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November 1931 in History

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Nov 1 Dupont introduces synthetic rubber
Nov 3 First commercially produced synthetic rubber manufactured

Theater Premiere

Nov 4 Jean Genet's play "Judith" premieres in Paris

Jean Genet — Novelist and Playwright Jean Genet

Event of Interest

Nov 7 Chinese People's Republic proclaimed by Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong — Revolutionary and Chairman of the Communist Party Mao Zedong

Nov 13 Hattie Caraway (D-AK) appointed first US woman senator
Nov 14 Ottawa Mint Act is proclaimed in Britain

Event of Interest

Nov 17 Charles Lindbergh inaugurates Pan Am service from Cuba to South America in the Sikorsky flying boat "American Clipper"

Charles Lindbergh — Aviator Charles Lindbergh

Nov 20 Commercial teletype service begins (AT&T)

Event of Interest

Nov 20 Rolls Royce acquisition of Bentley Motors is announced

W. O. Bentley — Engineer and Motoring Pioneer W. O. Bentley

Henry Royce — Engineer, Motoring and Aviation Pioneer Henry Royce

Nov 22 1st performance of Ferde Grofé's "Grand Canyon Suite" given by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra at Studebaker Theater, Chicago
Nov 23 Nationally Crisis Committee forms in The Hague
Nov 30 His Master's Voice and Columbia Records merge into EMI

Birthdays in History

Nov 3 Yon Hyong-muk, North Korean politician (d. 2005)
Nov 4 Bernard Francis Law, Disgraced American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (1982-2002), born in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico (d. 2017)
Nov 11 Pete Stark, American politician (Rep-D-CA, 1973-2013), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2020)
Nov 12 Norman Mineta, American politician and 1st cabinet member of Asian descent (Secretary of Transportation, 2001-06; US Representative (D)-CA, 1975-95), born in San Jose, California (d. 2022)
Nov 13 Anthony Jacobs, English businessman and industrialist (BSM)
Nov 13 Joan Lestor, British Labour politician (d. 1998)
Nov 13 John A Manke, US test pilot (HL-10)
Nov 14 Claudia Jane Archibald, parapsychologist
Nov 15 Jan Terlouw, Dutch politician (D-66) and author (Winters in Wartime)
Nov 15 Mwai Kibaki, Kenyan politician, President of Kenya (2002-13), born in Gatuyaini, Kenya (d. 2022)
Nov 15 Pascal Lissouba, Congo politician
Nov 16 Luciano Bottaro, Italian comic book artist, born in Rapallo, Italy (d. 2006)
Nov 21 Revaz Dogonadze, Georgian scientist (one of the founders of Quantum electrochemistry), born in Tbilisi, Georgia (d. 1985)
Nov 26 Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Argentine painter and activist (1980 Nobel Peace Prize), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nov 26 Adrianus Johannes Simonis, Archbishop of Utrecht (1983-2007), born in Lisse, Netherlands
Nov 28 Dervla Murphy, Irish travel author (Full Tilt, In Ethiopia with a Mule), born in Lismore, Ireland
Nov 28 Rinus Ferdinandusse, Dutch editor and author (Nude on Fence), born in Goes, Netherlands
Nov 28 Thomas Enders, German business executive and diplomat, born in Bruchertseifen, Germany
Nov 29 Frank T Mdlalose, KwaZulu minister of Internal minister

Deaths in History

Nov 2 Arthur James Cook, British trade union leader (coal miners), dies of cancer at 47
Nov 3 Rudolf Wilhelm Canne, Fries playwright (Peaske), dies at 60
Nov 11 Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (b. 1840)
Nov 15 C. A. J. van Dishoeck, Dutch publisher, dies at 68
Nov 17 Hara Prasad Shastri, Indian academic, Sanskrit scholar, archivist and historian of Bengali literature, dies at 77
Nov 17 John Paulus Lotsy, Dutch botanist and geneticist (Resumptio Genetics), dies at 64
Nov 19 Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet, dies in a plane crash at 34

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