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This day in history: 1 November

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430 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 1 November.
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2024: A concrete canopy collapses at the Novi Sad railway station, killing 16 people and injuring 3.

Holidays and observances

All Saints' Day, a holy day of obligation in some areas (a national holiday in many historically Catholic countries), and its related observance: Day of the Innocents, The first day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration. (

Anniversary of the Revolution (Algeria)

Chavang Kut (Mizo people of Northeast India, Bangladesh, Burma)

Chhattisgarh Rajyotsava (Chhattisgarh, India)

Christian feast day: Austromoine

Christian feast day: Benignus of Dijon

Christian feast day: Caesarius of Africa

Christian feast day: November 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Santa Muerte (Folk Catholicism, Mexico and Southwestern United States)

Coronation of the fifth Druk Gyalpo (Bhutan)

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Antigua and Barbuda from the United Kingdom in 1981.

International Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Awareness Day

Events

2024A concrete canopy collapses at the Novi Sad railway station, killing 16 people and injuring 3.

2012A fuel tank truck crashes and explodes in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh, killing 26 people and injuring 135.

2011Mario Draghi succeeds Jean-Claude Trichet and becomes the third president of the European Central Bank.

2009An Ilyushin Il-76 crashes near the Mir mine after takeoff from Mirny Airport in Yakutia, killing all 11 aboard.

2001Turkey, Australia, and Canada agree to commit troops to the invasion of Afghanistan.

2000Chhattisgarh officially becomes the 26th state of India, formed from sixteen districts of eastern Madhya Pradesh.

2000Serbia and Montenegro joins the United Nations.

1997Titanic premieres publicly at Tokyo festival, launching a global blockbuster career.

1993The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.

1991President of the Chechen Republic Dzhokhar Dudayev declares sovereignty of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria from the Russian Federation.

1987British Rail Class 43 (HST) hits the record speed of 238 km/h for rail vehicles with on-board fuel to generate electricity for traction motors.

1984After the assassination of Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India on 31 October 1984, by two of her Sikh bodyguards, anti-Sikh riots erupt.

1982Honda becomes the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States with the opening of its factory in Marysville, Ohio; a Honda Accord is the first car produced there.

1981Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from the United Kingdom.

1979Griselda Álvarez becomes the first female governor of a state of Mexico.

1979In Bolivia, Colonel Alberto Natusch executes a bloody coup d'état against the constitutional government of Wálter Guevara.

1976Burundian president Michel Micombero is deposed in a bloodless military coup d'état by deputy Jean-Baptiste Bagaza.

1973The Indian state of Mysore is renamed as Karnataka to represent all the regions within Karunadu.

1973Watergate scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.

1970Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France kills 146 young people.

1968The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.

1963The 1963 South Vietnamese coup begins.

1963The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens.

1957The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.

1956Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy announces Hungary's neutrality and withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact. Soviet troops begin to re-enter Hungary, contrary to assurances by the Soviet government. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich secretly defect to

1956The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act; Kanyakumari district is joined to Tamil Nadu from Kerala. Delhi was established as a union territory.

1956The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia kills 39 miners; 88 are rescued.

1955The bombing of United Air Lines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas DC-6B airliner.

1955The establishment of a Military Assistance Advisory Group in South Vietnam marks the beginning of American involvement in the conflict.

1954The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.

1952Nuclear weapons testing: The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent.

1951Operation Buster–Jangle: Six thousand five hundred United States Army soldiers are exposed to 'Desert Rock' atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Participation is not voluntary.

1950Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.

1949All 55 people on board Eastern Air Lines Flight 537 are killed when the Douglas DC-4 operating the flight collides in mid-air with a Bolivian Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft over Alexandria, Virginia.

1948Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, is enthroned.

1945The official North Korean newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, is first published under the name Chongro.

1944World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren.

1943World War II: The 3rd Marine Division, United States Marines, landing on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands, secures a beachhead, leading that night to a naval clash at the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay.

1942World War II: Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal campaign and ends three days later with an American victory.

1941American 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.

Born on this day

2003Ernest Nuamah, Ghanaian footballer

2003Lautaro Rivero, Argentine footballer

2002NLE Choppa, American rapper and YouTuber

2001Alofiana Khan-Pereira, Australian rugby league player

2000Gonzalo Plata, Ecuadorian footballer

1998Stuart Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player

1997Alex Wolff, American actor and musician

1997Elvis Rexhbeçaj, Kosovan footballer

1997Max Burkholder, American actor

1997Nordi Mukiele, French footballer

1996Chinanu Onuaku, American basketball player

1996GeorgeNotFound, English internet personality

1996Jeongyeon, South Korean singer

1996Lil Peep, American rapper (died 2017)

1995Joe Chealey, American basketball player

1995Margarita Mamun, Russian gymnast

1994Brent Rooker, American baseball player

1994James Ward-Prowse, English footballer

1992Filip Kostić, Serbian footballer

1992Semaj Christon, American basketball player

1991Anthony Ramos, American actor and singer

1991Jiang Yuyuan, Chinese gymnast

1991Reece Brown, English footballer

1990Tim Frazier, American basketball player

1988Masahiro Tanaka, Japanese baseball player

1987Bruce Irvin, American football player

1987Ileana D'Cruz, Indian film actress

1986Ksenija Balta, Estonian high jumper, sprinter, and heptathlete

1986Penn Badgley, American actor and television personality

1985Marcus Landry, American basketball player

1985Paulo Orlando, Brazilian baseball player

1984Miloš Krasić, Serbian footballer

1984Natalia Tena, English actress and musician

1984Stephen Vogt, American baseball player

1983Jon Wilkin, English rugby player

1983Matt Moulson, Canadian ice hockey player

1983Yuko Ogura, Japanese model and singer

1982Bradley Orr, English footballer

1982Warren Spragg, English-Italian rugby player

1981Matt Jones, American actor and comedian

Died on this day

2025Carlos Manzo, Mexican politician (born 1985)

2025John Farragher, Australian rugby league player (born 1957)

2025Martha Layne Collins, American politician, 56th Governor of Kentucky (born 1936)

2023Brian Brain, English cricketer (born 1940)

2022Takeoff, member of the American hip-hop group Migos (born 1994)

2021Hugo Dittfach, Canadian horse jockey (born 1936)

2020Keith Hitchins, American historian expert on Romanian history (born 1931)

2020Lady Elizabeth Shakerley, British party planner, writer and socialite (born 1941)

2015Charles Duncan Michener, American entomologist and academic (born 1918)

2015Fred Thompson, American actor, lawyer, and politician (born 1942)

2015Günter Schabowski, German journalist and politician (born 1929)

2015Houston McTear, American sprinter (born 1957)

2015Thomas R. Fitzgerald, American lawyer and judge (born 1941)

2014Abednigo Ngcobo, South African footballer (born 1950)

2014Jackie Fairweather, Australian runner and coach (born 1967)

2014Jean-Pierre Roy, Canadian-American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (born 1920)

2014Joel Barnett, Baron Barnett, English accountant and politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury (born 1923)

2014Wayne Static, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1965)

2013John Y. McCollister, American lieutenant and politician (born 1921)

2013Piet Rietveld, Dutch economist and academic (born 1952)

2012Agustín García Calvo, Spanish poet, playwright, and philosopher (born 1926)

2012Mitch Lucker, American singer (born 1984)

2012Pascual Pérez, Dominican baseball player (born 1957)

2011Cahit Aral, Turkish engineer and politician, Turkish Minister of Industry and Commerce (born 1927)

2010Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (born 1922)

2010Shannon Tavarez, American actress (born 1999)

2009Endel Laas, Estonian scientist and academic (born 1915)

2009Esther Hautzig, Lithuanian-American author (born 1930)

2009Robert H. Rines, American violinist and composer (born 1922)

2008Jacques Piccard, Swiss oceanographer and engineer (born 1922)

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