Historical Events
- Nov 1 American fishing schooner 'Esperanto' defeats Canadian yacht 'Delawana' in the first International Fishing Schooner Championship Races off Halifax, Nova Scotia
The Emperor Jones
Nov 1 Eugene O'Neill's drama "The Emperor Jones" opens at Provincetown Playhouse, NYC; runs for 204 performances
Election of Interest
Nov 2 Warren G. Harding is elected President of the United States, defeating Democrat candidate James M. Cox
- Nov 2 Westinghouse radio station in East Pittsburgh, KDKA begins broadcasting, with presidential and local election returns
Ban Johnson
Nov 8 Baseball meeting to depose Ban Johnson is set for Nov 12th
- Nov 8 Rupert Bear by illustrator Mary Tourtel first appears in the Daily Express newspaper in the UK
Heartbreak House
Nov 10 George Bernard Shaw's play "Heartbreak House" premieres in NYC
- Nov 11 Great Britain's monument to her war dead, the Cenotaph in Whitehall, designed by Edwin Lutyens, unveiled
- Nov 11 The burials of unknown soldiers take place simultaneously in Westminster Abbey, London, and at the Arc de Triomphe, Paris
First Baseball Commissioner
Nov 12 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis elected first baseball commissioner by team owners
- Nov 12 The Dalmatian coast between Italy and Yugoslavia is ceded to Yugoslavia
- Nov 13 Hudson River freezes at Albany
- Nov 14 American Pro Football League's Chic Tiger Joe Guyon punts 95 yards
- Nov 14 The Russian Bolshevik army occupies Sebastopol, ending anti-communist attempts to regain the government of Russia
- Nov 15 Ernst Toller's "Massen und Menschen" premieres in Nuremberg
- Nov 15 Free City of Danzig forms under League of Nations protection
- Nov 15 League of Nations holds first meeting in Geneva
- Nov 16 1st postage stamp meter is set in Stamford Conn
- Nov 16 Australia's Qantas airways founded in Winton, Queensland as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited
- Nov 18 Apollo Theater (Academy, Bryant) opens at 221 W 42nd St NYC
- Nov 21 Karel Čapek's "Vec Makropulos" premieres in Prague
The Last of the Mohicans
Nov 21 Silent film "The Last of the Mohicans" released, adapted from James Fenimore Cooper's novel, starring Wallace Beery, Barbara Bedford
- Nov 25 1st Thanksgiving Parade (Philadelphia)
- Nov 25 WTAW of College Station, Tx, broadcast 1st football play-by-play
The Mark of Zorro
Nov 27 "The Mark of Zorro" directed by Fred Niblo and starring Douglas Fairbanks is shown in New York - 1st American superhero film
- Nov 28 Kilmichael Ambush, Battle of the Irish War of Independence.
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 1 James J. Kilpatrick, American newspaper journalist and columnist (60 Minutes), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 2010)
- Nov 1 Ted Lowe, English snooker commentator (Pot Black, BBC), born in Lambourn, England (d. 2011)
- Nov 2 Ann Rutherford, Canadian actress (Gone With The Wind; Whistling in the Dark), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2012)
- Nov 2 Bill Mazer, American sports broadcaster (New York institution in sports reporting; sports trivia expert), born in Iziaslav, Ukraine (d. 2013)
- Nov 2 Dick Sisler. American baseball utility (World Series 1946 St. Louis Cardinals; MLB All Star 1950), manager (Cincinnati Reds 1964–65) and coach (World Series 1967 St. L. Cardinals), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1998)
- Nov 2 Fabio Gonzalez-Zuleta, Colombian composer, born in Bogota (d. 2011)
- Nov 3 Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian Aboriginal political activist and writer (We Are Going), born in Minjerribah, Queensland, Australia (d. 1993)
- Nov 4 Georges Papy, Belgian mathematician (Numbers Game), born in Anderlecht, Belgium (d. 2011)
- Nov 5 Douglass North, American economist, (Nobel Prize Economic Sciences 1993), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 2015)
- Nov 5 Tommy Godwin, British track cyclist (Great Britain coach; 2 x Olympic bronze 1948; President British Cycling Federation), born in Connecticut, United States (d. 2012)
- Nov 6 Sir John Smith, English soccer executive (Chairman Liverpool F.C. 1973-90), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1995)
- Nov 8 Esther Rolle, Bahamian-American actress (Good Times, Maude), born in Pompano Beach Florida (d. 1998)
- Nov 8 Eugênio de Araújo Sales, Brazilian Roman Catholic cardinal, born in Acari, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (d. 2012)
Byron de la Beckwith (1920-2001)
Nov 9 American white supremacist, born in Colusa, California
- Nov 9 Seymour Siwoff, American sports statistician (president and CEO Elias Sports Bureau 1952-2019), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2019)
- Nov 10 Rafael del Pino, Spanish entrepreneur, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2008)
- Nov 10 Tod Andrews, American actor (From Hell it Came, Outrage), born in New York City (d. 1972)
- Nov 10 William S. Harvey, American graphic designer and album cover artist (The Doors; The Stooges; Tim Buckley), born in New York City (d. 1993)
- Nov 11 Roy Jenkins, British MP (Labour, Liberal Democrats) and President of the European Commission (1977-81), born in Abersychan, Monmouthshire (d. 2003)
- Nov 12 Richard Quine, American actor and director (How to Murder Your Wife, Clay Pigeon), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1989)
- Nov 12 Sunset Carson [Michael Harrison] American western actor (Cat of Rockies, El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), born in Gracemont, Oklahoma (d. 1990)
- Nov 13 Jack Elam, American actor (The Dakotas, East Street, Rio Lobo), born in Miami, Arizona (d. 2003)
- Nov 14 Johnny Desmond [Giovanni De Simone], American radio and big band singer (Bob Crosby; Gene Krupa; Your Hit Parade; Glenn Miller's Army Air Forces Orchestra), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1985) [1]
- Nov 15 Jerome Richardson, American jazz saxophonist, flute, clarinet, and piccolo player (Quincy Jones; Charles Mingus; Earl Hines), born in Oakland, California (d. 2000)
- Nov 15 Wayne Thiebaud, American painter (Four Pinball Machines), born in Mesa, Arizona (d. 2021)
- Nov 16 Betty Hicks, American golfer, author (US Open runner-up 1948, 54), born in Long Beach, California (d. 2011)
- Nov 17 Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgish baritone pop and schlager singer ("Bonjour les amies / Hello Friends"), lyricist, translator ("I Want to Hold Your Hand / Komm, gib mir deine Hand"; "She Loves You / Sie liebt dich"), and broadcaster, born in Tétange, Luxembourg (d. 2005)
- Nov 18 Bill Bedford, British test pilot (pioneered the development of V/STOL aircraft), born in Loughborough, England (d. 1996)
- Nov 18 Louis Alfred Mennini, American composer, born in Erie, Pennsylvania (d. 2000)
- Nov 18 Mustafa Khalil, 40th Prime Minister of Egypt (1978-80), born in Al Qalyubiyah Governorate, Egypt (d. 2008)
Gene Tierney (1920-1991)
Nov 19 American actress (Laura, Leave Her to Heaven, The Razor's Edge), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Nov 20 Armin Schibler, Swiss composer (Devil in the Winter Palace), born in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland (d. 1986)
- Nov 20 Douglas Dick, American actor and psychologist (Rope, Waterfront), born in Charleston, West Virginia (d. 2015)
- Nov 20 Pernell Charity, American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, born in Waverly, Virginia (d. 1979)
- Nov 21 Ralph Meeker [Rathgeber], American actor (Mister Roberts, Anderson Tapes, Night Stalker), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1988)
Stan Musial (1920-2013)
Nov 21 American Baseball HOF outfielder (24 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1942, 44, 46; NL MVP 1943, 46, 48; 7 × NL batting champion; St Louis Cardinals), born in Donora, Pennsylvania
- Nov 22 Anne Crawford, British film actress (Knights of the Round Table), born in Haifa, Palestine (d. 1956)
- Nov 23 Chalmers Wylie, American politician (Rep-R-Ohio, 1967-93), born in Norwich, Ohio (d. 1998)
- Nov 23 Herman Nieland, Dutch organist, pianist, composer (Te Deum Laudamus; Blätterlos), and educator, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1993)
- Nov 23 Paul Celan [Antschell], German-Romanian poet (Collected Prose), born in Cernăuți, Romania (d. 1970)
- Nov 24 Anthony Griffin, British Royal Navy admiral (Controller of the Navy, 1971–75; chairman of British Shipbuilders 1977–80), born in Peshawar, British India (d. 1996)
- Nov 25 Noel Neill, American actress (Adventures of Superman), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2016)
- Nov 25 Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor (Fantasy Island, Star Trek II, Naked Gun), born in Mexico City (d. 2009)
- Nov 25 Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail, King of Malaysia (d. 2000)
- Nov 26 Daniel Petrie, Canadian television and movie director, born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada (d. 2004)
- Nov 26 István Sárközy, Hungarian composer, born in Pesterzsébet, Budapest, Hungary (d. 2002)
- Nov 26 Paul Rodenko, Dutch poet and author (Stolen Lover), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1976)
- Nov 27 Abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer striker (47 caps; SC Heerenveen 395 games, SC Enschede, Enschedese Boys), born in Heerenveen, Netherlands (d. 1985)
- Nov 27 Buster Merryfield, British actor (Only Fools and Horses), born in London, England (d. 1999)
- Nov 27 Elaine Greene, American-British literary agent (Arthur Miller, Dr Seuss), born in New York City (d. 1995)
- Nov 27 John Richard Ravensdale, British historian (d. 1994)
- Nov 27 Johnny Schmitz, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1946, 48; NL saves leader 1946), born in Wausau, Wisconsin (d. 2011)
- Nov 27 Max Tripels, Dutch politician, lawyer, and director, born in Maastricht, Netherlands (d. 1993)
- Nov 28 Cecilia Colledge, British figure skater (World C'ship gold ladies singles 1937; Olympic silver 1936; first female to land a two rotation jump), born in London, England (d. 2008)
- Nov 29 Joseph Shivers, American chemist and inventor of Spandex, born in Marlton, New Jersey (d. 2014) [1]
- Nov 29 Yegor Ligachev, Soviet politician (ally then challenger to Gorbachev), born in Dubinkino, Tomsk, Soviet Union (d. 2021)
- Nov 30 Virginia Mayo [Jones], American actress (The Best Years of Our Lives, Out of the Blue, White Heat), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 2005)
Famous Deaths
- Nov 2 Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburgs coal basin), dies at 73
Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920)
Nov 8 Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1901-05), dies at 83
- Nov 8 Salomon Anski, Russian-Polish yiddish author (Dibboek), dies at 57
- Nov 21 Caryl Florio [William James Robjohn], English-American composer, dies at 77
- Nov 22 Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet (b. 1884)
- Nov 23 Mohammed ibn Addoellah, Somalian resistances leader "Mad Molla", dies
- Nov 25 Gaston Chevrolet, French auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1920), dies in a racing accident at 28
- Nov 26 Howard Taylor, American tennis player (US National C'ships doubles 1879; singles 1884, 86, 87, 88 runner-up), dies at 55
