November 1 in history — What Happened Today in History

Honda 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.

Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from the United Kingdom.

In Bolivia, Colonel Alberto Natusch executes a bloody coup d'état against the constitutional government of Wálter Guevara.

Griselda Álvarez becomes the first female governor of a state of Mexico.

Burundian president Michel Micombero is deposed in a bloodless military coup d'état by deputy Jean-Baptiste Bagaza.

Watergate scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.

The Indian state of Mysore is renamed as Karnataka to represent all the regions within Karunadu.

Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France kills 146 young people.

The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.

The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens.

The 1963 South Vietnamese coup begins.

The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.

The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act; Kanyakumari district is joined to Tamil Nadu from Kerala. Delhi was established as a union territory.

Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy announces Hungary's neutrality and withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact. Soviet troops begin to re-enter Hungary, contrary to assurances by the Soviet government. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich secretly defect to the Soviets.

The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia kills 39 miners; 88 are rescued.

The establishment of a Military Assistance Advisory Group in South Vietnam marks the beginning of American involvement in the conflict.

The bombing of United Air Lines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas DC-6B airliner.

The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.

Nuclear 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.

Operation Buster–Jangle: Six thousand five hundred United States Army soldiers are exposed to 'Desert Rock' atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Participation is not voluntary.

Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.

All 55 people on board Eastern Air Lines Flight 537 are killed when the Douglas DC-4 operating the flight collides in mid-air with a Bolivian Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft over Alexandria, Virginia.

Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, is enthroned.

The official North Korean newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, is first published under the name Chongro.

World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren.

World War II: The 3rd Marine Division, United States Marines, landing on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands, secures a beachhead, leading that night to a naval clash at the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay.

World War II: Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal campaign and ends three days later with an American victory.

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.

Chinanu Onuaku, American basketball player

Lil Peep, American rapper (died 2017)

Joe Chealey, American basketball player

Margarita Mamun, Russian gymnast

Brent Rooker, American baseball player

James Ward-Prowse, English footballer

Semaj Christon, American basketball player

Filip Kostić, Serbian footballer

Reece Brown, English footballer

Anthony Ramos, American actor and singer

Jiang Yuyuan, Chinese gymnast

Tim Frazier, American basketball player

Masahiro Tanaka, Japanese baseball player

Fred Thompson, American actor, lawyer, and politician (born 1942)

Joel Barnett, Baron Barnett, English accountant and politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury (born 1923)

Jackie Fairweather, Australian runner and coach (born 1967)

Abednigo Ngcobo, South African footballer (born 1950)

Jean-Pierre Roy, Canadian-American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (born 1920)

Wayne Static, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1965)

John Y. McCollister, American lieutenant and politician (born 1921)

Piet Rietveld, Dutch economist and academic (born 1952)

Agustín García Calvo, Spanish poet, playwright, and philosopher (born 1926)

Mitch Lucker, American singer (born 1984)

Pascual Pérez, Dominican baseball player (born 1957)

Cahit Aral, Turkish engineer and politician, Turkish Minister of Industry and Commerce (born 1927)

Shannon Tavarez, American actress (born 1999)