NOVEMBER 1 | Birthdays and Events

Notable Birthdays for November 1

Caroline Still Anderson (1848-1919) - One of the first Black women to become a physician in the U.S.

William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) - Founder of the Chase School, which is now Parsons School of Design.

Stephen Crane (1871-1900) - Novelist and short story writer who wrote Maggie: A Girl of the Streets.

Grantland Rice (1880-1954) - Poet and journalist who became a well-known sports writer and announcing.

Sippie Wallace (1898-1986) - Blues musician who is best known for her hit Up the Country Blues in the 1920s.

Laura LaPlante (1904-1996) - Silent film actress.

Johnny Indrisano (1906-1968) - Film stuntman.

Maxie Rosenbloom (1907-1976) - Professional boxer known as "Slapsie Maxie."

Margaret Taylor-Burroughs (1915-2010) - Co-founder of the DuSable Museum of African American History.

John W. Peterson (1921-2006) - Successful Christian musician who wrote of 1,000 songs.

Betsy Palmer (1926-2015) - Actress who played the mother of Jason on Friday the 13th.

James Bradford (1928-2013) - Olympic weightlifter.

Bill Anderson (1937-Still Living) - Country music singer nicknamed "Whispering Bill."

Barbara Bosson (1939-2023) - American actress known for her role as Fay Furillo in Hill Street Blues.

Larry Flynt (1942-2011) - Founder Larry Flynt Publications.

Jim Steinman (1947-2021) - Songwriter and producer who has written songs for Bonnie Tyler and Meatloaf.

Jeannie Berlin (1949-Still Living) - Actress best known for her role in the 1972 hit The Heartbreak Kid.

Belita Moreno (1949-Still Living) - Actress best known for her role as Benny Lopez on George Lopez.

Mitch Kapor (1950-Still Living) - Founder of the Lotus Software and Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Robert B. Laughlin (1950-Still Living) - Physicist who created the Laughlin wavefunction.

Dan Peek (1950-2011) - Pioneer of contemporary Christian music.

Ronald Bell (1951-2020) - Founding member of Kool and the Gang.

Jan Davis (1953-Still Living) - Female NASA astronaut.

Lyle Lovett (1957-Still Living) - Country music singer.

Anthony Kiedis (1962-Still Living) - Lead vocalist and founding member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

William Kenneth Alphin (1963-Still Living) - Second half of the country duo Big and Rich whose stage name is Big Kenny.

Jenny McCarthy (1972-Still Living) - T.V. personality.

Penn Badgley (1986-Still Living) - Actor known for his role as d Joe Goldberg in You.

Memorable Events for November 1

1683 - New York is subdivided into 12 counties.

1776 - Mission San Juan Capistrano founded in CA.

1787 - The African Free School in NY opens.

1800 - President John Adams moves into the Executive Mansion (White House).

1802 - Ohio begins forming a state constitutional.

1834 - Poker is officially published for the first time as a Mississippi riverboat game.

1848 - The first medical school for women (Boston Female Medical School) opens MA.

1870 - The Weather Bureau makes its first official meteorological forecast.

1894 - Thomas Edison films the Buffalo Bill show.

1896 - National Geographic shows an image of a woman's breast on the cover of their printed magazine.

1897 - The Library of Congress building opens to the public.

1921 - The American Birth Control League after the National Birth Control League and Voluntary Parenthood League merge.

1938 - Baseball legend Ernie Lombardi (Cincinnati Reds) becomes the first catcher to win the National League MVP.

1938 - Seabiscuit beats Triple Crown winner War Admiral by 3 lengths and becomes the greatest horse race in history.

1941 - Japanese naval staff officer Suguru Suzuki arrives at Pearl Harbor on the Taiyo Maru boat carrying 340 passengers with intentions of scoping out the island for a future attack.

1942 - John H. Johnson publishes the first issue of the Negro Digest.

1951 - U.S. Army soldiers are exposed to desert rock after a few atomic explosions used for training.

1957 - The world's longest suspension bridge opens MI.

1968 - The movie rating system is officially introduced with the ratings G, M, R, and X.

1971 - The President Eisenhower dollar coin is put into circulation.

1988 - Staten Island ferry gets pay phones installed.

1997 - The Expanded Negro Leagues Museum opens in Kansas City to honor Black baseball players.

2009 - Sisters Serena and Venus Williams play against for the WTA Championship.

2012 - Gmail becomes the world's most popular email provider.