| 124716 | November 1 | Event | 1956 – The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia kills 39 miners 88 are rescued. |
| 124717 | November 1 | Event | 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. |
| 124718 | November 1 | Event | 1959 – Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jacques Plante wears a protective mask for the first time in an NHL game. |
| 124719 | November 1 | Event | 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. |
| 124720 | November 1 | Event | 1960 – While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps. |
| 124721 | November 1 | Event | 1961 – Fifty thousand women in 60 cities participate in the inaugural Women Strike for Peace (WSP) against nuclear proliferation. |
| 124722 | November 1 | Event | 1963 – The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens. |
| 124723 | November 1 | Event | 1963 – The 1963 South Vietnamese coup begins |
| 124724 | November 1 | Event | 1968 – The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X. |
| 124725 | November 1 | Event | 1970 – Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France kills 146 young people. |
| 124726 | November 1 | Event | 1973 – Watergate scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor. |
| 124727 | November 1 | Event | 1973 – The Indian state of Mysore is renamed as Karnataka to represent all the regions within Karunadu. |
| 124728 | November 1 | Event | 1979 – In Bolivia, Colonel Alberto Natusch executes a bloody coup d'état against the constitutional government of Dr. Wálter Guevara. |
| 124729 | November 1 | Event | 1981 – Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from the United Kingdom. |
| 124730 | November 1 | Event | 1982 – Honda becomes the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States with the opening of its factory in Marysville, Ohio. The Honda Accord is the first car produced there. |
| 124731 | November 1 | Event | 1993 – The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union. |
| 124732 | November 1 | Event | 2000 – Serbia and Montenegro joins the United Nations. |
| 124733 | November 1 | Event | 2012 – A fuel tank truck crashes and explodes in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh killing 26 people and injuring 135. |
| 124734 | November 1 | Birth | 846 – Louis the Stammerer, French king (d. 879) |
| 124735 | November 1 | Birth | 1339 – Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (d. 1365) |
| 124736 | November 1 | Birth | 1351 – Leopold III, Duke of Austria (d. 1386) |
| 124737 | November 1 | Birth | 1526 – Catherine Jagiellon, Polish-Swedish wife of John III of Sweden (d. 1583) |
| 124738 | November 1 | Birth | 1530 – Étienne de La Boétie, French philosopher and judge (d. 1563) |
| 124739 | November 1 | Birth | 1539 – Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (d. 1596) |
| 124740 | November 1 | Birth | 1549 – Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (d. 1580) |
| 124711 | November 1 | Event | 1953 – Andhra Pradesh attains statehood, with Kurnool as its capital. |
| 124712 | November 1 | Event | 1954 – The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence. |
| 124713 | November 1 | Event | 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. |
| 124714 | November 1 | Event | 1956 – The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore State are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act. |
| 124715 | November 1 | Event | 1956 – In India, Kanyakumari district is joined to Tamil Nadu state from Kerala. |