Events in History
- Nov 1 National Birth Control League & Voluntary Parenthood League merge as American Birth Control League
Theater Premiere
Nov 2 Eugene O'Neill's play "Anna Christie" premieres in NYC
Eugene O'Neill
Event of Interest
Nov 4 The Sturmabteilung or SA (the "Brown Shirts") is formally established by Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Event of Interest
Nov 11 US President Warren G. Harding dedicates Tomb of Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery
Warren G. Harding
- Nov 12 Washington Conference for Limitation of Armaments
- Nov 13 US, France, Japan and British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty
- Nov 14 The Communist Party of Spain is founded
- Nov 15 KYW-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions
- Nov 21 The trial of the accused of the Bulhoek Massacre commences in South Africa
- Nov 23 US President Warren G. Harding signs Willis Campell Act (anti-beer bill) forbidding doctors prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes
- Nov 28 Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha (Baha'i festival-Qawl 6, 78)
- Nov 29 Coldest day in November in Netherlands -14.0°C
Birthdays in History
- Nov 1 Ilse Aichinger, Austrian writer (Die größere Hoffnung), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2016)
- Nov 2 William Donald Schaefer, American politician (Gov-D-Md), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2011)
- Nov 5 Fawzia Fuad, Egyptian princess who became Queen of Iran as the first wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, born in Ras el-Tin Palace, Alexandria, Sultanate of Egypt (d. 2013)
- Nov 6 James Jones, American novelist (Bad Blood, From Here to Eternity), born in Robinson, Illinois (d. 1977)
- Nov 8 Jerome Hines [Heinz], American basso (I am The Way), born in Hollywood, California
- Nov 9 Silvio O Conte, American politician (Rep-R-MA, 1959-91), born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts (d. 1991)
- Nov 11 Terrel Bell, American politician (2nd United States Secretary of Education 1981-84), born in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho (d. 1996)
- Nov 17 Albert Bertelsen, Danish painter
- Nov 19 Peter Ruckman, American Baptist minister and founder of Pensacola Bible Institute in Pensacola, Florida, born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 2016)
- Nov 20 Jim Garrison, American district attorney, politician and judge, born in Denison, Iowa (d. 1992)
- Nov 23 Hein Roethof, Dutch journalist and politician (PvdA)
- Nov 24 John V Lindsay, (Mayor-R/D-NY, 1965-73)
- Nov 25 Stanley Ho, Chinese casino tycoon who transformed Macao, born in Hong Kong (d. 2020)
- Nov 26 Françoise Gilot, French painter, designer, and author (Life with Picasso), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
- Nov 26 Verghese Kurien, Indian engineer (billion-litre idea), born in Calicut, India (d. 2012)
Alexander Dubček
Nov 27 Alexander Dubček, Czechoslovak politician who headed the Czech Communist Party and was deposed after a Soviet invasion, born in Uhrovec, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
Alexander Dubček
- Nov 27 Ole Sarvig, Danish writer and critic (Limbo, Glem Ikke), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1981)
Deaths in History
- Nov 4 Takasji Hara, premier of Japan, murdered
- Nov 8 Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet (b. 1849)
- Nov 12 Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter and sculptor, dies at 63
- Nov 17 Pa Chay Vue, Hmong Nationalist
- Nov 27 Douglas Colin Cameron, Canadian politician (b. 1854)
- Nov 28 `Abdu'l-Bahá, Persian leader of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1844)