November 1st (2012) was a Thursday. It's the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 61 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 1st November, 2012
» A fuel tank truck 2012 Riyadh truck crash e.g crashes and explodes in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh killing 26 people and injuring 135.
November 1st Famous Deaths for 2012
» Brad Armstrong (wrestler) named Brad Armstrong, American wrestler (b. 1961)
» Agustín García Calvo, Spanish poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1926)
» Geoffrey Lofthouse, Baron Lofthouse of Pontefract, English politician (b. 1925)
» Jan Louwers, Dutch footballer (b. 1930)
» Mitch Lucker, American singer-songwriter (Suicide Silence) (b. 1984)
» Pascual Pérez (baseball) known as Pascual Pérez, Dominican baseball player (b. 1957)
» Omry Ronen, American academic (b. 1937)
» Jonathan Street, English author (b. 1943)
» Edwin Q. White, American journalist (b. 1922)
» Chen Zude, Chinese Go (game) e.g Go player (b. 1944)
November 1st Holidays in History
» All Saints Day, a Holy Day of Obligation (Roman Catholic Church. A holiday in Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Croatia, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta (for schools only), Maur
» Public holidays in India Secular holidays e.g Andhra Pradesh Formation Day (Andhra Pradesh)
» Public holidays in Algeria named Anniversary of the Revolution (Algeria)
» Christian Feast Day:
» Austromoine
» Benignus of Dijon
» Caesarius of Africa
» November 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Public holidays in Bhutan or Coronation of the fifth Druk Gyalpo (Bhutan)
» Day of the Innocents, The first day of Day of the Dead or 'El Dia de los Muertos' celebration. (Mexico, Haiti)
» Day of the leaders of the Bulgarian National Revival (Bulgaria)
» Earliest day on which Arbor Day can fall, while 7 November is the latest; celebrated on the first Friday in November. (Samoa)
» Earliest day on which Public holidays in Turkmenistan e.g Health Day can fall, while 7 November is the latest; celebrated on the first Saturday in November. (Turkmenistan)
» Haryana Formation of Haryana known as Haryana Foundation Day (Haryana)
» Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Antigua and Barbuda from the United Kingdom in 1981.
» Karnataka Rajyotsava called Karnataka Foundation Day (Karnataka)
» Kerala Piravi called Kerala Foundation Day (Kerala)
» National Bison Day (United States)
» Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere and Beltaine in the Southern hemisphere, celebrations start at sunset of October 31 (Neopagan Wheel of the Year)