Events in History
Event of Interest
Nov 3 Tsar Nicholas II of Russia signs a document of amnesty for the political prisoners
- Nov 4 Dock strike against importing grain elevators in Rotterdam
- Nov 9 Swedish mine workers win 5 month strike for minimum wages
- Nov 10 Sailors join the rebellion at Kronstadt naval base in Russia
- Nov 11 High Commissioner Prince George declares amnesty for all leaders of the insurrection that has been disturbing Crete during the recent months - but which never gained mass support
- Nov 12 (November 12 & November 13) Norway holds a referendum in favor of monarchy over republic.
- Nov 14 David Belasco's "Girl of Golden West" premieres in NYC
- Nov 16 Dutch Russian Count Witte becomes Prime Minister of Russia
- Nov 17 The Eulsa Treaty is signed between Japan and Korea
Theater Premiere
Nov 18 George Bernard Shaw's play "Major Barbara" premieres in London
- Nov 18 Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway
- Nov 19 The steamer "Hilda" sinks in the English Channel (100 people drown)
- Nov 22 British, Italian, Russian, French and Austro-Hungarian fleet attacks Lesbos
- Nov 23 Henry Watson Furness, an American physician from Indiana is named US minister to Haiti
- Nov 24 Moshav Hertzlia forms in Israel
Photography
Nov 24 Photographer Alfred Stieglitz opens the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession in Manhattan, New York
First Ad for a Radio Set
Nov 25 Telimco makes the 1st ever advertisement for a radio set, by advertising a $8.50 set in the "Scientific American" which claimed to receive signals for up to one mile
Event of Interest
Nov 28 Arthur Griffith forms Sinn Féin in Dublin
Birthdays in History
- Nov 1 Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian abstract painter, born in Saint-Hilaire, Quebec (d. 1960)
- Nov 2 Frederic Lipmann, French watchmaker, born in Besancon, France (d. 1996)
- Nov 3 Lois Mailou Jones, American painter (Peasants on Parade), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1998)
- Nov 4 Martin Raschke, German author and publisher, born in Dresden, Germany (d. 1943)
- Nov 9 Erika Mann, German-American author (Other Germany) and daughter of Thomas Mann, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1969)
- Nov 9 James William Fulbright, American politician (Sen-D-Mo), born in Sumner, Missouri (d. 1995)
- Nov 11 Israel Aaron Maisels, South African lawyer and communal leader, born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1994)
- Nov 14 Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian author and journalist (founded news agency Antara), born in Muara Sipongi, Tapanuli, Dutch East Indies (d. 1968)
- Nov 17 Adam Ważyk [Adam Wagman], Polish poet and author (Eyes & Mouth), born in Warsaw, Russian Empire (d. 1982)
- Nov 17 Astrid of Sweden, Queen of the Belgians, first wife of King Leopold III (1934-35), born in Arvfurstens palats, Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden (d. 1935)
- Nov 22 James Burnham, American philosopher, political theorist and Trotskyist (The Managerial Revolution, Coming Defeat of Communism), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1987)
- Nov 29 Marcel Lefebvre, French Roman catholic bishop (d. 1991)
- Nov 29 Mowbray Howard, 6th Earl of Effingham, English peer (d. 1996)
Deaths in History
- Nov 2 Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and histologist (one of the first to interpret tissue structure in terms of cellular elements), dies at 88
George Williams (1821-1905)
Nov 6 English philanthropist and founder of YMCA, dies at 84
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