First Official Cheerleader
Nov 2 Cheerleading begins in the United States as Johnny Campbell leads the crowd cheering on the football team at the University of Minnesota
Theater Premiere
Nov 5 Gerhart Hauptmann's play "Fuhrmann Henschel" premieres in Berlin
Historic Event
Nov 15 David Beatty is promoted to commander
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 1 Sippie Wallace [Beulah Belle Thomas], American blues singer ("Women Be Wise"), born in Plumb Bayou, Arkansas (d. 1986)
- Nov 7 Raphaël Salem, Greek mathematician, born in Saloniki, Ottoman Empire (d. 1963)
- Nov 8 Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (The Marriage Circle, The Racket), born in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada (d. 1937)
- Nov 9 Owen Barfield, British philosopher of language, born in London (d. 1997)
- Nov 9 Leonard Carmichael, American Psychologist and secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1953-64), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1973)
- Nov 11 Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, German Jesuit priest and Buddhism Zen teacher, born in Nieheim, Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1990)
- Nov 11 René Clair, French film director (I Married a Witch, It Happened Tomorrow), born in Paris (d. 1981)
- Nov 12 Abraham van Oosten, Dutch poet and author (His Master's Voice)
- Nov 12 Leon Štukelj, Slovene gymnast (d. 1999)
Earl Sande
Nov 13 Earl Sande, American jockey (Hall of Famer), born in Groton, South Dakota (d. 1968)
- Nov 14 Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French writer and filmmaker (d. 1944)
- Nov 15 Willy Alfredo [Willem Jue], Dutch entertainer/poet (Fish-Trap)
- Nov 18 Joris Ivens, Dutch director (A Tale of the Wind, Rain), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1989)
- Nov 18 Erich Sehlbach, German composer, born in Barmen, Germany (d. 1985)
- Nov 19 Arthur R. von Hippel, German physicist (pioneer in the study of dielectrics, ferromagnetic and ferroelectric materials, and semiconductors and was a codeveloper of radar during World War II), born in Rostock, Germany (d. 2003)
- Nov 21 René Magritte, Belgian surrealist painter (This is Not a Pipe), born in Lessines, Belgium (d. 1967)
Wiley Post
Nov 22 Wiley Post, American aviator (1st solo flight around the world), born in Corinth, Van Zandt County, Texas (d. 1935)
- Nov 24 Paul Faucher, French author and pioneering children's publisher (Père Castor), born in Pougues-les-Eaux, France (d. 1967)
Karl Ziegler
Nov 26 Karl Ziegler, German chemist and Nobel Laureate (polymers), born in Helsa, German Empire (d. 1973)
C. S. Lewis
Nov 29 C. S. Lewis [Clive Staples], British author (The Chronicles of Narnia), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland (d. 1963)
Famous Deaths
- Nov 2 George Goyder, English surveyor-general of South Australia, dies at 72
- Nov 4 (Charles) Jerome Hopkins, American composer, pianist, critic, and musical education advocate, dies of a brain hemorrhage at 62
- Nov 20 John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway), dies at 81
- Nov 24 Bartel Wilton, Dutch ship builder, dies at 70
- Nov 28 Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Swiss writer, dies at 73