Historical Events
- Nov 1 In the Wallabies’ 400th rugby union Test match in history, Australia routs Spain 92-10 (Australian record score) in Madrid; Matt Burke kicks an Australian record 10 conversions
- Nov 3 Arkansas beats Mississippi, 58-56 at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford in 7 overtime periods; the longest game in NCAA football history
- Nov 3 San Antonio Spurs guard Steve Smith plays first game against Portland after being traded from the Trail Blazers; ties NBA record for most 3-point field goals in a game without a miss; goes 8-for-8, scores 36 points in 106-90 win
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Nov 4 "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" 1st film adaptation of the book series by J. K. Rowling starring Daniel Radcliffe, premieres in London (Titled "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in some markets)
Emmy Awards
Nov 4 53rd Emmy Awards: The West Wing, Sex and the City, James Gandolfini & Edie Falco win
Sports History
Nov 4 American tennis star Serena Williams wins the WTA Tour Championship in Munich, Germany after Lindsay Davenport defaults the final due to a knee injury; Williams' first season-ending title
- Nov 4 Baseball World Series: Arizona beats New York Yankees, 3-2 in Game 7 at Bank One Ballpark, Phoenix for Diamondbacks' first title; co-MVP: Arizona pitchers Randy Johnson & Curt Schilling
- Nov 6 Crude oil for December delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) falls to a two-year low after OPEC members warn that a downward price spiral could occur if major non-OPEC oil exporters do not reduce oil production
Television Premiere
Nov 6 TV drama series "24" starring Kiefer Sutherland premieres on Fox
35th Awards
Nov 7 35th Country Music Association Awards: Tim McGraw, Lee Ann Womack & Toby Keith win
- Nov 7 The supersonic commercial aircraft Concorde resumes flying after a 15-month hiatus.
- Nov 10 An agreement is reached at talks in Marrakech, Morocco, on rules for implementation of the Kyoto climate change treaty
Clijsters Wins Belgium's First
Nov 11 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Madrid, Spain: Kim Clijsters beats Elena Dementieva 6-0, 6-4 to clinch Belgium's first title with unassailable 2-0 lead (ends, 2-1)
- Nov 11 Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they were traveling on top off.
- Nov 12 In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 on its way to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.
- Nov 12 Taliban forces abandon Afghanistan's capital Kabul, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops
- Nov 13 Doha Round: The World Trade Organization ends a four-day ministerial conference in Doha, Qatar
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Nov 13 US President George W. Bush orders that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve be filled to capacity over the next few years
- Nov 13 War on Terrorism: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
- Nov 14 OPEC announces that it intends to cut its crude oil output quotas by 1.5 million barrels per day effective, but only if non-OPEC producers cut their output by 500,000 barrels per day as well
- Nov 14 War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters takeover the capital Kabul
- Nov 15 Microsoft releases the first Xbox game console in the US
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Nov 16 "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", 1st film adaptation of the book series by J. K. Rowling starring Daniel Radcliffe, premieres in US (Titled "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's's Stone" in some markets)
- Nov 17 66th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 31-7 in Auburn
- Nov 18 Home crowd favourite Leyton Hewitt wins his first of 2 season-ending Tennis Masters Cup titles with a 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 victory over Frenchman Sébastien Grosjean in Sydney, Australia
- Nov 18 Phillips Petroleum and Conoco merge into a new company as 'ConocoPhillips', the third-largest oil and natural gas company in the US
Josh Groban
Nov 20 Josh Groban releases his debut album "Josh Groban"; sales exceed over 5 million units
Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building
Nov 20 US President George W. Bush dedicates the US Department of Justice headquarters the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building, on what would have been his 76th birthday
Sports History
Nov 23 53rd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jeff Gordon wins
- Nov 23 Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
- Nov 25 CFL Grey Cup, Olympic Stadium, Montreal: Calgary Stampeders claim their 5th Championship in team history; beat Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 27-19
- Nov 27 A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.
- Nov 29 UN Security Council unanimously approves a resolution extending the Oil-for-Food program in Iraq for another six-month period
Famous Birthdays
Famous Weddings
- Nov 10 "Four Weddings and A Funeral" actress Andie MacDowell (43) weds businessman Rhett Hartzog (42) at Central United Methodist Church in Asheville, North Carolina
- Nov 20 ABC News political analyst George Stephanopoulos (40) weds actress Alexandra Wentworth (36) at Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Manhattan
- Nov 24 "Angel" actor David Boreanaz (32) weds actress Jaime Bergman (26) at Ingleside Inn in Palm Springs, California
Famous Deaths
- Nov 1 Warren Amling, American College Football Hall of Fame guard (Ohio State), dies at 76
- Nov 3 Ernst Gombrich, Austrian-English art historian (The Story of Art), dies at 92
- Nov 3 Thomas Brasch, German writer and film director, dies at 56
- Nov 4 Edward Boland, American politician (Rep-D-MA, 1953-89), dies at 90
- Nov 5 Barry Horne, a British animal liberation activist.
- Nov 5 Roy Boulting, English film director and producer (Desert Victory), dies at 87
- Nov 6 Anthony Shaffer, English dramatist (Sleuth), dies at 75
- Nov 7 Nida Blanca, Filipino actress (b. 1936)
- Nov 9 Denis Atkinson, West Indian cricketer (WI all-rounder, 219 v Australia 1955), dies at 75
- Nov 9 Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and museum curator, dies at 77
- Nov 10 Ken Kesey, American author (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Sometimes a Great Notion), dies of liver tumor surgery complications at 66
- Nov 12 Albert Hague [Marcuse], German-American actor, singer and composer (Fame, How the Grinch Stole Christmas), dies of cancer at 73
- Nov 12 Tony Miles, English chess player (first Englishman to earn the Grandmaster title), dies from heaart failure at 46
- Nov 13 Margaret "Peggy" Mount, British actress (Oliver!, Panic in the Parlor), dies following a stroke at 86
- Nov 13 Marius Flothuis, Dutch composer, (Kleine Suite for 12 Harps; Espressioni Cordiali), artistic director (Concertgebouw Orchestra, 1955–74), musicologist (Mozart), and music critic, dies at 87
- Nov 13 Raphaël Sommer, Czech cellist, and educator, dies of an aortic aneurysm at 64 [1]
- Nov 14 Charlotte Coleman, British actress (Four Weddings and a Funeral), dies of an asthma attack at 33
- Nov 14 Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentine soccer forward (Boca Juniors, Sampdoria, Atlético Madrid) and manager (Argentina, Boca Juniors, Lazio, Roma), dies at 79
- Nov 16 Jack Rothstein, British concert violinist (London Czech Trio), conductor (Viennese Orchestra of London), and session player (The Beatles - "I Am the Walrus"; "Within You Without You"; Paul McCartney - “Here Today”), dies at 75
- Nov 16 Tommy Flanagan, American jazz pianist (b. 1930)
- Nov 17 Billy Vessels, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1952, University of Oklahoma), dies at 70
- Nov 17 Michael Karoli, German rock guitarist (Can), dies of cancer at 53 (b. 1948)
- Nov 19 Marcelle Ferron, Quebec painter and stained glass artist (b. 1924)
- Nov 21 Gardner McKay, American actor and author (Adventures in Paradise, Pleasure Seekers, Boots & Saddles), dies at 69
- Nov 21 Robert Bly, American poet (Loving a Woman in Two Worlds), and writer (Iron John: A Book About Men), dies at 94 [1]
- Nov 21 Salahuddin of Malaysia, King of Malaysia (b. 1926)
- Nov 22 Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (b. 1915)
- Nov 22 Norman Granz, American jazz record producer (Verve Records; Pablo Records), and impresario (Jazz at the Philharmonic), dies of cancer at 83
- Nov 23 Bo Belinsky, American baseball pitcher (no-hitter 1962; LA Angels), dies from bladder cancer at 64
- Nov 23 Mary Whitehouse, English social activist who opposed social liberalism and the mainstream British media, dies at 91
- Nov 23 O. C Smith, American jazz singer (Little Green Apples), dies at 69
- Nov 24 Melanie Thornton, American pop-dance singer (La Bouche - "Be My Lover"), dies in a plane crash near Zürich, Switzerland, at 34
- Nov 24 Robert Helps, American pianist, prodigy, pedagogue, and composer, dies of cancer at 73
- Nov 25 Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Muslim Sufi, author, spiritual leader (b. 1941)
- Nov 26 Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish Sami writer (The Sun, My Father) and musician, dies at 58
- Nov 28 Kal Mann, American pop lyricist ("Let's Twist Again"), dies at 84
- Nov 28 William Kienzle, American author (b. 1928)
- Nov 28 William Reid, British aviator awarded the Victoria Cross (b. 1921)
George Harrison (1943-2001)
Nov 29 British guitarist, singer, songwriter, and sitar player (Beatles - "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"; "Here Comes The Sun"; solo - "If Not For You"; Traveling Wilburys - "Handle With Care"), dies of lung cancer at 58
- Nov 29 John Knowles, American writer (Morning in Antibes), dies at 75
- Nov 29 Mic Christopher, Irish rock singer and songwriter (The Mary Janes; solo - "Heyday";"Skylarkin'"), dies of head injury after a fall at 32
