Historical Events
Beatty Takes Charge
Nov 1 British Admiral David Beatty becomes First Sea Lord
- Nov 5 Ir à Steringa Idzerda begins hosting "soirée-musical" on Dutch radio
- Nov 6 1st Dutch radio program: Soirée Musicale with "Turf in you(r) ransel" is broadcast
- Nov 7 US police raid offices of Union of Russian Workers
- Nov 10 1st observance of National Book Week
- Nov 10 American Legion's 1st national convention (Minneapolis)
- Nov 11 Pope Benedictus XV states Roman Catholics political and business views
- Nov 12 Ross & Keith Smith start a 1 month flight from London to Australia
- Nov 14 Red Army captures Omsk, Siberia
- Nov 15 US Senate 1st invokes the Cloture Rule to end a filibuster, passes Versailles Treaty [1]
- Nov 16 Admiral Miklós Horthy, head of the Hungarian National Army, seizes Budapest and will later become regent of the restored Kingdom of Hungary
- Nov 18 H. Tierney & J. McCarthy's musical "Irene" premieres in NYC
Signing of the Treaty of Versailles
Nov 19 US Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles by a vote of 55 to 39; Congress two years later approves resolution ending hostilities with Germany and Austria-Hungary
Paderewski Resigns
Nov 27 Ignacy Jan Paderewski resigns as Polish Prime Minister after ten months
- Nov 27 Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine: Allies & Bulgaria
1st Woman MP
Nov 28 American-born Lady Nancy Astor elected as the 1st female member of the British House of Commons (to take her seat)
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 1 John H. Secondari, American author and newscaster (Open Hearing), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1975)
- Nov 2 Jorge de Sena, Portuguese novelist and poet (Reino da Estupidez), born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1978)
- Nov 2 Warren Stevens, American actor (Richard Boone Show), born in Clark's Summit, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)
- Nov 3 Bert Freed, American character actor (Shane, Invaders From Mars), born in New York City (d. 1994)
- Nov 3 Jesús Blasco, Spanish comic book author (Cuto), born in Barcelona (d. 1995)
- Nov 4 Martin Balsam, American character actor (Psycho, 12 Angry Men, Archie Bunker's Place, Catch 22), born in New York City (d. 1996)
- Nov 5 Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher, critic and writer, born in Bulandshahr Uttar Pradesh, British India (d. 1978)
- Nov 5 Myron Floren, American accordionist (Lawrence Welk Show), born in Roslyn, Day County, South Dakota (d. 2005)
- Nov 6 Alan Lissette, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 3 wickets; Auckland, Northern Districts), born in Morrinsville, New Zealand (d. 1973)
- Nov 6 Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Portuguese poet and children's author (The Sea Girl), born in Oporto, Portugal (d. 2004)
- Nov 8 P. L. Deshpande, Indian Marathi writer, born in Mumbai, India (d. 2000)
- Nov 9 Sol K. Bright, Hawaiian steel-guitar player, singer (Hollywaiians), and songwriter ("Hawaiian Cowboy"), born in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii (d. 1992)
- Nov 10 Bulldog Turner, American Pro/College Football HOF center (Hardin–Simmons Uni; 7 × First-team All-Pro; 4 x Pro Bowl; Chicago Bears), born in Plains, Texas (d. 1998)
- Nov 10 François Périer [Pillu], French actor (Gervaise, Fantasia, Les Mains Sales), born in Paris, France (d. 2002)
- Nov 10 George Fenneman, American radio and TV announcer (You Bet Your Life), born in Peking China (d. 1997)
Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919-2013)
Nov 10 Russian general and inventor of the AK-47, born in Kurya, Kuryinsky District, Altai Krai, Russia
- Nov 10 Moise Tshombe, President of Katanga, then premier of the Congo (Zaire), born in Musumba (d. 1969)
- Nov 11 Kalle Päätalo, Finnish novelist (Iijoki), born in Taivalkoski, Finland (d. 2000)
- Nov 12 Welton Taylor, American microbiologist, inventor and civil rights activist (developed tests for salmonella), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2012) [1]
- Nov 14 Lisa Otto, German soprano (Berlin State Opera, 1951-85), born in Dresden, Germany (d. 2013)
- Nov 15 Carol Bruce [Shirley Levy], American actress (Behind the Eight Ball; WKRP in Cincinnati - "Mother Carlson"), born in Great Neck, Long Island (d. 2007)
- Nov 15 Joseph Wapner, American judge (People's Court), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2017)
- Nov 16 Udo Kasemets, Estonian-born Canadian composer, born in Talinn, Estonia (d. 2014)
- Nov 17 Hershy Kay, American composer (Olympic Hymn, A Chorus Line), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1981)
- Nov 17 Ludwig Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord, German journalist, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1996)
- Nov 18 Jocelyn Brando, American actress (The Big Heat, Ugly American, China Venture), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2005)
- Nov 19 Angus "Alan" Young, British actor and voice actor (Mister Ed, Scrooge McDuck), born in North Shields, England (d. 2016)
- Nov 20 Dulcie Gray, British singer, actress, author and lepidopterist (Mine Own Executioner), born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya (d. 2011)
- Nov 20 Halka Grossman, Israeli resistance fighter and politician, born in Białystok, Second Polish Republic (d. 1996)
- Nov 20 John McCarthy, English conductor, born in London (d. 2009)
- Nov 21 Eleanor Collins [Elnora Proctor], Canadian jazz and standards singer, and television personality, born in Edmonton, Alberta (d. 2024)
- Nov 21 Steve Brodie [John Stevenson], American actor (The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp), born in El Dorado, Kansas (d. 1992)
- Nov 22 Norman Aldridge, English toxicologist (solved global poisoning mysteries), born in Nuneaton, England (d. 1996)
- Nov 23 Cláudio Santoro, Brazilian violinist, conductor, and composer, born in Manaus, Brazil (d. 1989)
- Nov 23 Peter Strawson, English philosopher (University of Oxford), born in London, England (d. 2006)
- Nov 24 David Kossoff, British actor and anti-drug campaigner (The Young Lovers, The Larkins), born in Hackney, London, England (d. 2005)
- Nov 24 John Silverlight, British journalist (The Observer) (d. 1995)
- Nov 25 Chaim Pearl, Jewish rabbi and scholar, born in Liverpool, England (d. 1995)
- Nov 26 Frederik Pohl, American sci-fi author (3 Hugo, Gateway, Bipohl), born in New York City (d. 2013)
- Nov 27 Siegfried Naumann, Swedish conductor (Musica Nova ensemble, 1962-77), teacher, and composer (Risposte), born in Malmö, Sweden (d. 2001)
Keith Miller (1919-2004)
Nov 28 Australian cricket all-rounder (55 Tests, 7 x 100, HS 147, 70 wickets, BB 7/60; Victoria, NSWCA), born in Melbourne, Australia
- Nov 29 Pearl Primus, Trinidad-born American dancer (popularized African dance), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1994)
- Nov 30 Anne Wadman, Dutch writer who wrote in Frisian (Fioele & faem, Smearlappen), born in Langweer (d. 1997)
- Nov 30 Jan Elburg [Joannes G], Dutch poet (Through the Night), bprn in Wemeldinge, Netherlands (d. 1992)
Famous Weddings
Rudolph Valentino
Nov 6 "The Sheik" actor Rudolph Valentino (24) weds actress Jean Acker (26)
Famous Deaths
- Nov 3 Terauchi Masatake, Japanese soldier and politician (Prime Minister of Japan 1916-18), dies at 67
- Nov 7 Hugo Haase, German socialist politician (SPD, USPD) and co-chair of the Council of the People's Deputies (1918-19), shot and killed in the Reichstag at 56
- Nov 9 Eduard Müller, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1848)
- Nov 15 Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist (Nobel 1913), dies at 52
- Nov 15 Mohammad Farid, an influential Egyptian political figure.
- Nov 18 Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (Riemann–Hurwitz formula), dies at 60
- Nov 18 Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, Dutch socialist politician (1st Socialist MP in parliament), dies at 72
- Nov 22 Francisco Moreno, Argentine explorer, dies at 67
