November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years). 60 days remain until the end of the year.
"If the First Amendment will protect a scumbag like me, then it will protect all of you."
Larry Flynt
Born today
Larry Flynt, 1942, American publisher
Observances
All Saints' Day, a holy day of obligation in some areas (a national holiday in many historically Catholic countries), and its related observance:
Day of the Innocents, The first day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration. (Mexico, Haiti)
Anniversary of the Revolution (Algeria)
Chavang Kut (Mizo people of Northeast India, Bangladesh, Burma)
Chhattisgarh Rajyotsava (Chhattisgarh, India)
Santa Muerte (Folk Catholicism, Mexico and Southwestern United States)
Coronation of the fifth Druk Gyalpo (Bhutan)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Antigua and Barbuda from the United Kingdom in 1981.
Karnataka Rajyotsava (Karnataka, India)
Kerala Day (Kerala, India)
Liberty Day (United States Virgin Islands)
National Brush Day (US)
National Awakening Day (Bulgaria)
The first day of winter observances:
Calan Gaeaf, celebrations start at sunset of October 31. (Wales)
Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere and Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere, celebrations start at sunset of October 31 (Neopagan Wheel of the Year)
Calan Gaeaf (US)
Prime Meridian Day (US)
