- Nov 1 "Don't Step on My Olive Branch" opens at Playhouse NYC for 16 performances
- Nov 1 Britain gives Gilbert Island (Kiribati) self rule
- Nov 1 W German Generals Krupinski and Franke admit to having been Nazis
Election of Interest
Nov 2 Democrat candidate Jimmy Carter is elected President of the United States, defeating incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford; Walter Mondale elected vice president
Sports History
Nov 4 1st mass-market free-agent reentry draft, Reggie Jackson, Joe Rudi, Gullett, Tenace, Fingers, Baylor, Grich & McCovey, available
Sports History
Nov 5 Balt Jim Palmer wins AL Cy Young Award
- Nov 5 New AL franchises in Seattle & Toronto fill up their rosters
- Nov 5 Pirates trade Manny Sanguillen & $100,000 to A's for mgr Chuck Tanner
- Nov 5 USSR performs nuclear test
- Nov 6 Benjamin Hooks, succeeds Roy Wilkins as executive director of NAACP
- Nov 6 Former Twins relief ace Bill Campbell is 1st free-agent to sign with a new team, joining the Red Sox for $1 million over 4 years
Film & TV History
Nov 7 "Gone With The Wind", 1939 Oscar-winning film epic starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable, makes broadcast television debut on NBC; aired in two parts over consecutive nights; earns a then record 65% share of TV viewers
- Nov 8 A series of earthquakes spreads panic in the Greek city of Thessaloniki, which is evacuated
- Nov 9 Oakland A's release Billy Williams, ending his Hall of Fame baseball career
- Nov 9 UN General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa
- Nov 10 Utah Supreme Court approves execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore
- Nov 14 "Don't Step on My Olive Branch" closes at Playhouse NYC after 16 performances
- Nov 14 Cleveland Browns' Jerry Sherk sets club record with 4 sacks
Historic Event
Nov 14 Dutch war criminal Pieter Menten captured 1 day after fleeing
Film Premiere
Nov 14 "Network", directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch and William Holden, premieres in Los Angeles and New York City (Finch - Academy Awards Best Actor 1977)
Sports History
Nov 16 Rick Barry (San Francisco), ends then longest NBA free throw streak of 60
Music Single
Nov 19 George Harrison releases single "This Song", an expression of his frustration at being sued for copyright infringement
- Nov 19 Patty Hearst is freed on $15 million bail
- Nov 19 Jaime Ornelas Camacho takes office as the first President of the Regional Government of Madeira, Portugal
- Nov 20 George Harrison appears on "Saturday Night Live": haggling with Lorne Michaels; performing "Here Comes the Sun" and "Homeward Bound" with Paul Simon; and airing two music videos
Film Premiere
Nov 21 "Rocky" directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Sylvester Stallone premieres in New York (Best Picture 1977)
- Nov 21 26th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Cale Yarborough wins
- Nov 22 Algeria Constitution goes into effect
- Nov 22 Comic strip "Cathy" by Cathy Guisewite debuts
- Nov 23 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Nov 23 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
- Nov 23 Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100m undersea without breathing equipment.
- Nov 24 NBA Atlanta Hawks end a 28 game road losing streak
Sports History
Nov 24 Reds Joe Morgan wins his 2nd straight NL MVP Award
Sports History
Nov 25 O.J. Simpson gains 273 yards for Buffalo vs Detroit
Music Concert
Nov 25 The Band's farewell concert at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, California; guest performers include Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, and the Staples Singers; concert film "The Last Waltz" directed by Martin Scorcese
- Nov 25 Viking 1 radio signals from Mars help prove the general theory of relativity
- Nov 25 NYPD officer Robert Torsney shoots unarmed youth Randolph Evans while answering response at youth's Brooklyn home
- Nov 26 East Germany strips singer-songwriter and poet Wolf Biermann his citizenship while he tours West Germany
Music Single
Nov 26 Ringo Starr releases single "Hey Baby"
Music Single
Nov 26 Sex Pistols release their debut single "Anarchy In The UK"
Election of Interest
Nov 26 Former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt is elected chairman of the Socialist International (1976-92)
- Nov 27 41st Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 38-7 in Birmingham
- Nov 28 CFL Grey Cup, CNE Stadium, Toronto: Ottawa Rough Riders defeat Saskatchewan Roughriders, 23-20 in a thriller; 53,467 Grey Cup record attendance
- Nov 29 NY Yankees sign free agent Reggie Jackson to 5-year contract
- Nov 30 42nd Heisman Trophy Award: Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh (RB)