Historical Events
F1 World Champion
Nov 1 British Mercedes driver Jenson Button finishes 3rd in inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit to win his first F1 World Drivers Championship by 11 points from Sebastian Vettel
Serena vs Venus
Nov 1 Tennis sisters Serena and Venus Williams clash in the season-ending WTA Championship decider at Doha, Qatar; Serena wins 6-2, 7-6
Soul Train Music Awards
Nov 3 23rd Soul Train Music Awards: Michael Jackson, Charlie Wilson & Chaka Khan win
- Nov 4 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat Philadelphia Phillies, 7-3 in Game 6 at Yankee Stadium to win Bronx Bombers' record 27th title; MVP: NY outfielder Hideki Matsui
- Nov 5 US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan (US Army Medical Corps) killed 13 and wounded 43 at Fort Hood, Texas in the largest mass shooting ever at a US military installation.
- Nov 6 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Man of Iron, Tapitsfly, She Be Wild, Midday, Informed Decision, Life Is Sweet
- Nov 6 Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre in South Africa, designed by Peter Rich, wins World Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona
Casimir Pulaski Honored
Nov 6 President Barack Obama signs congressional resolution conferring honorary U.S. citizenship to Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski
- Nov 7 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Pounced, California Flag, Dancing In Silks, Vale of York, Goldikova, Furthest Land, Conduit, Zenyatta
Sports History
Nov 7 Jerry Sloan becomes the first coach in NBA history with 1,000 wins for one team after defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder
- Nov 11 43rd Country Music Association Awards: Taylor Swift & Brad Paisley win
- Nov 13 Germany's growth of 0.7% in the third quarter helps lead the Eurozone out of the recession after providing overall growth of 0.4% in the same period, with the whole European Union growing 0.2%, it is reported today
- Nov 13 The Netherlands officially exits the recession after experiencing 0.4% growth in the third quarter, but recovery for the Netherlands still remains fragile as the country is highly dependent on exports to maintain the recovery
- Nov 14 The National Statistical Service of Greece states that the country has been in recession since the beginning of the year
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Nov 16 "The Twilight Saga: New Moon", based on the book by Stephenie Meyer, directed by Chris Weitz, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, premieres in Los Angeles
- Nov 20 The Mexican government declares its economy technically out of recession after 2.93% GDP growth in the third quarter of 2009; Mexico had been in a severe economic crisis for over a year prior to its economic rebound
- Nov 22 37th American Music Awards: Taylor Swift & Michael Jackson win
Venezuela in Recession
Nov 22 President Hugo Chávez states that Venezuela is in recession as the economy contracted 4.5% in the third quarter
- Nov 23 Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Mindanao, Philippines
I Dreamed a Dream
Nov 23 Susan Boyle releases her debut album “I Dreamed a Dream” (biggest selling album worldwide 2009, 2010 Billboard Album of the Year)
- Nov 25 Flooding in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; powerful storm brings 3 years worth of rain in 4 hours, killing over 150 people and sweeping thousands of cars away during Hajj
- Nov 27 74th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 26-21 in Auburn
- Nov 29 CFL Grey Cup, McMahon Stadium, Calgary: Montreal Alouettes come from behind to beat Saskatchewan Roughriders, 28–27 on a 33-yard Damon Duval field goal as time runs out
Sports History
Nov 29 Nikolay Davydenko of Russia wins his only ATP World Tour Finals tennis title with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Argentine star Juan Martín del Potro in the final in London, England
- Nov 30 Canada begins its recovery from the recession; economic growth is at 0.4% after 14 months of economic stagnation
José Mujica Elected
Nov 30 José Mujica announced as the winner of the run-off election in Uruguay the day before and president-elect
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 19 Prince Gaston d'Orléans
Famous Weddings
- Nov 2 "Sex and the City" actor Ron Livingston (41) weds actress Rosemarie DeWitt (34) in San Francisco
- Nov 8 "The Practice" actress Marla Sokoloff (29) weds composer Alec Puro (34) at Il Cielo restaurant
- Nov 14 "Kings of Leon" drummer Nate Followill (33) weds singer Jessie Baylin (25) at the Wolf Den Farm in Brentwood, Tennessee
Dorothy Hamill
Nov 21 Ice skater Dorothy Hamill marries third husband John Alexander MacColl
Famous Divorces
Famous Deaths
- Nov 2 José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor, director and comedian (La Cabina, Travels With My Aunt), dies of natural causes at 87
- Nov 3 Francisco Ayala, Spanish novelist (b. 1906)
- Nov 4 Hubertus Brandenburg, Roman Catholic Bishop of Stockholm (b. 1923)
- Nov 5 Félix Luna, Argentine historian and lyricist, dies at 84
- Nov 6 Ron Sproat, American TV writer and playwright (Dark Shadows), dies at 77
- Nov 8 Patrick Howard-Dobson, British general (last Chief of Staff at British Far East Command in Singapore), dies at 88
- Nov 8 Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist (b. 1916)
- Nov 10 Gheorghe Dinica, Romanian actor (b. 1934)
- Nov 10 John Allen Muhammad, American spree killer (b. 1960)
- Nov 10 Robert Enke, German football goalkeeper, dies at 32
- Nov 11 Andrew Sloan, British police officer (Chief Constable of Strathcourt), and investigation innovator, dies at 78
- Nov 11 Dhanpat Rai Nahar, Indian labour leader (b. 1919)
- Nov 14 Bruce Wells, English boxer (European amateur light middleweight champion 1953) and actor (Dr. Who 1965-73), dies at 76
- Nov 15 Antonio de Nigris, Mexican soccer striker (16 caps; Monterrey, Villarreal), dies from a heart attack at 31
- Nov 15 Patriarch Pavle of Serbia, 44th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (b. 1914)
- Nov 15 Pierre Harmel, Belgian politician and Prime Minister of Belgium (1965-66), dies at 98
- Nov 16 Edward Woodward, British actor (Breaker Morant; Wickerman; The Equalizer), and pop singer ("The Way You Look Tonight"), dies at 79
- Nov 16 Robert J. Frankel, American thoroughbred race horse trainer (5 x Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer; US Champion Trainer by earnings 1993, 2002, 03), dies from leukemia at 68
- Nov 17 José Aboulker, French Algerian Jewish leader of anti-Nazi resistance and advocate for Algerians, dies at 89
- Nov 18 Bill Narum, American counter-culture figure, illustrator and rock poster and album art designer (ZZ Top), dies at 62
- Nov 18 Jeanne-Claude [Denat de Guillebon], French artist who worked with Christo (Running Fence, Wrapped Reichstag), dies at 74
- Nov 18 Red Robbins, American basketball player (b. 1944)
- Nov 19 Annie Delorie, Dutch opera singer (Nederlandse Opera, 1950-70), dies at 84
- Nov 20 H.C. Robbins Landon, American musicologist (Haydn: Chronicle and Works), dies at 83
- Nov 20 Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer (b. 1925)
- Nov 20 Max Robertson, British sports commentator, dies at 94
- Nov 21 Konstantin Feoktistov, Soviet cosmonaut (Voskhod 1), dies at 83
- Nov 23 Richard Graham Meale, Australian composer (Three Miró Pieces; Voss), dies at 77
- Nov 24 Abe Pollin, owner of the Washington Wizards (b. 1923)
- Nov 24 Chan Hung Lit, Hong Kong actor (b. 1943)
- Nov 24 Hale Smith, American composer, dies at 84
- Nov 24 Kan Ishii, Japanese composer (Marimo), dies at 88
- Nov 24 Samak Sundaravej, 25th Prime Minister of Thailand (2008), dies at 74
- Nov 27 Malcolm Wells, American architect regarded as "the father of modern earth-sheltered architecture", writer, and solar energy consultant, dies of congestive heart failure at 83 [1]
- Nov 28 Gilles Carle, Canadian screenwriter and film director (b. 1928)
- Nov 28 Takeo Kajiwara, Japanese Go player (b. 1923)
- Nov 29 Prince Alexandre of Belgium, Prince of the Belgians and son of Leopold III, dies at 67
- Nov 29 Robert Holdstock, English sci-fi author (Ghost Dance, Labyrinth), dies at 61
