Historical Events
- Nov 1 Edward Scripps & John Sweeney found Penny Press (Cleveland Press)
Samfundets Stotter
Nov 6 Henrik Ibsen's play "Samfundets Stotter" (pillars of Society) premieres in Oslo
Without a Dowry
Nov 22 Aleksandr Ostrovsky's classic play "Without a Dowry" (Bespridannitsa) premieres in Moscow [OS 10 Nov]
Artist's 'Rocket' Shot Down in Flames
Nov 28 Whistler v. Ruskin, the most famous trial in art history, ends with artist James McNeill Whistler awarded a token farthing in compensation after suing the writer and critic John Ruskin for libel, seeking £1,000 damages [1]
Famous Birthdays
Carlos Saavedra Lamas (1878-1959)
Nov 1 Argentine politician (Nobel Peace Prize 1936), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Nov 1 Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter, born in Hellenurme Manor, Elva Parish, Governorate of Livonia (d. 1925)
- Nov 6 Ernest Irving, English composer, born in Godalming, Surrey, England (d. 1953)
- Nov 7 Lise Meitner, Austrian-Swedish physicist (discovered the nuclear fission of uranium), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1968)
- Nov 13 Johannes Kielstra, Dutch economist, governor of Suriname (1933-44), and diplomat, born in Zwartsluis, Netherlands (d. 1951)
- Nov 13 Max Dehn, German mathematician (Dehn’s lemma), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1952)
- Nov 14 Julie Manet, French painter, daughter of Berthe Morisot (d. 1966)
- Nov 14 Leopold Staff, Polish poet (d. 1957)
- Nov 17 Grace Abbott, American social worker (US Children's Bureau), born in Grand Island, Nebraska (d. 1939)
- Nov 21 Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer and jurist, born in Lübeck, GErmany (d. 1949)
- Nov 23 André Caplet, French composer and conductor (Conte Fantastic; Le miroir de Jesus), born on a boat sailing between Le Havre (Seine-Maritime) and Honfleur (Calvados) in France (d. 1925)
- Nov 23 Ernest King, US fleet admiral (Chief of Naval Operations in WWII), born in Lorain, Ohio (d. 1956)
- Nov 23 Holcombe Ward, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1904; President USLTA 1937-47), born in New York, NY (d. 1967)
- Nov 25 Georg Kaiser, German playwright (The Burghers of Calais), born in Magdeburg (d. 1945)
- Nov 26 (Marshall) "Major" Taylor, American track cyclist (first African-American world champion; 1899 World Track C'ships), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1932)
- Nov 27 Jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian (Bengali) poet, born in Jamsherpur, Bengal Presidency, British India (d. 1948)
- Nov 27 Mabel Wheeler Daniels, American composer (Deep Forest, The Desolate City), born in Swampscott, Massachusetts (d. 1971)
- Nov 28 Jozef van Mierlo, Belgian Jesuit and literary (Hadewych), born in Turnhout, Belgium (d. 1958)
