Historical Events
Charles J. Guiteau
Nov 14 Charles Guiteau put on trial for the assassination of US President Garfield
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 1 Edward Van Sloan, American actor (Frankenstein, Dracula), born in Chaska, Minnesota (d. 1964)
- Nov 3 George Mehnert, American wrestler (Olympic gold flyweight 1904, bantamweight 1908), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1948)
- Nov 4 Gena Branscombe, Canadian pianist and composer, born in Picton, Ontario (d. 1977)
- Nov 4 Milton Rosmer, British director (Murder in the Red Barn), born in Southport, Lancashire, England (d. 1971)
- Nov 5 George A. Malcolm, American jurist (17th Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court) and educator, born in Concord, Michigan (d. 1961)
- Nov 8 Frank Speck, American anthropologist (Algonquin Tribes and Eastern Woodland Native Americans), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1950)
- Nov 8 Robert Esnault-Pelterie, French engineer and aviation pioneer who contributed to early heavier-than-air flight in Europe, born in Paris (d. 1957)
- Nov 12 Maximilian von Weichs, German aristocrat and army officer (WWII Field Marshal; WWI Cavalryman), born in Dessau, German Empire (d. 1954)
- Nov 12 Olev Siinmaa, Estonian 'Functionalist' architect (Pärnu Beach Hotel), born in Pärnu< Governate of Estonia, Russian Empire (d. 1948)
- Nov 15 Franklin P. Adams, American columnist (Information Please), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1960)
- Nov 16 Joel H. Hildebrand, American chemist and educator (research led to new treatments for divers with the 'bends' through the use of helium and oxygen breathing mixtures), born in Camden, New Jersey (d. 1983)
- Nov 18 Percy LeSueur, Canadian hockey goaltender (inventor large goalie glove & LeSueur net), born in Quebec City, Quebec (d. 1962)
- Nov 20 Arthur Marshall, American ragtime piano player and composer ("Swipesy Cakewalk" with Scott Joplin; "The Peach"), born in Saline County, Missouri (d. 1968)
- Nov 21 Arthur Chesney [Kellaway], British stage and screen character actor (The Lodger; Chelsea Life), born in Wandsworth, London, England (d. 1949)
Enver Pasha (1881-1922)
Nov 22 Turkish general, Ottoman Minister of War during World War I and part of the dictatorial triumvirate known as the "Three Pashas", born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
- Nov 24 Al Christie, Canadian-born film director and producer (d. 1951)
John XXIII (1881-1963)
Nov 25 Italian priest and 261st Pope (1958-63), born in Bergamo, Lombardy, Kingdom of Italy
Famous Deaths
- Nov 1 Jacques Perk, Dutch poet (Iris, Wood Song), dies at 22
- Nov 7 John MacHale, Irish Archbishop (Tuam) and writer (b. 1791)
- Nov 9 Edwin Drake, American businessman who drilled 1st productive US oil well, dies at 61
- Nov 21 Ami Boué, Austrian geologist (b. 1794)
- Nov 25 Theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute, dies at 87
