Historical Events
Election of Interest
Nov 1 General Fulgencio Batista elected President of Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Event of Interest
Nov 1 US Senate admonishes Joseph McCarthy because of his slander campaigns
Joseph McCarthy
- Nov 1 The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence against France.
- Nov 1 6th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Lee Petty wins
- Nov 2 Charles Diggs Jr is elected Michigan's 1st black congressman to the House of Representatives
- Nov 2 Strom Thurmond is the 1st senator elected by write-in vote (South Carolina)
Event of Interest
Nov 2 BBC radio comedy "Hancock's Half Hour" debuts starring Tony Hancock and Sid James, written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
Tony Hancock
- Nov 3 Nobel for physics awarded to Max Born & Walter Bothe
- Nov 4 "Fanny" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 888 performances
- Nov 4 Philadelphia A's move to Kansas City
- Nov 7 US spy plane shot down North of Japan
- Nov 7 Cleveland Browns' Chet Hanulak sets club record with 7 punt returns & win by their largest margin of victory (59) beating Wash 62-3
- Nov 8 AL approves Philadelphia A's move to Kansas City
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
Nov 10 "Marine Corps War Memorial" unveiled in Arlington County, Virginia, dedicated to US Marine Corps who died in defense of US since 1775 (inspired by 1945 Iwo Jima photo of servicemen raising US flag)
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- Nov 10 Lt Col John Stapp travels at 632 mph in a rocket sled
Event of Interest
Nov 11 Publication of "Two Towers", 2nd volume of "Lord of the Rings", by J. R. R. Tolkien by George Allen and Unwin in London
J. R. R. Tolkien
- Nov 12 Ellis Island, immigration station in NY Harbor, closed
Event of Interest
Nov 12 Lee Kuan Yew and others form the People's Action Party (PAP) in Singapore to work towards self-rule in Singapore
Lee Kuan Yew
- Nov 13 1st Rugby League World Cup: Great Britain beats France 16-12
- Nov 14 Egyptian President Naguib resigns, state of emergency declared
- Nov 15 1st regularly scheduled commercial flights over North Pole begins
- Nov 18 Yanks trade Woodling, Byrd, McDonald, Triandos, Miranada & Smith to Orioles for Turley, Larsen & Hunter as part of an 18 player deal
- Nov 20 KTRK TV channel 13 in Houston, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Nov 22 Humane Society (US) forms in Washington, D.C.
- Nov 23 For the first time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the peak it reached just before the 1929 crash.
- Nov 24 Air Force One, 1st US Presidential airplane, christened
- Nov 24 France sends 20,000 soldiers to Algeria
- Nov 26 Test Cricket debut of Colin Cowdrey v Australia at Gabba
- Nov 27 "By the Beautiful Sea" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 270 performances
- Nov 27 42nd CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 26-25
- Nov 27 Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
- Nov 27 19th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 28-0 in Birmingham
- Nov 28 1st pro football game in The Netherlands
- Nov 28 Cleveland Browns' Horace Gillom sets club record with 80-yard punt
- Nov 28 KCKT (now KSNC) TV channel 2 in Great Bend, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast
- Nov 30 Ann Hodges is bruised by a meteor at Sylacauga, Alabama in first modern instance of a meteorite striking a human
- Nov 30 20th Heisman Trophy Award: Alan Ameche, Wisconsin (FB)
- Nov 30 John Strydom succeeds D. F. Malan as premier of South Africa
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 1 Ruben Guerrero, Mexican relay swimmer (Olympic-1968)
- Nov 2 Pat Croce, American entrepreneur, sports team executive and owner, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Nov 3 Adam Ant, [Stuart Goddard], English punk rocker (If I Strip For You), born in London, England
- Nov 3 Godzilla, Japanese monster (Godzilla)
- Nov 3 Kevin P Chilton, American General, test pilot and NASA astronaut (STS 49, 59, 76), born in Los Angeles, California
- Nov 3 Brigitte Lin, Taiwanese actress (Red Dust, Swordsman II), born in Taipei, Taiwan
- Nov 4 Chris Difford, British guitarist/vocalist (Squeeze), born in Greenwich, London
- Nov 6 Catherine Crier, American journalist and author (The Case Against Lawyers, A Deadly Game), born in Dallas, Texas
- Nov 7 Kamal Haasan, Indian actor (Vishwaroopam), born in Paramakudi, Tamil Nadu
- Nov 8 Rickie Lee Jones, singer (Chuck E's in Love), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Nov 8 David Bret, Anglo-French biographer and broadcaster
- Nov 8 Michael D. Brown, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency director
- Nov 8 Kazuo Ishiguro, British author (An Artist of the Floating World, The Remains of the Day, When We Were Orphans), born in Nagasaki, Japan
- Nov 8 Jeanette McGruder, American musician (P Funk)
- Nov 9 Dennis Stratton, rock guitarist (Iron Maiden), born in London, England
- Nov 9 Sue Upton, English actress and dancer
- Nov 10 Mario Cipollina, California, rock bassist (Huey Lewis & The News)
- Nov 11 Gail Marquis, WBL forward (NY Stars, Olympic silver 1976)
- Nov 11 Mary Gaitskill, American novelist
- Nov 12 Bharat Reddy, cricket wicket-keeper (India 1979)
- Nov 12 Paul McNamee, Australia, tennis star
- Nov 13 Scott McNealy, American CEO of Sun Microsystems
- Nov 13 Chris Noth, American actor (Tyrant), born in Madison, Wisconsin
- Nov 14 Bernard Hinault, French cyclist (Tour de France)
- Nov 14 Yanni, new age musician (Live at the Acropolis, Sand Dance)
Condoleezza Rice
Nov 14 Condoleezza Rice, 1st female African-American U.S. Secretary of State (2005-09), born in Birmingham, Alabama
Condoleezza Rice
- Nov 15 Ab Bryant, rock bassist/vocalist (Chilliwack)
- Nov 15 Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Białogard Poland, politician and President of Poland (1995-2005)
- Nov 16 Andrea Barrett, American author
- Nov 16 Bruce Edwards, American golf caddy (d. 2004)
- Nov 16 Dick Gross, Australian politician
- Nov 17 Mark "Chopper" Read, Australian criminal and crime author (Chopper: From the Inside), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2013)
- Nov 18 Guy Innes-Ker duke of Roxburghe, English large landowner
- Nov 18 John Parr, British pop singer
- Nov 18 Evan Gray, New Zealand cricketer
- Nov 19 Annette Guest, US singer (First Choice)
- Nov 19 Gail Stanton playmate (Jun, 1978), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Nov 19 Kathleen Quinlan, California, actress (Never Promised You a Rose Garden)
- Nov 19 Tom Scheckel, rock drummer (Buckinghams), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Nov 19 Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, 6th President of Egypt (2014-present), born in Zagazig, Cairo
- Nov 20 Frank Marino, rock guitarist (Mahogany Rush), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Nov 20 Steve Dahl, California, Chicago's anti-disco DJ (WLS-FM)
- Nov 20 Berit Andnor, Swedish politician
- Nov 21 Thomas Rothman, American film executive
- Nov 22 Paolo Gentiloni, Italian politician, Prime Minister (2016-2018), born in Rome, Italy
- Nov 23 Bruce Hornsby, Williamsburg Va, rock vocalist
- Nov 23 Ferry Hoogendijk, Dutch editor in chief (Elsevier Magazine)
- Nov 23 Ken Schrom, baseball player
- Nov 23 Glenn Brummer, American baseball player
- Nov 24 Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker
- Nov 26 Roz Chast, American cartoonist
- Nov 26 Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan militant leader
- Nov 27 Patricia McPherson, American actress (Knight Rider), born in Oak Harbor, Washington
- Nov 27 Kimmy Robertson, American actress best known for her role as Lucy Moran in the TV series Twin Peaks
- Nov 29 Joel Coen, filmmaker (Fargo, No Country for Old Men), born in St. Louis Park, Minnesota
- Nov 30 George McArdle, rock bassist (Little River Band Melbourne
- Nov 30 June Pointer, singer (Pointer Sisters-I'm So excited)
- Nov 30 Simonetta Stefanelli, Italian Actress (The Godfather)
Famous Weddings
Wedding of Interest
Nov 1 Actor John Wayne (47) weds actress Pilar Pallete in Kona, Hawaii
John Wayne
Wedding of Interest
Nov 19 Actress Vera-Ellen (33) weds millionaire Victor Rothschild at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Los Angeles
Vera-Ellen
Wedding of Interest
Nov 20 NFL quarterback Johnny Unitas (21) weds his high school sweetheart Dorothy Hoelle
Johnny Unitas
Famous Divorces
Divorce of Interest
Nov 1 Actor John Wayne (47) divorces actress Esperanza Baur due to drunken violence after 7 years of marriage
John Wayne
Famous Deaths
Henri Matisse
Nov 3 Henri Matisse, French painter and sculptor (Dance II), dies at 84
Henri Matisse
Lionel Barrymore
Nov 15 Lionel Barrymore, [Blythe], American actor (Dr Kildare, Key Largo), dies at 76
Lionel Barrymore
- Nov 16 Albert Francis Blakeslee, American botanist, dies at 80
- Nov 19 Walter Bartley Wilson, founding member of Cardiff City F.C. (b. 1870)
- Nov 21 Karol Rathaus, composer, dies at 59
- Nov 21 Werner Elert, German Lutheran theologian, dies at 69
- Nov 22 Andrej J Vysjinski, Russian UN ambassador, dies at 70
- Nov 22 Moroni Olsen, American actor (Annie Oakley, Black Gold, Snow White), dies at 65
- Nov 22 Roderick McMahon, Professional Wrestling/Boxing Booker (b. 1882)
- Nov 26 Bill Doak, former Major League Baseball pitcher (b. 1891)
Enrico Fermi
Nov 28 Enrico Fermi, Italian-American nuclear physicist (Nobel 1938), dies of stomach cancer at 53
Enrico Fermi