Election of Interest
Nov 5 John F. Kennedy (Democrat, Massachusetts) elected to US House of Representatives
Historic Event
Nov 6 Karol Wojtyla (future Pope John Paul II) holds his first Mass as newly ordained Catholic priest in Wawel Cathedral's crypt
- Nov 7 Katherine Dunham's song and dance revue "Bal Nègre" opens at Belasco Theater, NYC; runs for 54 performances
Historic Event
Nov 8 Jean-Paul Sartre's "La Putain Respecteuse" premieres in Paris
Historic Event
Nov 9 US President Harry Truman ends wage/price freeze
- Nov 10 Communists win many seats at French parliamentary election
- Nov 11 New York Knicks play their first Basketball Association of American (BAA) home game at Madison Square Garden; lose, 78-68 to Chicago Stags in overtime
- Nov 12 Walt Disney's "Song Of South" released
- Nov 12 A branch of the Exchange National Bank in Chicago, Illinois opens the first ten drive-up teller windows
- Nov 13 First artificial snow produced from a natural cloud, Mt Greylock, Massachusetts
Sports History
Nov 15 Ted Williams is picked as AL MVP
Theater Premiere
Nov 20 Lillian Hellman's play "Another Part of the Forest" premieres in NYC
Film Release
Nov 21 "The Best Years of Our Lives", film directed by William Wyler, based on MacKinlay Kantor's novella Glory for Me, starring Myrna Loy and Fredric March, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1947)
Election of Interest
Nov 27 Peter Fraser's Labour government wins a second term in New Zealand's general elections
- Nov 27 English soccer team beats Netherlands, 8-2
- Nov 28 French Fourth Republic government led by Georges Bidault resigns
- Nov 28 Dutch Nazi Anton Mussert sentenced to death
- Nov 29 Minister Drees begins emergency rule of old age facilities
- Nov 30 CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Toronto Argonauts claim 7th Championship and retain title with 28-6 win over Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- Nov 30 Bradman scores 187 in 1st Test Cricket v England at the Gabba