November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 60 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events[link]

• 365 – The Alamanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities.
• 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).
• 1179 – Philip II is crowned King of France.
• 1348 – The anti-royalist Union of Valencia attacks the Jews of Murviedro on the pretext that they are serfs of the King of Valencia and thus "royalists."
• 1512 – The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
• 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.
• 1604 – William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
• 1611 – William Shakespeare's romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
• 1612 – (22 October O.S.) Time of Troubles in Russia: Moscow, Kitai-gorod, is captured by Russian troops under command of Dmitry Pozharsky
• 1683 – The British crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.
• 1688 – William III of Orange sets out a second time from Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands to invade England, Scotland and Ireland from King James II of England during the Glorious Revolution.
• 1755 – Lisbon earthquake: In Portugal, Lisbon is destroyed by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between sixty thousand and ninety thousand people.
• 1765 – The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the 13 colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.
• 1790 – Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in a disaster.
• 1800 – US President John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).
• 1805 – Napoleon Bonaparte invades Austria during the War of the Third Coalition.
• 1814 – Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France, in the Napoleonic Wars.
• 1848 – In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with the Boston University School of Medicine), opens.
• 1859 – The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse is lit for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for about 19 miles (30 kilometers), in good conditions.
• 1861 – American Civil War: US President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.
• 1870 – In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.
• 1876 – New Zealand's provincial government system is dissolved.
• 1884 – The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
• 1886 – Ananda College, a leading Buddhist school in Sri Lanka is established with 37 students.
• 1894 – Nicholas II becomes the new Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
• 1896 – A picture showing the unclad (bare) breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
• 1897 – The first Library of Congress building opened its doors to the public. The Library had been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
• 1901 – Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, VA.
• 1911 – The first dropping of a bomb from an airplane in combat, during the Italo-Turkish War.
• 1914 – World War I: the first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth.
• 1915 – Parris Island is officially designated a US Marine Corps Recruit Depot.
• 1916 – Paul Miliukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the Boris Stürmer government.
• 1918 – Malbone Street Wreck: the worst rapid transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 93 deaths.
• 1918 – Western Ukraine gains its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
• 1920 – American Fishing Schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian Fishing Schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax.
• 1922 – The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.
• 1928 – The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replacing the version of the Arabic alphabet previously used, comes into force in Turkey.
• 1937 – Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community.
• 1938 – Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
• 1939 – The first rabbit born after artificial insemination is exhibited to the world.
• 1941 – American photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.
• 1942 – Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 4.
• 1943 – World War II: Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, United States Marines, the 3rd Marine Division, land on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands.
• 1943 – World War II: In support of the landings on Bougainville, U.S. aircraft carrier forces attack the huge Japanese base at Rabaul.
• 1944 – World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren in the Netherlands.
• 1945 – The official North Korean newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, is first published under the name Chongro.
• 1945 – Australia joins the United Nations.
• 1946 – The New York Knicks played against the Toronto Huskies at the Maple Leaf Gardens, in the first Basketball Association of America game. The Knicks would win 68–66.
• 1948 – Off southern Manchuria, 6,000 people are killed as a Chinese merchant ship explodes and sinks.
• 1948 – Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople is enthroned.
• 1950 – Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.
• 1950 – Pope Pius XII claims Papal Infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
• 1951 – Operation Buster-Jangle: 6,500 American soldiers are exposed to 'Desert Rock' atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Participation is not voluntary.
• 1952 – Operation Ivy – The United States successfully detonates the first large hydrogen bomb, codenamed "Mike" ["M" for megaton], in the Eniwetok atoll, located in the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean. The explosion had a yield of 10 megatons.
• 1953 – Andhra Pradesh attained statehood on 1 November 1953, with Kurnool as its capital.
• 1954 – The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.
• 1955 – The bombing of United Airlines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas DC-6B airliner.
• 1956 – The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore state are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act.
• 1956 – In India, Kanyakumari district was joined to Tamilnadu state from Kerala.
• 1957 – The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
• 1959 – Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jacques Plante wears a protective mask for the first time in an NHL game.
• 1959 – In Rwanda, Hutu politician Dominique Mbonyumutwa is beaten up by Tutsi forces, leading to a period of violence known as the wind of destruction.
• 1960 – While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.
• 1961 – 50,000 women in 60 cities participate in the inaugural Women Strike for Peace (WSP) against nuclear proliferation.
• 1963 – The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens.
• 1966 – The New Orleans Saints football team is founded.
• 1968 – The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.
• 1970 – Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France kills 146 young people.
• 1973 – Watergate Scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
• 1973 – The Indian state of Mysore is renamed as Karnataka to represent all the regions within Karunadu.
• 1981 – Antigua and Barbuda gain independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1982 – Honda becomes the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States with the opening of their factory in Marysville, Ohio. The Honda Accord is the first car produced there.
• 1993 – The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.
• 2000 – Serbia joins the United Nations.

Births[link]

• 846 – Louis the Stammerer, King of West Francia (d. 879)
• 1339 – Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (d. 1365)
• 1351 – Duke Leopold III of Austria (d. 1386)
• 1526 – Queen Catherine Jagellonica of Poland (d. 1583)
• 1530 – Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer (d. 1563)
• 1539 – Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (d. 1596)
• 1549 – Anna of Austria, consort of Philip II of Spain (d. 1580)
• 1567 – Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (d. 1626)
• 1578 – Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (d. 1642)
• 1585 – Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (d. 1652)
• 1607 – Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, German poet (d. 1658)
• 1611 – François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (d. 1656)
• 1629 – St. Oliver Plunkett, Irish Catholic martyr (d. 1681)
• 1636 – Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (d. 1711)
• 1643 – John Strype, English historian and biographer (d. 1737)
• 1661 – Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (d. 1725)
• 1666 – James Sherard, English apothecary, botanist, and amateur musician (d. 1738)
• 1704 – Paul Daniel Longolius, German encyclopedist (d. 1779)
• 1720 – Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (d. 1791)
• 1727 – Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, Russian educator (d. 1797)
• 1757 – Antonio Canova, Italian artist (d. 1822)
• 1762 – Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1812)
• 1778 – Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (d. 1837)
• 1782 – Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, British statesman (d. 1859)
• 1808 – John Taylor, American religious figure (d. 1887)
• 1838 – Khedrup Gyatso, 11th Dalai Lama (d. 1856)
• 1847 – Emperor Hiep Hoa, the sixth emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn Dynasty (d. 1883)
• 1847 – Emma Albani, Canadian soprano (d. 1930)
• 1852 – Honinbo Shuei, Japanese professional board game player (d. 1907)
• 1859 – Charles Brantley Aycock, 50th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina (d. 1912)
• 1860 – Boies Penrose, American politician (d. 1921)
• 1862 – Johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer and organist (d. 1941)
• 1864 – Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna (d. 1918)
• 1871 – Stephen Crane, American writer (d. 1900)
• 1872 – Louis Dewis, Belgian artist (d. 1946)
• 1877 – Roger Quilter, British composer (d. 1953)
• 1878 – Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter (d. 1925)
• 1878 – Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1959)
• 1880 – Sholom Asch, Polish-born American writer (d. 1957)
• 1880 – Grantland Rice, American sports writer (d. 1954)
• 1880 – Alfred Wegener, German meteorologist and geophysicist (d. 1930)
• 1881 – Perikles Ioannidis, Greek admiral (d. 1965)
• 1881 – Edward Van Sloan, American actor (d. 1964)
• 1886 – Hermann Broch, Austrian author (d. 1951)
• 1886 – Sakutarō Hagiwara, Japanese writer (d. 1942)
• 1887 – L. S. Lowry, British painter (d. 1976)
• 1889 – Hannah Höch, German Dada artist (d. 1978)
• 1889 – Philip Noel-Baker, British-born Canadian diplomat and activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1982)
• 1896 – Edmund Blunden, English poet, author and critic (d. 1974)
• 1898 – Arthur Legat, Belgian racing driver (d. 1960)
• 1902 – Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian lyric poet (d. 1943)
• 1902 – Eugen Jochum, German conductor (d. 1987)
• 1903 – Max Adrian, Irish actor (d. 1973)
• 1903 – Edward Greeves, Australian rules footballer (d. 1963)
• 1905 – Paul-Émile Borduas, Quebec painter (d. 1960)
• 1906 – Johnny Indrisano, American boxer and actor (d. 1968)
• 1907 – Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, American boxer (d. 1976)
• 1911 – Henri Troyat, French author and historian (d. 2007)
• 1912 – Gunther Plaut, German-born Canadian rabbi and writer
• 1914 – Moshe Teitelbaum, Hungarian Hassidic rabbi (d. 2006)
• 1917 – Clarence E. Miller, American politician (d. 2011)
• 1917 – Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, American artist and writer (d. 2010)
• 1919 – Hermann Bondi, Anglo-Austrian cosmologist (d. 2005)
• 1920 – James Kilpatrick, American journalist (d. 2010)
• 1920 – Ted Lowe, English snooker commentator (d. 2011)
• 1921 – John W. Peterson, American songwriter (d. 2006)
• 1922 – George S. Irving, American actor
• 1923 – Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian author (d. 2001)
• 1923 – Victoria de los Angeles, Spanish soprano (d. 2005)
• 1924 – Süleyman Demirel, Turkish politician
• 1924 – Jean-Luc Pépin, French Canadian politician (d. 1995)
• 1924 – Colette Renard, French actress and singer (d. 2010)
• 1926 – Lou Donaldson, American jazz alto saxophonist
• 1926 – Betsy Palmer, American actress
• 1927 – Victor Pellot, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1928 – Emmaline Henry, American actress (d. 1979)
• 1929 – Nicholas Mavroules, American politician (d. 2003)
• 1930 – A. R. Gurney, American playwright
• 1931 – Chosuke Ikariya, Japanese comedian (d. 2004)
• 1931 – Shunsuke Kikuchi, Japanese composer
• 1932 – Al Arbour, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1932 – Francis Arinze, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate
• 1932 – John Clark, English actor/director
• 1934 – Umberto Agnelli, Italian automobile executive (d. 2004)
• 1934 – Gillian Knight, English mezzo-soprano
• 1934 – William Mathias, British composer (d. 1992)
• 1935 – Gary Player, South African golfer
• 1935 – Edward Said, Palestinian-born literary critic (d. 2003)
• 1936 – Eddie Colman, English footballer (d. 1958)
• 1936 – Katsuhisa Hattori, Japanese composer
• 1936 – Shizuka Kamei, Japanese politician
• 1937 – Bill Anderson, American country music singer and songwriter
• 1939 – Barbara Bosson, American actress
• 1940 – Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, Indian jurist
• 1940 – Barry Sadler, American singer (d. 1989)
• 1941 – Alfio Basile, Argentine football coach
• 1941 – Robert Foxworth, American actor
• 1942 – Larry Flynt, American adult magazine publisher
• 1942 – Ralph Klein, Canadian politician
• 1942 – Marcia Wallace, American actress
• 1943 – Salvatore Adamo, Italian-born Belgian singer
• 1943 – Jacques Attali, French economist
• 1943 – John McEnery, English actor
• 1944 – Kinky Friedman, American musician and novelist
• 1944 – Bobby Heenan, American professional wrestling manager and commentator
• 1944 – Oscar Temaru, President of French Polynesia
• 1946 – Ric Grech, English musician (Family, Ginger Baker's Air Force, Traffic) (d. 1990)
• 1946 – Dennis Muren, American special effects artist
• 1946 – Lynne Russell, American news anchor
• 1947 – Jim Steinman, American songwriter
• 1948 – Phil Myre, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1949 – Michael D. Griffin, American NASA executive
• 1949 – David Foster, Canadian musician and composer
• 1950 – Mitch Kapor, American computer programmer and businessman
• 1950 – Robert B. Laughlin, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1950 – Dan Peek, American guitarist (America) (d. 2011)
• 1951 – Ronald Bell, American singer and saxophonist (Kool & the Gang)
• 1951 – Belita Moreno, American actress
• 1951 – Fabrice Luchini, French actor
• 1953 – Jan Davis, American astronaut
• 1955 – Beth Leavel, American musical theatre actress
• 1955 – Mike Mendoza, British radio personality
• 1957 – Lyle Lovett, American singer
• 1957 – Peter Ostrum, American actor
• 1957 – Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer (d. 1988)
• 1958 – Joe DeRenzo, American musician
• 1958 – Charlie Kaufman, American screenwriter
• 1958 – Jim Steinmeyer, Illusion creator
• 1958 – Rachel Ticotin, American actress
• 1959 – Eriko Hara, Japanese voice actress
• 1960 – Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc.
• 1960 – Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican baseball player
• 1961 – Louise Boije af Gennäs, Swedish writer and novelist
• 1961 – Nicky Grist, Welsh rally driver
• 1961 – Calvin Johnson, American musician (Beat Happening, The Halo Benders, Dub Narcotic Sound System)
• 1961 – Kim Krizan, American screenwriter
• 1962 – Sharron Davies, British swimmer
• 1962 – Magne Furuholmen, Norwegian musician (a-ha)
• 1962 – Anthony Kiedis, American singer (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• 1963 – Rick Allen, British musician (Def Leppard)
• 1963 – Kenny Alphin, American musician (Big & Rich)
• 1963 – Mark Hughes, Welsh footballer
• 1963 – Katja Riemann, German actress
• 1964 – Daran Norris, American actor
• 1965 – Inka Friedrich, German actress
• 1965 – Patrik Ringborg, Swedish conductor
• 1966 – Barbara Becker, German actress and model
• 1966 – Willie D, American hip hop singer (The Geto Boys)
• 1966 – Mary Hansen, Australian musician (Stereolab) (d. 2002)
• 1967 – Tina Arena, Australian singer
• 1967 – Sophie B. Hawkins, American musician
• 1967 – Carla van de Puttelaar, Dutch photographer
• 1968 – Park Shin-yang, South Korean actor
• 1969 – Tie Domi, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1971 – Vikram Chatwal, Indian hotelier
• 1972 – Toni Collette, Australian actress
• 1972 – Paul Dickov, Scottish footballer
• 1972 – Jenny McCarthy, American actress and model
• 1972 – Sean Roberge, Canadian actor (d. 1996)
• 1973 – Aishwarya Rai, Indian actress and Miss World, 1994
• 1973 – Assia, Algerian singer
• 1973 – Geoff Horsfield, English footballer
• 1974 – V. V. S. Laxman, Indian cricketer
• 1975 – Bo Bice, American singer
• 1975 – Scott "Skippy" Chapman, American musician
• 1975 – Megan Wing, Canadian figure skater
• 1976 – Matt Chapman, American cartoonist and voice actor
• 1976 – Logan Marshall-Green, American actor
• 1978 – Mary Kate Schellhardt, American actress
• 1978 – Jessica Valenti, American writer and blogger
• 1978 – Manju Warrier, Indian actress
• 1979 – Coco Crisp, American baseball player
• 1979 – Luís Delgado, Angolan footballer
• 1979 – Milan Dudić, Serbian footballer
• 1982 – Warren Spragg, English-born Italian rugby player
• 1982 – Bradley Orr, English footballer
• 1983 – Yuko Ogura, Japanese model
• 1983 – Josh Wicks, American soccer player
• 1983 – Jon Wilkin, English rugby league footballer
• 1983 – Matt Moulson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Miloš Krasić, Serbian footballer
• 1984 – Natalia Tena, English actress
• 1986 – Penn Badgley, American actor
• 1987 – Ileana D'Cruz, Indian film actress
• 1988 – Ai Fukuhara, Japanese table tennis player
• 1988 – Masahiro Tanaka, Japanese baseball player
• 1991 – Eyþór Arnarson, Icelandic skiier
• 1997 – Alex Wolff, American singer and actor

Deaths[link]

• 921 – Richard, Duke of Burgundy
• 955 – Henry I, Duke of Bavaria
• 1296 – Guillaume Durand, French writer (b. 1230)
• 1391 – Amadeus VII of Savoy (b. 1360)
• 1399 – John V, Duke of Brittany (b. 1339)
• 1546 – Giulio Romano, Italian painter
• 1588 – Jean Daurat, French poet (b. 1508)
• 1596 – Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (b. 1539)
• 1642 – Jean Nicolet, French explorer (b. 1598)
• 1676 – Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch theologian (b. 1589)
• 1678 – William Coddington, first Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1601)
• 1700 – Charles II of Spain (b. 1661)
• 1814 – Alexander Samoylov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1744)
• 1888 – Nikolai Przhevalsky, Russian explorer (b. 1838)
• 1894 – Tsar Alexander III of Russia (b. 1845)
• 1903 – Theodor Mommsen, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1817)
• 1907 – Alfred Jarry, French writer (b. 1873)
• 1924 – Bill Tilghman, American peace officer (shot by Wiley Lynn) (b. 1854)
• 1938 – Charles Weeghman, American restaurateur and owner of Chicago Cubs (b.1874)
• 1942 – Hugo Distler, German composer (b. 1908)
• 1947 – Man o' War, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1917)
• 1952 – Dixie Lee. American actress, dancer, and singer (b. 1911)
• 1955 – Dale Carnegie, American writer (b. 1888)
• 1962 – Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1942)
• 1968 – George Papandreou, Greek politician (b. 1888)
• 1970 – Robert Staughton Lynd, American historian (b. 1892)
• 1972 – Robert MacArthur, American ecologist (b. 1930)
• 1972 – Ezra Pound, American poet (b. 1885)
• 1979 – Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States (b. 1896)
• 1982 – King Vidor, American film director (b. 1894)
• 1982 – James Broderick, American actor (b. 1927)
• 1983 – Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (b. 1887)
• 1985 – Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (b. 1911)
• 1986 – Serge Garant, French-Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1929)
• 1987 – René Lévesque, Premier of Quebec (b. 1922)
• 1993 – Severo Ochoa, Spanish biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1905)
• 1993 – A. N. Sherwin-White, English historian (b. 1911)
• 1994 – Noah Beery, Jr., American actor (b. 1913)
• 1996 – J.R. Jayewardene, Sri Lankan politician and statesman (b. 1906)
• 1999 – Theodore Alvin Hall, American atomic spy (b. 1925)
• 1999 – Jean Coutu, Canadian actor (b. 1925)
• 1999 – Walter Payton, American football player (b. 1954)
• 2000 – Bernard Erhard, American voice actor (b. 1934)
• 2001 – John S. Romanides, Greek Orthodox priest, author and professor (b. 1928)
• 2004 – Mac Dre, American rapper (b. 1970)
• 2004 – Terry Knight, American music promoter (b. 1943)
• 2005 – Skitch Henderson, English bandleader (b. 1918)
• 2005 – Michael Piller, American screenwriter (b. 1948)
• 2006 – William Styron, American author (b. 1925)
• 2006 – Adrienne Shelly, American actress (b. 1966)
• 2007 – Paul Tibbets, US Air Force retired Brigadier General (b. 1915)
• 2007 – S. Ali Raza, Bollywood Screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 2008 – Nathaniel Mayer, American soul musician (b. 1944)
• 2008 – Jacques Piccard, Swiss ocean explorer (b. 1922)
• 2008 – Yma Sumac, Peruvian singer (b. 1922)
• 2008 – Shakir Stewart, American music producer (b. 1974)
• 2010 – Ernesto Presas, Filipino martial artist (b. 1945)
• 2010 – Charlie O'Donnell, American television announcer (b. 1932)
• 2011 – Dorothy Howell Rodham, Mother of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. (b. 1919)

Holidays and observances[link]

• All Saints Day, a Holy Day of Obligation in the 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), Mauritius, Mexico, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.
• Andhra Pradesh Formation Day (Andhra Pradesh)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Austromoine
  • Benignus of Dijon
  • Caesarius of Africa
  • November 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Day of the Innocents, The first day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration. (Mexico)
• Day of the leaders of the Bulgarian National Revival (Bulgaria)
• Haryana Foundation Day (Haryana)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Antigua and Barbuda from the United Kingdom in 1981.
• Karnataka Foundation Day (Karnataka)
• Kerala Foundation Day (Kerala)
• National day (Algeria)
• The first day of Samhain, officially started at Samhain Eve, at the sunset of October 31. (Gaels and Neopagans)
• World Vegan Day (International)

External links[link]

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Sam "Slam 'em" Greco (born 3 May 1967) is a retired Australian super heavyweight kickboxer, heavyweight mixed martial artist and professional wrestler^[1] of Italian descent, who fought in Kyokushin karate, professional kickboxing, and K-1 tournaments.

Biography and career[link]

When growing up in Melbourne, Australia Sam's Italian-born father Vittorio encouraged him to get involved with soccer from an early age and Sam became the youngest player ever to sign up with the Italian premier league team Juventus. He played as well for Heidelberg soccer club in Melbourne.

K-1 career[link]

He trained in Kyokushin karate, and started competing in full contact karate tournaments.

Sam had his K-1 debut in 1995 at K-1 Hercules. Following year he appeared in his first K-1 World Grand Prix tournament where he suffered his first loss in semifinals against Musashi.

After retiring in 2005 from professional competition, Sam Greco worked as trainer for other fighters, including Bob Sapp.

Acting career[link]

He played the stunt double for retired professional wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin in the 2007 action thriller The Condemned and also had a small part in the 2008 Australian boxing drama film, Two Fists One Heart which was shot in Western Australia. He has also appeared occasionally in movies as a fight consultant and martial arts advisor.

He had a small part in the fourth episode of the Australian mini-series Underbelly, playing nightclub bouncer Bruno Bolotzi. The episode was first broadcast in February 2008.

He had a small part in the eightieth episode of series three of the Australian comedy Pizza, playing the roman soldier Glutious Maximus. He made another appearance for Pizza this time in a two part episode Holiday Pizza, playing Pauly's Italian cousin Luigi. The last appearance he made in Pizza was in the Cracker Pizza episode, playing Crackerus in the last season of the series. He also had a part in the first series of the Australian comedy Swift and Shift Couriers as Louie "Luigi" Marietti. Both Pizza and Swift and Shift Couriers were created by Greco's good friend Paul Fenech.

He played the Masked Wrestler Zarkos in Scooby Doo. In the movie Zarkos appears as one of N'Goo Tuana's henchmen, but later he sneaks up on Daphne and captures her and steals the Daemon Ritus from her. Later in the movie he tries to sneak up on Daphne and capture her again but instead they end up fighting, near the end of the fight he grabs Daphne and throws her onto his back and puts her in a hold but she escapes and defeats him.

Titles and accomplishments[link]

• 1999 K-1 World Grand Prix 3rd Place
• 1999 W.A.K.O. Pro World Muay Thai Super Heavyweight Champion
• 1995 The Best of the Best Tournament Champion
• 1994 W.K.A. World Muay Thai Super Heavyweight Heavyweight Champion
• 1994 Karate World Cup Champion
• Commonwealth Karate Champion 1989-1991
• 6 time Australia Full Contact Karate Champion

Kickboxing record[link]

Kickboxing Record

19 Wins (11 (T)KO's, 8 decisions), 9 Losses, 2 Draws Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2003-10-11 Loss Peter Graham K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Final Elimination Osaka, Japan TKO (Leg injury) 2 0:30 Fails to qualify for K-1 Grand Prix '03 Final. 2000-04-23 Loss Ernesto Hoost K-1 The Millennium Osaka, Japan TKO (Corner Stoppage) 3 3:00 1999-12-05 Loss Mirko Filipović K-1 Grand Prix '99 Final Round Semi Finals Tokyo, Japan TKO (Left Low Kick/two knockdowns) 2 2:50 1999-12-05 Win Ray Sefo K-1 Grand Prix '99 Final Round Quarter Finals Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 1999-10-05 Win Stefan Leko K-1 World Grand Prix '99 Opening Round Osaka, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 2:35 Qualifies for K-1 Grand Prix '99 Final. 1999-07-18 Loss Peter Aerts K-1 Dream '99 Nagoya, Japan KO (Right high kick) 2 1:38 1999-06-20 Win Mike Bernardo K-1 Braves '99 Fukuoka, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 Wins vacant W.A.K.O. Pro World Muay Thai Super Heavyweight Title. 1999-03-22 NC Samir Benazzouz K-1 The Challenge '99 Tokyo, Japan No Contest (Greco right leg injury) 2 3:00 1998-12-13 Loss Andy Hug K-1 Grand Prix '98 Final Round Semi Finals Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 1998-12-13 Win Ernesto Hoost K-1 Grand Prix '98 Final Round Quarter Finals Tokyo, Japan TKO (Corner stoppage/cut) 2 3:00 1998-09-27 Win Matt Skelton K-1 World Grand Prix '98 Opening Round Osaka, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 Qualifies for K-1 Grand Prix '98 Final. 1998-05-24 Win Carl Bernardo Crash at the Crown Melbourne, Australia TKO 5 1998-07-18 Loss Jérôme Le Banner K-1 Dream '98 Nagoya, Japan KO (Punch) 2 2:07 1997-11-09 Loss Francisco Filho K-1 Grand Prix '97 Final Quarter final Tokyo, Japan KO (Right hook) 1 0:15 1997-09-07 Win Jean-Claude Leuyer K-1 Grand Prix '97 1st Round Osaka, Japan KO (Right hook) 2 1:55 Qualifies for K-1 Grand Prix '97 Final. 1997-07-20 Win Branko Cikatić K-1 Dream '97 Nagoya, Japan KO (Right hooks) 1 2:58 1997-04-29 Draw Andy Hug K-1 Braves '97 Fukuoka, Japan Decision draw 5 3:00 1996-12-08 Draw Jérôme Le Banner K-1 Hercules '96 Nagoya, Japan Decision draw 5 3:00 1996-10-18 Win Gerry Harris K-1 Star Wars '96 Yokohama, Japan TKO 1 2:38 1996-09-01 NC Musashi K-1 Revenge '96 Osaka, Japan No contest 3 0:22 1996-05-06 Loss Musashi K-1 Grand Prix '96 Quarter Finals Yokohama, Japan TKO (Doctor stoppage/broken toe) 1 3:00 1996-03-10 Win Perry Telgt K-1 Grand Prix '96 Opening Battle Yokohama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 Qualifies for K-1 Grand Prix '96 Final. 1995-12-09 Win Duane Van Der Merwe K-1 Hercules Nagoya, Japan KO (Kick) 1 1:24 1995-10-22 Win Stan Longinidis The Best of the Best Tournament, Final Melbourne, Australia Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 Wins The Best of the Best Tournament. 1995-10-22 Win Ben Hamilton The Best of the Best Tournament, Semi Finals Melbourne, Australia Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 1995-10-22 Win Sam Sweet The Best of the Best Tournament, Quarter Finals Melbourne, Australia KO 1 1995-09-03 Loss Peter Aerts K-1 Revenge II Yokohama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 1995-03-03 Win Vjatcheslav Soukhanov K-1 Grand Prix '95 Opening Battle Tokyo, Japan KO (Punch) 3 1:33 Qualifies for K-1 Grand Prix '95 Final - would be unable to participate due to injury. 1994-12-10 Win Masaaki Satake K-1 Legend Nagoya, Japan KO (Right punch) 2 1:27 Wins Satake's W.K.A. World Muay Thai Super Heavyweight Heavyweight title. Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

Mixed martial arts record[link]

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Win	3-1-1	Shungo Oyama	KO (knees and punches)	Hero's 3	02005-07-09July 9, 2005	1	2:37	Tokyo, Japan
Win	2-1-1	Heath Herring	TKO (knee injury)	Hero's 1	02005-03-26March 26, 2005	1	2:41	Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Loss	1-1-1	Lyoto Machida	Decision (split)	K-1 MMA ROMANEX	02004-05-22May 22, 2004	3	5:00	Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Win	1-0-1	Stefan Gamlin	Submission (rear naked choke)	K-1 Beast 2004 in Niigata	02004-03-14March 14, 2004	1	0:25	Niigata Prefecture, Japan
vDraw	0-0-1	Masaaki Satake	Draw	Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2001	02001-12-31December 31, 2001	3	5:00	Saitama, Saitama, Japan

See also[link]

• List of K-1 events
• List of K-1 champions
• List of male kickboxers
• List of kickboxing organizations

References[link]

External links[link]

• Professional MMA record for Sam Greco from Sherdog
• Sam Greco at the Internet Movie Database
• Profile at K-1

Kristen Stewart
Stewart at the 2012 Wondercon on March 17, 2012.
Born	Kristen Jaymes Stewart (1990-04-09) April 9, 1990 (age 22) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1999–present
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Kristen Jaymes Stewart (born April 9, 1990) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Bella Swan in The Twilight Saga. She has also starred in films including Panic Room (2002), Zathura (2005), In the Land of Women (2007), The Messengers (2007), Adventureland (2009) and The Runaways (2010). She will star in three upcoming films in 2012: Snow White & the Huntsman, On the Road and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2.

Early life[link]

Stewart was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.^[1][2][3] Her father, John Stewart, is a stage manager and television producer who has worked for Fox.^[4] Her mother, Jules Mann-Stewart, is a script supervisor originally from Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia.^[3][5][6][7] She has an older brother, Cameron Stewart, and an adoptive brother, Taylor.^[8][9] Stewart attended school until the seventh grade and then continued her education by correspondence.^[3] She has since completed high school.^[10]

Career[link]

Early work[link]

Her whole family all worked behind the camera and Stewart thought she would become a writer/director, but never considered being an actor. "I never wanted to be the center of attention – I wasn't that 'I want to be famous, I want to be an actor' kid. I never sought out acting, but I always practiced my autograph because I love pens. I'd write my name on everything."^[11] Stewart's acting career began at the age of eight, after an agent saw her perform in her elementary school's Christmas play.^[12] After a year of auditioning, Stewart's first role was a small nonspeaking part in the film The Thirteenth Year.^[4] Then, she had another part in the film The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas as the "ring toss girl".^[4] She subsequently appeared in the independent film The Safety of Objects, in which she played the tomboy daughter of a troubled single mother (Patricia Clarkson). Stewart also played a tomboy in the film Panic Room, playing the diabetic daughter of a divorced mother (Jodie Foster). She was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her performance.^[13]

After Panic Room's success, Stewart was cast in another thriller, Cold Creek Manor, playing the daughter of Dennis Quaid's and Sharon Stone's characters. She was again nominated for a Young Artist Award for her performance.^[13] It was revealed that at about this time in her career, she had to be homeschooled due to her irregular schedule, which was affecting her grades. She said, "I started homeschooling because my teachers were failing me. I think it was just resentment – I made more work for them. But homeschooling is great; you can study what you want, which allows you to get more excited about what you're doing".^[13]

2004-07[link]

Her first starring role followed, in the children's action-comedy Catch That Kid, opposite Max Thieriot and Corbin Bleu. Stewart also played the role of Lila in the thriller Undertow. Stewart starred in the Showtime television film Speak (2004), based on the novel by Laurie Halse Anderson. Stewart, 13 at the time of filming, played high school freshman Melinda Sordino, who stops almost all verbal contact after being raped.

In 2005, Stewart appeared in the fantasy-adventure film Zathura, playing the role of Lisa, the irresponsible older sister of two little boys, who turn their house into a spacecraft hurtling uncontrollably in outer space by playing a board game. The film received praise by critics, but Stewart's performance did not garner much media attention, as it was noted that her character is immobilized during most of the film.^[14] The following year, she played the character Maya in Fierce People, directed by Griffin Dunne. After that film, she received the lead role of Jess Solomon in the supernatural thriller film The Messengers.

In 2007, Stewart appeared as teenager Lucy Hardwicke in In the Land of Women, a romantic drama starring Meg Ryan and Adam Brody. The film, as well as Stewart's performance, received mixed reviews. That same year, Stewart appeared in Sean Penn's critically acclaimed adaptation film Into the Wild. For her portrayal of Tracy – a teenage singer who has a crush on young adventurer Christopher McCandless – Stewart received mixed reviews. While Salon.com considered her work a "sturdy, sensitive performance",^[15] and the Chicago Tribune noted that she did "vividly well with a sketch of a role",^[16] Variety's critic Dennis Harvey said, "It's unclear whether Stewart means to be playing hippie-chick Tracy as vapid, or whether it just comes off that way."^[17] After Into the Wild, Stewart had a cameo appearance in Jumper and also appeared in What Just Happened, which was released in October 2008.^[18] She also co-stars in The Cake Eaters an independent film that has only been screened at film festivals.

2008-present[link]

On November 16, 2007, Summit Entertainment announced that Stewart would play Isabella "Bella" Swan in the film Twilight, based on Stephenie Meyer's bestselling vampire romance novel of the same name.^[19] Stewart was on the set of Adventureland when director Catherine Hardwicke visited her for an informal screen test which "captivated" the director.^[20] She stars alongside Robert Pattinson, who plays Edward Cullen, her character's vampire boyfriend. The film began production in February 2008 and finished filming in May 2008. Twilight was released domestically on November 21, 2008.^[21] Her performance garnered mixed reviews with some critcs calling her "the ideal casting choice" and praising her for conveying "Bella's detachment, as well as her need to bust through it"^[22] while others criticized her acting for being "wooden" and lacking variety in her facial expressions which they described as "blank".^[23]

Stewart reappeared as Bella in the sequel, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, once again receiving mixed reviews for her performance. Jordan Mintzer from Variety called Stewart "the heart and soul of the film" and praised her for giving "both weight and depth to dialogue...she makes Bella's psychological wounds seem like the real deal"^[24] Manohla Dargis from The New York Times said Stewart's "lonely-girl blues soon grow wearisome" throughout the film^[25] and Billy Goodykoontz from The Arizona Republic stated "Stewart is a huge disapointment... She sucks the energy right out of the film".^[26] She reprised this role in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

Kristen Stewart at the 2010 Academy Awards.

At the 2010 82nd Annual Academy Awards, Stewart and Twilight co-star Taylor Lautner presented a tribute in honour of the horror movie genre.^[27]

In 2009, Stewart starred in The Yellow Handkerchief, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and was released into theaters in 2010 by Samuel Goldwyn Films. She also starred alongside James Gandolfini in Welcome to the Rileys, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2010.

Stewart most recently portrayed rock star Joan Jett in The Runaways, a biopic of the titular band from writer-director Floria Sigismondi.^[28] Stewart met with Jett over the 2008–2009 New Year to prepare for the role and ended up prerecording songs in a studio for the film.^[29] She received praise for her performance as the Metro Times wrote, "It turns out that Stewart is actually really good at capturing Jett's icy, tough-but-cool girl swagger, adding the needed touches of vulnerability that transform it into a pretty terrific performance... Stewart is a genuine rock star here."^[30] Also, A. O. Scott of The New York Times noted "Ms. Stewart, watchful and unassuming, gives the movie its spine and soul."^[31]

She has been cast in the role of Mary Lou in an upcoming film adaptation of Jack Kerouac's cult classic novel On the Road. Shooting began in August 2010.^[32]

Stewart was listed as the highest earning female actress in Hollywood in the "2010's Top Hollywood Top Earners List" compiled by Vanity Fair. Throughout 2010, Stewart earned an estimated $28.5 million for all her movie appearances.^[33]

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 was released on November 18, 2011. The film was successful in the box office making $283.5 million its opening weekend. Though the film received negative reviews, Stewart's performance was praised. Gabriel Chong called Stewart's performance "mesmerising" and said that she "makes [Bella's] every emotion keenly felt that runs the gamut from joy, trepidation, anxiety, distress and above all quiet and resolute determination"^[34] and the Village Voice's Dan Konis saying Stewart "beautifully underplays"^[35] the role. However, some critics found Pattinson and Stewart's chemistry lacking and said that the relationship came off like a "charade" onscreen^[36] or that none of the three leads were convincing in their roles.^[37]

In March 2011, it was confirmed that Stewart will be playing Snow White in the film Snow White and the Huntsman.^[38] Filming began on August 15 and is set to be released on June 1, 2012.^[39]

On December 6, 2011, Stewart was named number one on Forbes magazine's list of Hollywood's Best Actors for the Buck.^[40]

She was named the new face of an unnamed Balenciaga perfume on January 13, 2012.^[41]

Personal life[link]

Stewart currently lives in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. She has expressed a desire to live and work in Australia, saying, "I want to go to Sydney University in Australia. My mom's from there."^[42] Apart from acting, she is also interested in attending college in the near future, saying, "I want to go to college for literature. I want to be a writer. I mean, I love what I do, but it's not all I want to do – be a professional liar for the rest of my life."^[43] In Vanity Fair, Stewart admitted that she was in a relationship with Michael Angarano, her costar from Speak.^[44]

Since meeting on the set of Twilight, Stewart has been romantically linked to co-star Robert Pattinson.^[45] Though they have never explicitly confirmed a relationship, paparazzi photographs and eyewitness accounts have driven intense media and fan speculation and attention, making "Robsten" the subject of wide media coverage.^[46] In an interview with GQ, when asked why she remained reluctant to talk about the relationship despite evidence of it being accessible online, Stewart replied, "Yeah, I know it is...So much of my life is so easily googled. I mean, it's like, come on guys, it's so obvious!"^[46] When asked why she refuses to talk about her life, Stewart replied "I'm selfish. I'm like, 'That's mine!' And I like to keep whatever is mine remaining that way. It's a funny little game to play and it's a slippery slope. I always say to myself I'm never going to give anything away because there's never any point or benefit for me. I guarantee whenever I get married or have a baby, everyone is going to want to know my kid's name and I'm not going to say it for ages."^[46]

Filmography[link]

Awards and nominations[link]