- Nov 1 "Oh, Kay!" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 77 performances
Event of Interest
Nov 1 Last of Margaret Thatcher's original government resigns, Deputy PM Howe
Margaret Thatcher
- Nov 1 Rhetoric escalates as George Bush likens Saddam Hussein to Adolf Hitler
Event of Interest
Nov 1 Sandra Miller awarded $100 for Mike Tyson fondling her breasts
Mike Tyson
- Nov 2 1st NBA game at Target Center, Minn Timberwolves beat Mavericks 98-85
- Nov 3 Gro Harlem Brundtland is installed as Prime Minister of Norway
- Nov 4 "Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story" opens at Shubert NYC for 225 performances
- Nov 4 20th NYC Women's Marathon won by Wanda Panfil in 2:30:45
- Nov 4 21st NYC Marathon won by Douglas Wakiihuri in 2:12:39
- Nov 4 Debbie Massey wins LPGA Mazda Japan 133 Golf Classic
- Nov 4 Iraq says it is preparing for a "dangerous war"
- Nov 4 US Secretary of State James Baker visits American troops in Saudi Arabia
Event of Interest
Nov 4 41st Formula One WDC: Ayrton Senna wins by seven points
Ayrton Senna
- Nov 5 Reports of increasing Saudi petroleum production and lower world demand
- Nov 6 Arsenio Hall gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
- Nov 6 Braves' Dave Justice wins NL Rookie of Year
- Nov 6 Fire destroys some of Universal Studios' stages
- Nov 6 Guam Republican governor Joseph Ada re-elected
- Nov 6 Iran's oil-producing region suffers a serious earthquake
Album Release
Nov 6 "I'm Your Baby Tonight" 3rd studio album by Whitney Houston is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1991)
Whitney Houston
- Nov 7 "Little Night Music" closes at New York State NYC after 11 performances
- Nov 7 "Those Were The Days" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 126 performances
- Nov 7 Cleve Indian Sandy Alomar Jr wins AL Rookie of Year, unanimously
- Nov 7 Mary Robinson elected as 1st female president of Ireland
- Nov 8 "6 Degrees of Separation" opens at Vivian Beaumont NYC for 496 performances
- Nov 8 100,000 additional US troops are sent to Persian gulf
Contract of Interest
Nov 8 Darryl Strawberry signs 5-year contract with LA Dodgers
Darryl Strawberry
Music Single
Nov 8 Musician Chris Isaak releases single "Wicked Game"
Chris Isaak
Film Premier
Nov 10 John Hughes' film "Home Alone" directed by Chris Columbus and starring Macaulay Culkin premieres in Chicago
Macaulay Culkin
- Nov 10 Chandra Shekhar becomes 8th Prime Minister of India
- Nov 11 "Shadowlands" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 169 performances
- Nov 11 Calif's Chuck Finley & Seattle's Randy Johnson combine to pitch a no-hitter in exhibition game between US & Japanese all-star teams
- Nov 12 Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch.
- Nov 12 "The Body Bag Game" - after Eagles coach Buddy Ryan threatens beating Redskins so badly "they'll have to be carted off in body bags" the Eagles defense score 3 touchdowns winning 28–14, knocking 8 Redskins out of the game
- Nov 13 Oakland's Bob Welch wins AL Cy Young Award
- Nov 13 In Aramoana, New Zealand, Resident David Gray shoots dead 13 people, in the Aramoana Massacre
- Nov 13 Saudis ask US for rights to bid on SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserve) crude
- Nov 14 Doug Drabek (22-6) wins NL Cy Young Award
- Nov 14 France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll
- Nov 14 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Nov 14 Michael Heseltine contests Margaret Thatcher's leadership of the British Conservative Party
- Nov 14 Philippines hit by typhoon, 110 die
Event of Interest
Nov 14 James Worthy is arrested in Houston and charged with two counts of solicitation of prostitution
James Worthy
Event of Interest
Nov 15 US President George H. W. Bush signs Clear Air Act of 1990
George H. W. Bush
Event of Interest
Nov 16 Manuel Noriega claims US denied him a fair trial
Manuel Noriega
- Nov 17 David Crosby breaks his left leg, ankle and shoulder in a motorcycle accident in Los Angles, CA
- Nov 18 "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 241 performances
- Nov 18 1st Solheim Cup: US beats Europe 11½-4½ at Lake Nona CC FLA
- Nov 18 NFL NY Giants beat Det Lions 20-0, to run 1990 record to 10-0
- Nov 18 40th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Earnhardt wins
- Nov 19 Greyhound files reoganization plan so they can be traded publicly
Event of Interest
Nov 19 Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Barry Bonds wins NL MVP
Barry Bonds
- Nov 19 Pop duo Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award after it is learned they did not sing on their award-winning "Girl You Know Its True" album
Event of Interest
Nov 20 Oakland's Rickey Henderson wins AL MVP
Rickey Henderson
- Nov 20 Sacramento Kings last NBA win on the road for over a year
- Nov 20 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher fails to defeat Michael Heseltine's bid for leadership of the Conservative Party
- Nov 20 US 68th manned space mission STS 38 (Atlantis 7) returns from space
Event of Interest
Nov 20 Saddam Hussein announces plans to release German hostages
Saddam Hussein
Event of Interest
Nov 21 French President François Mitterrand voices support for a proposed UN resolution that would authorize the use of force in the Persian Gulf
Francois Mitterrand
- Nov 22 George H. W. Bush visits US troops in Saudi Arabia
- Nov 22 Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation as British Prime Minister
- Nov 22 Professor Amos Sawyer installed as interim President of Liberia
- Nov 23 Test Cricket debut of Saeed Anwar (Pak v WI), scores 0 & 0
- Nov 25 78th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Edmonton Eskimos, 50-11
Election of Interest
Nov 25 Lech Wałęsa wins Poland's first popular election
Lech Wałęsa
Music Awards
Nov 26 1st Billboard Music Awards: M.C. Hammer & Janet Jackson win
Janet Jackson
Event of Interest
Nov 26 Mikhail Gorbachev tells Iraq to get out of Kuwait
Mikhail Gorbachev
Event of Interest
Nov 28 Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew resigns, ending his term as Singapore's longest-serving Prime Minister
Lee Kuan Yew
Event of Interest
Nov 28 Conservative Party chooses John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher as leader and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
John Major
Margaret Thatcher
- Nov 29 "Shogun - The Musical" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 72 performances
- Nov 29 Expos pres Claude Brochu agrees to buy club from Charles Bronfman
- Nov 29 UN Security Council approves US-sponsored resolution authorizing the use of force in the Persian Gulf if Iraq does not withdrawal from Kuwait by Jan. 15, 1991
Event of Interest
Nov 30 American actor Burt Lancaster suffers a stroke
Burt Lancaster
- Nov 30 US President George H. W. Bush offers to send Secretary of State James Baker to Baghdad to meet with Saddam Hussein