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Today, around the world
Wednesday, November 1. What the world marks, and the firsts that happened on this day.
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What the world marks
Mizo people of Northeast India, Bangladesh, BurmaChavang Kut
Chhattisgarh, IndiaChhattisgarh RajyotsavaCelebration of the Chhattisgarh foundation day
BhutanCoronation of the fifth Druk Gyalpo
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Antigua and Barbuda from the United Kingdom in 1981.Antiguan and Barbudan holiday on November 1st
Karnataka, IndiaKarnataka RajyotsavaKarnataka formation day
Kerala, IndiaKerala Day1 November 1956; creation of the Indian state of Kerala
United States Virgin IslandsLiberty Day
International Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Awareness DayRare form of childhood-onset epilepsy
United StatesNational Brush DayHoliday to raise awareness of oral health after Halloween
JapanSelf-Defense Forces Commemoration DayNational holidays honoring military forces
The first day of winter observances: Calan Gaeaf, celebrations start at sunset of October 31. (Wales)Ancient Welsh festival
The first day of winter observances: Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere and Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere, celebrations start at sunset of October 31 (Neopagan Wheel of the Year)Gaelic festival marking the start of winter
World Vegan DayDay celebrating vegan aims
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Firsts, not anniversaries
2026Andrea Kimi Antonelli becomes the youngest ever Formula One World Champion, as well as the first Italian champion since Alberto Ascari in 1953, securing the title at the Mexican Grand Prix.2 years ago
1982Honda becomes the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States with the opening of its factory in Marysville, Ohio; a Honda Accord is the first car produced there.46 years ago
1979Griselda Álvarez becomes the first female governor of a state of Mexico.49 years ago
1954The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.74 years ago
1952Nuclear weapons testing: The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent.76 years ago
1945The official North Korean newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, is first published under the name Chongro.83 years ago
1914World 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.114 years ago
1911World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.117 years ago
1897The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.131 years ago
1896A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.132 years ago
1893The Battle of Bembezi took place and was the most decisive battle won by the British in the First Matabele War of 1893.135 years ago
1870In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.158 years ago
1848In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with the Boston University School of Medicine), opens.180 years ago
1800John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).228 years ago
1520The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first discovered and navigated by European explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the first recorded circumnavigation voyage.508 years ago
1512The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.516 years ago
The week ahead, around the world
The same subject is marked on different dates almost everywhere.
Thursday, Nov 2Día de los Muertos · Mexico — Altars with photographs, marigolds and the foods the dead loved; November 1 and 2.
Thursday, Nov 2All Souls' Day · Many countries — Graves are visited and candles lit.
Thursday, Nov 2Coronation of Haile Selassie · Rastafari — Abrahamic new religious movement originating in 1930s Jamaica
Thursday, Nov 2Day of the Dead, the second day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration · Mexico — Mexican multi-day holiday
Thursday, Nov 2Dziady · Belarus — Slavic folk holiday
Thursday, Nov 2Arrival of Indentured Labourers · Mauritius — Holiday
Thursday, Nov 2International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists · United Nations — Annual observance for advocacy of free expression
Thursday, Nov 2Statehood Day · North Dakota and South Dakota, United States
Friday, Nov 3Culture Day · Japan — Public holiday in Japan
Friday, Nov 3Flag Day · United Arab Emirates — National occasion in the United Arab Emirates
Friday, Nov 3Independence Day / Separation Day, celebrates the separation and independence of Panama from Colombia in 1903. — 1821 proclamation of independence from Spain
Friday, Nov 3Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Dominica from the United Kingdom in 1978.
Friday, Nov 3Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Federated States of Micronesia from the United States in 1986.
Friday, Nov 3Independence Day of Cuenca · Ecuador
Friday, Nov 3Mother's Day · East Timor — Celebration honouring mothers
Friday, Nov 3Victory Day · Maldives — National holiday in the Maldives
Saturday, Nov 4Community Service Day · Dominica
Saturday, Nov 4Flag Day · Panama
Saturday, Nov 4National Tonga Day · Tonga
Saturday, Nov 4National Unity and Armed Forces Day or Giorno dell'Unità Nazionale e Festa delle Forze Armate · Italy — Italian national day
Saturday, Nov 4Unity Day · Russia — National holiday in Russia
Saturday, Nov 4Yitzhak Rabin Memorial · unofficial, but widely commemorated — Prime Minister of Israel (1974–1977; 1992–1995)
Sunday, Nov 5Bonfire Night · United Kingdom — Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, with fireworks.
Sunday, Nov 5Bank Transfer Day · United States — 2011 American consumer activism initiative
Sunday, Nov 5Colón Day · Panama
Sunday, Nov 5Guy Fawkes Night (United Kingdom, New Zealand and Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada), and its related observances: West Country Carnival (English West Country) — Annual celebration in the English West Country
Sunday, Nov 5Cinco de noviembre · Negros, Philippines — 1898 declaration of the Negros Republic during the Philippine Revolution
Sunday, Nov 5Kanakadasa Jayanthi · Karnataka, India — Kannada saint (1509–1606)
Monday, Nov 6Gustavus Adolphus Day · in Sweden, Finland and Estonia — Holiday in Sweden
Monday, Nov 6Finnish Swedish Heritage Day · in Finland — Flag flying day in Finland
Monday, Nov 6International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict — United Nations commemorative day
Monday, Nov 6Obama Day · in Kenya — Days honoring Barack Obama
Tuesday, Nov 7Students' Day, the anniversary of B. R. Ambedkar's school entry day. · Maharashtra, India — Indian state observance (7 November)
Tuesday, Nov 7Commemoration Day, the anniversary of Ben Ali's succession. · Tunisia — Country in North Africa
Tuesday, Nov 7Hungarian Opera Day · Hungary
Tuesday, Nov 7International Inuit Day — Annual holiday
Tuesday, Nov 7National Day, after Treaty of the Pyrenees. · Northern Catalonia, France — Designated date on which celebrations mark the nationhood of a nation
Tuesday, Nov 7National Revolution and Solidarity Day · Bangladesh — National day in Bangladesh
Tuesday, Nov 7October Revolution Day (the Soviet Union (former, official), modern Belarus, Kyrgyzstan) — Public holiday in the Soviet Union
Tuesday, Nov 7Tokhu Emong · Lotha Naga people of India — Harvest festival celebrated by the Lotha Nagas in India
Wednesday, Nov 8Intersex Day of Remembrance · New South Wales, Australia — Annual observance
Wednesday, Nov 8International Day of Radiology · European Society of Radiology — International observance, 8 November
Wednesday, Nov 8National Aboriginal Veterans Day · Canada — Canadian observance, 8 November
Wednesday, Nov 8Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the other Bodiless Powers of Heaven · Eastern Orthodox Church — Liturgical assembly in Eastern Christianity
Wednesday, Nov 8World Urbanism Day — International observance
Wednesday, Nov 8Victory Day · Azerbaijan — Public holiday in Azerbaijan