- Nov 1 1st celebration of Authors' Day
The Age of Zeppelins
Nov 1 Graf Zeppelin sets airship distance record of 6384 km
Music Premiere
Nov 2 Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Symphony premieres in US with Leopold Stokowski leading the Philadelphia Orchestra at The Academy of Music, Philadelpha
Historic Event
Nov 4 American gangster Arnold Rothstein is shot at a business meeting for reputedly refusing to pay gambling debts (dies 6th November)
- Nov 6 Clevelanders vote to build a stadium with city bonds
Election of Interest
Nov 6 Republican candidate Herbert Hoover is elected President of the United States, defeating Democrat candidate Al Smith
- Nov 11 France's 5th government of Raymond Poincaré forms
- Nov 11 KXO-AM in El Centro CA begins radio transmissions
- Nov 11 WGL-AM in Ft Wayne IN begins radio transmissions
- Nov 11 WMT-AM in Cedar Rapids IA begins radio transmissions
- Nov 11 WOL-AM in Washington, D.C. begins radio transmissions
- Nov 12 British steamer "Vestris" capsizes & sinks off Virginia, kills 110
- Nov 17 Boston Garden officially opens
- Nov 17 Notre Dame finally loses a football game at home after 23 years
Film & TV History
Nov 18 Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" released, first Mickey Mouse sound cartoon
Sports History
Nov 20 Boston Gardens opens, Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0
- Nov 20 WGH-AM in Newport News VA begins radio transmissions
Music History
Nov 22 "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel first performed publicly (Paris)
Historic Invention
Nov 30 Vladimir K. Zworykin receives patent on Iconoscope TV system
