About November 1
November 1, 2025 is the 305th 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.
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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 108 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On November 1
- 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).
- 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.”
- 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.
- 1800 –US President John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).
- 1876 –New Zealand’s provincial government system is dissolved.
- 1896 –A picture showing the unclad (bare) breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
- 1901 –Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, VA.
- 1916 –Paul Miliukov delivers in the State Duma the famous “stupidity or treason” speech, precipitating the downfall of the Boris Stürmer government.
- 1945 –The official North Korean newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, is first published under the name Chongro.
- 1948 –Off southern Manchuria, 6,000 people are killed as a Chinese merchant ship explodes and sinks.
- 1950 –Pope Pius XII claims Papal Infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
- 1950 –Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.
- 1951 –Operation Buster-Jangle: 6,500 American soldiers are exposed to ‘Desert Rock’atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Participation is not voluntary.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1968 –The Motion Picture Association of America’s film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.
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