November 1 Holidays

All Saints Day is the Catholic feast established by Pope Gregory IV in 837 CE to honor all Christian saints, known and unknown — observed in more than 30 countries as a public holiday, with families visiting cemeteries to place flowers and light candles on the graves of loved ones. Antigua Independence Day marks November 1, 1981, when Antigua and Barbuda gained independence from Britain — a twin-island nation in the Leeward Islands with a total population of approximately 100,000. Anniversary of the Revolution is a Moroccan national holiday marking November 1, 1954, when the Moroccan independence movement launched a series of armed attacks against French colonial authority — marking the beginning of the revolution that led to independence in 1956. Daylight Saving Time Ends in the United States on the first Sunday of November, when clocks fall back one hour — returning one hour of morning light while shortening afternoons.