Sports History
Nov 2 MLB All-Star team led by Connie Mack and including Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx and Lou Gehrig starts 18-game tour against Japanese Big-Six University League
Baseball Record
Nov 3 NY Yankees 1st baseman Lou Gehrig wins American League Triple Crown after hitting .363 with 49 HRs and 165 RBI; but Philadelphia A's catcher Mickey Cochrane (.320, 2 HRs, 76 RBI) is named AL MVP
- Nov 4 After posting 7 straight shutouts to start the NFL season, Detroit Lions beat Pittsburgh, 40-7 at University of Detroit Stadium; scored upon for the first time of the season; rush for NFL single game record 426 yards
- Nov 6 NFL Philadelphia Eagles beat Cincinnati Reds 64-0
- Nov 7 Arthur L. Mitchell, becomes first African American Democratic US congressman (Illinois)
- Nov 8 Ford Frick, NL publicity director, is named league president
Sports History
Nov 10 First NHL penalty shot is awarded to Montreal Canadiens forward Armand Mondou; stopped by Toronto goaltender George Hainsworth in Maple Leafs' 2-1 win
- Nov 11 WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa splits from WHO-WOC & becomes KICK-AM
- Nov 15 Nobel for chemistry awarded to Harold C Urey (deuterium)
- Nov 20 17 year old pitcher Eiji Sawamura gives up just 1 hit, a Lou Gehrig HR, as US All Stars beat Japan, 1-0
Historic Event
Nov 20 Lillian Hellman's "Children's Hour" premieres in NYC
Sports History
Nov 21 NY Yankees buy Joe DiMaggio from SF Seals (Pacific Coast League)
Music Premiere
Nov 21 Cole Porter's musical "Anything Goes" opens at the Alvin Theatre, NYC, later transferred to 46th Street Theatre; runs for 420 performances
- Nov 22 "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" 1st heard on Eddie Cantor's show
- Nov 23 An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, which lay well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.
- Nov 24 CFL Grey Cup: Sarnia Imperials win their first Championship with a 20-12 win over Regina Roughriders
- Nov 24 SN Behrman's "Rain from Heaven" premieres in NYC
- Nov 26 German theologist Karl Barth surrenders to Nazis
- Nov 26 Turkish regiment decrees importing family names
Historic Event
Nov 27 Bank robber Baby Face Nelson dies in a shoot-out with the FBI
Historic Event
Nov 28 Winston Churchill tells British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin not to under estimate German air power
- Nov 29 Chicago Bears beat Detroit (19-16) in 1st NFL game broadcast nationally