Events in History
Event of Interest
Nov 1 "Ivy Mike", the first thermonuclear weapon to utilize the H-bomb design of Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam, is detonated in the Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean
Edward Teller
Event of Interest
Nov 3 Clarence Birdseye markets frozen peas
Clarence Birdseye
Election of Interest
Nov 4 Republican candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected President of the United States, defeating Democrat candidate Adlai Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson II
- Nov 10 Trygve Lie resigns as 1st Secretary General of the United Nations
- Nov 13 False fingernails 1st sold
- Nov 14 Greek General Alexander Papagos wins elections
- Nov 16 Papagos' Greek Concentratie wins Greeks parliamentary election
- Nov 19 North American F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record, 1124 KPH
- Nov 19 Spain joins UNESCO
- Nov 19 Scandinavian Airlines opens a commercial route from Canada to Europe
- Nov 20 George Axelrod's play "Seven Year Itch" premieres in NYC
Event of Interest
Nov 20 Slánský trials begin - a series of Stalinist and anti-Semitic show trials in Czechoslovakia.
Joseph Stalin
- Nov 21 1st US postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced
- Nov 22 As' Harry Byrd selected AL Rookie of Year
- Nov 25 George Meany appointed as chairman of AFL
- Nov 26 1st 3D feature film "Bwana Devil" directed by Arch Oboler premieres in Los Angeles, advertised as "The Miracle of the Age!!! A LION in your lap! A LOVER in your arms!"
- Nov 29 US President-elect Eisenhower visits Korea to assess war
Birthdays in History
Larry Fink
Nov 2 Larry Fink [Laurence Douglas Fink], American chairman and CEO of BlackRock, born in Los Angeles, California
Larry Fink
- Nov 3 Felix R de Rooy, Curacaos poet/sculptor
- Nov 5 Vandana Shiva, Indian scholar and environmental activist, born in Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Nov 7 David Petraeus, Commanding General of Multinational Force Iraq (2007-08), born in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York
- Nov 8 Christie Ann Hefner, American businesswoman, CEO of Playboy Enterprises (1988-2009) and daughter of Hugh Hefner, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Nov 9 Sherrod Brown, American politician (Rep-D-Ohio 1993-2007, Senate 2007-), born in Mansfield, Ohio
- Nov 12 Ronald Burkle, American entrepreneur
- Nov 16 Robin McKinley, American writer (The Hero and the Crown), born in Warren, Ohio
- Nov 16 Piero Falchetta, Italian archivist (Biblioteca Marciana), born in Venice, Italy
- Nov 16 Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer (Nintendo), born in Sonobe, Kyoto, Japan
- Nov 17 Cyril Ramaphosa, South African activist and politician, President of South Africa (2018-), born in Soweto, South Africa
- Nov 18 Peter Beattie, Australian politician
- Nov 20 John Van Boxmeer, National Hockey League player, born in Petrolia, Ontario
- Nov 25 John Lynch, American politician current governor of New Hampshire
- Nov 27 James D. Wetherbee, American Naval officer and astronaut (STS 32, 52, 63, 86), born in Flushing, New York
- Nov 27 Sheila Copps, Canadian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (1993-97), born in Hamilton, Ontario
- Nov 30 Keith Giffen, American comic book writer and artist
Deaths in History
- Nov 9 Chaim Weizmann, Israeli statesman and Zionist leader (1st President of Israel 1949-52), dies at 77
- Nov 9 Philip Murray, 1st president of the United Steelworkers and longest-serving president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, dies at 66
- Nov 18 Paul Éluard, French communist and poet, dies at 56
- Nov 20 Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher (La Critica), dies at 86
- Nov 21 Henriette Roland Holst-de Schalk, marxist author, dies at 82
- Nov 21 William Green, union chairman (AFL 1924-52), dies at 79
- Nov 23 Aaro A Hellaakoski, Finnish geographer/poet, dies at 59
- Nov 26 Sven Hedin, Swedish explorer (b. 1865)
- Nov 29 Rosa Lewis, English chef and owner (Cavendish Hotel London), dies at 85
- Nov 29 Vladimir Ipatieff, Russian-American chemist, dies at 85