Historical Events
Amnesty for Political Prisoners
Nov 3 Tsar Nicholas II of Russia signs a document of amnesty for the political prisoners
- Nov 4 Dock strike against importing grain elevators in Rotterdam
Historic Expedition
Nov 5 Roald Amundsen reaches Eagle City, Alaska, to announce to the world by telegraph his is the first expedition, in 400 years of attempts, to complete a Northwest Passage [1]
- Nov 9 Swedish mine workers win 5 month strike for minimum wages
- Nov 10 Sailors join the rebellion at Kronstadt naval base in Russia
- Nov 11 High Commissioner Prince George declares amnesty for all leaders of the insurrection that has been disturbing Crete during the recent months - but which never gained mass support
- Nov 12 (November 12 & November 13) Norway holds a referendum in favor of monarchy over republic.
- Nov 14 David Belasco's "Girl of Golden West" premieres in NYC
- Nov 16 Dutch Russian Count Witte becomes Prime Minister of Russia
- Nov 17 The Eulsa Treaty is signed between Japan and Korea
- Nov 18 10th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 30-0 in Birmingham
Major Barbara
Nov 18 George Bernard Shaw's play "Major Barbara" premieres in London
- Nov 18 Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway
- Nov 19 The steamer "Hilda" sinks in the English Channel (100 people drown)
- Nov 21 1st match ever played in the Australian National Tennis Championships
- Nov 22 British, Italian, Russian, French and Austro-Hungarian fleet attacks Lesbos
- Nov 23 Henry Watson Furness, an American physician from Indiana is named US minister to Haiti
- Nov 24 Moshav Hertzlia forms in Israel
Alfred Stieglitz
Nov 24 Photographer Alfred Stieglitz opens the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession in Manhattan, New York
First Ad for a Radio Set
Nov 25 Telimco makes the 1st ever advertisement for a radio set, by advertising a $8.50 set in the "Scientific American" which claimed to receive signals for up to one mile
- Nov 26 1st Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Melbourne: Rodney Heath beats Albert Curtis 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Sinn Féin Forms
Nov 28 Arthur Griffith forms Sinn Féin in Dublin
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 1 Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian abstract painter, born in Saint-Hilaire, Quebec (d. 1960)
- Nov 2 Frederic Lipmann, French watchmaker, born in Besancon, France (d. 1996)
- Nov 3 Lois Mailou Jones, American painter (Peasants on Parade), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1998)
- Nov 4 Martin Raschke, German author and publisher, born in Dresden, Germany (d. 1943)
- Nov 5 George Bissett, South African cricketer (successful South African quick in 1927-28), born in Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa (d. 1965)
- Nov 5 Joel McCrea, American actor (Foreign Correspondent, Sullivan's Travels), born in South Pasadena, California (d. 1990)
- Nov 7 William Alwyn, English composer, born in Northampton, England (d. 1985)
- Nov 9 Erika Mann, German-American author (Other Germany) and daughter of Thomas Mann, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1969)
- Nov 9 James William Fulbright, American politician (Sen-D-Mo), born in Sumner, Missouri (d. 1995)
- Nov 11 Israel Aaron Maisels, South African lawyer and communal leader, born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1994)
- Nov 12 Solon Michaelides, Cypriot composer, teacher, and musicologist, born in Nicosia, Cyprus (d. 1979)
- Nov 12 Yevgeny Brusilovsky, Soviet composer (wrote 1st Kazakh opera), born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia (d. 1981)
- Nov 14 John Henry Barbee, American blues guitarist and singer, born in Henning, Tennessee (d. 1964)
- Nov 14 Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian author and journalist (founded news agency Antara), born in Muara Sipongi, Tapanuli, Dutch East Indies (d. 1968)
- Nov 15 Annunzio Mantovani, Italian orchestra leader (Mantovani), born in Venice, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1980)
- Nov 17 Adam Ważyk [Adam Wagman], Polish poet and author (Eyes & Mouth), born in Warsaw, Russian Empire (d. 1982)
- Nov 17 Arthur Chipperfield, Australian cricketer (batsman and leggie 99 on Test debut), born in Ashfield, New South Wales (d. 1987)
- Nov 17 Astrid of Sweden, Queen of the Belgians, first wife of King Leopold III (1934-35), born in Arvfurstens Palace, Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden (d. 1935)
- Nov 17 Mischa Auer [Ounskowsky], Russian actor (My Man Godfrey), born in St Petersburg, Russia (d. 1967)
Tommy Dorsey (1905-1956)
Nov 19 American trombonist and big band bandleader ("Opus No. 1"; "I'll Never Smile Again"), born in Mahanoy Plane, Pennsylvania [1]
- Nov 21 David Moule-Evans, English composer and conductor, born in Ashford, Kent, England (d. 1988)
- Nov 21 Freddie Lindstrom, American Baseball Hall of Fame utility (New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1981)
- Nov 22 James Burnham, American philosopher, political theorist and Trotskyist (The Managerial Revolution, Coming Defeat of Communism), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1987)
- Nov 24 [Irene] Ireene Wicker, American singer and actress (Singing Lady), born in Quincy, Illinois (d. 1987)
- Nov 26 Bob Johnson, American baseball outfielder (8 x MLB All Star; Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox), born in Pryor, Oklahoma (d. 1982)
- Nov 26 Emlyn Williams, Welsh actor (Ivanhoe, I Accuse!), and playwright (The Corn Is Green), born in Mostyn, Wales (d. 1987)
- Nov 27 Astrid Allwyn, American actress (Charlie Chan's Secret), born in Manchester, Connecticut (d. 1978)
- Nov 27 Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor and composer (Mater Dolorosa), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1986)
- Nov 29 Marcel Lefebvre, French Roman catholic bishop (d. 1991)
- Nov 29 Mowbray Howard, 6th Earl of Effingham, English peer (d. 1996)
Famous Deaths
- Nov 2 Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and histologist (one of the first to interpret tissue structure in terms of cellular elements), dies at 88
George Williams (1821-1905)
Nov 6 English philanthropist and founder of YMCA, dies at 84
