Historical Events
Tsar Nicholas II
Nov 1 Nicholas II becomes the new Tsar of Russia after the death of his father, Tsar Alexander III
Diphtheria Vaccine
Nov 1 Vaccine for diphtheria announced by Dr Émile Roux of Paris
- Nov 5 Frederick Lugards expedition reaches Nikki
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Nov 5 Richard Strauss' tone poem "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks" premieres
- Nov 10 Fred Lugard signs accord with king Lafia "Absalamu" of Nikki
- Nov 12 Lawrence Hargrave, Australian aeronautical pioneer and inventor of the box kite, linked four huge box kites together and flew - but remained attached to the ground by piano wire
- Nov 16 6,000 Armenians massacred by Turks in Kurdistan
- Nov 16 French captain Henri Decoeurs troops reach Nikki, West Africa
- Nov 17 Daily Racing Form founded
Killer Holmes Arrested
Nov 17 Serial killer H. H. Holmes is arrested in Boston after being tracked there from Philadelphia by the Pinkertons
- Nov 18 Richard Outcault's early comic strip "Origin of a New Species" published in World
- Nov 19 1st mushroom on a stamp (China 1 & 5 Ap)
- Nov 19 Dutch troops occupy & plunders palace of Tjakra Negara, Lombok
- Nov 20 US intervenes in Bluefields, Nicaragua
- Nov 25 Greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis
- Nov 26 King Lafia "Absalamu" of Nikki signs accord with France
- Nov 29 3rd Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 18-0 in Montgomery
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 2 Alexander Lippisch, German scientist and pioneer of aerodynamics, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1976)
- Nov 2 Bill Johnston, American tennis player (US Open 1915, 19; Wimbledon 1923), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1946)
William George Barker (1894-1930)
Nov 3 Canadian fighter ace (Victoria Cross recipient), born in Dauphin, Manitoba
- Nov 5 (Jacob) "Jan" Garber, American violinist and sweet jazz bandleader, born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1977)
- Nov 5 Henri de Page, Belgian private law scholar, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1969)
- Nov 9 Dietrich von Choltitz, German general known as the "Saviour of Paris" for surrendering the city to Free French forces and disobeying Hitler's orders to destroy it, born in Gräflich Wiese, Silesia, German Empire (d. 1966)
- Nov 9 Mabel Normand [Muriel Fortescue], American silent-film actress, director and comedienne (Mickey), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1930) [or November 10]
- Nov 9 Mae Marsh, American silent film actress (Birth of a Nation), born in Madrid, New Mexico Territory (d. 1968)
- Nov 11 Aaron Avshalomov, Russian-Jewish-American composer (Kuan Yin; The Great Wall), conductor (Shanghai Municipal Orchestra, 1943-46), and librarian, born in Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, Russia (d. 1965)
- Nov 11 Winifred Kingston, British silent screen actress (The Squaw Man, Davy Crockett), born in England (d. 1967)
- Nov 13 Arthur Nebe, German SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator who took part in assassination plot against of Adolf Hitler, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1945)
- Nov 13 Nita Naldi [Anita Donna Dooley], American stage and silent film actress (Blood & Sand; Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde), born in New York City (d. 1961)
- Nov 14 Harold Collett Dent, British journalist and educator (d. 1995)
- Nov 14 Seena Owen, American silent screen actress (Queen Kelly), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 1966)
- Nov 16 Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Austrian-Japanese politician, born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1972)
- Nov 17 Eelco van Kleffens, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1939-46) and diplomat (d. 1983)
- Nov 17 Sophocles Venizelos, Greek politician, premier of Greece (1944, 50-51), born in Chania, Crete (d. 1964)
- Nov 19 Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician (13th President of Portugal 1958-74), born in Lisbon (d. 1987)
- Nov 20 Carl Mayer, Austrian-Jewish actor (Dreaming Lips, Ariane, Sunrise), born in Graz, Austria (d. 1944)
- Nov 21 Corinne Griffith, American actress dubbed "The Orchid Lady of the Screen" (3 Hours, Lilies of Field), born in Texarkana, Texas (d. 1979)
- Nov 21 Max Miller [Thomas Henry Sargent], English comedian known as The Cheeky Chappie, born in Brighton, England (d. 1963)
- Nov 23 Rosetta Duncan, American vaudevillian (Duncan Sisters), actress (Topsy and Eva), and songwriter (Remeberin'), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1959)
- Nov 24 Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (all-time great opening batsman for England), born in Summerbridge, England (d. 1978)
- Nov 26 James Charles McGuigan, Catholic cardinal archbishop of Toronto, born in Hunter River, Prince Edward Island, Canada (d. 1974)
Norbert Wiener (1894-1964)
Nov 26 American mathematician who founded cybernetics, born in Columbia, Missouri
- Nov 27 Amphilochius of Pochayiv [Yakov Varnavovich Golovatyuk], Ukrainian Orthodox Christian saint, born in Mala Ilovytsya, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine (d. 1971)
- Nov 27 Forrest C. Shaklee, American chiropractor and founder (Shaklee Products), born in Carlisle, Iowa (d. 1985)
- Nov 27 Kōnosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist (founded Panasonic), born in Wakayama, Empire of Japan (d. 1989)
Brooks Atkinson (1894-1984)
Nov 28 American drama critic (The New York Times), born in Melrose, Massachusetts
- Nov 29 Lucille Hegamin, American blues singer ("Jazz Me Blues", "Arkansas Blues"), and entertainer, born in Macon. Georgia (d. 1970)
Famous Weddings
Nicholas II
Nov 26 Russian emperor Nicholas II (26) weds Alexandra Feodorovna (22) at the Grand Church of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, Russia
Famous Deaths
Alexander III (1845-1894)
Nov 1 Russian Tsar (1881-94), dies if terminal kidney disease at 49
- Nov 8 Michael "King" Kelly, American Baseball HOF utility (NL batting champion 1884, 86; NL runs scored 1884–86, Chicago White Sox) and manager (Boston Beaneaters, Reds; Cincinnati KK's), dies from pneumonia at 36
Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894)
Nov 20 Russian pianist and composer (Dmitri Donskoi), dies at 64
