- Nov 1 Mao's Red army conquers Mukden, Manchuria
Election of Interest
Nov 2 US President Harry Truman is re-elected in an upset victory over Republican candidate Thomas E. Dewey
Harry Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
- Nov 2 WJZ TV channel 13 in Baltimore, MD (ABC) begins broadcasting
NHL All-Star Game
Nov 3 2nd NHL All-Star Game, Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL: All-Stars beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-1; Gordie Howe's first of 23 All-Star appearances
Gordie Howe
- Nov 3 Kleggie Hermsen and Bones McKinney each score 17 points as Washington Capitols beat Philadelphia Warriors, 77-70 at Washington Coliseum to win first of 15 straight games to start season; best start in NBA history
Nobel Prize
Nov 4 American-born British poet T. S. Eliot wins Nobel Prize for literature
T. S. Eliot
Event of Interest
Nov 4 American humorist Will Rogers commemorated by US Postage Service on 3-cent stamp
Will Rogers
Event of Interest
Nov 12 Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo sentenced to death by war crimes tribunal
Hideki Tojo
Event of Interest
Nov 15 Mackenzie King retires after 22 years as Prime Minister of Canada
Mackenzie King
Event of Interest
Nov 15 Louis St. Laurent is sworn in as the 12th Prime Minister of Canada
Louis St. Laurent
- Nov 17 Britain's House of Commons votes to nationalize steel industry
- Nov 20 US balloon reaches height of 42.7 km (record)
- Nov 23 Dr Frank G Back (NYC) patents lens to provide zoom effects
- Nov 24 WAVE TV channel 3 in Louisville, Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Nov 24 "Bicycle Thieves", Italian film directed by Vittorio De Sica, starring himself and Cesare Zavattini, is released (Honorary Academy Award 1950)
- Nov 25 16-inch coastal guns removed from Fort Funston, San Francisco
- Nov 25 KING TV channel 5 in Seattle, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting
Event of Interest
Nov 26 1st polaroid camera sold for $89.75 in Boston at the Jordan Marsh department store. The Land Camera model 95 becomes prototype for all Polaroid Land cameras for next 15 years
Edwin Land
- Nov 27 CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Calgary Stampeders win their first Championship; defeat Ottawa Rough Riders, 12-7
- Nov 27 Honda 1st opens in America
- Nov 28 "Hopalong Cassidy" premieres on TV
- Nov 29 "Kukla, Fran, & Ollie" debuted on NBC
- Nov 29 1st opera to be televised, "Othello", broadcast from the Met (NYC)
- Nov 29 KOB TV channel 4 in Albuquerque, NM (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Nov 30 Baseball's Negro National League disbands
- Nov 30 Player-manager Lou Boudreau is selected AL MVP
- Nov 30 Soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin