Historical Events
Election of Interest
Nov 1 General Fulgencio Batista elected President of Cuba
- Nov 1 India takes over administration of 4 French Indian settlements
- Nov 1 KUON TV channel 12 in Lincoln, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Nov 1 Lee Petty with 32 top-10 finishes from 34 races wins NASCAR Grand National Championship by 283 points from Herb Thomas; Petty fails to finish season ending Wilkes 160
- Nov 1 The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence against France.
Event of Interest
Nov 1 US Senate admonishes Joseph McCarthy because of his slander campaigns
Radio Premiere
Nov 2 BBC radio comedy "Hancock's Half Hour" debuts starring Tony Hancock and Sid James, written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
- Nov 2 Charles Diggs Jr is elected Michigan's 1st black congressman to the House of Representatives
Election of Interest
Nov 2 Strom Thurmond is the 1st senator elected by write-in vote (South Carolina)
- Nov 3 Nobel for physics awarded to Max Born & Walter Bothe
- Nov 4 Harold Rome, S. N. Behrman, and Joshua Logan's musical romance "Fanny", starring Ezio Pinza, Walter Slezak, and Florence Henderson, opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 888 performances, winning one Tony Award
- Nov 4 Philadelphia A's move to Kansas City
Sports History
Nov 5 Montreal Canadien center Jean Béliveau scores 3 goals in 44 seconds on future Hall of Fame goaltender Terry Sawchuk in 4-2 win v Boston Bruins; 2nd fastest NHL hat trick
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
Nov 10 "Marine Corps War Memorial" unveiled in Arlington County, Virginia, dedicated to US Marine Corps who died in defense of US since 1775 (inspired by 1945 Iwo Jima photo of servicemen raising US flag)
Two Towers
Nov 11 Publication of "Two Towers", 2nd volume of "Lord of the Rings", by J. R. R. Tolkien by George Allen and Unwin in London
- Nov 12 Ellis Island, immigration station in NY Harbor is closed
People's Action Party
Nov 12 Lee Kuan Yew and others form the People's Action Party (PAP) in Singapore to work towards self-rule in Singapore
- Nov 13 1st Rugby League World Cup, Parc des Princes, Paris: Great Britain beats France, 16-12; Man of The Match: GB second rower Don Robinson
- Nov 14 Egyptian President Naguib resigns, state of emergency declared
- Nov 15 1st regularly scheduled commercial flights over North Pole begin as SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) inaugurates DC-6B service between Los Angeles, California and Copenhagen, Denmark, via Greenland and Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Nov 20 KTRK TV channel 13 in Houston, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Nov 22 Humane Society (US) forms in Washington, D.C.
- Nov 23 For the first time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the peak it reached just before the 1929 crash
- Nov 24 Air Force One, 1st US Presidential airplane, christened
- Nov 24 France sends 20,000 soldiers to Algeria
Colin Cowdrey
Nov 26 Test Cricket debut of Colin Cowdrey v Australia at Gabba
- Nov 27 19th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 28-0 in Birmingham
- Nov 27 Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury
Musical Finale
Nov 27 Andrew Schwartz and Dorothy Fields' musical "By the Beautiful Sea", starring Shirley Booth, closes at the Theatre, NYC, after 270 performances
- Nov 27 CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Edmonton Eskimos win first of 3 straight Championships; defeat Montreal Alouettes, 26-25
- Nov 28 1st pro football game in The Netherlands
- Nov 28 KCKT (now KSNC) TV channel 2 in Great Bend, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast
- Nov 30 20th Heisman Trophy Award: Alan Ameche, Wisconsin (FB)
- Nov 30 Ann Hodges is bruised by a meteor at Sylacauga, Alabama, in the first modern instance of a meteorite striking a human
- Nov 30 John Strydom succeeds D. F. Malan as premier of South Africa
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 1 Chris Morris, Britsh rock guitarist and singer (Paper Lace - "The Night Chicago Died"), born in Nottingham, England)
- Nov 2 Pat Croce, American entrepreneur, sports team executive and owner, TV personality (Philadelphia 76ers), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Nov 3 Adam Ant [Stuart Goddard], British punk rocker ("Goody Two Shoes"; "Antmusic"), born in London, Engalnd
- Nov 3 Brigitte Lin, Taiwanese actress (Red Dust, Swordsman II), born in Taipei, Taiwan
- Nov 3 Godzilla, Japanese monster (Godzilla)
- Nov 3 Kevin P Chilton, American General, test pilot and NASA astronaut (STS 49, 59, 76), born in Los Angeles, California
- Nov 4 Aleksandr Aksinin, Russian athlete (Olympic gold, 4×100m relay 1980; bronze 1976), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 2020)
- Nov 4 Chris Difford, British lyricist, guitarist and vocalist (Squeeze - "Black Coffee In Bed"; "Tempted"), born in Greenwich, London
- Nov 5 Alejandro Sabella, Argentine soccer midfielder (8 caps; River Plate, Sheffield United, Estudiantes) and manager (Argentina 2011-14), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 2020)
- Nov 5 Alvin Gentry, American basketball head coach (New Orleans Pelicans 2015-19; Miami Heat, Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers, Phoenix Suns), born in Shelby, North Carolina
- Nov 6 Catherine Crier, American journalist and author (The Case Against Lawyers, A Deadly Game), born in Dallas, Texas
- Nov 7 Kamal Haasan, Indian actor (Vishwaroopam), born in Paramakudi, Tamil Nadu
- Nov 7 Pat Lupo, American rock bassist (Beaver Brown Band, 1972-94 - "On The Dark Side"; "Tough All Over"), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 2021)
- Nov 8 David Bret, British biographer and broadcaster, born in Paris
- Nov 8 Jeanette McGruder, American singer (P-Funk; Brides of Funkenstein), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Nov 8 Kazuo Ishiguro, British author (An Artist of the Floating World, The Remains of the Day, When We Were Orphans), born in Nagasaki, Japan
- Nov 8 Michael D. Brown, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency director (2003-05), born in Guymon, Oklahoma
- Nov 8 Rickie Lee Jones, American Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter ("Chuck E's In Love"; "We Belong Together"), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Nov 8 Ricky Lawson, American musician, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2013)
- Nov 9 Dennis Stratton, British rock guitarist (Iron Maiden), born in London
- Nov 9 Sue Upton, English actress (The Benny Hill Show) and dancer, born in Chadwell Heath, Essex, England
- Nov 10 Hartwig Gauder, German race walker (Olympic gold men's 50k walk 1980), born in Vaihingen an der Enz, Germany (d. 2020)
- Nov 10 Juanito, Spanish soccer forward (34 caps; Real Madrid 284 games, 85 goals), born in Fuengirola, Spain (d. 1992)
- Nov 10 Mario Cipollina, American rock bassist (Huey Lewis & The News), born in San Rafael, California
- Nov 11 Gail Marquis, American basketball WBL forward (NY Stars, Olympic silver 1976)
- Nov 11 Mary Gaitskill, American writer, born in Lexington, Kentucky
- Nov 12 Levine Andrade, Indian-British violinist (Arditti Quartet, 1974-90), film score composer, and conductor, born in Bombay, India (d. 2018)
- Nov 12 Paul McNamee, Australian tennis player (World #1 doubles 1981; Australian Open doubles 1979, 83, Wimbledon 1980, 82) and administrator (Hopman Cup), born in Melbourne, Australia
- Nov 13 Chris Noth, American actor (Law and Order, The Good Wife), born in Madison, Wisconsin
- Nov 13 Scott McNealy, American CEO of Sun Microsystems
Bernard Hinault (69 years old)
Nov 14 French cyclist and 5-time Tour de France winner, born in Yffiniac, France
Condoleezza Rice (69 years old)
Nov 14 1st female African-American U.S. Secretary of State (2005-09), born in Birmingham, Alabama
- Nov 14 Tawatha Agee, American singer-songwriter ("Juicy Fruit"), session and touring vocalist (James Mtume; Dave Matthews Band), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Nov 14 Willie Hernández, Puerto Rican baseball relief pitcher (World Series, AL MVP, AL Cy Young Award 1984 Detroit Tigers; MLB All-Star 1984, 85, 86), born in Aguada, Puerto Rico (d. 2023)
- Nov 14 Yanni [Chryssomallis], Greek new age musician (Live at the Acropolis, Sand Dance), born in Kalamata, Greece
- Nov 15 Ab Bryant, Canadian rock bassist (Chilliwack, 1978-81 - "My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)"), born in Canada
- Nov 15 Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Polish, politician (President of Poland, 1995-2005), born in Białogard, Poland
- Nov 15 Mitch Easter, American record producer (REM), and rock musician, born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Nov 15 Tony Thompson, American session and touring drummer (Chic; LaBelle; The Power Station), born in New York City (d. 2003)
- Nov 16 Andrea Barrett, American novelist (Servants of the Map), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Nov 16 Bruce Edwards, American golf caddie (mainly for 5 x British Open champion Tom Watson), born in Wethersfield, Connecticut (d. 2004)
- Nov 16 Dick Gross, Australian politician
- Nov 16 Luis Conte, Cuban session and touring percussionist (Madonna; Jackson Browne; James Taylor; Shakira), and bandleader, born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
- Nov 17 Jeremy Lloyds, English cricket umpire (5 Tests, 18 ODIs, 1 T20I) and all-rounder (Somerset CCC, Orange Free State, Gloucestershire CCC), born in Penang, Malaya (d. 2022)
- Nov 17 Jorge Hernández, Cuban boxer Olympic gold light flyweight 1976; World C'ship gold 1974, 78), born in Havana, Cuba (d. 2019)
- Nov 17 Mark "Chopper" Read, Australian criminal and crime author (Chopper: From the Inside), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2013)
- Nov 18 Carter Burwell, American film composer (Coen Brothers films, Twilight Saga), born in New York City
- Nov 18 Evan Gray, New Zealand cricketer
- Nov 19 Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Egyptian politician, 6th President of Egypt (2014-), born in Zagazig, Cairo
- Nov 19 Annette Guest, American pop singer (First Choice - "Smarty Pants"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Nov 19 Kathleen Quinlan, American actress (Never Promised You a Rose Garden), born in California
- Nov 19 Tom Scheckel, American rock drummer (Buckinghams), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Nov 20 Berit Andnor, Swedish politician, born in Gothenburg, Sweden
- Nov 20 Frank Marino, Canadian rock guitarist (Mahogany Rush), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Nov 20 Steve Dahl, American radio host, Chicago's anti-disco DJ (WLS-FM), born in Pasadena, California
- Nov 20 Steve Rogers, Australian rugby league centre (24 Tests; NSW; Cronulla-Sutherland), born in Gold Coast, Australia (d. 2006)
- Nov 21 Thomas Rothman, American film executive
- Nov 22 Paolo Gentiloni, Italian politician, Prime Minister (2016-2018), born in Rome, Italy
- Nov 23 Bruce Hornsby, American pop, rock, and bluegrass, singer-songwriter, and piano player ("The Way It Is"), born in Williamsburg, Virginia
- Nov 23 Ferry Hoogendijk, Dutch editor in chief (Elsevier Magazine)
- Nov 23 Glenn Brummer, American baseball player, born in Olney, Illinois
- Nov 23 Ken Schrom, American MLB player, born in Grangeville, Idaho
- Nov 24 Emir Kusturica, Serbian-French filmmaker (When Father Was Away on Business; Black Cat, White Cat), and punk rock bassist (No Smoking), born in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Nov 26 Roz Chast, American cartoonist (Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Nov 26 Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, born in Valvettithurai, Dominion of Ceylon (d. 2009)
- Nov 27 Kimmy Robertson, American actress (Lucy Moran in TV series Twin Peaks), born in Hollywood, California
- Nov 27 Patricia McPherson, American actress (Knight Rider), born in Oak Harbor, Washington
- Nov 29 Joel Coen, American filmmaker (Fargo, No Country for Old Men), born in St. Louis Park, Minnesota
- Nov 30 George McArdle, Australian rock bassist (Little River Band), born in Melbourne, Australia
- Nov 30 June Pointer, American pop and R&B singer (The Pointer Sisters -"Fire"; "He's So Shy"; "Jump (For My Love)'; "Slow Hand"), born in Oakland, California (d. 2006)
- Nov 30 Simonetta Stefanelli, Italian Actress (The Godfather)
Famous Weddings
John Wayne
Nov 1 Actor John Wayne (47) weds actress Pilar Pallete in Kona, Hawaii
Sonny Bono
Nov 3 American aspiring songwriter Sonny Bono (19) weds American Donna Rankin; divorce in 1962
Vera-Ellen
Nov 19 Actress Vera-Ellen (33) weds millionaire Victor Rothschild at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Los Angeles
Johnny Unitas
Nov 20 NFL quarterback Johnny Unitas (21) weds his high school sweetheart Dorothy Hoelle
Famous Divorces
John Wayne
Nov 1 Actor John Wayne (47) divorces actress Esperanza Baur (34) due to drunken violence after 8 years of marriage
Famous Deaths
- Nov 4 Stig Dagerman, Swedish author (Burned Child), dies at 31
- Nov 5 Oran "Hot Lips" Page, American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader, dies at 46
- Nov 10 Édouard Le Roy, French mathematician and philosopher, dies at 84
- Nov 10 Hussein Fatemi, Iran Foreign minister, executed
- Nov 11 J. Rosamond Johnson, American composer ("Lift Every Voice And Sing"), dies at 81
- Nov 13 Fay Baker, actress (Sorority Girl), dies at 60
- Nov 13 Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German general (led the "blitzkrieg", 1st Panzer Group on Eastern Front), dies in a Russian prison at 73
Lionel Barrymore (1878-1954)
Nov 15 American actor (It's A Wonderful Life; Dr. Kildare (films); Key Largo), dies at 76
- Nov 16 Albert Francis Blakeslee, American botanist, dies at 80
- Nov 19 Walter Bartley Wilson, English founding member of Cardiff City F.C., dies at 84
- Nov 20 Clyde Cessna, American aviator and airplane manufacturer, dies at 74
- Nov 21 Karol Rathaus, German-Austrian composer, dies at 59
- Nov 21 Werner Elert, German Lutheran theologian, dies at 69
- Nov 22 Andrej J. Vysjinski, Russian lawyer and UN ambassador, dies at 70
- Nov 22 Moroni Olsen, American actor (Annie Oakley, Black Gold, Snow White), dies at 65
- Nov 22 Roderick McMahon, Professional Wrestling/Boxing Booker (b. 1882)
- Nov 26 Bill Doak, American baseball pitcher (NL ERA leader 1914, 21; St. Louis Cardinals), dies at 63
Enrico Fermi (1901-1954)
Nov 28 Italian-American nuclear physicist, gone fission, fermium (Nobel Prize 1938), dies of stomach cancer at 53
