Historical Events
- Nov 1 National Birth Control League & Voluntary Parenthood League merge as American Birth Control League
Anna Christie
Nov 2 Eugene O'Neill's play "Anna Christie" premieres in NYC
- Nov 4 Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated by a right wing fanatic in Tokyo
Brown Shirts
Nov 4 The Sturmabteilung or SA (the "Brown Shirts") is formally established by Adolf Hitler
Fascist Party
Nov 9 Partito Nazionalista Fascista formed in Italy by Benito Mussolini at Third Fascist Congress in Rome
Tomb of Unknown Soldier
Nov 11 US President Warren G. Harding dedicates Tomb of Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery
- Nov 12 Washington Conference for Limitation of Armaments
- Nov 13 US, France, Japan and British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty
- Nov 14 The Communist Party of Spain is founded
- Nov 15 KYW-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions
- Nov 21 The trial of the accused of the Bulhoek Massacre commences in South Africa
- Nov 23 US President Warren G. Harding signs Willis Campbell Act (Beer Emergency Bill) forbidding doctors prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes
- Nov 26 Danish composer Rued Langgaard's "Music of the Spheres" (Sfærernes Musik) premieres at Konzerthaus in Karlsruhe, Germany; it is not performed in Denmark until 1969
- Nov 28 Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha (Baha'i festival-Qawl 6, 78)
- Nov 29 Coldest day in November in Netherlands -14.0°C
- Nov 29 Zoel Parenteau and André Picard's musical "Kiki" opens at the Belasco Theatre, NYC; runs for 233 performances
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 1 Ilse Aichinger, Austrian writer (Die größere Hoffnung), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2016)
- Nov 1 Jan Tausinger, Romanian-Czech violist and composer, born in Piatra Neamţ, Romania (d. 1980)
- Nov 1 John W. Peterson, American hymn writer ("It Took a Miracle"), publisher and editor (Singspiration), born in Lindsborg, Kansas (d. 2006)
- Nov 2 Bill Mosienko, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (fastest hat trick in NHL history, 21 seconds 1952; 5-time All Star), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 1994)
- Nov 2 Fernando Correia de Oliveira, Portuguese composer, born in Porto, Portugal (d. 2004)
- Nov 2 Shepard Menken, American voice and character actor (The Wild Wild West), born in New York City (d. 1999)
- Nov 2 William Donald Schaefer, American politician (Gov-D-Md), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2011)
Charles Bronson (1921-2003)
Nov 3 American actor (Magnificent Seven, Death Wish, The Dirty Dozen), born in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania [1]
- Nov 4 Antonio Ruiz Soler, Spanish flamenco dancer and choreographer, born in Seville, Spain (d. 1996)
- Nov 5 (Lawrence) "Red" Wootten, American country and western (The Whippoorwills, Gene Autry), jazz (Red Norvo; Tony Pastor), and session acoustic and electric bassist, born in Social Circle, Georgia
- Nov 5 Fawzia Fuad, Egyptian princess who became Queen of Iran as the first wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, born in Ras el-Tin Palace, Alexandria, Sultanate of Egypt (d. 2013)
- Nov 5 György Cziffra, Hungarian-French pianist (Chopin/Liszt), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1994)
- Nov 6 Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricket all-rounder, captain (NZ 12 Tests @ 31.22, 16 wickets), born in Gore, Southland (d. 2006)
- Nov 6 James Jones, American novelist (Bad Blood, From Here to Eternity), born in Robinson, Illinois (d. 1977)
- Nov 7 Jack Fleck, American golfer (US Open 1955), born in Bettendorf, Iowa (d. 2014)
- Nov 8 Douglas Townsend, American composer, born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2012)
- Nov 8 Gene Saks, American actor and director (One & Only, Prisoner of 2nd Ave), born in New York City (d. 2015)
- Nov 8 Jerome Hines [Heinz], American operatic bass (I am The Way), born in Hollywood, California (d. 2003)
- Nov 9 Ivo Rudolph Jarosy, German-British film scholar and exhibitor, born in Berlin (d. 1996)
- Nov 9 Pierrette Alarie, Canadian operatic soprano, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2011)
- Nov 9 Silvio O. Conte, American politician (Rep-R-MA, 1959-91), born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts (d. 1991)
- Nov 9 Viktor Chukarin, Soviet gymnast (Olympic gold 1952, 56), born in Mariupol, Ukraine (d. 1984)
- Nov 11 Ron Greenwood, English soccer defender (Brentford) and manager (West Ham Utd 1961-74; FA Cup 1964, European Cup Winners' Cup 1965; England 1977-82), born in Worsthorne, England (d. 2006)
- Nov 11 Terrel Bell, American politician (2nd United States Secretary of Education 1981-84), born in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho (d. 1996)
- Nov 12 Robert Fleming, Canadian composer, born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (d. 1976)
- Nov 13 Eddie Calhoun, American jazz bassist, born in Clarksdale, Mississippi (d. 1994)
- Nov 13 Joonas Kokkonen, Finnish composer (The Last Temptations), born in Iisalmi, Finland (d. 1996)
- Nov 13 Yoshiro Irino, Japanese composer, born in Vladivostok, Russia (d. 1980)
- Nov 14 Brian Keith, American actor (Family Affair, Loneliest Runner, The Parent Trap), born in Bayonne, New Jersey (d. 1997)
- Nov 16 Ethel Gabriel (nee Nagy), American record producer and label executive (RCA, 1943-84), born in Milmont Park, Pennsylvania (d. 2021)
- Nov 17 Albert Bertelsen, Danish painter and graphic artist, born in Vejle, Denmark (d. 2019)
- Nov 19 (Emmanuel) "Emil" Braginsky, Soviet Russian screenwriter (The Irony of Fate), born in Moscow, USSR (d. 1998)
- Nov 19 Géza Anda, Hungarian-Swiss concert pianist (Mozart; Bartók), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1976)
- Nov 19 Peter Ruckman, American Baptist minister and founder of Pensacola Bible Institute in Pensacola, Florida, born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 2016)
Roy Campanella (1921-1993)
Nov 19 American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher (NL MVP 1951, 53, 55; World Series 1955; 8 x MLB All Star; Brooklyn Dodgers), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Nov 20 Daniel "Dan" Frazer, American actor (Kojak, Take the Money and Run), born in New York City (d. 2011)
- Nov 20 Jim Garrison, American district attorney, politician and judge, born in Denison, Iowa (d. 1992)
- Nov 20 Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (Nora, Fort Worth), born in Portland, Maine (d. 2012)
- Nov 21 Vivian Blaine, American actress (Guys & Dolls, Skirts Ahoy), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1995)
- Nov 22 Brian Cleeve, Irish broadcaster (d. 2003)
Rodney Dangerfield (1921-2004)
Nov 22 American comedian and actor (Caddyshack), born in Babylon, New York
- Nov 23 Ferdinando "Fred" Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1960)
- Nov 23 Jack Marshall, American jazz and session guitarist, film and television composer, arranger, and record producer (Capitol Records), born in El Dorado, Kansas (d. 1973)
- Nov 24 John Lindsay, American politician (Mayor of New York 1966-73, Rep-D-NY 1959-65), born in New York City (d. 2000)
- Nov 25 Stanley Ho, Chinese casino tycoon who transformed Macao, born in Hong Kong (d. 2020)
- Nov 26 Françoise Gilot, French painter, designer, and author (Life with Picasso), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France (d. 2023)
- Nov 26 Verghese Kurien, Indian engineer (billion-litre idea), born in Calicut, India (d. 2012)
Alexander Dubček (1921-1992)
Nov 27 Slovak politician who headed the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and was deposed after the Soviet invasion, born in Uhrovec, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
Famous Deaths
- Nov 4 Takasji Hara, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan (1918-21), assassinated by right wing fanatic at 65
- Nov 5 Antoinette Brown Blackwell, American minister (1st ordained US female minister), dies at 96
- Nov 8 Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet (b. 1849)
- Nov 12 Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter and sculptor, dies at 63
- Nov 14 Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (while serving as regent signed law abolishing slavery), dies in exile at 75
- Nov 17 John McLaren, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1912), dies
- Nov 17 Pa Chay Vue, Hmong Nationalist
- Nov 27 Douglas Colin Cameron, Canadian politician (b. 1854)
- Nov 28 `Abdu'l-Bahá, Persian leader of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1844)
- Nov 29 Ivan Caryll [Félix Tilkin], Belgian composer of operetta and musical comedy (The Shop Girl; The Spring Chicken; The Pink Lady), dies at 60
