About November 1
November 1, 2024 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.
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Scorpio is the sun 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.
What Happened On November 1
- 1179 –Philip II is crowned King of France.
- 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
- 1805 –Napoleon Bonaparte invades Austria during the War of the Third Coalition.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1948 –Off southern Manchuria, 6,000 people are killed as a Chinese merchant ship explodes and sinks.
- 1950 –Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.
- 1960 –While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.
- 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 –The Indian state of Mysore is renamed as Karnataka to represent all the regions within Karunadu.
- 1973 –Watergate Scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
- 2000 –Serbia joins the United Nations.
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