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Historic Discovery
Nov 4 Mary Leakey and Louis Leakey discover first Homo habilis jaw fragments (OH 7) at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
- Nov 7 KNRR TV channel 12 in Pembina, ND (IND) begins broadcasting
Election of Interest
Nov 8 John F. Kennedy is elected President of the United States, defeating Republican candidate Richard Nixon who was the incumbent Vice President
How Britain Fell in Love with Lady Chatterley
Nov 10 Uncensored version of D. H. Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley’s Lover" finally goes on sale in the UK after a jury finds publisher Penguin Books not guilty in an obscenity trial
- Nov 11 Record New York Knicks' crowd for the third Madison Square Garden venue on 49th Street, NYC; 18,499 see Knicks beat Syracuse Nationals, 112-108
Coup d'état
Nov 12 Coup against South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm fails
#1 in the Charts
Nov 14 Ray Charles' single "Georgia On My Mind" reaches #1
- Nov 14 Riot due to school integration in New Orleans
Sports History
Nov 15 Elgin Baylor of NBA LA Lakers scores 71 points vs NY Knicks
- Nov 15 USS G Washington, 1st sub with nuclear ballistic missiles, launched
- Nov 16 NL batting champion Dick Groat wins MVP
- Nov 17 New MLB Washington franchise is awarded to Elwood Quesada
- Nov 18 Charlie Finley makes a bid to purchase expansion LA Angels
- Nov 18 Copyright office issues its 10 millionth registration
- Nov 19 Mickey Vernon is hired as 1st manager of new Washington team
- Nov 20 Australian driver Jack Brabham finishes 4th in season-ending US Grand Prix at Riverside Raceway to retain his F1 World Drivers Championship by 9 points from Bruce McLaren of New Zealand
Sports History
Nov 21 Bob Scheffing signs to manage Tigers after Casey Stengel turns it down
NBA Record
Nov 24 Philadelphia center Wilt Chamberlain pulls down NBA record 55 rebounds in Warriors 132-129 defeat to Boston Celtics at Philadelphia Civic Center
- Nov 25 "Amos 'n' Andy" made its last broadcast on CBS radio
- Nov 25 First atomic reactor for research & development, Richland, Wa
- Nov 25 CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr Malone & 2nd Mrs Burton) & cancels 4 other series
- Nov 25 Three of the four Mirabal sisters, opponents of the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic, are assassinated
- Nov 26 CFL Grey Cup, Empire Stadium, Vancouver: Ottawa Rough Riders defeat Edmonton Eskimos, 16-6 for their 5th Championship
- Nov 26 Minneapolis-St Paul baseball club takes the name Twins
- Nov 26 25th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 3-0 in Birmingham
- Nov 27 CBS radio cancels "Have Gun Will Travel"
- Nov 27 Dr Felix Houphouet-Boigny becomes president of Ivory Coast
Sports History
Nov 27 Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHLer to score 1,000 points
Historic Event
Nov 27 Patrice Lumumba flees Leopoldville, Congo
- Nov 27 Trailing 38-7 late in 3rd quarter, Buffalo Bills tie Broncos at 38-38
- Nov 28 CBS radio expands hourly news coverage from 5 to 10 minutes
- Nov 28 Mauritania gains independence from France (National Day)
- Nov 29 26th Heisman Trophy Award: Joe Bellino, Navy (HB)
- Nov 30 French Senate condemns building own nuclear weapons
- Nov 30 Tad Mosels "All the Way Home" premieres in NYC
- Dec 1 Patrice Lumumba caught in the Congo
Music History
Dec 1 British rocker Paul McCartney and drummer Pete Best arrested and then deported from Hamburg, Germany accused of attempted arson
Scientific Discovery
Dec 2 Paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey discovers 1.4 million year old Homo erectus (Olduvai Hominid 9) in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Music History
Dec 3 Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner's "Camelot", starring Richard Burton and Julie Andrews, and introducing Robert Goulet, opens at Majestic Theater, NYC; runs for 873 performances, wins 4 Tony Awards
- Dec 5 Ghana drops diplomatic relations with Belgium
- Dec 6 MLB American League grants American entertainer and businessman Gene Autry a franchise: Los Angeles Angels
- Dec 7 Ivory Coast claims independence from France
- Dec 8 MLB expansion team Los Angeles Angels sign a 4 year lease to use Dodger Stadium
Music History
Dec 8 Musical "Peter Pan", starring Mary Martin broadcast, for a 3rd time, on NBC as a special event, videotaped in color for future rebroadcasts
- Dec 9 1st broadcast of "Coronation Street" on British ITV
Nobel Prize
Dec 10 Willard Libby wins the Nobel prize in Chemistry for his work developing carbon-14 dating (radiocarbon dating).
Music Premiere
Dec 11 Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh's musical "Wildcat" with Lucille Ball premieres in New York City
Football Awards
Dec 13 Ballon d'Or: Barcelona midfielder Luis Suárez is named best football player in Europe ahead of Real Madrid's Hungarian forward Ferenc Puskás and Hamburg striker Uwe Seeler
- Dec 14 Australia v West Indies 1st Test Cricket at the Gabba ends in a tie
- Dec 14 Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) forms
- Dec 14 Washington Senators joins American League
- Dec 16 "Wildcat" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 172 performances
- Dec 16 TWA 266 & United 826 collide over Staten Island, kills 134
- Dec 17 "La Plume de Ma Tante" closes at Royale Theater, NYC after 835 performances
- Dec 17 "Take Me Along" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 448 performances
- Dec 17 Pablo Casals' oratorio "El Pesebrio" premieres
- Dec 18 General Meeting of UN condemns apartheid
- Dec 19 Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Brooklyn (50 die)
Music Recording
Dec 19 Frank Sinatra's 1st session with Reprise Records ("Ring-A-Ding-Ding")
Music Recording
Dec 21 Ornette Coleman records his influential album "Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation", establishes the name for the Free Jazz sound
Music Premiere
Dec 26 Musical "Do re mi" with Phil Silvers premieres St James Theater in NYC
NFL Championship
Dec 26 National Football League Championship, Franklin Field, Philadelphia: Philadelphia Eagles beat Green Bay Packers, 17-13; lone playoff defeat for Packers coach Vince Lombardi before Packers establish dynasty