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
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Theater Premiere
Nov 5 Gerhart Hauptmann's play "Fuhrmann Henschel" premieres in Berlin

Gerhart Hauptmann
Event of Interest
Nov 15 David Beatty is promoted to commander

David Beatty
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 J D van Oosten, Dutch poet/author (His Master's Voice)
- Nov 12 Leon Štukelj, Slovene gymnast (d. 1999)
- 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)

Wiley Post
Karl Ziegler
Nov 26 Karl Ziegler, German chemist and Nobel Laureate (polymers), born in Helsa, German Empire (d. 1973)

Karl Ziegler
C. S. Lewis
Nov 29 C. S. Lewis [Clive Staples], British sci-fi author (Silver Chair), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland (d. 1963)

C. S. Lewis
Famous Deaths
- Nov 2 George Goyder, English surveyor-general of South Australia, dies at 72
- Nov 4 Charles Jerome Hopkins, American composer, dies 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