Historical Events
- Nov 2 First sports event at The Summit arena in Houston - NBA's Houston Rockets beat Milwaukee Bucks, 104-89; future Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich top scores with 24 points
Sports History
Nov 3 Chris Evert becomes first tennis player to achieve the No. 1 ranking as the WTA Tour rankings debut; Evert holds top-spot for first 26 weeks
- Nov 3 Good Morning America premieres on ABC (David Hartman & Nancy Dussault)
- Nov 3 U.S. advice columnist for "Good Housekeeping" Ann Landers asks parents in a mail-in survey "‘If you had it to do over again, would you have children?" 70% of participants say no
Sports History
Nov 4 Orioles Jim Palmer wins his 2nd Cy Young Award
- Nov 5 British government sends troops to Belize
- Nov 5 Sao Tome & Principe adopts constitution
Film Premiere
Nov 6 Fil adaptation of Neil Simon's comedy "The Sunshine Boys", starring Walter Matthau and George Burns premieres; Burns wins an Academy Award
Sex Pistols Perform
Nov 6 First performance by punk band the Sex Pistols at St Martins College, London
- Nov 6 Revival of Jerry Herman's musical "Hello, Dolly", starring Pearl Bailey, opens at Minskoff Theater, NYC; runs for 51 performances
- Nov 7 8th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at El Cortez Hotel
- Nov 7 Kidnapped AKZO director Herrema freed in Ireland
- Nov 8 Nick Bockwinkle beats Verne Gagne in St Paul, to become NWA champ
- Nov 10 Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald with crew of 29 lost in storm on Lake Superior
Arafat Addresses UN
Nov 10 PLO leader Yasser Arafat addresses UN in NYC
Royals Release Killebrew
Nov 10 Royals release slugger Harmon Killebrew, ending his 22-year career
- Nov 10 UN General Assembly approves resolution equating Zionism with racism
- Nov 11 Angola gains independence from Portugal (National Day)
- Nov 11 Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam removed from office by Governor General Sir John Kerr - 1st elected PM removed in 200 yrs
- Nov 11 James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (the first "modern treaty") signed between Quebec government and Grand Council of the Crees of Quebec and the Northern Quebec Inuit Association [1]
Malcolm Fraser PM
Nov 11 Liberal leader Malcolm Fraser sworn in as caretaker Prime Minister of Australia after sacking of the Whitlam Government by Governor General John Kerr
Petty's Sixth NASCAR
Nov 12 25th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Richard Petty wins
- Nov 12 7h Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats England 25-0
- Nov 12 American Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas (77) retires after 36 years
Seaver's Third
Nov 12 NY Mets Tom Seaver wins his 3rd Cy Young Award
- Nov 13 Marilyn Clark and Charles Burr's revue "A Musical Jubilee", featuring Lillian Gish. John Raitt, Tammy Grimes, Cyril Ritchard, and Dick Shawn opens at St James Theater, NYC; runs for 92 performances
- Nov 14 Spain, Morocco and Mauretania sign accord about Spanish Sahara
- Nov 15 "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" single released by Ed Bruce
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
Nov 18 "Rufus featuring Chaka Khan" 4th studio album by Rufus is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1976)
- Nov 18 Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver returns to US
- Nov 18 Calvin Murphy (Houston) ends NBA free throw streak of 58 games
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Nov 19 Film adaptation of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" based stage adaptation of novel by Ken Kesey, directed by Miloš Forman and starring Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1976)
Morgan NL MVP
Nov 19 Reds 2nd baseman Joe Morgan is named NL MVP
Reagan Announces Candidacy
Nov 20 Ronald Reagan announces candidacy for Republican nomination for US President
Linda McCartney
Nov 21 Linda McCartney drug charges in US are dropped
- Nov 22 Drummuckavall Ambush: 3 British Army soldiers are killed and one captured when the Provisional Irish Republican Army attack a watchtower in South Armagh, North Ireland
Monarchy Restored
Nov 22 Juan Carlos I proclaimed King of Spain as monarchy restored after 31 years
- Nov 23 Bob Thomas of Chicago Bears kicks 55-yard field goal
- Nov 23 CFL Grey Cup, McMahon Field, Calgary: Edmonton Eskimos defeat Montreal Alouettes, 9-8; just the 3rd Grey Cup in which no TDs scored; game-time temperature -15 degrees Celsius, with a 25-kph wind
- Nov 24 "Boccaccio" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 7 performances
- Nov 25 A loyalist gang nicknamed the "Shankill Butchers" undertakes its first "cut-throat killing"; the gang was named for its late-night kidnapping, torture and murder (by throat slashing) of random Catholic civilians in Belfast
- Nov 25 Netherlands grants Suriname independence (National Day)
- Nov 25 Portuguese leftist officers occupy 4 airbases
- Nov 26 France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island
- Nov 26 US Federal jury finds Lynette Fromme guilty of attempted assassination
- Nov 26 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Nov 27 The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter, after a press conference in which McWhirter announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings and shootings across England.
- Nov 28 "As the World Turns" and "The Edge of Night", the final two American soap operas that had resisted going to pre-taped broadcasts, air their last live episodes.
- Nov 28 Democratic Republic of East-Timor proclaimed
- Nov 28 Test Cricket debut of Michael Anthony Holding, WI v Australia Brisbane
- Nov 28 Wings release single "Venus & Mars/Rock Show" medley
- Nov 29 40th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 28-0 in Birmingham
- Nov 29 Kilauea Volcano erupts in Hawaii
Robert Muldoon
Nov 29 New Zealand general election won by the National Party headed by Robert Muldoon
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
Nov 29 US President Gerald Ford signs Education for All Handicapped Children Act requiring states provide free education for children with a disability
- Nov 30 Dahomey renamed People's Republic of Benin
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 1 Bo Bice, American singer (The Real Thing), born in Huntsville, Alabama
- Nov 1 Scott "Skippy" Chapman, American musician (Code of Ethics), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Nov 2 Chris Walla, American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer (Death Cab for Cutie, 1997-2014 - "You Are A Tourist"), born in Bothell, Washington
- Nov 2 Danny Cooksey, American actor (Sam-Diff'rent Strokes), born in Moore, Oklahoma
- Nov 2 Stéphane Sarrazin, French auto racer (Le Mans Series 2007, 10; French Formula Renault 1994; 24 Hours of Le Mans x 4 runner-up), born in Barjac, Gard, France
- Nov 3 Alexander De Croo, Belgian politician (Prime Minister of Belgium 2020-), born in Vilvoorde, Belgium
- Nov 3 Darren Sharper, American NFL defensive back (5-time Pro Bowl; Super Bowl 2009, Green Bay Packers), born in Richmond, Virginia
- Nov 4 Curtis Stone, Australian chef and television personality, born in Melbourne, Australia
- Nov 4 Eduard Kokcharov, Russian handball player and manager, born in Krasnodar, Russia
- Nov 4 Heather Tom, American actress (Victoria Howard-Young & Restless), born in Hinsdale, Illinois
- Nov 4 Michael Osmond, American singer (Osmond Boys), born in Utah
- Nov 4 Orlando Pace, American tackle (St Louis Rams), born in Sandusky, Ohio
- Nov 5 Jamie Madrox [Spaniolo], American horrorcore rapper (Twizted), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Nov 5 Keala Settle, American stage and screen actress and singer (Hands on a Hardbody; The Greatest Showman), born in Laie, Hawaii
- Nov 5 Lisa Scott-Lee, Welsh pop singer (Steps - "5,6,7,8";"Heartbeat / Tragedy"), born in St Asaph, Wales
- Nov 6 Mike Maurer, Canadian CFL fullback (Saskatchewan Roughriders), born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Marcus Luttrell (48 years old)
Nov 7 American former Navy SEAL ("Lone Survivor"), born in Houston, Texas
- Nov 8 Brevin Knight, American NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers), born in Livingston, New Jersey
- Nov 8 José Pinto, Spanish footballer, born in El Puerto de Santa María, Spain
- Nov 8 Tara Reid, American actress (Sharknado), born in Wyckoff, New Jersey
- Nov 10 Chris Lilley, Australian actor and comedian (We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year), born in Sydney, New South Wales
- Nov 10 Jim Adkins, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jimmy Eat World - "The Middle"), born in Mesa, Arizona
- Nov 11 G. Reid Wiseman, American astronaut (Expedition 40/41, Artemis II), born in Baltimore, Maryland [1]
- Nov 12 Angela Watson, American actress (Step By Step - "Karen"), born in Danville, Illinois
- Nov 12 Jason Lezak, American swimmer, born in Irvine, California
- Nov 12 Nina Brosh, Israeli model (Drakkar), born in Afula, Israel
- Nov 12 Tevin Jermod Campbell, American rapper, born in Dallas, Texas
- Nov 13 Ivica Dragutinović, Serbian footballer
- Nov 13 Jordan Roth, American theater producer (Angels in America), born in New York City
- Nov 13 Quim, Portuguese footballer
- Nov 13 Sarah Pitkowski, Seclin France, tennis star (1995 Futures-Koksijde)
- Nov 13 Tom Compernolle, Belgian athlete (d. 2008)
- Nov 14 Faye Tozer, British pop singer-songwriter (Steps - "Heartbeat"; "Tragedy"), born in Northampton, England
Travis Barker (48 years old)
Nov 14 American drummer (Blink-182 - "All the Small Things"; +44), born in Fontana, California
David Ortiz (48 years old)
Nov 18 Dominican Baseball HOF first baseman/DH (10 × MLB All-Star; World Series 2004, 07, 13; World Series MVP 2013 Boston Red Sox, Minnesota Twins), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Nov 18 Jason Williams, American basketball point guard (NBA C'ship 2006, Miami Heat; NBA All-Rookie First Team 1999), born in Belle, West Virginia
- Nov 18 Shawn Camp, American baseball player
- Nov 19 Sushmita Sen, Indian actress and model, crowned 43rd Miss Universe in 1994, born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Nov 20 (Frederick) Dierks Bentley, American country singer ("What Was I Thinkin'"; "Drunk On A Plane"), born in Phoenix, Arizona
- Nov 20 Davey Havok [David Paden Marchand], American singer (AFI), born in Rochester, New York
- Nov 20 J. D. Drew, American baseball player, born in Valdosta, Georgia
- Nov 21 Chad Levitt, running back (Oakland Raiders)
- Nov 21 Cherie Johnson, American actress (Punky Brewster - "Cherie"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Nov 21 Chris Moneymaker, American poker player
- Nov 22 Aiko [Yanai], Japanese J-pop singer-songwriter ("Boyfriend"; "Hoshi no Nai Sekai"/"World Without Stars"), born in Osaka, Japan
- Nov 24 Thomas Kohnstamm, American writer
DJ Khaled (48 years old)
Nov 26 American DJ, record producer and rapper ("I'm the One", "Higher"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Nov 27 Martin Gramatica, Argentinian-American football player
- Nov 28 Eka Kurniawan, Indonesian writer
- Nov 28 Satyr [Sigurd Wongraven], Norwegian heavy metal musician (Satyricon), born in Oslo, Norway
- Nov 30 Ben Thatcher, Welsh footballer
- Nov 30 Mehrdad Minavand, Iranian soccer midfielder (67 caps; Persepolis, Sturm Graz), born in Tehran, Iran (d. 2021)
- Nov 30 Mindy McCready, American country music singer ("Guys Do It All the Time"; "A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)", born in Fort Myers, Florida (d. 2013)
Famous Weddings
Larry Bird
Nov 8 NBA legend Larry Bird (18) weds highschool sweetheart Janet Condra
Famous Divorces
Ben Bradlee
Nov 10 Journalist Ben Bradlee (54) divorces Antoinette Pinchot after 19 years of marriage
Famous Deaths
- Nov 1 Doro Merande, actress (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 77
- Nov 1 Norbert Rosseau, Belgian composer, dies at 67
- Nov 1 Philip James, American composer, conductor (New Jersey Symphony, 1922-29; Bamberger Little Symphony, 1929-36), and educator (NYU, 1934-56), dies at 85
- Nov 1 Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian poet, journalist, novelist (Ragazzi di vita), and film director (Teorema; Il fiore delle Mille e una Notte), murdered at 53
- Nov 4 Sheila Ryan, American actress (Song of Texas, Great Guns), dies at 54
- Nov 5 Edward L Tatum, American molecular geneticist and biochemist (Nobel Prize 1958), dies of heart failure at 65
- Nov 5 Lionel Trilling, American literary critic and author (1969 Poses Award, The Liberal Imagination), dies at 70
- Nov 6 Annette Kellermann, Australian swimmer, silent-film actress (A Daughter of the Gods; Venus Of The South Seas), and author, dies at 87
- Nov 6 Ernst Hanfstängl, German-American businessman, art dealer, and early supporter of Adolf Hitler who later provided Allies with valuable information about the dictator, dies at 88
- Nov 7 John Carmel Heenan, British clergyman, Catholic Cardinal (Archbishop of Westminster, 1963-75), dies of a heart attack at 70
- Nov 9 Luwig Turek, German writer, dies at 77
- Nov 10 Ernest M. McSorley, American ship captain (b. 1912)
- Nov 11 Marty May, American actor (Fireball Fun For All), dies at 79
- Nov 13 Olga Berggolts, Russian poet (b. 1910)
- Nov 13 R. C. Sherriff, English playwright (Journey's End), dies at 79
- Nov 14 Max Ackermann, German "entartet" painter, dies at 88
- Nov 21 Gunnar Gunnarsson, Icelandic writer (The Church on the Mountain), dies at 86
- Nov 22 François de Roubaix, French film score composer, dies in diving accident at 36
- Nov 25 Moyna MacGill, actress (Strange Affair of Uncle Harry), dies
- Nov 27 Ross McWhirter, English Guinness Book of Records co-founder, assassinated by the IRA at 50
Graham Hill (1929-1975)
Nov 29 British auto racer (Formula One World Champion, 1962 & 1968), dies while trying to land a plane in the fog near London at 46
