01 November History
- 79 - The city of Pompeii is buried by eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.
- 1512 - Michelangelo's painting on the Sistine Chapel ceiling is exhibited for the first time.
- 1582 - Maurice of Nassau, the son of William of Orange, becomes the governor of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht.
- 1755 - A great earthquake at Lisbon, Portugal, kills over 50,000 people.
- 1765 - The Stamp Act goes into effect in the British colonies.
- 1861 - Lieutenant General Winfield Scott, 50 year-veteran and leader of the U.S. Army at the onset of the Civil War, retires. General George McClellan is appointed general-in-chief of the Union armies.
- 1866 - Wild woman of the west Myra Maybelle Shirley marries James C. Reed in Collins County, Texas.
- 1869 - Louis Riel seizes Fort Garry, Winnipeg, during the Red River Rebellion.
- 1911 - Italian planes perform the first aerial bombing on Tanguira oasis in Libya.
- 1923 - Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company buys the rights to manufacture Zeppelin dirigibles.
- 1924 - Legendary Oklahoma marshal Bill Tilghman, 71, is gunned down by a drunk in Cromwell, Oklahoma.
- 1936 - Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini announces the Rome-Berlin axis after Count Ciano's visit to Germany.
- 1936 - The Rodeo Cowboy's Association is founded.
- 1943 - American troops invade Bougainville in the Solomon Islands.
- 1945 - John H. Johnson publishes the first issue of Ebony magazine.
- 1950 - Two members of a Puerto Rican nationalist movement attempt to assassinate President Harry S Truman.
- 1951 - Algerian National Liberation Front begins guerrilla warfare against the French.
- 1967 - The first issue of Rolling Stone hits the streets.
- 1968 - President Lyndon B. Johnson calls a halt to bombing in Vietnam, hoping this will lead to progress at the Paris peace talks.
01 November Birthdays
- 1500 - Benvunuto Cellini, Italian goldsmith and sculptor.
- 1636 - Nicholas Boileaus, French poet and historian.
- 1762 - Spencer Perceval, the only British prime minister to be assassinated.
- 1798 - Benjamin Lee Guinness, Irish brewer.
- 1818 - Jems Renwick, architect.
- 1828 - Balfour Steward, Scottish physicist and meteorologist.
- 1871 - Stephen Crane, poet and novelist (The Red Badge of Courage).
- 1880 - Sholem Asch, Polish-born American novelist and playwright (The Nazarene, The Mother).
- 1880 - Grantland Rice, American sportswriter.
- 1902 - Nordahl Brun Greig, Norwegian writer and wartime hero during WWII.
- 1923 - Victoria de Los Angeles, Spanish opera soprano.
- 1930 - A.R. Gurney, American playwright (Love Letters, The Dining Room).