Alfio "Coco" Basile is an Argentine football manager and former player. He played for Racing Club de Avellaneda and Huracán before becoming a manager. He coached many teams during his career, being most notable Racing Club de Avellaneda, the Argentina national team and Boca Juniors, where he won five titles in two years.

1941Joe Caldwell, American basketball player^[†]

Joe Louis Caldwell is an American former professional basketball player. Caldwell played six seasons (1964–1970) in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and five seasons (1970–1975) in the American Basketball Association (ABA). Caldwell was one of the few players to be an All-Star in both leagues, making 2 All-Star teams in each league. Caldwell was a member of the United States Olympic basketball team that won the gold medal in the 1964 Summer Olympics. Caldwell was Team USA's fourth leading scorer.

1941Robert Foxworth, American actor and director^[†]

Robert Heath Foxworth is an American film, stage, and television actor.

1941John Pullin, English rugby player (died 2021)^[†]

John Vivian Pullin was an England international rugby union player. A hooker, he played club rugby for Bristol Rugby and captained the England national rugby union team for which he played 42 times between 1966 and 1976. He also won 7 full caps for the British & Irish Lions and has the distinction of having beaten the All Blacks with three different sides, England, the Lions and the Barbarians.

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1941American 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.^[†]

Ansel Easton Adams was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating "pure" photography which favored sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph. He and Fred Archer developed a system of image-making called the Zone System, a method of achieving a desired final print through a technical understanding of how the tonal range of an image is the result of choices made in exposure, negative development, and printing.

Headlines from November 1, 1941

LEHMAN CHARGES MAYOR'S' INSULTS' PROVE HIM UNFIT; Attack on Court 'Unforgivable,' Governor Declares at Climax Rally of the Campaign

British Envoy in Ankara Reports Attempt on Life

U.S. FUNDS ASKED FOR CITY PROGRAM; Planning Commission, Adopt- ing Budget, Wants Federal Aid for 6-Year Projects

SENATE LINES HOLD; Advocates of Neutrality Revision Say Sinking Solidifies 'Majority'

PRESIDENT HOLDS TO FIXED POLICIES; He Does Not Expect Sinking of Destroyer to Mean Formal Break With Germany

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