Births on November 1

Edward Greeves, Jr.

Born on November 1, 1903

Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer (d. 1963)

Edward Goderich "Carji" Greeves, Junior (1 November 1903 – 15 April 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL), now known as the Australian Football League (AFL). He won the inaugural Brownlow Medal in 1924, awarded to the VFL/AFL player adjudged fairest and best during the home and away season. He is the son of Ted Greeves, who also played with the Geelong Football Club.

Greeves is the namesake of the Carji Greeves Medal, the Geelong Football Club's best and fairest award.

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Events on 1903

11 Feb

Symphony No. 9 (Bruckner)
Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
23 Feb

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
1 Oct

Boston Americans
Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
13 Oct

Pittsburgh Pirates
The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
17 Dec

Wright Flyer
The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Births on November 1

Edward Greeves, Jr.

Born on November 1, 1903

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Events on 1903

Symphony No. 9 (Bruckner)

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

Boston Americans

Pittsburgh Pirates

Wright Flyer