The 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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Event of Interest
Nov 5 Gerhart Hauptmann's "Fuhrmann Henschel" premieres in Berlin
Gerhart Hauptmann
- Nov 10 Race riot in Wilmington, NC (8 blacks killed)
Event of Interest
Nov 15 David Beatty is promoted to commander
David Beatty
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 1 Arthur Legat, Belgian racing driver (d. 1960)
- 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 Father Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, German Jesuit priest/Zen teacher
- Nov 11 Rene Clair, director (I Married a Witch, It Happened Tomorrow)
- 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, Nijmegen Netherlands, director (Rain)
- Nov 18 Oswald Erich Sehlbach, composer
- Nov 19 Arthur R. von Hippel, German-born physicist (d. 2003)
- Nov 21 René Magritte, Belgian surrealistic painter (This is Not a Pipe)
- Nov 22 Wiley Post, Grand Plain Tx, aviator/parachutist (crashed in Alaska)
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