Historical Events
F1 World Champion
Nov 1 Brazilian Williams driver Nelson Piquet finishes 15th in the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka but clinches his 3rd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship
- Nov 1 New York City Marathon: Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya wins men's race, 2:11:01; English runner Priscilla Welch women's champion, 2:30:17
- Nov 1 New York Jets retire Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Don Maynard's jersey #13
- Nov 1 New Zealand All Blacks create a rugby union international world record score when they beat Japan, 106-4 at the National Stadium in Tokyo
- Nov 2 Entertainer Lola Falona is diagnosed with multiple schlerosis
Cloud 9
Nov 2 George Harrison releases album "Cloud 9" & Paul McCartney releases greatest hits album "All the Best"
Historic Invention
Nov 3 Gordon Gould issued US patent US4704583 for the laser, ending his 30-year battle to be credited as the inventor of the laser
Sports History
Nov 3 New York Rangers' center Marcel Dionne becomes just the 2nd NHL player to register 1,700 career points, scoring a goal in 5-3 loss at Calgary
Baseball Record
Nov 3 Oakland A's first baseman Mark McGwire wins American League Rookie of the Year with 49 home runs, 118 RBI; second to win AL award unanimously; first Carlton Fisk 1972
- Nov 3 On Wall Street, after 5 consecutive gains, Dow Jones down 50.56
- Nov 4 Benito Santiago, Padres catcher, wins NL Rookie of Year
- Nov 4 Lisa Steinberg, battered into coma by her adoptive father Joel
- Nov 4 NBA announces 4 new franchises; Charlotte & Miami for 1988 & Minneapolis & Orlando for 1989
- Nov 5 France performs nuclear test
- Nov 5 Iceberg twice size of Rhode Island sighted in Antarctic
- Nov 5 South Africa ANC-leader Govan Mbeki freed
Into the Woods
Nov 5 Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's fairytale musical "Into the Woods" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC; runs for 764 performances, wins 3 Tony Awards and 5 Drama Desk Awards
- Nov 5 US Supreme Court nominee Douglas H. Ginsburg admits using marijuana, later withdraws from consideration
- Nov 7 3rd College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 32-25 in South Bend
- Nov 7 Tunisian premier Zine al-Abidine fires President Habib Bourguiba
- Nov 8 11 are killed in an IRA bomb attack in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
Cricket World Cup
Nov 8 Cricket World Cup, Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India: Player of the match David Boon scores 75 as Australia beats England by 7 runs for their first title
Clemens Wins Back-To-Back
Nov 11 Boston Red Sox starter Roger Clemens wins back-to-back AL Cy Young Awards; Philadelphia Phillies starter Steve Bedrosian takes NL Award
- Nov 11 Football striker Mark Hughes plays for Wales and Bayern Munich in 2 countries on same day; appears for Wales in 2-0 European Championship loss to Czechoslovakia in Prague, then jets to Munich for 3-2 Cup win over Borussia
Judge Kennedy Nominated
Nov 11 Judge Anthony Kennedy nominated to US Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan
- Nov 11 Moscow party secretary Boris Jerusalem resigns
Sonny & Cher
Nov 13 Sonny & Cher perform together for the final time, singing "I Got You Babe" on 'Late Night with David Letterman' (NBC)
Nelson Piquet
Nov 15 Brazilian Williams driver Nelson Piquet retires from Australian Grand Prix at Adelaide with break trouble but wins his 3rd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 12 points from Nigel Mansell
- Nov 15 Carla Beurskens runs Dutch female record marathon (2:26:34)
- Nov 15 Leile McBridge (Denver), crowned Miss Black America
- Nov 15 NY Giant Raul Allegre kicks 2, 50 or more yard field goals in a game
- Nov 15 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
Once Upon a Long Ago
Nov 16 Paul McCartney releases single "Once Upon a Long Ago"
- Nov 17 George Bell is 1st Blue Jay ever to win the AL MVP
- Nov 18 31 people die in a fire at King's Cross, London's busiest tube station
- Nov 18 Congressional committee reports on Iran-Contra affair
Dawson's MVP
Nov 18 Cubs Andre Dawson is 1st player from a last-place club to win an MVP
Earnhardt's NASCAR Win
Nov 22 37th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Earnhardt wins
- Nov 22 Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) ends his NBA free throw streak of 51 games
- Nov 22 NFL New England Patriots shutout Indianapolis Colts 24-0 at Sullivan Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts
- Nov 22 Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
Graf's First WTA
Nov 23 German tennis star Steffi Graf claims her first WTA Tour Championship with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, 6-4 win over Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina at Madison Square Garden, NYC
- Nov 24 "Make It Last Forever" debut album by Keith Sweat is released (Billboard Song of the Year 1988)
- Nov 24 Concert performance of Heitor Villa-Lobos' folk operetta "Magdalena" debuts at Alice Tully Hall in NYC's Lincoln Center
Event of Interest
Nov 24 Li Peng succeeds Zhao Ziyang as Premier of the People's Republic of China
- Nov 25 India all out for 75 v West Indies at Delhi, Patterson 5-24
Abdul Qadir
Nov 25 Pakistan cricket leg-spin bowler Abdul Qadir takes 9-56 against England in 1st Test at Lahore; best figures by a Pakistani, and by any bowler against England
- Nov 25 Supertyphoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 165 mph and a surge that swallows entire villages. at least 1,036 deaths attributed to the storm.
- Nov 27 52nd Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 10-0 in Birmingham
- Nov 27 Young man survives 7 attempts at suicide in Somerset, England
- Nov 28 South African Airways Boeing 747 crashes into Indian Ocean, 159 die
- Nov 29 75th CFL Grey Cup, BC Place, Vancouver: Edmonton Eskimos 10th Championship; defeat Toronto Argonauts, 38-36 on Jerry Kauric's last second field-goal
- Nov 29 A Korean Air Boeing 707 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 115
- Nov 29 France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll
Joe Montana
Nov 29 Joe Montana of SF 49ers completes NFL record of 22 consecutive passes
- Nov 29 New Orleans Saints win, assuring their 1st winning NFL season
- Nov 29 Ranger's Bob Frosse becomes 2nd goalie to score a goal (vs NY Islanders). It is later ruled that he should not be credited with goal.
- Nov 29 Revival of Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen's musical ."Dreamgirls" closes at Ambassador Theater, NYC, after 177 performances
- Nov 30 Afghanistan's Constitution adopted
Famous Birthdays
Colin Kaepernick (36 years old)
Nov 3 American NFL quarterback (protest kneel during national anthem; SF 49ers), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Nov 3 Courtney Barnett, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Avant Gardner"; "Nameless, Faceless"), born in Sydney, Australia
- Nov 3 Elizabeth Smart, American abductee and child safety activist, born in Salt Lake City, Utah
- Nov 3 Gemma Ward, Australian model
- Nov 4 T.O.P. [Choi Seung-hyun], Korean singer-songwriter (Big Bang) and actor, born in Seoul, South Korea
- Nov 5 Kevin Jonas, American guitarist (The Jonas Brothers), born in Teaneck, New Jersey
Ana Ivanović (36 years old)
Nov 6 Serbian tennis player (French Open 2008; world #1 08), born in Belgrade, Serbia
- Nov 8 Erica Mena, American TV personality (Love & Hip Hop: New York), born in New York City
- Nov 8 Sam Bradford, American football quarterback (Heisman Trophy 2008, U of Oklahoma; NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year 2010, St. Louis Rams), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Nov 8 Samantha Droke, American actress, born in De Leon, Texas
- Nov 9 Zahara [Bulelwa Mkutukana], South African singer-songwriter and guitarist (Loliwe), born in East London, South Africa (d. 2023) [1]
- Nov 10 Jessica Tovey, Australian actress (Belle Taylor-Home and Away), born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Nov 11 Yuya Tegoshi, Japanese Idol (member of NEWS and Tegomass), born in Yokohama, Japan
- Nov 12 Bryan Little, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Edmonton, Canada
- Nov 12 Jason Day, Australian golfer (PGA Championship 2015, World Number #1 2015-16, 51 weeks), born in Beaudesert, Australia
- Nov 14 TiA [Tomoka Takayama], Japanese pop singer (Ryuusei), born in Yokohama, Japan
- Nov 15 Ian Hecox, Member of Smosh
- Nov 17 Darren McKillion, Northern Irish sportsman
- Nov 21 Brian Douwes, Dutch kickboxer and martial artist
- Nov 22 Marouane Fellaini, Belgian footballer
- Nov 23 Nicklas Backstrom, Swedish ice hockey player, born in Valbo, Sweden
- Nov 23 Snooki [Nicole Polizzi], American reality TV personality (Jersey Shore), born in Santiago, Chile
- Nov 24 Megan Mullins, American country singer-songwriter, fiddler, and mandolin player, born in Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Nov 24 Renate Reinsve, Norwegian actress (The Worst Person in the World), born in Solbergelva, Norway
- Nov 24 Sabi [Jenice Portlock], American hip-hop and pop singer-songwriter (The Bangz; "You Make Me Feel..."), born in Inglewood, California
- Nov 26 Summer Lee, American politician (1st back woman elected to Congress for Pennsylvania (D) 2023-), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Nov 27 Lashana Lynch, English actress (No Time to Die), born in London, England
Karen Gillan (36 years old)
Nov 28 Scottish actress (Doctor Who, Guardians of the Galaxy), born in Inverness, Scotland
- Nov 29 Stephen O'Halloran, Irish footballer, born in Cobh, Republic of Ireland
- Nov 30 Daniel Noboa, Ecuador businessman and politician (youngest-ever President of Ecuador 2023-), born in Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Nov 30 Dougie Poynter, British singer and bassist (McFly), born in Orsett, England
- Nov 30 Ian Hecox, Part of the America Online comedy duo Smosh
- Nov 30 Vasilisa Bardina, Russian tennis player
Famous Weddings
Cal Ripken Jr
Nov 13 MLB baseball player Cal Ripken Jr (27) weds Kelly Geer at Towson United Methodist Church in Maryland
Lenny Kravitz & Lisa Bonet
Nov 16 American "The Cosby Show" actress Lisa Bonet (20) weds American singer-songwriter Lenny Kravitz (23) on her birthday, in Las Vegas, Nevada; divorce in 1993
Demi Moore & Bruce Willis
Nov 21 American actress Demi Moore (25) weds American actor Bruce Willis (32) at The Little White Chapel in Las Vegas; divorce in 2000
Phil Hartman
Nov 25 Actor Phil Hartman (39) weds former model Brynn Omdahl
Famous Deaths
- Nov 1 René Lévesque, Premier of Quebec, dies at 65
- Nov 4 Raphael Soyer, Russian-born American artist (Depression scenes in NYC), dies at 87
- Nov 5 Eamonn Andrews, Television Presenter (b. 1922)
- Nov 5 Georges Franju, French film director (Judex; Les Yeux sans visage - Eyes Without A Face), dies at 75
- Nov 5 Jan Nicolaas Bakhuizen van den Brink, Dutch theologist and church historian, dies at 91
- Nov 6 Jean Rivier, French composer and educator (Paris Conservatory, 1946-66), dies at 91
- Nov 6 Ross R. Barnett, American lawyer and politician, (Gov-D-Miss), dies at 89
- Nov 6 William Pahlmann, American interior designer (4 Season restaurant, NYC), dies at 80
- Nov 6 Zohar Argov, Israeli singer, dies in jail of unintentional suicide at 32
- Nov 11 Lowell T. Coggeshall, American medical scientist and US Secretary of HEW (1956-58), dies at 86
- Nov 11 Nico Slothouwer, poet (Liefdesstratenplan), commits suicide at 30
- Nov 12 Roger Lewis, American businessman (CEO of Amtrak, Pam Am), dies at 75
Pieter Menten (1899-1987)
Nov 14 Dutch war criminal, dies at 88
- Nov 16 Jim Brewer, American baseball relief pitcher (World Series 1965; MLB All Star 1973; LA Dodgers), dies of injuries suffered in car accident at 50
- Nov 16 Zubir Said, Singaporean composer who composed Singapore's national anthem, dies at 80
- Nov 17 Irene Wicker, singer/actress (Singing Lady), dies at 81
Jacques Anquetil (1934-1987)
Nov 18 French road cyclist (Tour de France 1957, 61-64; first 5-time winner), dies of stomach cancer at 53
- Nov 21 Jim Folsom, American politician (Alabama-Gov, 1947-51, 1955-59), dies at 79
- Nov 22 Ted Taylor, American R&B singer ("Stay Away From My Baby"), dies in a car crash at 58
- Nov 23 Alton Adams, American composer (1st black bandmaster in the United States Navy), dies at 98
- Nov 23 Marcia Henderson, American actress (Aldrich Family -"Kathleen"; Peter Pan), dies of lupus at 58
- Nov 24 Jehane Benoît, French Canadian culinary author (b. 1904)
- Nov 25 Anton Pieck, Dutch illustrator (1001 Nights), dies at 92
Harold Washington (1922-1987)
Nov 25 1st African American Mayor of Chicago (Democrat: 1983-87), dies at 65
- Nov 26 Emmanuel Bondeville, French composer, dies at 89
- Nov 26 Thomas G Lanphier Jr, US WW II pilot, dies at 71
- Nov 27 Babe Herman, American baseball right fielder (.324 career average; hit for cycle record x 3; Brooklyn Robins), dies at 84
- Nov 28 Choh Hao Li, Chinese-American bio-chemist (isolated growth hormones), dies at 74
- Nov 28 Paul Arma, Hungarian-French composer, dies at 83
- Nov 29 Howard Pyle, American politician (Governor-R-Arizona, 1951-55), dies at 81
- Nov 29 Irene Handl, British actress (Riding High, Morgan), dies at 85
- Nov 30 Arthur H. Dean, American lawyer, ambassador and presidential advisor (1963 nuclear test ban treaty), dies at 89 [1]
- Nov 30 Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist (Het Volk ("The People"); Het Parool ("The Password"), and essayist (Kronkels), dies of a heart attack at 74
