Historical Events
Royal Coronation
Nov 2 Coronation of Ras Tafari Makonnen as Haile Selassie I, 225th Emperor of Ethiopian Solmonic Dynasty
Bank of America
Nov 3 Bank of Italy renamed Bank of America
- Nov 3 First vehicular tunnel to a foreign country (Detroit-Windsor) opens
Revolution of 1930
Nov 3 Getúlio Dornelles Vargas became Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.
Academy Awards
Nov 5 3rd Academy Awards: "All Quiet on the Western Front", George Arliss (Disraeli) and Norma Shearer (The Divorcee) win
Einstein Refrigerator
Nov 11 Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention of the Einstein refrigerator
- Nov 13 WA Drake's "Grand Hotel" premieres in NYC
Sweet & Low
Nov 17 Musical "Sweet & Low" with Fanny Brice premieres in NYC
Smiles
Nov 18 Musical "Smiles" with Bob Hope and Fred Astaire premieres in NYC
- Nov 18 Sōka Kyōiku Gakkai, a Buddhist association later renamed Soka Gakkai, is founded by Japanese educators Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda.
- Nov 22 1st Irish Sweepstake run
- Nov 22 1st US football game broadcast to England (Harvard 13, Yale 0)
Nation of Islam Forms
Nov 22 Elijah Muhammad forms Nation of Islam in Detroit
Terry and Cronin MVPs
Nov 25 Sporting News picks Bill Terry as NL MVP & Joe Cronin as AL MVP
Romantic
Nov 28 Howard Hanson's 2nd Symphony "Romantic" premieres
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 1 A. R. Gurney, American playwright (The Dining Room), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2017)
- Nov 1 John Scott, British musician, film, television, and classical composer, born in Bishopston, Bristol, England
- Nov 2 Denis G. Barrington, English artist (d. 1997)
- Nov 3 Brian Robinson, English cyclist (Tour de France: first Briton to finish and first stage winner), born in Mirfield, West Riding of Yorkshire
- Nov 3 D. James Kennedy, American theologian (d. 2007)
- Nov 3 Lois Smith, American actress (True Blood, Desperate Housewives), born in Topeka, Kansas
- Nov 3 Mable John, American blues, R&B, and gospel vocalist (Tamla-Motown; Ray Charles; "Your Good Thing (Is About to End)"), and minister, born in Bastrop, Louisiana (d. 2022)
- Nov 3 Philip M. Crane, American politician (Rep-R-IL, 1969-2005), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2014)
- Nov 3 William H Dana, American aeronautical engineer, US Navy pilot, NASA test pilot (X-15), and astronaut, born in Pasadena, California (d. 2014)
- Nov 4 Dick Groat, American baseball shortstop (NL MVP & NL batting champion 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates; 8 x MLB All-Star; St. Louis Cardinals) and College Basketball HOF guard (Duke Uni; Fort Wayne Pistons), born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania (d. 2023)
- Nov 4 Kate Reid, British actress (The Andromeda Strain, Heaven Help US), born in London, England (d. 1993)
- Nov 5 Clifford Irving, American novelist and investigative reporter (hoax autobiography of Howard Hughes), born in New York City (d. 2017)
- Nov 6 Raymond Baervoets, Belgian composer (Metamorphoses), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1989)
- Nov 7 Barry Newman, American film and television actor (Vanishing Point; Amy; Petrocelli), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2023)
- Nov 7 Peter Woods, British journalist and newsreader, born in Romford, Essex, England (d. 1995)
- Nov 7 Rudy Boschwitz, American politician (U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1978-91), born in Berlin, Weimar Germany
- Nov 8 Edmund Happold, British structural engineer (founder of Buro Happold), born in Leeds, England (d. 1996)
- Nov 9 Charlie Jones, American sportscaster (Almost Anything Goes), born in Fort Smith, Arkansas (d. 2008)
- Nov 9 Ignacio Ellacuría, Spanish-Salvadoran Jesuit priest, philosopher and human rights activist, born in Portugalete, Spain (d. 1989) [1]
- Nov 10 Clarence M. Pendleton Jr., African-American chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights (1981-88), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1988)
- Nov 10 Gene Conley, American baseball pitcher (4 x MLB All Star; Boston/Milwaukee Braves, Philadelphia Phillies) and basketball forward (NBA C'ship 1959–1961; Boston Celtics), born in Muskogee, Oklahoma (d. 2017)
- Nov 10 Norma Crane, American actress (Tea & Sympathy, Fiddler on the Roof, They Call Me Mister Tibbs!), born in New York City (d. 1973)
- Nov 11 (Walter) "Hank" Garland, American Nashville-based country, rock and jazz session guitar virtuoso ("Sugarfoot Rag"; "(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame"; "Jingle Bell Rock"), born in Cowpens, South Carolina (d. 2004)
- Nov 11 Alevtina Kolchina, Russian cross-country skier (Olympic gold 3×5km relay 1964, silver 1956, bronze 1968; bronze 5k 1964, 68), born in Pavlovsk village, Russia (d. 2022)
- Nov 11 Hugh Everett, American physicist (many-worlds-interpretation of quantum physics), born in Washington D.C. (d. 1982)
- Nov 11 Kenneth Fleetwood, English fashion designer (Hardy Amies, dressed Queen Elizabeth II), born in Wigan, England (d. 1996)
- Nov 11 Vernon Handley, English conductor, born in Enfield, England (d. 2008)
- Nov 12 Tonke Dragt, Dutch children's author (Towers of February), born in Jakarta, Dutch East Indies
- Nov 13 Fred Harris, American politician (Sen-D-Okla, 1964-73), born in Walters, Oklahoma
- Nov 13 Nico Scheepmaker, Dutch columnist and poet, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1990)
- Nov 14 Alan Moss, English cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 21 wickets; Middlesex CCC), born in London, England (d. 2019)
- Nov 14 Charles De Sorgher, Belgian bobsledder
- Nov 14 Dame Elisabeth Frink, Thurlow, Suffolk, English sculptor and printmaker
- Nov 14 Edward H White II, Lt Col USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4), born in San Antonio, Texas
- Nov 14 Ham Kee-yong, South Korean runner (Boston Marathon 1950), born in Chuncheon, South Korea (d. 2022)
- Nov 14 Jay Migliori, saxophonist (Supersax), born in Erie, Pennsylvania (d. 2001)
- Nov 14 Michael Robbins, British actor and comedian (On the Buses, The Great Muppet Caper), born in London, England (d. 1992)
- Nov 14 Monique Mercure, French Canadian actress (Naked Lunch), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Nov 14 Ornelio Martina, Antillian author/governor of Curacao
- Nov 14 Peter Katin, British concert pianist, born in London (d. 2015)
- Nov 14 Pierre Bergé, French industrialist and co-founder of Yves Saint Laurent Couture House, born in Oléron, France (d. 2017)
- Nov 14 Shirley Crabtree Jr. [Big Daddy], English pro wrestler (record-breaking 64-inch chest), born in Halifax, England (d. 1997)
- Nov 15 J.G. Ballard, British novelist (Empire of the Sun; Crash), born in 1930 Shanghai International Settlement, Republic of China (d. 2009)
- Nov 15 Olene Walker, politician (R), 1st female Governor of Utah (2003-2005), born in Ogden, Utah (d. 2015)
- Nov 15 Robert Cohen, French boxer (NYSAC, NBA, The Ring bantamweight titles 1954-56), born in Bône, Algeria (d. 2022)
- Nov 15 Whitman Mayo, American actor (Grady Wilson-"Sanford & Son"), born in New York City (d. 2001)
- Nov 16 Alice Adams, American sculptor, born in New York City
Chinua Achebe (1930-2013)
Nov 16 Nigerian poet and novelist (Things Fall Apart, Christmas in Biafra), born in Ogidi, Anambra, Nigeria
- Nov 16 Salvatore Riina, Italian mobster and chief of the Sicilian Mafia, born in Corleone, Sicily, Italy (d. 2017)
- Nov 16 Walter Cole [stage name Darcelle XV] American drag performer (Portland's Darcelle XV Showplace, aged 85 became world’s oldest drag performer), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2023) [1]
- Nov 17 Bob Mathias, American decathlete (Olympic gold 1948, 52) and congressman, born in Tulare, California (d. 2006)
- Nov 17 Brian Lenihan, snr, Irish politician and minister, born in Dundalk, County Louth (d. 1995)
- Nov 17 David Amram, American classical, jazz, folk, and film score composer (Shakespeare in the Park; Splendor in the Grass; The Manchurian Candidate), musician, conductor, and educator, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Nov 18 Sonja Edström-Ruthström, Swedish cross-country skier (Olympic gold 3 × 5k relay 1960), born in Luleå, Sweden (d. 2020)
Kurt Nielsen (1930-2011)
Nov 19 Danish tennis player, (Wimbledon 1953, 55 runner-up), born in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Nov 20 Johnny Whiteley, English rugby league back rower (15 Tests GB, 1 England; Hull RLFC 417 games) and coach (GB, England, Hull RLFC, Hull KR), born in Kingston upon Hull, England (d. 2022)
- Nov 22 John P. Schiffer, American nuclear physicist, born in Budapest
- Nov 22 Owen Kay Garriott, American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut (Skylab 3; STS-9), born in Enid, Oklahoma (d. 2019)
- Nov 22 Peter Hall, English stage, film and opera director (Royal Shakespeare Company, National Theatre director), born in Bury St Edmunds, England (d. 2017)
- Nov 22 Peter Hurford, British organist, composer and choral conductor (St. Albans Cathedral), born in Minehead, England (d. 2019)
- Nov 23 Bill Brock, American Republican politician (Senator from Tennessee 1971-77) and US Secretary of Labor (1985-87), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (d. 2021)
- Nov 23 Dick Kazmaier, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1951; Unanimous All-American 1951; Princeton), born in Maumee, Ohio (d. 2013)
- Nov 23 Jack McKeon, American baseball manager (World Series 2003, Florida Marlins; 2 × NL Manager of the Year 1999, 2003), born in South Amboy, New Jersey
- Nov 23 Ricou Browning, American film stuntman (Creature from the Black Lagoon), stunt co-ordinator (Thunderball), director, and producer (Flipper), born in Fort Pierce, Florida (d. 2023) [1]
- Nov 23 Robert Easton [Burke], American actor referred to as "The Man of a Thousand Voices" (Someone Up There Likes Me), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2011)
- Nov 24 Bob Friend, American baseball pitcher (4 x MLB All Star; World Series 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates; MLB wins leader 1958), born in Lafayette, Indiana (d. 2019)
- Nov 24 C T Patankar, cricketer (kept wicket in one Test India v NZ 1955-56)
- Nov 24 Ken Barrington, English cricketer (82 tests as batsman for England ), born in Reading, England (d. 1981)
- Nov 24 Yale Lary, American NFL safety Hall of Famer (Detroit Lions), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2017)
- Nov 26 Berthold Leibinger, German entrepreneur (Trumpf) and philanthropist, born in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (d. 2018)
- Nov 27 James M. Taylor, American USAF/astronaut, born in Stamps, Arkansas (d. 1970)
- Nov 27 Joe DeNardo, American Meteorologist, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Nov 27 Vladimir Maksimov, Russian writer and dissident, born in Moscow, Soviet Union (d. 1995)
- Nov 29 Shirley Porter, English politician
- Nov 30 G. Gordon Liddy, American Watergate felon and radio host, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2021)
- Nov 30 Jim Boyd, American boxer (Olympic gold light-heavyweight 1956), born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina (d.1997)
Famous Deaths
- Nov 2 Oliver Perry Hay, American paleontologist, dies at 84
Alfred Wegener (1880-1930)
Nov 3 German polar researcher and meteorologist (continental drift), dies while on an expedition to Greenland at 50 (date is approximate)
Christiaan Eijkman (1858-1930)
Nov 5 Dutch physician and bacteriologist (Nobel Prize in Medicine 1929), dies at 72
- Nov 11 William Whysall, British cricketer (4 Tests for England 1924-30), dies at 43
- Nov 27 Johnny Tyldesley, English cricket batsman (31 Tests, 4 x 100, 9 x 50, HS 138; Lancashire CCC), dies at 57
- Nov 30 Mother [Mary Harris] Jones, American labor organizer (cofounded Industrial Workers of the World), dies at 93
