Appointment of Interest
Nov 1 Wernher von Braun named head of German liquid-fuel rocket program
Wernher von Braun
- Nov 2 The "Great Emu War" begins: Australian soldiers armed with Lewis Guns sought to cull the Emu population over crop destruction in Campion district, Western Australia
Event of Interest
Nov 5 Benito Mussolini frees 16,000 convicts
Benito Mussolini
Election of Interest
Nov 8 Amidst the Great Depression, Democrat candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected President of the United States, defeating Republican incumbent Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
- Nov 9 Hurricane storm wave sweeps over Santa Cruz del Sur Cuba kills 2,500
- Nov 9 Riots between conservative and socialist supporters in Switzerland kill 12 and injure 60.
- Nov 12 24 killed at Lancashire mine explosion
- Nov 15 Walt Disney Art School created
- Nov 17 German government of von Papen resigns
- Nov 18 "Flowers & Trees" receives 1st Academy Award for a cartoon
Academy Awards
Nov 18 5th Academy Awards: Fredric March and Wallace Beery in 1st ever tie for Best Actor. "Grand Hotel" and Helen Hayes also win.
- Nov 19 Joe Kershalla scores 71 points in a college football game
Event of Interest
Nov 19 Shaft & Thyssen demand Adolf Hitler become German chancellor
Adolf Hitler
Event of Interest
Nov 28 Groucho Marx performs on radio for the first time
Groucho Marx
- Nov 29 France & USSR sign non-aggression pact
Music Premiere
Nov 29 Cole Porter's musical "Gay Divorcee" premieres in NYC
Cole Porter