Historical Events
William Howard Taft Elected
Nov 3 William Howard Taft (R) elected 27th U.S. President over William Jennings Bryan (D)
Andrew Fisher PM
Nov 12 Andrew Fisher assumes the position of prime minister for what turns out to be a short-lived second Labour government, Australia
Quantum Theory of Light
Nov 14 Albert Einstein presents his quantum theory of light
- Nov 14 Liberal candidate Jose Miguel Gomez wins national elections for president in Cuba
- Nov 14 Oscar Strauss' musical "Der tapfere Soldat" premieres in Vienna
Toscanini at the Met
Nov 16 Arturo Toscanini begins conducting NY's Metropolitan Opera
Australasia Wins
Nov 30 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Melbourne, Australia: Anthony Wilding representing Australasia beats American Fred Alexander 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 to give defending champions a 3-2 victory
- Nov 30 The US Secretary of State and Japan's ambassador to the US exchange notes in what becomes known as the Root-Takahira Agreement: they affirm support for an independent China with an 'open door' policy and for the status quo in the Pacific
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 2 (Roland) "Bunny" Berigan, American session and big band jazz trumpeter (Paul Whiteman; Benny Goodman - "King Porter Stomp"; Tommy Dorsey - "Marie"), vocalist, and bandleader ("I Can't Get Started"), born in Hilbert, Wisconsin (d. 1942)
- Nov 2 Fred Bakewell, English cricket batsman (6 Tests, top score 107; Northamptonshire), born in Walsall, Staffordshire (d. 1983)
- Nov 2 Reginald Beckwith, English actor (Genevieve, Doctor in Love), born in York, England (d. 1965)
Bronko Nagurski (1908-1990)
Nov 3 Canadian-American College and Pro Football Hall of Fame fullback (Chicago Bears), born in Rainy River, Ontario
- Nov 4 Anthony Warde, American actor (Dangers of the Canadian Mounted, Buck Rogers, Black Widow), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1975)
- Nov 4 Joseph Rotblat, Polish Physicist, (Nobel Peace Prize 1995 for work against nuclear arms), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 2005)
- Nov 4 Pauline Trigère, French-American fashion designer (Bell Bottoms), born in Paris (d. 2002)
- Nov 4 Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer (Magnificent Ambersons), born in New York City (d. 1997)
- Nov 8 Martha Gellhorn, American novelist and journalist who was one of the first female war correspondents, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1998)
- Nov 10 Charles Merritt, Canadian Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War II, born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2000)
Amon Göth (1908-1946)
Nov 12 Austrian SS commandant of the Płaszów concentration camp, born in Vienna, Austria
- Nov 12 Hans Werner Richter, German author (Socially Responsible Cinema, Gruppe 47), born in Neu Sallenthin, Usedom (d. 1993)
Harry Blackmun (1908-1999)
Nov 12 American lawyer, jurist and 100th Supreme Court Justice (1970-94) who authored the Court's opinion in Roe v. Wade, born in Nashville, Illinois
- Nov 12 Shamus Culhane, American animator (Fleischer Studios, Disney Studios), born in Ware, Massachusetts (d. 1996)
- Nov 13 C. Vann Woodward, American historian and educator, born in Vanndale, Arkansas (d. 1999)
- Nov 14 Harrison Salisbury, American journalist and author (New York Times correspondent in Moscow), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1993)
- Nov 16 Sœur Emmanuelle, Belgian-French religious sister, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2008)
- Nov 18 Imogene Coca, American comedienne (Your Show of Shows, Grindl), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2001)
- Nov 19 Alan Baxter, American actor (Big Town Girl; Rags to Riches), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1976)
- Nov 19 Mikhail Chulaki, Soviet composer, born in Simferopol, Crimea (d. 1989)
- Nov 20 Alistair Cooke, British-American TV host (Masterpiece Theatre), born in Manchester, England (d. 2004)
- Nov 21 Elizabeth George Speare, American author (The Witch of Blackbird Pond), born in Melrose, Massachusetts (d. 1994)
- Nov 22 Michael Balfour, English historian, born in Oxford (d. 1995)
- Nov 23 Leendert Braat, Dutch sculptor and screenwriter (White World), (d. 1982)
- Nov 23 Nelson S. Bond, American sci-fi writer, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania (d. 2006)
- Nov 24 Harry Kemelman, American detective author (rabbi-omnibus), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1996)
- Nov 24 Libertad Lamarque, Agentinan actress (Madreselva, Puerta Cerrada), born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina (d. 2000)
- Nov 24 Ray Carter, American orchestra leader (Arthur Murray Dance Party), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1982)
- Nov 26 Charles Forte, Italian-British hotel magnate (Savoy), born in Mortale, Italy (d. 2007)
- Nov 26 Lefty Gomez, American Baseball HOF pitcher (7 × MLB All-Star; 5 × World Series; Triple Crown 1934, 37; NY Yankees), born in Rodeo, California (d. 1989)
- Nov 26 Philipp Mohler, German composer, born in Kaiserslautern, Germany (d. 1982)
- Nov 28 Arturo Frondizi, 35th President Argentina (1958-62), born in Paso de los Libres, Corrientes, Argentina (d. 1995)
- Nov 28 Claude Lévi-Strauss, French social anthropologist and ethnologist (structuralism), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2009)
- Nov 28 Roberto Lupi, Italian composer, born in Milan, Italy (d. 1971)
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972)
Nov 29 American politician (Rep-D-NY), born in New Haven, Connecticut
- Nov 29 N. S. Krishnan, Tamil film comedian (d. 1957)
Famous Weddings
Will Rogers
Nov 25 Vaudeville performer Will Rogers (29) weds Betty Blake
Famous Deaths
- Nov 4 Tomés Estrada Palma, Cuban politician, 1st president of Cuba (1902-06), dies at 73
Butch Cassidy (1866-1908)
Nov 7 American train and bank robber, shot by Bolivian soldiers at 42
- Nov 8 Victorien Sardou, French playwright, several of which were adapted as operas (Fedora, Tosca; Madame Sans-Gene), dies at 77
- Nov 8 William Edward Ayrton, English Physicist, Inventor and Electrical Engineer, dies at 60
- Nov 12 William Keith Brooks, American marine zoologist (anatomy and embryology of marine animals), dies at 60
- Nov 14 Kwang-siu, emperor of China, dies
- Nov 15 Empress Dowager Cixi [the old Buddha], empress-widow of China, dies at 72
- Nov 16 Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French Canadian politician (7th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia), dies at 78
- Nov 19 Albert Dietrich, German composer and conductor, dies at 79
- Nov 20 Georgy Voronoy, Russian mathematician (Voronoi diagram), dies at 40
- Nov 27 Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and palaeontologist, dies at 81
