Historical Events
Event of Interest
Nov 2 Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine
- Nov 2 In WWI the 1st US soldiers are killed in combat: James Gresham, Thomas Enright and Merle Hay
- Nov 2 Lansing-Ishii Agreement; US recognizes Japan's privileges in China
- Nov 3 1st class US mail now costs 3 cents per ounce
- Nov 5 Gen Pershing & US troops see action on Western Front for 1st time
- Nov 5 Supreme Court decision (Buchanan v Warley) strikes down Louisville, Kentucky, ordinance requiring backs & whites to live in separate areas
- Nov 6 New York State adopts a constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote in state elections
Red October
Nov 6 [OS Oct 24] Bolshevik revolution begins with bombardment of the Winter Palace in Petrograd during the Russian October Revolution
- Nov 7 British capture Gaza, Palestine, from Turks
Event of Interest
Nov 7 The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is proclaimed; first Council of People's Commissars is formed with Vladimir Lenin as leader and including Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin
- Nov 7 [OS Oct 25] October Revolution in Russia; Lenin and the Bolsheviks seize power, capture the Winter Palace and overthrow the Provisional Government.
- Nov 8 Telephone Co runs 1st advertisement for Army operators, receives 7,000 applicants
- Nov 10 41 suffragists are arrested in front of White House
- Nov 10 Faure's 2nd Violo Sonate premieres
- Nov 10 New bolshevik government under Lenin suspends freedom of press (temporary) during October Revolution
- Nov 16 British occupy Tel Aviv and Jaffa
- Nov 17 Vladimir Lenin defends "temporary" removal of freedom of the press
- Nov 18 Sigma Alpha Rho, a Jewish high school fraternity, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Nov 20 1st successful tank use in battle, at the Battle of Cambrai in World War I as Britain uses the new technology to break through German lines
- Nov 20 Ukrainian Republic declared
Gorky Insults Lenin
Nov 21 Maxim Gorky calls Vladimir Lenin a blind fanatic and unthinking adventurer
- Nov 24 Nine police officers and one civilian are killed when a bomb explodes at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin police headquarters building.
- Nov 26 NHL forms with Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, Toronto Arenas, Ottawa Senators & Quebec Bulldogs; National Hockey Association disbands
- Nov 26 The new government of Russia offers an armistice to Germany and Austria-Hungary
- Nov 28 Sigmund Romberg's revue "Over the Top" premieres in NYC
- Nov 29 A Supreme Allied War Council meets at Versailles to define war aims
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 1 Clarence E. Miller, American politician (Rep-R-OH, 1967-93), born in Lancaster, Ohio (d. 2011)
- Nov 1 Gail Reese [Virginia Vieser], American big band and radio singer (Bunny Berigan, Glenn Miller), born in New York (d. 1997)
- Nov 1 Joe Benner, American pistol shooter and coach (Olympic gold 1952; World C'ship gold 1949, 52, 54), born in Paragould, Arkansas (d. 1999)
- Nov 1 Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, American visual artist and co-founder of DuSable Museum of African American History, born in St. Rose, Louisiana (d. 2010)
- Nov 1 Pat Mullin, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1947-48; Detroit Tigers), born in Trotter, Pennsylvania (d. 1999)
- Nov 1 Zenna Henderson, American sci-fi author (Anything Box), born in Tucson, Arizona (d. 1983)
- Nov 2 Durward Knowles, Bahamas yachtsman (Olympic gold, Star class 1968), born in Nassau, Bahamas (d. 2018)
- Nov 4 Leonardo Cimino, Italian-American actor (The Monster Squad, V, Dune, Waterworld, Hudson Hawk), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2012)
- Nov 5 Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian 4th Chief Minister of Haryana (1975-77), born in Bhiwani, Punjab, British India (d. 2007)
- Nov 5 Claus Adam, American composer and cellist (Juilliard Quartet), born in Sumatra, Indonesia (d. 1983)
- Nov 5 Jacob Everaers, Dutch office clerk and resistance fighter, born in Tholen, Netherlands (d. 1944)
- Nov 5 Jacqueline Auriol, French aviator, born in Challans, Vendée, France (d. 2000)
- Nov 6 András Mihály, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest (d. 1993)
- Nov 6 Edgar Whitcomb, American politician and Governor of Indiana (1969-73), born in Hayden, Indiana (d. 2016)
- Nov 7 Howard Rumsey, American jazz musician (Lighthouse Cafe), born in Brawley, California (d. 2015)
- Nov 8 Kamal Ranadive (née Samarth), Indian cancer researcher (Indian Women Scientists' Association; Indian Cancer Research Centre), born in Poona, Bombay presidency, British India (d. 2001)
- Nov 11 Julien-François Zbinden, Swiss jazz pianist, and jazz and classical composer (Monophrases), born in Rolle, Switzerland (d. 2021)
- Nov 11 Mack Reynolds, American sci-fi author (Earth War), born in Corcoran, California (d. 1983)
- Nov 12 Jo Stafford, American pop singer (The Pied Pipers - "I'll Never Smile Again"; Tommy Dorsey - "Let's Just Pretend"; solo - "You Belong to Me"), born in Coalinga, California (d. 2008) [1]
- Nov 12 Joseph Coors, American CEO (Adolph Coors Co Brewery), born in Golden, Colorado (d. 2003)
- Nov 13 Robert Sterling, American actor (George Kirby-Adv of Topper), born in New Castle, Pennsylvania (d. 2006)
- Nov 16 John Whiting, British actor, dramatist and critic (PT Raiders, The Devils, The Good Companions), born in Salisbury, England (d. 1963)
- Nov 17 Jack Lescoulie, American TV host (Jackie Gleason Show), born in Sacramento, California (d. 1987)
Indira Gandhi (1917-1984)
Nov 19 4th Prime Minister of India (1966-77, 1980-84), born in Allahabad India
Bobby Locke (1917-1987)
Nov 20 South African golfer (British Open 1949-50, 52, 57), born in Germiston, South Africa
- Nov 20 Max Georg Baumann, German composer (Libertas Cruciata), born in Kronbacher, Germany (d. 1999)
- Nov 20 Pam Henning [Cornelia Catharina Pamela Ingenegeren], Indonesian-Dutch cabaret dancer and actress, born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (d. 2008)
- Nov 20 Ram Gopal, Indian-English dancer (Blue Peter, Purple Plain), born in Bangalore, India (d. 2003)
- Nov 20 Robert Byrd, US Senator (Democrat-WV, 1959-2010), majority leader and once the longest-serving Senator in history, born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina (d. 2010)
- Nov 21 Sem Presser, Dutch press photographer, born in Amsterdam (d. 1986)
- Nov 22 Bridget Bate Tichenor (born Bridget Pamela Arkwright Bate), Mexican surrealist painter, born in Paris, France (d. 1990)
- Nov 22 Jean-Etienne Marie, French composer of microtonal music and electroacoustics, born in Pont-l'Évêque, France (d. 1989)
- Nov 23 Hugh Joseph Charles James L'Etang, British medical writer (d. 1996)
- Nov 24 Richard Hervig, American classical composer (Woman with a Torch; Epitaph), and teacher, born in Story City, Iowa (d. 2010)
- Nov 24 Rita Corita [Hendrika Sturm], Dutch pop singer ("Koffie, koffie, lekker bakkie koffie - Coffee, coffee, nice cup of coffee"), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1998)
- Nov 26 Adele Jergens, American actress (Dark Past, Fuller Brush Man), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2002)
- Nov 26 Nesuhi Ertegün, Turkish–American jazz record producer and label executive (Atlantic Records; Warner Music), born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (now Turkey) (d. 1989)
- Nov 27 Buffalo Bob Smith [Robert Emil Schmidt], American TV host (Howdy Doody), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1998)
- Nov 27 Tiny Rowland [Roland Fuhrop], German-British businessman and corporate raider (Observer, tried to take over Harrods), born in Calcutta, British India (d. 1998)
- Nov 28 Kees Schilperoort, Dutch radio and TV host, born in Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands (d. 1999)
- Nov 29 Merle Travis, American country singer, guitarist and songwriter ("16 Tons"), born in Rosewood, Kentucky (d. 1983)
Famous Deaths
- Nov 3 Léon Bloy, French novelist and essayist, dies at 71
- Nov 4 Chocolat [Rafael Padilla], Afro-Cuban clown, dies at 52
- Nov 8 Colyn Blythe, English cricketer (2509 F-C wickets), dies at 38 fighting during WW I
- Nov 10 Harry Trott, Australian cricket all-rounder (24 Tests, 1 x 100, 4 x 50, HS 143, 29 wickets; Victoria CA), dies for cancer at 51
- Nov 11 Liliuokalani [Lydia Kamakaʻeha], last queen of Hawaii (1891-93), dies from a stroke at 79
Émile Durkheim (1858-1917)
Nov 13 French sociologist (De la division du travail social / The Division of Labour in Society), dies of a stroke at 59
- Nov 17 Charles Holroyd, English artist and curator, Director of the National Gallery (1906-16), dies at 56
- Nov 18 Henry Spiekman, Dutch journalist and politician (co-founder Social Democratic Workers' Party), dies of leukemia at 43
- Nov 19 Basil Grieve, English cricket batsman (2 Tests), dies at 53
- Nov 20 Alfredo Napoleão dos Santos, Portuguese pianist, and composer, dies at 65
- Nov 22 Teoberto Maler, German-born explorer (b. 1842)
- Nov 26 Leander Starr Jameson, British colonial politician (led Jameson raid in attempt to overthrow Boer Transvaal government, Prime Minister of Cape Colony 1904-08), dies at 64
