Events in History
- Nov 1 Delhi becomes a union territory of India
- Nov 1 Indian state of Madhya Pradesh is formed
- Nov 1 Indian states of Punjab, Patiala and most of the East Punjab States Union merge as the Punjab State
- Nov 1 Karnataka (then known as Mysore State) is formed from the merge of Kannada-speaking regions in India
- Nov 1 Kerala state is formed in India
- Nov 1 Nagy government of Hungary withdraws from Warsaw Pact
Nobel Prize
Nov 1 Nobel for physics awarded to William Shockley, Walter H. Brattain and John Bardeen
- Nov 2 Hungary appeals for UN assistance against Soviet invasion
- Nov 3 Suez Crisis: After several days of fighting, Israeli forces capture the Gaza Strip
- Nov 4 200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Soviet movement in Budapest, Hungary
- Nov 5 Britain and France land airborne forces at Port Said in Egypt, escalating the Suez Crisis
- Nov 5 Dutch Communist Party office of Felix Meritis seized
- Nov 5 Israel liberates Sharm-el-Sheikh, reopening Gulf of Aqaba
- Nov 5 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Datis nuperrime
Election of Interest
Nov 6 Dwight D. Eisenhower is re-elected President of the United States, defeating Democrat candidate Adlai Stevenson
- Nov 6 Suez Crisis: British Royal Marines storm Port Said in Egypt amid growing domestic and international opposition to the Anglo-French-Israeli military operation
United Nations
Nov 7 Suez Crisis ends with a ceasefire as the United Nations Emergency Force is established at instigation of Canadian diplomat Lester B. Pearson and UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld
Event of Interest
Nov 8 NYT critic Brooks Atkinson writes of Eugene O'Neill's latest play 'With the production of 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' at the Helen Hayes last evening, the American theater acquires size and stature." [1]
- Nov 8 UN demands USSR leave Hungary
- Nov 12 Largest observed iceberg, 208 by 60 miles, 1st sighted
- Nov 13 US Supreme court rules race separation on buses in Alabama unconstitutional
- Nov 14 Hungarian revolt put down by Soviet invasion
- Nov 17 USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
- Nov 18 Morocco gains independence
Event of Interest
Nov 18 Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev says the phrase "we will bury you!" to Western ambassadors at a reception at the Polish embassy in Moscow
Birthdays in History
- Nov 10 Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian entrepreneur and political activist, born in Cairo, Egpyt
- Nov 13 Charlie Baker, American politician, Governor of Massachusetts (2015-), born in Elmira, New York
- Nov 14 Kenneth D Bowersox, Portsmouth Va, USN/astro (STS 50, 61, 73, 82)
- Nov 15 Brian Douglas Wells, American criminal (d. 2003)
- Nov 19 Eileen Collins, American USAF and astronaut (STS 63, 84), born in Elmira, New York
- Nov 25 Ena Heese, South African costume designer (Willem of Orange)
- Nov 25 Hélène Goudin, Swedish politician
- Nov 26 Nico Slothouwer, Dutch poet (The Man and His Bag), born in Deventer, Netherlands (d. 1987)
Deaths in History
Pietro Badoglio (1871-1956)
Nov 1 41st Prime Minister of Italy (1943-44) and Italian General (1922-43), dies at 85
Harry Ford Sinclair (1876-1956)
Nov 10 American industrialist who founded Sinclair Oil and implicated in the Teapot Dome scandal, dies at 80
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