- Nov 1 Mao's Red army conquers Mukden, Manchuria
Election of Interest
Nov 2 US President Harry Truman is re-elected in an upset victory over Republican candidate Thomas E. Dewey
Harry Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Nobel Prize
Nov 4 American-born British poet T. S. Eliot wins Nobel Prize for literature
T. S. Eliot
Event of Interest
Nov 12 Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo sentenced to death by war crimes tribunal
Hideki Tojo
- Nov 12 The first mobile betatron (particle accelerator) begins operation at the U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Maryland
Event of Interest
Nov 15 Mackenzie King retires after 22 years as Prime Minister of Canada
Mackenzie King
Event of Interest
Nov 15 Louis St. Laurent is sworn in as the 12th Prime Minister of Canada
Louis St. Laurent
Event of Interest
Nov 26 1st polaroid camera sold for $89.75 in Boston at the Jordan Marsh department store. The Land Camera model 95 becomes prototype for all Polaroid Land cameras for next 15 years
Edwin Land