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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_1" title="November 1">November 1</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain" title="Samhain">Samhain</a></b> and <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltane" title="Beltane">Beltane</a></b> in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, respectively; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka_Rajyotsava" title="Karnataka Rajyotsava">Rajyotsava (Formation Day)</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>, India (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956" title="1956">1956</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1214" title="1214">1214</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Seljuk_wars" title="Byzantine–Seljuk wars">Byzantine–Seljuk wars</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seljuk_dynasty" title="Seljuk dynasty">Seljuq Turks</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Sinope" title="Siege of Sinope">captured</a></b> the important port city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinop,_Turkey" title="Sinop, Turkey">Sinope</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921" title="1921">1921</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Kyle" title="Frances Kyle">Frances Kyle</a></b> was called to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_of_Ireland" title="Bar of Ireland">Bar of Ireland</a>, becoming the first female <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrister" title="Barrister">barrister</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941" title="1941">1941</a> – American photographer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_Adams" title="Ansel Adams">Ansel Adams</a> shot <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonrise,_Hernandez,_New_Mexico" title="Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico">Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico</a></b></i>, one of his most famous photographs.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944" title="1944">1944</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World <span class="nowrap">War II</span></a>: An American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_variants#RB-29J_(RB-29,_FB-29J,_F-13,_F-13A)" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress variants"><span class="nowrap">F-13</span> Superfortress</a> made the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_November_1944_reconnaissance_sortie_over_Japan" title="1 November 1944 reconnaissance sortie over Japan">first flight by an Allied aircraft over Tokyo</a></b> since the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doolittle_Raid" title="Doolittle Raid">Doolittle Raid</a> in April 1942.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963" title="1963">1963</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%AA_Quang_Tung" title="Lê Quang Tung">Lê Quang Tung</a></b>, loyalist head of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_the_Republic_of_Vietnam_Special_Forces" title="Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces">South Vietnam Special Forces</a>, was executed in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_South_Vietnamese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1963 South Vietnamese coup d'état">a U.S.-backed coup</a></b> against president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngo_Dinh_Diem" title="Ngo Dinh Diem">Ngô Đình Diệm</a> following a period of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_crisis" title="Buddhist crisis">religious unrest</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Zaj%C4%85czek" title="Józef Zajączek">Józef Zajączek</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1752); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Still_Anderson" title="Caroline Still Anderson">Caroline Still Anderson</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1848); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Agnelli" title="Umberto Agnelli">Umberto Agnelli</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1934); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_van_Hoboken" title="Anthony van Hoboken">Anthony van Hoboken</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1983)</p>