Historical Events
- Nov 3 International Radiotelegraph Conference in Berlin selects "SOS" (· · · – – – · · ·) distress signal as the worldwide standard for help
Hughes Defeats Hearst
Nov 6 Charles Evans Hughes (R) elected NY Governor beating William Randolph Hearst
- Nov 6 Chinese Government ministries are reorganized as part of the movement towards constitutional government; but in fact the Manchu princes retain control and there is little gain for the Chinese people
First Foreign Presidential Trip
Nov 9 Theodore Roosevelt is 1st US President to visit another country (Puerto Rico and Panama)
- Nov 11 Ethel Smyth's "Standrecht" premieres in Leipzig
- Nov 12 C W Gregory (NSW v Qld) starts day at 48*, is 366* at stumps
- Nov 13 C. W. Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 v Queensland, in record cricket innings by an Australian
- Nov 14 US President Theodore Roosevelt visits Panama
- Nov 17 11th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 10-0 in Birmingham
- Nov 18 Anarchists bomb St. Peter's Basilica in Rome
- Nov 18 Langdon Mitchell's "New York Idea" premieres in NYC
- Nov 19 London selected to host 1908 Olympics
Doctor's Dilemma
Nov 20 George Bernard Shaw's play "Doctor's Dilemma" premieres in London
Burns vs. O'Brien
Nov 28 Canadian Tommy Burns retains his world heavyweight boxing title after being pushed to a 20-round draw by 'Philadelphia' Jack O'Brien in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 1 John Indrisano, American welterweight boxer, stunt man, and bit-part actor (O.K.. Crackerby!), born in East Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1968)
- Nov 2 Bengt Edlén, Swedish Astrophysicist who specialized in spectroscopy and discovered the source of unidentified emission lines in solar spectrum, born in Gusum, Sweden (d. 2003)
- Nov 2 Daniil Andreev, Russian writer, poet and Christian mystic, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1959)
- Nov 2 Luchino Visconti, Italian director (The Leopard, Death in Venice), born in Milan (d. 1976)
- Nov 2 Paul Thompson, Canadian ice hockey forward (1926-39), won 3 Stanley Cups (1928 with NY Rangers, 1934 and 1938 with Chicago Black Hawks), and Black Hawks coach (1938-45), born in Calgary, Alberta (d. 1991)
- Nov 4 Arnold Cooke, British composer, born in Gomersal, West Yorkshire, England (d. 2005)
- Nov 4 Bob Considine, American journalist and author (Babe Ruth Story), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1975)
- Nov 4 Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric, American lawyer and diplomat, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1996)
- Nov 4 Siegfried Borris, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1987)
- Nov 5 Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer (dirty-snowball theory), born in Red Oak, Iowa (d. 2004)
- Nov 5 George Trevelyan, British educational pioneer and a founding father of the New Age movement, born in London (d. 1996)
- Nov 6 Francis Lederer, Czech actor (Diary of a Chambermaid), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2000)
- Nov 6 James D. Norris, American sports businessman (Chicago Black Hawks), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1966)
- Nov 7 (Ernest) "Red" Ingle, American jazz and novelty saxophonist, songwriter, arranger and vocalist (Ted Weems; Spike Jones and His City Slickers; The Natural Seven), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 1965)
- Nov 7 Eugene Carson Blake, US Secretary-General of World Council of Churches (1966-72), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1985)
- Nov 7 Jan Vercammen, Flemish author and chief inspector LO (Primary Education), born in Temse, Belgium (d. 1984)
- Nov 7 Margaret Barbara Lambert, British historian (Saar) (d. 1995)
- Nov 9 Arthur Rudolph, German rocket engineer, born in Meiningen, Germany (d. 1996)
- Nov 10 Josef Kramer, German concentration camp Commandant dubbed "The Beast of Belsen", born in Munich, Germany (d. 1945)
- Nov 10 Leonid Wīgner, Latvian conductor (Latvian Opera and Ballet Theater, 1936-49; LPSR Radio Symphony, 1949-75), composer, and pedagogue, born in Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 2001)
- Nov 12 (Booker T. Washington) "Bukka" White, American country and Delta blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter ("Shake'Em On Down"; "Parchman Farm Blues"), born near Aberdeen, Mississippi (d. 1977)
- Nov 13 Conrad Thibault, American singer (Jacques Fray Music Room), born in Northbridge, Massachusetts (d. 1987)
- Nov 13 Eva Zeisel, American industrial designer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2011)
- Nov 13 Hermione Baddeley, British actress (Camp Runamuck, Maude, Good Life), born in Broseley, England (d. 1986)
- Nov 14 Louise Brooks, American silent screen star (American Venus, Pandora's Box), born in Cherryvale, Kansas (d. 1985)
- Nov 15 Curtis LeMay, American air force general (WWII) and VP candidate, born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1990)
- Nov 17 Betty Bronson, American actress (Evel Knievel, One Stolen Night), born in Trenton, New Jersey (d. 1971)
- Nov 17 Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer, founder and CEO of Honda Motor Co, born in Hamamatsu, Japan (d. 1991)
Alec Issigonis (1906-1988)
Nov 18 Greek-British automotive designer who designed the Mini, born in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
George Wald (1906-1997)
Nov 18 American physiologist and biologist (Nobel Prize 1967, vitamin A in retina), born in New York City
- Nov 18 Klaus Mann, German-American writer (Mephisto; The Turning Point), born in Munich, Germany (d. 1949)
- Nov 19 Henri Temianka, Scottish-born Polish composer (California Chamber Symphony), born in Greenock, Scotland (d. 1992)
- Nov 19 Jacques Leguerney, French composer, born in LeHarve, France, (d. 1997)
- Nov 22 Howard Petrie, American actor (Border River, Bounty Hunter), born in Beverly, Massachusetts (d. 1968)
- Nov 23 Mervyn Roberts, Welsh composer, born in Abergele, Denbighshire (d. 1990)
- Nov 24 Andreina Pagnani, Italian actress (Il Commandante), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1981)
- Nov 24 Eduard Ludwig, German architect (Air Bridge monument Berlin), born in Mühlhausen, Germany (d. 1960)
- Nov 26 Sandro Fuga, Italian composer and painist, born in Mogliano, Veneto (d. 1994)
- Nov 28 Henry Picard, American golfer (Masters 1938, PGA 1939), born in Plymouth, Massachusetts (d. 1997)
- Nov 29 Luis Van Rooten, Mexican-born American actor, author and translator (One Man's Family), born in Mexico City (d. 1973)
- Nov 30 Marina, Princess of Greece and Denmark, Duchess of Kent, husband of English Prince George, born in Athens, Greece (d. 1968)
