Kaufman, American screenwriter
• 1958 – Jim Steinmeyer, Illusion creator
• 1958 – Rachel Ticotin, American actress
• 1959 – Eriko Hara, Japanese voice actress
• 1960 – Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc.
• 1960 – Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican baseball player
• 1961 – Louise Boije af Gennäs, Swedish writer and novelist
• 1961 – Nicky Grist, Welsh rally driver
• 1961 – Calvin Johnson, American musician (Beat Happening, The Halo Benders, Dub Narcotic Sound System)
• 1961 – Kim Krizan, American screenwriter
• 1962 – Sharron Davies, British swimmer
• 1962 – Magne Furuholmen, Norwegian musician (a-ha)
• 1962 – Anthony Kiedis, American singer (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• 1963 – Rick Allen, British musician (Def Leppard)
• 1963 – Kenny Alphin, American musician (Big & Rich)
• 1963 – Mark Hughes, Welsh footballer
• 1963 – Katja Riemann, German actress
• 1964 – Daran Norris, American actor
• 1965 – Inka Friedrich, German actress
• 1965 – Patrik Ringborg, Swedish conductor
• 1966 – Barbara Becker, German actress and model
• 1966 – Willie D, American hip hop singer (The Geto Boys)
• 1966 – Mary Hansen, Australian musician (Stereolab) (d. 2002)
• 1967 – Tina Arena, Australian singer
• 1967 – Sophie B. Hawkins, American musician
• 1967 – Carla van de Puttelaar, Dutch photographer
• 1968 – Park Shin-yang, South Korean actor
• 1969 – Tie Domi, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1971 – Vikram Chatwal, Indian hotelier
• 1972 – Toni Collette, Australian actress
• 1972 – Paul Dickov, Scottish footballer
• 1972 – Jenny McCarthy, American actress and model
• 1972 – Sean Roberge, Canadian actor (d. 1996)
• 1973 – Aishwarya Rai, Indian actress and Miss World, 1994
• 1973 – Assia, Algerian singer
• 1973 – Geoff Horsfield, English footballer
• 1974 – V. V. S. Laxman, Indian cricketer
• 1975 – Bo Bice, American singer
• 1975 – Scott "Skippy" Chapman, American musician
• 1975 – Megan Wing, Canadian figure skater
• 1976 – Matt Chapman, American cartoonist and voice actor
• 1976 – Logan Marshall-Green, American actor
• 1978 – Mary Kate Schellhardt, American actress
• 1978 – Jessica Valenti, American writer and blogger
• 1978 – Manju Warrier, Indian actress
• 1979 – Coco Crisp, American baseball player
• 1979 – Luís Delgado, Angolan footballer
• 1979 – Milan Dudić, Serbian footballer
• 1982 – Warren Spragg, English-born Italian rugby player
• 1983 – Yuko Ogura, Japanese model
• 1983 – Josh Wicks, American soccer player
• 1983 – Jon Wilkin, English rugby league footballer
• 1983 – Matt Moulson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Miloš Krasić, Serbian footballer
• 1984 – Natalia Tena, English actress
• 1986 – Penn Badgley, American actor
• 1987 – Ileana D'Cruz, Indian film actress
• 1988 – Ai Fukuhara, Japanese table tennis player
• 1988 – Masahiro Tanaka, Japanese baseball player
• 1991 – Eyþór Arnarson, Icelandic skiier
• 1997 – Alex Wolff, American singer and actor

Deaths

• 921 – Richard, Duke of Burgundy
• 955 – Henry I, Duke of Bavaria
• 1296 – Guillaume Durand, French writer (b. 1230)
• 1391 – Amadeus VII of Savoy (b. 1360)
• 1399 – John V, Duke of Brittany (b. 1339)
• 1546 – Giulio Romano, Italian painter
• 1588 – Jean Daurat, French poet (b. 1508)
• 1596 – Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (b. 1539)
• 1642 – Jean Nicolet, French explorer (b. 1598)
• 1676 – Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch theologian (b. 1589)
• 1678 – William Coddington, first Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1601)
• 1700 – Charles II of Spain (b. 1661)
• 1814 – Alexander Samoylov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1744)
• 1888 – Nikolai Przhevalsky, Russian explorer (b. 1838)
• 1894 – Tsar Alexander III of Russia (b. 1845)
• 1903 – Theodor Mommsen, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1817)
• 1907 – Alfred Jarry, French writer (b. 1873)
• 1924 – Bill Tilghman, American peace officer (shot by Wiley Lynn) (b. 1854)
• 1938 – Charles Weeghman, American restaurateur and owner of Chicago Cubs (b.1874)
• 1942 – Hugo Distler, German composer (b. 1908)
• 1947 – Man o' War, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1917)
• 1952 – Dixie Lee. American actress, dancer, and singer (b. 1911)
• 1955 – Dale Carnegie, American writer (b. 1888)
• 1962 – Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1942)
• 1968 – George Papandreou, Greek politician (b. 1888)
• 1970 – Robert Staughton Lynd, American historian (b. 1892)
• 1972 – Ezra Pound, American poet (b. 1885)
• 1979 – Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States (b. 1896)
• 1982 – King Vidor, American film director (b. 1894)
• 1982 – James Broderick, American actor (b. 1927)
• 1983 – Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (b. 1887)
• 1985 – Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (b. 1911)
• 1986 – Serge Garant, French-Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1929)
• 1987 – René Lévesque, Premier of Quebec (b. 1922)
• 1993 – Severo Ochoa, Spanish biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1905)
• 1993 – A. N. Sherwin-White, English historian (b. 1911)
• 1994 – Noah Beery, Jr., American actor (b. 1913)
• 1996 – J.R. Jayewardene, Sri Lankan politician and statesman (b. 1906)
• 1999 – Theodore Alvin Hall, American atomic spy (b. 1925)
• 1999 – Jean Coutu, Canadian actor (b. 1925)
• 1999 – Walter Payton, American football player (b. 1954)
• 2000 – Bernard Erhard, American voice actor (b. 1934)
• 2001 – John S. Romanides, Greek Orthodox priest, author and professor (b. 1928)
• 2004 – Mac Dre, American rapper (b. 1970)
• 2004 – Terry Knight, American music promoter (b. 1943)
• 2005 – Skitch Henderson, English bandleader (b. 1918)
• 2005 – Michael Piller, American screenwriter (b. 1948)
• 2006 – William Styron, American author (b. 1925)
• 2006 – Adrienne Shelly, American actress (b. 1966)
• 2007 – Paul Tibbets, US Air Force retired Brigadier General (b. 1915)
• 2007 – S. Ali Raza, Bollywood Screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 2008 – Nathaniel Mayer, American soul musician (b. 1944)
• 2008 – Jacques Piccard, Swiss ocean explorer (b. 1922)
• 2008 – Yma Sumac, Peruvian singer (b. 1922)
• 2008 – Shakir Stewart, American music producer (b. 1974)
• 2010 – Ernesto Presas, Filipino martial artist (b. 1945)
• 2010 – Charlie O'Donnell, American television announcer (b. 1932)
• 2011 – Dorothy Howell Rodham, Mother of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. (b. 1919)

Holidays and observances

• All Saints Day, a Holy Day of Obligation in the Roman Catholic Church. A holiday in Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Croatia, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta (for schools only), Mauritius, Mexico, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.
• Andhra Pradesh Formation Day (Andhra Pradesh)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Austromoine
  • Benignus of Dijon
  • Caesarius of Africa
  • November 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Day of the Innocents, The first day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration. (Mexico)
• Day of the leaders of the Bulgarian National Revival (Bulgaria)
• Haryana Foundation Day (Haryana)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Antigua and Barbuda from the United Kingdom in 1981.
• Karnataka Foundation Day (Karnataka)
• Kerala Foundation Day (Kerala)
• National day (Algeria)
• The first day of Samhain, officially started at Samhain Eve, at the sunset of October 31. (Gaels and Neopagans)
• World Vegan Day (International)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada