Events in History
- Nov 1 1st H Bomb test, code named "Ivy Mike", detonates on Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the north Pacific Ocean
- Nov 1 Jet magazine founded by John H. Johnson
- Nov 1 US performs 1st atomic explosion witnessed by troops, Nevada Test Site, New Mexico
- Nov 5 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Nov 7 Constitution of Jordan passes
- Nov 10 1st long distance telephone call without operator assistance
- Nov 17 Britain reports development of the world's first nuclear-powered heating system
- Nov 18 "See it Now" premieres on TV
- Nov 18 British troops occupy Ismailiya, Egypt
- Nov 19 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Nov 20 Snowdonia becomes a British National Park
- Nov 24 British auto manufacturers Austin and Morris Motors merge
- Nov 25 17 die in a train crash in Woodstock, Alabama
- Nov 25 Commemoration of Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft forbidden
- Nov 27 1st rocket to intercept an airplane at White Sands, New Mexico
- Nov 27 Cease-fire & demarcation zone accord signed in Panmunjon, Korea
Event of Interest
Nov 28 John Van Druten's "I am a Camera" premieres in NYC
- Nov 28 Military coup under Col Adib el-Shishakli in Syria
- Nov 29 1st underground atomic explosion at Frenchman Flat in Nevada
Birthdays in History
- Nov 2 Thomas Mallon, American novelist and critic (Henry and Clara), born in Glen Cove, New York
- Nov 3 Ed Murawinski, American cartoonist, New York Daily News
- Nov 4 Traian Băsescu, 4th President of Romania (2004-14), born in Basarabi, Romania
- Nov 5 Stuart Havelock Hollingdale, anthropologist
- Nov 5 Tony Evers, American politician, Governor of Wisconsin (2019-), born in Plymouth, Wisconsin
- Nov 6 Peter Althin, Swedish politician and attorney, born in Lund, Skåne, Sweden
- Nov 8 Alfredo Astiz, Argentine general and intelligence officer
- Nov 9 Bill Mantlo, American comic book writer (Micronauts), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Nov 9 Hetty de Boer-Jongkind, Dutch medical astrologist and founder (Vakvereniging Medical Astrology), born in Amsterdam (d. 1993)
- Nov 11 Kim Peek, American megasavant (inspired Rain Man film character), born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 2009)
- Nov 13 Boaz Vaadia, Israeli-born sculptor who worked in America, born in Gat Rimon (d. 2017)
- Nov 17 Jack Vettriano, Methil Scotland, Scottish painter (The Singing Butler)
- Nov 18 Justin Raimondo, American author (Antiwar.com), born in White Plains, New York
- Nov 18 Mark N Brown, Valparaiso In, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 28, 48, 66)
- Nov 19 Lord Falconer of Thoroton, British lawyer and politician
- Nov 19 Timothy J. Penny, American politician (Rep-D-MN, 1983-95), born in Albert Lea, Minnesota
- Nov 20 David Walters, American politician, Governor of Oklahoma (1991-95), born in Canute, Oklahoma
- Nov 21 John Kennedy, American politician (Senator-R-Louisiana 2017-), born in Centreville, Mississippi
- Nov 24 Chet Edwards, American politician (Rep-D-Texas 1991-2011), born in Corpus Christi, Texas
- Nov 25 Arturo Pérez Reverte, Spanish novelist and war reporter
- Nov 26 La Cicciolina [Ilona Staller], Italian MP, born in Budapest, Hungary
- Nov 30 Christian Bernard, mystic
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