On this day... November 1:

On this day...

November 1:  All Saints' Day (Western Christianity); National Day inAlgeria (1954); Rajyotsava (Formation Day) in Karnataka, India (1956) 996 – Holy Roman Emperor Otto III issued a document containing the earliest known use of "Osterrîchi", the Old High German name of Austria. 1611 – The first recorded performance of William Shakespeare's play The Tempest was held at thePalace of Whitehall in London, exactly seven years after the first certainly known performance of his tragedy Othellowas held in the same building. 1876 – The Colony of New Zealand dissolved its nine provincesand replaced them with 63 counties. 1950 – Two Puerto Rican nationalists attempted to assassinateU.S. President Harry S. Truman (pictured). 1963 – Lê Quang Tung, loyalist head of the South Vietnam Special Forces, was executed in a US-backed coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm following a period of religious unrest.