Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: November 1
November 1, 2024 is the 306th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 60 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Scorpio is your zodiac sign. Topaz is your modern birthstone. Pearl is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: 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.
- 1555 –French Huguenots establish the France Antarctique colony in present-day Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- 1911 –The first dropping of a bomb from an airplane in combat, during the Italo-Turkish War.
- 1922 –The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.
- 1945 –Australia joins the United Nations.
- 1954 –The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.
- 1956 –In India, Kanyakumari district was joined to Tamilnadu state from Kerala.
- 1956 –The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore state are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act.
- 1973 –Watergate Scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
Who were born on November 1?
- 1530 –Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer (d. 1563)
- 1896 –Edmund Blunden, English poet, author and critic (d. 1974)
- 1924 –Jean-Luc Pépin, French Canadian politician (d. 1995)
- 1940 –Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, Indian jurist
- 1957 –Peter Ostrum, American actor
- 1959 –Eriko Hara, Japanese voice actress
- 1960 –Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc.
- 1965 –Inka Friedrich, German actress
- 1983 –Jon Wilkin, English rugby league footballer
- 1983 –Josh Wicks, American soccer player
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