Events in History
Event of Interest
Nov 1 British Admiral David Beatty becomes First Sea Lord
- Nov 7 US police raid offices of Union of Russian Workers
- Nov 10 1st observance of National Book Week
- Nov 10 American Legion's 1st national convention (Minneapolis)
- Nov 11 Pope Benedictus XV states Roman Catholics political and business views
- Nov 12 Ross & Keith Smith start a 1 month flight from London to Australia
- Nov 14 Red Army captures Omsk, Siberia
- Nov 15 US Senate 1st invokes the Cloture Rule to end a filibuster, passes Versailles Treaty [1]
- Nov 16 Admiral Miklós Horthy, head of the Hungarian National Army, seizes Budapest and will later become regent of the restored Kingdom of Hungary
Signing of the Treaty of Versailles
Nov 19 US Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles by a vote of 55 to 39; Congress two years later approves resolution ending hostilities with Germany and Austria-Hungary
Election of Interest
Nov 28 American-born Lady Nancy Astor elected as the 1st female member of the British House of Commons
Birthdays in History
- Nov 2 Jorge de Sena, Portuguese novelist and poet (Reino da Estupidez), born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1978)
- Nov 3 Jesús Blasco, Spanish comic book author (Cuto), born in Barcelona (d. 1995)
- Nov 5 Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher, critic and writer, born in Bulandshahr Uttar Pradesh, British India (d. 1978)
- Nov 6 Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Portuguese poet and children's author (The Sea Girl), born in Oporto, Portugal (d. 2004)
- Nov 8 P. L. Deshpande, Indian Marathi writer, born in Mumbai, India (d. 2000)
Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919-2013)
Nov 10 Russian general and inventor of the AK-47, born in Kurya, Kuryinsky District, Altai Krai, Russia
- Nov 10 Moise Tshombe, President of Katanga, then premier of the Congo (Zaire), born in Musumba (d. 1969)
- Nov 11 Kalle Päätalo, Finnish novelist (Iijoki), born in Taivalkoski, Finland (d. 2000)
- Nov 15 Joseph Wapner, American judge (People's Court), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2017)
- Nov 17 Ludwig Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord, German journalist, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1996)
- Nov 20 Halka Grossman, Israeli resistance fighter and politician, born in Białystok, Second Polish Republic (d. 1996)
- Nov 22 Norman Aldridge, English toxicologist (solved global poisoning mysteries), born in Nuneaton, England (d. 1996)
- Nov 23 Peter Strawson, English philosopher (University of Oxford), born in London, England (d. 2006)
- Nov 24 John Silverlight, British journalist (The Observer) (d. 1995)
- Nov 25 Chaim Pearl, Jewish rabbi and scholar, born in Liverpool, England (d. 1995)
- Nov 26 Frederik Pohl, American sci-fi author (3 Hugo, Gateway, Bipohl), born in NYC, New York (d. 2013)
- Nov 30 Anne Wadman, Dutch writer who wrote in Frisian (Fioele & faem, Smearlappen), born in Langweer (d. 1997)
- Nov 30 Jan Elburg [Joannes G], Dutch poet (Through the Night), bprn in Wemeldinge, Netherlands (d. 1992)
Deaths in History
- Nov 3 Terauchi Masatake, Japanese soldier and politician (Prime Minister of Japan 1916-18), dies at 67
- Nov 7 Hugo Haase, German socialist politician (SPD, USPD) and co-chair of the Council of the People's Deputies (1918-19), shot and killed in the Reichstag at 56
- Nov 9 Eduard Müller, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1848)
- Nov 15 Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist (Nobel 1913), dies at 52
- Nov 15 Mohammad Farid, an influential Egyptian political figure.
- Nov 18 Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (Riemann–Hurwitz formula), dies at 60
- Nov 18 Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, Dutch socialist politician (1st Socialist MP in parliament), dies at 72
- Nov 22 Francisco Moreno, Argentine explorer, dies at 67
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