Historical Events
Cool Hand Luke
Nov 1 "Cool Hand Luke", starring Paul Newman, George Kennedy, and Strother Martin, is released
- Nov 3 Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins, becoming one of the bloodiest battles of the war
Music History
Nov 4 Pink Floyd make US live debut, sharing bill with Big Brother & The Holding Company, and singer-songwriter Richie Havens, at the Winterland Auditorium, San Francisco, California
- Nov 5 ATS-3 launched by US to take first pictures of full Earth disc
- Nov 5 New Orleans Saints 1st NFL victory, beat Philadelphia Eagles 31-24
Music History
Nov 5 The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people; survivors include Bee Gee Robin Gibb
- Nov 5 US troops conquer Loc Ninh South Vietnam
- Nov 5 Yemen president Sallal flees
- Nov 6 Bridge at Annabaai crashes on Willemstad, Curacao, kills 15
- Nov 6 US launches Surveyor 6; makes soft landing on Moon Nov 9
- Nov 7 Carl Stokes elected first African American mayor of a major US city - Cleveland, Ohio
- Nov 7 Richard G Hatcher elected 1st African-American mayor of Gary, Indiana, served 1968-88
- Nov 7 St Louis Cards Orlando Cepeda is 1st unanimous NL MVP
- Nov 7 Surveyor 6 launched for soft landing on Moon
- Nov 8 Radio Leicester begins broadcasting on VHF, the 1st of 8 local British radio stations (now 40)
- Nov 8 Silver hits record $1.951 an ounce in London
- Nov 8 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Nov 9 Surveyor 6 soft lands on Moon
- Nov 9 The 1st unmanned Saturn V rocket is launched on its first successful test flight into Earth orbit
- Nov 10 KXNE TV channel 19 in Norfolk, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Nov 12 Packers' Travis Williams returns 2 kickoffs for TDs against Browns, setting largest margin of Browns defeat (48), winning 55-7
- Nov 13 Carl Stokes sworn-in as 1st major city black mayor (Cleveland, Ohio)
- Nov 13 NL owners OK AL expansion to Seattle & Kansas City
- Nov 14 Orchestre de Paris, France's 1st full-time salaried orchestra, debuts, conducted by its founder Charles Münch
- Nov 14 The Congress of Colombia in commemoration of the 150 years of the death of Policarpa Salavarrieta, declares this day as "Day of the Colombian Woman"
Yastrzemski AL MVP
Nov 15 Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Yastrzemski wins AL MVP
- Nov 15 The only fatality of the X-15 program occurs during the 191st flight when Air Force test pilot Michael J. Adams loses control of his aircraft descending from 81km, causing its mid air destruction over the Mojave Desert
- Nov 15 WLTV TV channel 23 in Miami, FL (IND) begins broadcasting
- Nov 17 Beatles Ltd & Apple Music Ltd swap names
Monkee Opens Boutique
Nov 17 Davy Jones of the Monkees opens a boutique, Zilch I, in Greenwich Village, New York
- Nov 17 French author Régis Debray sentenced to 30 years in Bolivia
- Nov 17 Surveyor 6 becomes 1st man-made object to lift off Moon
- Nov 18 British government devalues pound from US equivalent of $2.80 to $2.40
- Nov 19 The establishment of TVB, the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong
- Nov 20 At 11 AM, Census Clock at Department of Commerce ticks past 200 million
Seaver Rookie of the Year
Nov 20 Mets pitcher Tom Seaver (16-12) is named NL Rookie of Year
- Nov 21 Phillip & Jay Kunz fly a kite a record 28,000 feet
I am Absolutely Certain..
Nov 21 Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing."
- Nov 22 BBC unofficially bans "I Am the Walrus" by Beatles, due to the suggestive lyric “Boy, you've been a naughty girl you let your knickers down."
The Producers
Nov 22 Mel Brooks' first film, "The Producers" starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder has a disastrous premiere and is almost shelved - later goes on to win an Oscar and achieve cult status
- Nov 22 Silver hits record $2.17 an ounce in New York
- Nov 22 UN Security council passes resolution 242; Israel must give back occupied land
- Nov 22 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
- Nov 25 "Apple Tree" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 463 performances
- Nov 25 Puerto Rico placed on Atlantic Standard Time
- Nov 26 Browns' Carl Ward sets club record with a 104-yd kickoff return
- Nov 26 Cloud burst over Lisbon kills about 450
De Gaulle's Non!
Nov 27 French President Charles de Gaulle said 'Non!' to British entry to the European Common Market for the second time
- Nov 27 Gold pool nations pledge support of $35 per ounce gold price
Jimi Hendrix in Ireland
Nov 27 Jimi Hendrix headlines bill (including The Move and Pink Floyd) for 2 shows at Whitla Hall, Queens College, in Belfast - his only concerts in Ireland
- Nov 27 The Beatles release their album "Magical Mystery Tour" in US; issued as an EP in UK in December
Radio Pulsars
Nov 28 1st radio pulsars detected by British postgraduate Jocelyn Bell Burnell and her supervisor Antony Hewish at Cambridge University
- Nov 28 33rd Heisman Trophy Award: Gary Beban, UCLA (QB)
- Nov 29 British troops withdraw from Aden and South Yemen
Robert McNamara
Nov 29 Robert McNamara elected president of the World Bank
- Nov 30 British troops leave Aden and the rest of the Federation of South Arabia (FSA) ending British colonial rule; National Liberation Front (NLF) assumes power and renames the state as the People's Republic of South Yemen
- Nov 30 Julie Nixon (daughter of former Vice-President Richard Nixon) and David Eisenhower (grandson of former President Dwight D, Eisenhower), announce their engagement
- Nov 30 Kuria Muria Islands ceded by Britain to Oman
Eugene McCarthy
Nov 30 Senator Eugene McCarthy (D-Minnesota) announces he will run for the US presidency on an anti-Vietnam war platform
- Nov 30 The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto who becomes its first Chairman later as the Head of state and Head of government after the 1971 Civil War
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 1 Carla van de Puttelaar, Dutch photographer, born in Zaandam, Netherlands
- Nov 1 Tina Arena, Australian pop singer and songwriter ("Don't Ask"), born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Nov 2 Derek Porter, Canadian rower (Olympic gold M8 1992; World C'ship gold single sculls 1993), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Nov 2 Kurt Elling, American jazz singer-songwriter (Secrets Are the Best Stories), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Nov 2 Marc van Roon, Dutch improvising musician, born in The Hague, Netherlands
- Nov 2 Scott Walker, US politician (Governor of Wisconsin 2011-), born in Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Nov 3 Eric Griffin, American boxer (World C'ship gold Light Flyweight 1989, 1991), born in Lafayette, Louisiana (d. 2023)
- Nov 3 John Tomac, American professional cyclist (Mountain Bike Hall of Fame), born in Owosso, Michigan
- Nov 3 Steven Wilson, English musician and producer (Porcupine Tree), born in Kingston upon Thames, England
- Nov 4 Alex Rousseau, US water polo 2m Offense (Olympic 4th 1992, 96), born in Paris, France
- Nov 4 Asif Mujtaba, Pakistani cricketer (Pakistani lefty batsman), born in Karachi, Pakistan
- Nov 4 Eric Karros, American infielder (LA Dodgers), born in Hackansack, New Jersey
- Nov 4 Mino Raiola, Italian soccer agent (Pavel Nedvěd, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Paul Pogba), born in Nocera Inferiore, Italy (d. 2022)
- Nov 5 Frank Pollack, American NFL tackle (SF 49ers), born in Camp Springs, Maryland
- Nov 5 Judy Reyes, Dominican American actress (Scrubs), born in New York City
- Nov 6 Dennis Brown, NFL defensive end (SF 49ers), born in Los Angeles, California
- Nov 6 Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (Patti-My Sister Sam), born in Eugene, Oregon (d. 1989)
- Nov 6 Shuzo Matsuoka, Japanese tennis star (1995 USTA/Binghampton), born in Tokyo, Japan
David Guetta (56 years old)
Nov 7 French songwriter, DJ and record producer (One Love, When Love Takes Over), born in Paris, France
John Michael McDonagh (56 years old)
Nov 7 Irish filmmaker and screenwriter (The Guard, Calvary), born in London, England
- Nov 7 Sharleen Spiteri, Scottish singer and songwriter (Texas), born in Glasgow, Scotland
- Nov 8 Courtney Thorne-Smith, American actress (Melrose Place, Two and a Half Men), born in San Francisco, California
- Nov 8 Frantisek Kaberle, Czech ice hockey forward (Team Czech Rep), born in Kladno, Czechia
- Nov 8 Henry Rodriguez, Dominican baseball outfielder (Montreal Expos), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Nov 9 Ricky Otto, English footballer, born in London
- Nov 10 Donya Fiorentino, American model, born in Key Largo, Florida
- Nov 10 Jackie Fairweather, Australian triathlete (ITU World Championships gold 1996), born in Perth, Western Australia (d. 2014)
- Nov 10 Michael Jai White, American actor and martial artist (Spawn), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Nov 10 Vivian Chow, Hong Kong Cantopop singer-songwriter and actress, born in Hong Kong
- Nov 11 Bill Musgrave, American NFL quarterback, 1991-96 (San Francisco 49's and 2 other teams), and coach, 1997-2018 (Denver Broncos and 7 other teams), born in Grand Junction, Colorado
- Nov 11 Gil de Ferran, Brazilian auto racer (Indianapolis 500 2003; Champ Car Series 2000, 01), born in Paris, France (d. 2023)
- Nov 12 Charlie Pennaelino, American rock singer-songwriter (Linear - "I Never Felt This Way"), born in Queens, New York
Michael Moorer (56 years old)
Nov 12 American boxing heavyweight champ (defeated Holyfield-1994), born in Brooklyn, New York
Jimmy Kimmel (56 years old)
Nov 13 American TV host and producer (Jimmy Kimmel Live!), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Nov 13 Juhi Chawla, Indian actress
- Nov 13 Randi Ingerman, actress (Trade Winds), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Nov 13 Steve Christie, NFL kicker (Buffalo Bills)
Steve Zahn (56 years old)
Nov 13 American actor (Reality Bites; That Thing You Do; White Lotus), and comedian, born in Marshall, Minnesota
- Nov 14 Letitia Dean, actress (Sharon Watts-EastEnders)
- Nov 14 Nina Gordon [Shapiro], American singer-songwriter (Veruca Salt - "Volcano Girls"), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Nov 15 E-40 [Earl Stevens], American rapper, born in Vallejo, California
- Nov 15 François Ozon, French film director (8 Women), born in Paris, France
- Nov 15 Greg Anthony, NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies, Seattle Supersonics)
- Nov 15 Gustavo Poyet, Uruguayan footballer
- Nov 15 Laura Garrone, Italian tennis star
- Nov 15 Michiyoshi Ohara, wrestler (WAR/NJPW)
- Nov 16 Craig Arnold, American poet
- Nov 16 Lawrence Dawsey, NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Bucs)
Lisa Bonet (56 years old)
Nov 16 American actress (Cosby Show, Different World, Angel Heart), born in San Francisco, California
- Nov 17 Howard Griffith, NFL running back (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
- Nov 17 Ronnie Devoe, American pop and R&B vocalist (New Edition - "Cool It Now"; Bell Biv Devoe - "Do Me!"), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Nov 17 Sheila Lussier, actress (Reform School, My Chauffeur), born in La Mesa, California
- Nov 18 Jocelyn Lemieux, Mont Laurier, NHL right wing (Calgary Flames)
- Nov 18 Tom Gordon, Sebring FL, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
- Nov 19 Gary Disarcina, American infielder (California Angels), born in Maiden, Massachusetts
- Nov 20 Alex Arias, American infielder (Florida Marlins), born in New York City
- Nov 20 Chris Childs, NBA guard (NJ Nets, NY Knicks), born in Bakersfield, California
- Nov 20 Jeff Cotler, American actor (Brian-Struck by Lightning), born in Long Beach, California
- Nov 20 Teoman [Yakupoğlu], Turkish rock singer, born in Alucra, Turkey
- Nov 21 (Roy) "Tripp" Cromer, American MLB baseball infielder, 1993-2003 (St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers), born in Lake City, North Carolina
- Nov 21 Kelly Wearstler [Gallagher], American interior designer and Playboy playmate (Sep, 1994), born in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- Nov 21 Ken Block, American rally driver (Hoonigan Racing Division) and co-founder of DC Shoes, born in Long Beach, California (d. 2023)
- Nov 21 Toshihiko Koga, Japanese judoka (Olympic gold - 71kgs 1992; silver 1996), born in Kitashigeyasu, Saga, Japan (d. 2021)
Boris Becker (56 years old)
Nov 22 German tennis player (Wimbledon 1985, 86, 89), born in Leimen, Germany
- Nov 22 Donald Hollas, quarterback (Oakland Raiders)
Mark Ruffalo (56 years old)
Nov 22 American actor (The Avengers), born in Kenosha, Wisconsin
- Nov 23 Brian Glynn, German NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers), born in Iserlohn, West Germany
- Nov 23 Gary Kirsten, South African cricket batsman and coach (101 Tests, 7,289 runs @ 45.27, 21 x 100s), born in Cape Town, South Africa
- Nov 23 Patrick Mameli, Dutch rock vocalist and guitarist (Pestilence), born in Holland, Netherlands
- Nov 23 Salli Richardson, American actress (Posse), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Nov 24 Al Martin, Covina CA, outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates)
- Nov 24 Ben McDonald, Baton Rouge LA, pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
- Nov 24 Cal Eldred, baseball player
- Nov 25 Andrea Stinson, WNBA guard (Charlotte Sting)
- Nov 25 Anthony Nesty, Suriname swimmer (Suriname's 1st Olympic gold medal 100m butterfly 1988), born in Trinidad & Tobago
- Nov 25 Curtis Baldwin, actor (Calvin-227), born in Los Angeles, California
- Nov 25 Gregg Turkington, American comedian (as Neil Hamburger) and punk rock singer, born in Darwin, Australia
- Nov 25 Kazuya Nakai, Japanese voice actor
- Nov 25 Rodney Sheppard, American guitarist (Sugar Ray), born in Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
- Nov 26 John Stirratt, American bassist (Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Nov 26 Ridley Jacobs, Antiguan cricket wicket-keeper (West Indian ODI 1996), born in Swetes Village, Antigua and Barbuda
- Nov 27 Garry Valk, Canadian NHL left wing, 1990-2003 (Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Toronto Maple Leafs, and 3 other teams) and broadcaster (Vancouver Canucks), born in Edmonton, Alberta
- Nov 27 Laura Golarsa, Italian tennis star (Oklahoma City doubles), born in Milan, Italy
Anna Nicole Smith (1967-2007)
Nov 28 American model, Playboy playmate (May 1992, Playmate of the Year 1993) and tabloid fixture, born in Houston, Texas
- Nov 28 José del Solar, Peruvian footballer
- Nov 28 Stephnie Weir, American comedian
- Nov 29 John Layfield, American professional wrestler, born in Sweetwater, Texas
- Nov 29 Sean Carlin, Australian hammer thrower (Olympics-8-1992, 96), born in Adelaide, Australia
- Nov 30 Gary Jones, American NFL football safety, 1990-96 (Pittsburgh SteeelersNY Jets), born in St. Augustine, Texas
Famous Deaths
- Nov 1 Benita Hume, British actress (Tarzan Escapes, High Treason, Halls of Ivy), dies at 61
- Nov 4 June Thorburn, British actress (Touch & Go, Children Galore), dies in plane crash at 36
- Nov 5 Robert Nighthawk [McCollum], American blues singer, electric slide guitarist, and harmonica player ("Annie Lee Blues"), dies of heart failure following a stroke at 57
- Nov 7 John Nance Garner, American Democratic politician and lawyer (32nd Vice President of the U.S.), dies at 98
- Nov 7 Juan Tomas Perez, composer, dies at 71
- Nov 7 Larry Kent, director (High Stakes), dies at 67
- Nov 9 Charles Bickford, American actor (Dynamite, The Virginian), dies of a blood infection at 78
- Nov 10 Ida Cox (nee Prather), American blues singer and vaudeville performer, dies at 79, 73, or 71 [year of birth disputed]
- Nov 11 (Robert Jordan) "Smoki" Whitfield, American actor (Bomba the Jungle Boy; Lord of the Jungle; Swamp Fox), dies of a heart attack at 49
- Nov 11 Harry Seymour, American composer, actor (Tenderfoot), dies of a heart attack at 76
- Nov 12 Herman Uyttersprot, Flemish literature historian, dies at 58
- Nov 12 Kurt Barthel [KuBa], German writer and political activist, dies at 53
- Nov 13 Harriet Cohen, British pianist, dies at 71
- Nov 13 Pierre Moulaert, Belgian composer, dies at 60
- Nov 14 C. K. Nayudu, Indian cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30's), dies at 72
- Nov 15 Alice Lake, American silent screen actress (Frisco Kid, Wicked), dies at 72
- Nov 15 Michael J. Adams, USAF pilot (X-15), dies in X-15 crash at 37
- Nov 19 Charles J. Watters, US Army chaplain, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1927)
- Nov 19 João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian writer (The Devil to Pay in the Backlands), dies at 59
- Nov 21 C. M. Eddy, Jr., American writer (b. 1896)
- Nov 21 Florence Reed, actress (Black Panther Club), dies after illness at 84
- Nov 22 Edvin Kallstenius, Swedish composer and librarian, dies at 86
- Nov 22 Pavel Korin, Russian painter (b. 1892)
- Nov 23 Freddie Martin, West Indian cricket batsman, (9 Tests, 1 x 100; Jamaica), dies at 74
- Nov 24 Arnold J d'ailly, mayor of Amsterdam (1946-56), dies at 65
- Nov 24 Louis Fratto, American gangster (b. 1908)
- Nov 25 Ossip Zadkine [Zadkin], Russian French sculptor (Destroyed City), dies at 77
- Nov 26 Albert Warner [Abraham Albert Wonsal], American film producer (Warner Bros. Studio), dies at 83
- Nov 27 (Héctor) Ettore Panizza, Argentinian composer (Aurora; Bizancio). and opera conductor, dies at 92
- Nov 27 Cameron Prud'Homme, American actor (Rainmaker), dies after long illness at 75
- Nov 28 Léon M'ba, Gabonese politician and 1st president of Gabon (1961-67), dies at 65
- Nov 29 Theo Marcuse, American character actor (Mara of Wilderness), dies in auto accident at 47
- Nov 30 Patrick Kavanagh, Irish poet (The Great Hunger), and novelist (Tarry Flynn), dies at 63
