Birthdays for November the 1st:
1699 - Martin Luther, protestant reformer
1762 - Spencer Perceval, (Tory), British PM (1809-12)
1782 - Viscount Goderich, (Tory), British PM (1827-28)
1798 - Sir Benjamin Lee, Baronet Guinness, Irish brewer, Dublin mayor
1853 - Jose Santos Zelaya, (L), ruler of Nicaragua (1893-1910)
1871 - Stephen Crane, poet (Red Badge of Courage)
1878 - Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine jurist (Nobel Peace Prize 1936)
1880 - Sholem Asch, Yiddish novelist, playwright (Three Cities)
1886 - Hermann Broch, Austrian novelist (Sleepwalkers, Bewitchment)
1889 - Philip John Noel-Baker, statesman, disarmament advocate (Nobel '59)
1892 - Alexander Alekhine, of Russia, world chess champion (1927-46)
1929 - Betsy Palmer, in E Chicago Illinois, actress
1935 - Gary Player, South African golfer
1939 - Barbara Bossom, in Penn (Hill St Blues)
1942 - Larry Flint, publisher (Hustler)
1960 - Fernando Valenzuela, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
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