November 1 in history
Events on November 1
Notable events that happened on November 1 in past years.
- 2024
A concrete canopy collapses at the Novi Sad railway station, killing 16 people and injuring 3.
Wikipedia article: Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse - 2000
Serbia and Montenegro joins the United Nations.
Wikipedia article: Serbia and Montenegro - 1984
After the assassination of Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India on 31 October 1984, by two of her Sikh bodyguards, anti-Sikh riots erupt.
Wikipedia article: Assassination of Indira Gandhi - 1973
Watergate scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
Wikipedia article: Watergate scandal - 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.
Wikipedia article: Mackinac Bridge - 1954
The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.
Wikipedia article: National Liberation Front (Algeria) - 1948
Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, is enthroned.
Wikipedia article: Athenagoras I of Constantinople - 1938
Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
Wikipedia article: Seabiscuit - 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 102 deaths.
Wikipedia article: Malbone Street wreck - 1911
World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
Wikipedia article: Italo-Turkish War - 1894
Buffalo Bill, 15 of his Native Americans, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison in his Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
Wikipedia article: Buffalo Bill - 1805
Napoleon Bonaparte invades Austria during the War of the Third Coalition.
Wikipedia article: Napoleon - 1612
During the Time of Troubles, Polish troops are expelled from Moscow's Kitay-gorod by Russian troops under the command of Dmitry Pozharsky (22 October O.S.).
Wikipedia article: Time of Troubles - 1503
Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere is elected Pope and takes the name Julius II.
- 365
Roman Emperor Valentinian I learns the Alemanni have crossed the Rhine and invaded Gaul.
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