About November 1
November 1, 2020 is the 306th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 60 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
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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 103 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.
- 1611 –William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
- 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.
- 1901 –Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, VA.
- 1922 –The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.
- 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.
- 1944 –World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren in the Netherlands.
- 1945 –Australia joins the United Nations.
- 1945 –The official North Korean newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, is first published under the name Chongro.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1956 –The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore state are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act.
- 1961 –50,000 women in 60 cities participate in the inaugural Women Strike for Peace (WSP) against nuclear proliferation.
- 1973 –Watergate Scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
- 1981 –Antigua and Barbuda gain independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1993 –The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.
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