Historical Events
Josip Broz Tito
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Nov 1 Japanese naval staff offiicers Suzuki & Maejima arrive at Pearl Harbor
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Famous Photo
Nov 1 Ansel Adams shoots 'Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico', one of his most famous photographs
Ansel Adams
Isoroku Yamamoto
Hirohito
Adolf Hitler
- Nov 11 Czech premier General Eliasj arrested by Nazis
- Nov 12 Germany's drive to take Moscow halted
- Nov 12 WOV-AM & WNEW-AM in NYC swaps call letters
- Nov 12 Alma Heflin, the first American female test pilot for commercial aircraft, made her first test flight for the Piper Aircraft Corporation, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
- Nov 13 German Abweht consults with Chetnikleider Draza Mihailovic
- Nov 13 U-81 torpedoes British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal near Gibraltar
- Nov 14 British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sank in Mediterranean, having been torpedoed by a German submarine the day before
- Nov 14 Governr-General Wouters of Dutch Antilles refuses Jews refuge
- Nov 15 Cow Palace opens in San Francisco
- Nov 15 Yugoslav government in exile names Draza Mihailovic premier
- Nov 16 German troops conquer Kertsh (probably)
- Nov 17 Virgil Thomson's 2nd Symphony, premieres
- Nov 18 British troops open attack on Tobruk, North Africa
- Nov 18 Jerome Chodorov/Joseph Fields' "Junior Miss" premieres in NYC
Benito Mussolini
- Nov 20 Adm Nomura & Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note
- Nov 20 German "auxiliary cruiser" (armed merchant raider) Kormoran sinks near Australia
- Nov 21 German troops occupy Rostov-on-Don, Southern Russia
- Nov 22 British cruiser Devonshire sinks German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis
- Nov 22 NZ troops conquer Ft Capuzzo Libya
- Nov 23 German troops conquer Klin, at NW of Moscow
- Nov 24 "Life Certificates" issued to some Jews of Vilna, the rest are exterminated
- Nov 24 Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar
- Nov 24 US troops land on Suriname to protect bauxite mine
- Nov 25 German Jews in Netherlands declared stateless (lose of nationality)
- Nov 25 Lou Boudreau, 24, becomes Cleveland Indians player manager
- Nov 25 Finland joined the Anti-Komintern Pact.
Event of Interest
Nov 26 Amateur tennis champ Bobby Riggs turns pro
Bobby Riggs
- Nov 26 General Alan Cunningham relieved of command of British 8th Army in North Africa
- Nov 26 British troops conquer Belhamed, Sidi Rezegh & El Duda
- Nov 26 Japanese naval carrier force left its base & moves east toward Pearl Harbor
- Nov 26 Lebanon independence first proclaimed by France
- Nov 27 British 13th Army Corps reaches Tobruk in Libya
Event of Interest
Nov 27 Joe DiMaggio is named AL MVP
Joe DiMaggio
- Nov 27 USSR begins a counter offensive, causes Germany to retreat
- Nov 28 German troops vacate Rostov
- Nov 29 CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeat Ottawa Rough Riders, 18-16 for their 3rd Championship
- Nov 29 Passenger ship Lurline sends radio signal of sighting Japanese war fleet
- Nov 30 101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes its last run
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 1 Joe Caldwell, American basketball guard (Olympic gold 1964; NBA & ABA All Star; St. Louis Hawks, Carolina Cougars), born in Texas City, Texas
- Nov 1 Johnny Kendall [Johan Donkerkaat], Dutch blues singer
- Nov 1 Robert Foxworth, American actor (Chase-Falcon Crest, Frankenstein), born in Houston, Texas
- Nov 1 Alfio Basile, Argentine football coach, born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina
- Nov 1 John Pullin, English rugby union hooker (42 caps; British Lions 7 caps; Bristol RFC), born in Aust, Gloucestershire, England (d. 2021)
- Nov 2 Bruce Welch [Bruce Cripps], English rocker (Shadows Bognor Regis), born in Bognor Regis, Sussex, England
Dave Stockton
Nov 2 Dave Stockton, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1970, 76), born in San Bernardino, California
Dave Stockton
- Nov 3 Brian Poole, English musician (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes), born in Barking, England
- Nov 4 Martin Brozius, Dutch actor (Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden), born in Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 2009)
- Nov 4 Richard James Gill, Australian conductor and music educator, born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2018)
- Nov 5 Patricia Harty, American actress (Occasional Wife, Blondie), born in Washington, D.C.
- Nov 5 Art Garfunkel, American singer and actor (Simon and Garfunkel, Carnal Knowledge), born in NYC, New York
- Nov 6 Doug Sahm, American musician (Sir Douglas Quintet; Texas Tornadoes), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 1999)
- Nov 6 Guy Clark, American country singer (Heartbroke), born in Monahans, Texas (d. 2016)
- Nov 6 James Bowman, English countertenor, born in Oxford, England
- Nov 6 Ray Perkins, American football coach (New York Giants, University of Alabama, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Arkansas State University), born in Mount Olive, Mississippi (d. 2020)
Tom Fogerty
Nov 9 Tom Fogerty, American rocker (Creedence Clearwater Revival), born in Berkeley, California (d. 1990)
Tom Fogerty
- Nov 10 John Geoghegan, U.S. Army infantry lieutenant and Silver Star recipient, born in Pelham, New York (d. 1965)
- Nov 12 Frank Rosenthal, rocker
- Nov 12 Jennifer Helen McLeod, composer
- Nov 13 Dack Rambo, American actor (Guns of Will Sonnett, Dallas), born in Earlimart, California (d. 1994)
- Nov 13 Mel Stottlemyre, American baseball pitcher and coach (5-time MLB All Star), born in Hazleton, Missouri (d. 2019)
- Nov 13 Eberhard Diepgen, German politician, born in Pankow, Berlin
- Nov 14 Hermanus J Kriel, South African minister of Planning (1989- )
- Nov 15 Daniel Manus Pinkwater, American sci-fi author (Magic Moscow)
- Nov 15 Heathcote Williams [John Henly Heathcote Williams], British poet, actor and political activist, born in Helsby, Cheshire (d. 2017)
- Nov 15 Jim Dickinson, American record producer (Mud Boy), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 2009)
- Nov 16 Ann McLaughlin Korologos, 19th United States Secretary of Labor (1987-89), born in Chatham, New Jersey
- Nov 16 Dan Penn, American songwriter, producer and gospel singer (Out in Left Field), born in Vernon, Alabama
- Nov 17 Peter Hoagland, (Rep-D-Nebraska)
- Nov 18 David Hemmings, English actor (Blow-up, Barbarella) and co-founder of Hemdale Film Corporation, born in Guildford, England (d. 2003)
- Nov 18 Peter Pocklington, Canadian NHL team owner (Edmonton Oiler), born in Regina, Saskatchewan
- Nov 18 Conleth "Con" Cluskey, Irish pop vocalist (The Bachelors - "Diane"; "I Wouldn't Trade You For The World"), born in Dublin, Ireland
- Nov 19 Dan Haggerty, actor (Grizzly Adams), born in Hollywood California, (d. 2016)
- Nov 19 Ivanka Khristova, Bulgaria, shot putter (Olympic gold 1976)
- Nov 19 Tommy Thompson, American politician (42nd Governor of Wisconsin), born in Elroy, Wisconsin
- Nov 19 Eddie Raynor, New Zealand rock keyboardist (Split Enz; Crowded House), born in Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
- Nov 20 Dr. John [Malcolm John Rebennack], American musician (Right Place, Wrong Time), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2019)
- Nov 20 Gary Karr, American double-bassist (Oslo Philharmonic), born in Los Angeles, California
- Nov 20 Haseena Moin, Pakistani television drama writer and Urdu playwright, born in Kanpur, India
- Nov 21 David Porter, American producer, arranger and songwriter ("Soul Man"; "Hold On, I'm Coming"), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Nov 21 Juliet Mills, actress (Nanny & the Professor, QB VII), born in London, England
- Nov 21 İdil Biret, Turkish concert pianist, born in Ankara, Turkey
- Nov 21 Andrew Love, American saxophonist (The Memphis Horns), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2012)
- Nov 22 Jacques LaPerriere, NHL defensive Hall of Famer
- Nov 22 Ron McClure, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
- Nov 22 Tom Conti, Scottish actor (Reuben, Reuben, American Dreamer), born in Paisley Scotland
- Nov 22 Jesse Colin Young, American singer songwriter (Youngbloods; Song For Juli), born in Queens, New York
- Nov 23 Alan Mullery, English soccer player
- Nov 23 Simon Nolet, French-Canadian ice hockey right winger (Philadelphia Flyers, 1967-74), born in Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne, Quebec, Canada
- Nov 23 Franco Nero, Italian actor
- Nov 23 Derek Mahon, Irish Poet (A Disused Shed in Co Wexford), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland (d. 2020)
- Nov 24 Donald "Duck" Dunn, American session bassist (Stax; Booker & The MG's; The Blues Brothers), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d, 2012)
- Nov 24 Gary Boyle, rocker (Isotope)
- Nov 24 John de Andrea, US sculptor
- Nov 24 Wayne Lamar Jackson, American soul and R&B trumpeter ( Mar-Keys, The Memphis Horns), born in West Memphis, Arkansas (d. 2016)
- Nov 25 Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Indian Muslim Sufi, author, spiritual leader (d. 2001)
- Nov 26 Jeff Torborg, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers), born in Plainfield, New Jersey
- Nov 26 Susanne Marsee, American mezzo-soprano, born in San Diego, California
- Nov 27 Eddie Rabbitt, American country singer (I Love a Rainy Night), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1998)
- Nov 27 Aimé Jacquet, French football manager (France 1998 FIFA World Cup), born in Sail-sous-Couzan, France
- Nov 28 Laura Antonelli, actress (Wifemistress, Divine Nymph), born in Pola, Italy (d. 2015)
- Nov 29 Denny Doherty, Canadian musician, singer, songwriter (The Mamas & The Papas), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia (d. 2007)
- Nov 29 Ronald D Coleman, (Rep-D-TX, 1983- )
Famous Weddings
Wedding of Interest
Nov 5 Writer and veterinary surgeon James Herriot (25) weds Joan Catherine Danbury
James Herriot
Famous Deaths
- Nov 1 Camille Melloy [the Paepe], Belgian priest/poet (Requiem), dies at 50
- Nov 2 Simon Guggenheim, American businessman and philanthropist, dies at 73
- Nov 5 Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish pacifist (b. 1905)
- Nov 6 Maurice Leblanc, French novelist (b. 1864)
- Nov 7 Albin Zollinger, Swiss poet/author (Das Gewitter), dies at 46
- Nov 8 Gaetano Mosca, Italian sociologist (Elite Circle), dies at 83
- Nov 12 Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, NY gangster/police informer, killed
- Nov 12 Ernie Koob, American baseball pitcher (no-hitter 1917; St. Louis Browns), dies from a lung ailment at 49
- Nov 17 Ernst Udet, German WWI pilot and notable flying ace who helped develop the Luftwaffe under the Nazi Party, commits suicide at 45
- Nov 18 Walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77
- Nov 18 Chris Watson, third Prime Minister of Australia (Labour Party), dies at 74
- Nov 18 Émile Nelligan, Quebec poet (b. 1879)
- Nov 18 Walther Hermann Nernst, Prussian physicist and chemist (Nobel 1920), dies at 77
- Nov 21 Juanita Spellini, first women executed in Calif
- Nov 21 Henrietta Vinton Davis, African-American elocutionist, dramatist, impersonator and public speaker, dies at 81
- Nov 21 George Morren, Flemish painter/sculptor, dies at 73
- Nov 22 Werner Mölders, German ace fighter pilot (b. 1915)
- Nov 25 Pedro Aguirre Cerda, president Chili (People's Front), dies
- Nov 26 Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and ceramist (Trold, der vejrer kristenblod), dies at 80
- Nov 26 Ernest Lapointe, French-Canadian politician (b. 1876)
