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What happened in history on this day: November 1?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On November 1 in ...
- 1982 - Access is incorporated.
- 1983 - In New York, IBM announces the IBM PCjr. It features an Intel 8088 CPU, 64 kB RAM, detached keyboard, two cartridge slots, joystick, light pen, serial port, for US$669. Price with 5.25-inch floppy drive and 128 kB RAM is US$1269. PC-DOS 2.1 operating system is available as an option. Code-name during development was "Peanut".
- 1984 - Toshiba announces its development of a 1-Megabit RAM chip.
- 1994 - Mosaic Communications files a lawsuit against Spyglass and the University of Illinois, seeking a declaration of whether or not Mosaic Netscape software infringes on browser code developed at the university and licensed through Spyglass.
- 1995 - At the ANA Hotel in San Francisco, Intel formally announces and begins shipping the Pentium Pro processor, at speeds of 150 to 200 MHz. The processor incorporates 5.5 million transistors. Bus speeds of the new Socket 8 interface are 60 MHz (150, 180 MHz processor), and 66 MHz (166, 200 MHz processor). The 150 MHz version is manufactured using a 0.5 micron BiCMOS process; the other processors employ a 0.35 micron process. Prices are US$974 (150 MHz + 256 kB cache), US$1682 (166 MHz + 512 kB cache), US$1075 (180 MHz + 256 kB cache), US$1225 (200 MHz + 256 kB cache), US$1989 (200 MHz + 512 kB cache),
- 2002 - U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly conditionally accepts a proposed settlement between Microsoft and the U.S. Justice Department.
- 2002 - ViewSonic releases the ViewSonic Pocket PC V35 handheld computer. It features 300 MHz Intel PXA250 XScale processor, MMC and Secure Digital slot, stylus, 240x320 pixel display. The battery powers the unit for about ten hours. Price is US$299; weight is 4.2 ounces; 4.8 x 3.0 x 0.4 inches.
- 2002 - The WB Television Network airs the Sabrina, the Teenage Witch TV show in the US.
- In response to a screen-saver's request to help get off a computer, a character says "Sorry, I don't do Windows".
- Desktop and laptop computers are used, with software "Photo Tweak" to edit images.
- 2008 - North Korea issues a 12-w postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of introductory compulsory secondary education, depicting a boy at a personal computer.
- 1924 - M.J. Winkler Productions releases the Alice Comedy film Alice Gets in Dutch to theaters.
- 1924 - Disney ships the tenth Alice Comedy film, Alice the Piper, to M.J. Winkler Productions.
- 1926 - Film Booking Offices releases the Alice Comedy film Alice Cuts the Ice to theaters.
- 1940 - The Mickey Mouse film Mr. Mouse takes a Trip is released to theaters. Pluto also appears.
- 1946 - Disney releases the Donald Duck and Goofy film Frank Duck Brings 'Em Back Alive to theaters.
- 1964 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Tenderfoot, part three.
- 1970 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring Snow Bear, part one.
- 1976 - The NBC TV network airs NBC All-Disney Night at the Movies featuring The Absent Minded Professor and Hurricane Hannah.
- 1985 - Belize issues ten postage stamps depicting characters from It's a Small World, marking the 30th anniversary of Disneyland.
- 1986 - The Golden Horseshoe Jamboree opens in Frontierland at Disneyland. It was formerly the Golden Horseshoe Revue.
- 1987 - The ABC TV network airs The Disney Sunday Movie, entitled The Return of the Shaggy Dog.
- 1991 - The CBS TV network airs the first episode of The Carol Burnett Show. The series started on NBC as Carol & Co..
- 1991 - Disney releases the film Fantasia on videocassette for US$24.99, and on laserdisc for US$40-100.
- 1993 - Dominica issues eleven postage stamps depicting scenes from Willie the Operatic Whale.
- 1998 - The name of Buena Vista Palace at Lake Buena Vista is changed to Wyndham Palace Resort and Spa.
- 1999 - Disney closes all five of its Club Disney sites in the USA.
- 2002 - The WB Television Network airs the Sabrina, the Teenage Witch TV show in the USA.
- A character says "Honey I Shrunk Marilyn Manson", a reference to the Disney film Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.
- A character says "I've had enough of this Jessica Rabbit impersonation".
- 2002 - Disney generally releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film The Santa Clause 2 to theaters in the USA.
- 2003 - Disney releases the animated film Brother Bear to theaters.
- 1983 - The National Broadcasting Company airs the TV show The A-Team in the USA. In this episode, a white 1984 model Corvette first appears, with a distinctive red stripe.
- 1997 - Corvette assistant chief engineer John Heinricy is re-assigned to chief engineer of GM's F-platform engineering group.
- 2001 - Adam Wartell forms the Official C3 Vette Registry.
- 2003 - At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, the Grand American Champions race is held, round twelve (final) of the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series.
- Finishing 1st in GTS and 5th overall is the Derhaag Motorsports #40 Corvette, driven by Simon Gregg and Justin Bell.
- Finishing 3rd in GTS and 9th overall is the Team Re/Max Racing #05 Corvette, driven by John Metcalf, David Liniger, and Rick Carelli.
- Finishing 6th in GTS and 21st overall is the Team Amick #50 Corvette, driven by Lyndon Amick and David Amick.
- Finishing 7th in GTS and 25th overall is the SL Motorsports #06 Corvette, driven by Steve Lisa and David Rosenblum.
- 2003 - At the end of the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series, Corvette racer GTS rankings in the top ten by driver points: 5th Justin Bell, 6th (tie) Paul Alderman and David Rosenblum, 9th (tie) John Metcalf and Rick Carelli.
- 2020 - At the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, in Monterey, California, USA, the Hyundai Monterey Sports Car Championship race is held, round 10 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 2nd in GT Le Mans class and 10th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C8.R driven by Jordan Taylor and Antonio Garcia.
- Finishing 3rd in GT Le Mans class and 11th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C8.R driven by Tommy Milner and Oliver Gavin.
- 1934 - Winston Churchill speaks to his constituency: "Germany is arming, secretly, illegally, and rapidly.".
- 1940 - British Royal Air Force lands air and army units on Crete.
- 1940 - Australia imposes an embargo on scrap iron and other strategic war materials to Japan.
- 1941 - The US extends a lend-lease loan of US$1 billion to the Soviet Union.
- 1942 - Romania issues three postage stamps marking the 1st anniversary of the liberation of Bucovina from Russia.
- 1942 - The German 23rd Panzer Division captures Alagir in Russia, blocking the Ossetian road.
- 1942 - (evening) The British 8th Army in North Africa commences Operation Supercharge, a massive infantry attack on German defenders outside El Alamein.
- 1943 - The Moscow Declaration is published. The governments of USSR, UK, and USA declare they regard Germany's annexation of Austria null and void.
- 1943 - US Marines land in Empress Augusta Bay on the island of Bougainville, in the Solomon Islands.
- 1943 - (about 0200 hours) USS Borie destroyer unintentionally launches every depth charge in all of its racks and throwers at a diving German submarine U-405, forcing the sub to the surface. The two ships exchange all manner of gunfire, shelling, flares, tools, shoes, potatoes, knives, shell casings, and ramming. After 72-minute battle, U-405 sinks and explodes. Survivors are not able to be picked up due to presense of another German ship.
- 1944 - (0530 hours) In Holland, Operation Infatuate begins, with Canadian and Scottish forces launching an amphibious assault to take Flushing on Walcheren Island. The Canadian group advances along the causeway, establishing a small group on island, as a diversion to the British Royal Marine commandos landing elsewhere. The Canadian forces suffer 17 killed, 46 wounded.
- 1944 - American air forces begin incendiary air raids on major Japanese cities.
- 1944 - British Bomber Command launches 228 aircraft against Homberg, Germany, targeting the Meebeck oil plant.
- 1944 - In Canada, at a meeting of the Cabinet War Committee, Prime Minister William King announces that army General Andrew McNaughton was prepared to assume the Defence portfolio, and make one final appeal for voluntary overseas duty. Defence Minister James Ralston leaves the room, and hands in his resignation.
- 1944 - Japanese begin launching large balloons with bombs destined for the west coast of North America. The balloons maintain a range of altitude by releasing sandbags or hydrogen automatically during their flight. The bombs are set to be released when all sandbags have been dropped.
- 1993 - Kiribati issues twenty postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the Gilbert Islands.
- 1993 - Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Allied landings at Bougainville, France.
- 1982 - The Columbia Broadcasting System airs the Cagney and Lacey TV show in the USA. A short scene takes place in a video games arcade, showing Stern's Astro Invaders video game.
- 1995 - Acclaim releases the Mortal Kombat 3 video game for the PlayStation in the UK.
- 1995 - Sega releases the Tails Adventures video game for the Game Gear in the US.
- 1996 - Acclaim Entertainment releases the Mortal Kombat Trilogy video game for the Nintendo 64 in the US.
- 1996 - Nintendo releases the Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble video game for the Super NES in the US.
- 2001 - Enix releases the Dragon Warrior VII video game for the PlayStation in the US.
- 2002 - Microsoft and Sega release a limited edition (999 produced) Panzer Dragoon Orta Xbox system in Japan. It includes a white case, white controller, Panzer Dragoon Orta video game, and a special necklace. Price is about US$325. All units sell on the opening day.
- 2002 - The WB Television Network airs the Sabrina, the Teenage Witch TV show in the US. A character says the best her magic spell book can do is "exorcise a demon-infested Atari", likely referring to the Atari 2600 or Atari Video Computer System.
- 2004 - Sony begins selling a smaller version of the PlayStation 2 video game system in the United States and Europe. Model SCPH-70000CB is 2.8cm thick, includes a network adapter and DVD remote, but excludes hard drive support. Price in the United States is US$149.99.
- 2005 - Electronic Arts releases The Sims 2 video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Cube, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo DS in the US.
- 2005 - Activision releases the Call of Duty 2: Big Red One video game for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, and GameCube in the US.
- 2005 - Electronic Arts releases the James Bond 007: From Russia With Love video game for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, and GameCube in the US.
- 2005 - Capcom releases the Without Warning video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2005 - Electronic Arts releases the Battlefield 2: Modern Combat video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2005 - LucasArts releases the Star Wars Battlefront II video game for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and Xbox in the USA.
- 2006 - Activision releases the Marvel: Ultimate Alliance video game for the Xbox 360, Xbox, GameCube, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable in the USA.
- 2006 - Electronic Arts releases the Need for Speed Carbon video game for the Xbox 360, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable in the USA.
- 2006 - Nintendo releases the Pokémon Ranger video game for the Nintendo DS in the US.
- 2007 - Nintendo releases the Super Mario Galaxy video game for the Nintendo Wii in Japan.
- 2007 - Capcom releases the Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles video game for the Nintendo Wii in the US.
- 2007 - Sony releases the Gran Turismo 4 Mobile video game for the PlayStation Portable in the US.
- 2011 - Sony Computer Entertainment releases the Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception video game for the PlayStation 3 in the US.
- 2011 - Sega releases the Sonic Generations video game for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo 3DS in the US.
- 1794 - In Stockholm, Abraham Edelcrantz demonstrates his invention of a visual telegraph to Prince Gustav.
- 1796 - Prince Gustav is declared of age, and becomes King Gustav IV Adolf.
- 2005 - A & W Restuarants is granted a registered trademark of "CURIOUSLY DELICIOUS" as applied to cheese curds.
- 1999 - The Independent Coin Grading Company (ICG) of Colorado, USA, begins grading and encapsulating Canadian coins.
- 2000 - The Royal Canadian Mint unveils the Freedom 25c coin, designed by Kathy Vinish.
- 1838 - The branch mint in New Orleans re-opens.
- 1876 - Bangs, Merwin & Co auctions the Henry S. Adams specimen of the 1804 Draped Bust silver dollar.
- 1879 - Carson City Mint coinage is suspended, due to silver stock reduced to 12,000 ounces.
- 1893 - An Act of Congress declares bi-metallism (gold and silver as money) to be the policy of the United States.
- 1965 - The US Mint releases copper-nickel clad 1965-dated quarter dollar coins to circulation.
- 1971 - The US Mint releases Eisenhower copper-nickel dollar coins to circulation.
- 1913 - Notre Dame upsets Army 35-13, first football game versus US Army team, first to use forward pass effectively in football.
- 1924 - First US NHL franchise, Boston Bruins founded.
- 1924 - Forest Peters of Montana State University hits 17 of 22 attempted field goals.
- 1938 - Seabiscuit beats War Admiral in a match horse race at Pimlico.
- 1946 - New York Knicks first basketball game, beating Toronto Huskies 68-66.
- 1959 - First NHL goalie to wear a hockey mask (Jacques Plante).
- 1964 - George Blanda of Houston Oilers throws NFL-record 37 passes in 68 attempts.
- 1964 - Kansas City Chiefs' Len Dawson passes for six touchdowns vs Denver Broncos (49-39).
- 1966 - NFL awards New Orleans its 16th franchise (All Saints Day).
- 1968 - US pro soccer 14 teams merge into one all star team.
- 1970 - First regular season San Francisco Giants-New York Jets game, Giants win 22-10 at Shea Stadium.
- 1972 - Germain Gagnon scores first New York Islanders' hat trick.
- 1977 - New York Islanders' Goran Hogosta's only shut-out Calgary Flames 9-0-Trottier four goals.
- 1979 - Edward Bennett Williams buys the Baltimore Orioles for a reported US$12.3 million from Jerold Hoffberger.
- 1981 - Third meeting of San Francisco Giants-New York Jets, Jets up 2-1 with 26-7 win.
- 1984 - Despite Mike Bossy's four goals, New York Islanders lose 5-6 to Montreal Canadians making Islander record when scoring a hat trick 77-3-4.
- 1987 - 22,000 run in New York City Marathon (won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya 2:11:01).
- 1987 - New York Jets retire Don Maynards number 13.
- 1987 - New Orleans Saints shut out Atlanta Falcons 38-0.
- 2001 - Derek Jeter hits the Major League Baseball's first November home run at the World Series.
- 2007 - Martina Hingis of Switzerland announced her second retirement from professional tennis due to doping allegations and injuries.
- 2009 - In Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi, round 17 of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship is won by Sebastian Vettel.
- 2009 - The FIA Formula 1 World Championship is won by Jenson Button.
- 2009 - In Okayama, Japan, round 11 of the FIA World Touring Car Championship is held. Race 1 is won by Andy Priaulx; race 2 is won by Augusto Farfus.
- 2009 - The FIA World Touring Car Championship is won by Gabriele Tarquini.
- 2020 - At the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, in Monterey, California, USA, the Hyundai Monterey Sports Car Championship race is held, round 10 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in DPi class and 1st overall is the ACURA TEAM PENSKE #7 Acura DPi driven by Ricky Taylor and Helio Castroneves.
- Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 9th overall is the Core Autosport #912 Porsche 911 RSR - 19 driven by Earl Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor.
- Finishing 1st in GT Daytona class and 15th overall is the Meyer Shank Racing #86 Acura NSX GT3 driven by Mario Farnbacher and Matt McMurry.
- Finishing 1st in LMP2 class and 28th overall is the PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports #52 ORECA LMP2 07 driven by Simon Trummer and Patrick Kelly.
- 2021 - At Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, NHL regular season game: Edmonton Oilers beats Seattle Kraken by score 5-2.
- 2021 - At United Center in Chicago, Illinois, USA, NHL regular season game: Chicago Blackhawks beats Ottawa Senators by score 5-1.
- 2021 - At Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, USA, NHL regular season game: Tampa Bay Lightning beats Washington Capitals by score 3-2.
- 1962 - USSR launches Mars 1; radio contact lost before arrival at Mars.
- 2018 - NASA's Dawn mission concludes after it runs out of hydrazine fuel.
- 1784 - Maryland grants citizenship to Lafayette and his descendants.
- 1800 - President John Adams and First Lady Abigail Adams move into the new president's house.
- 1838 - The branch mint in New Orleans re-opens.
- 1848 - In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which later merges with Boston University School of Medicine), opens.
- 1861 - General George B McClellan is made general in chief of USA armies.
- 1863 - Fortifications are built on Angel Island (San Francisco Bay) by troops.
- 1864 - The US Post Office establishes postal money order system.
- 1870 - Army Signal Services' Division of Telegrams and Reports organizes a national weather service, the forerunner of the US Weather Bureau.
- 1879 - US patent office grants Thomas Edison patent on electric lamp.
- 1893 - An Act of Congress declares bi-metallism (gold and silver as money) to be the policy of the United States.
- 1918 - 97 die in New York City subway's worst accident.
- 1936 - Rodeo Cowboys Association founded.
- 1940 - First US air raid shelter, Fleetwood, Pennsylvania.
- 1941 - The US extends a lend-lease loan of US$1 billion to the Soviet Union.
- 1942 - John H Johnson publishes first issue of Negro Digest.
- 1943 - Wartime dim-out ban lifted in San Francisco Bay, California area.
- 1944 - Japanese begin launching large balloons with bombs destined for the west coast of North America. The balloons maintain a range of altitude by releasing sandbags or hydrogen automatically during their flight. The bombs are set to be released when all sandbags have been dropped.
- 1950 - Puerto Rican nationalists (Collazo and Torresola) try to kill US President Harry Truman at the Blair House in Washington, DC.
- 1951 - First atomic explosion witnessed by troops, New Mexico, USA.
- 1951 - Jet magazine founded by John H Johnson.
- 1952 - First hydrogen thermonuclear device (10.4 megatons) exploded by US at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. Code name for the project was Ivy Mike.
- 1955 - Time bomb aboard United DC-6 flight kills 44 above Longmont, Colorado.
- 1965 - First concert at Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.
- 1972 - Standard Oil (New Jersey) changes its company name to Exxon.
- 1979 - Tanker Burmah Agate off Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 10.7 million gallons of oil, in US's worst oil tanker spill disaster.
- 1979 - Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini urges his people to demonstrate on November 4 and to expand attacks on United States and Israeli interests.
- 1981 - US Postal Service raises First Class Mail from 18 cents to 20 cents per ounce.
- 1983 - IBM announces the IBM PCjr. It features an Intel 8088 CPU, 64 kB RAM, detached keyboard, cartridge slots, and joystick, for $670.
- 1995 - Participants in the Yugoslav War begin negotiations in Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
- 1995 - The U.S. House of Representatives votes to ban "partial birth" abortions by a vote of 288-139.
- 1995 - Intel formally announces and begins shipping the Pentium Pro processor, at speeds of 150 to 200 MHz. The processor incorporates 5.5 million transistors. Prices range from US$974 to $1989.
- 2005 - The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall arrive in the United States for a state visit, their first overseas tour since their marriage.
- 2005 - United States Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and his fellow Democrats force a closed session of the Senate over the Lewis Libby indictment.
- 2006 - The Stardust Resort & Casino closes after 48 years of business in Las Vegas.
- 2009 - US lender CIT Group files for bankruptcy protection, arranging with bondholders to reduce debt by US$10 billion. In its filing it showed US$71 billion in finance and leasing assets against total debt of US$64.9 billion, making this the fifth biggest in US corporate history.
Other history:
- 1512 - Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of Sistine Chapel are first exhibited.
- 1755 - Lisbon, Portugal, earthquake kills more than 50,000.
- 1834 - First published reference to poker (as Mississippi riverboat game).
- 1894 - Vaccine for diphtheria announced by Dr Roux of Paris, France.
- 1922 - Ottoman Empire abolished.
- 1952 - Fusion occurs for the first time on Earth.
- 1954 - Algeria begins rebellion against French rule.
- 1969 - Beatles' "Abbey Road," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 11 weeks.
- 1970 - Discotheque in Grenoble, France, burns, all exits padlocked and 142 die.
- 1979 - Tanker Burmah Agate off Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 10.7 million gallons of oil, in US's worst oil spill disaster.
- 1993 - European Union comes into existence.
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