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

  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1922
    The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.
  • 1939
    The first rabbit born after artificial insemination is exhibited to the world.
  • 1945
    The official North Korean newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, is first published under the name Chongro.
  • 1948
    Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople is enthroned.
  • 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.
  • 1970
    Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France kills 146 young people.
  • 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.

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