Historical Events
- Nov 1 1st US air raid shelter, Fleetwood, Pa
- Nov 1 Dutch "Curfew" forms (12 AM - 4 AM)
- Nov 4 Eggs & cake rationed in Netherlands
- Nov 5 Dutch submarine departs Dundee
Election of Interest
Nov 5 Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected President of the United States for an unprecedented third term, defeating Republican candidate Wendell Willkie
Sports History
Nov 5 Walter Johnson, won 416 games for Washington Senators, loses Maryland congressional race (R)
- Nov 6 Franklin D. Roosevelt re-elected US President
- Nov 7 Stravinsky's Symfonie in C premieres in Chicago
- Nov 7 Tacoma Narrows (Galloping Gertie) Bridge collapses, Wash
Munich Bombed
Nov 8 RAF bombs Munich, Adolf Hitler promises "an attack on the capital of the Nazi movement would not go unpunished"
- Nov 10 Pittsburgh Steelers & Philadelphia Eagles play one of only 4 penalty free games in NFL history; Steelers win 7-3 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh
Walt Disney FBI Informer
Nov 10 Walt Disney begins serving as an informer for the Los Angeles office of the FBI; his job is to report back information on Hollywood subversives.
- Nov 11 Blizzard strikes midwestern US killing over 100
- Nov 11 British Fleet Air Arm attack destroys half of Italian fleet at Taranto
- Nov 11 Thousands of Paris students lay a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Soldier
- Nov 11 Willys unveiled its General Purpose vehicle ("Jeep")
- Nov 12 Blizzard strikes North American midwest, 154 die (69 on boat on Great Lakes)
- Nov 13 Walt Disney's animated film "Fantasia", starring Leopold Stokowski, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Mickey Mouse, and ballet dancing hippopotamuses, premieres at the Broadway Theatre, New York City
- Nov 14 During WW II, German planes destroy most of Coventry, England
- Nov 15 1st 75,000 men called to armed forces duty during peacetime
- Nov 15 NY Midtown tunnel linking Manhattan and Queens opens to traffic
- Nov 16 World War II: In response to Germany's leveling of Coventry, England two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
- Nov 17 Green Bay Packers become 1st NFL team to travel by plane
- Nov 18 George Matesky, New York City's Mad Bomber places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.
- Nov 19 Belgian King Leopold III visits Adolf Hitler
- Nov 19 First major German air raid on Birmingham - about 440 bombers kill 450
- Nov 20 World War II: Hungary, Romania and Slovakia join the Axis Powers
- Nov 21 Nazi occupiers forbid building schools in Netherlands
- Nov 22 500 students in Delft demonstrate against Nazis
- Nov 23 1st edition of illegal "The Truth" publishes
- Nov 23 Romania signs Tripartite Pact
'Hitler Will Have to Break Us or Lose the War'
Nov 24 The Blitz: Luftwaffe bombs Bristol city centre, killing 200 people in the first German raid on the city
- Nov 25 First flights of the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.
Tom Harmon's
Nov 25 Football team University of Michigan retires Tom Harmon's #98
- Nov 25 Nazi Intelligence agency Sicherheitsdienst (SD) arrests Dutch resistance fighter Bernard Ijzerdraat, founder of De Geuzen
- Nov 25 SS Patria carrying illegal immigrants sinks in port of Haifa, 200 die
- Nov 25 Woody Woodpecker debuts with release of Walter Lantz's "Knock Knock"
- Nov 26 Leidse students strike
- Nov 26 Nazi Germany began walling off the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw
- Nov 27 6th Heisman Trophy Award: Tom Harmon, Michigan (HB)
- Nov 28 Dutch law professor Rudolph Cleveringa arrested by Nazis
- Nov 30 CFL Grey Cup (Game 1), Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Ottawa beats Toronto Balmy Beach, 8-2
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 1 Barry Sadler, American soldier, singer, and songwriter ("The Ballad Of The Green Berets"), born in Carlsbad, New Mexico (d. 1989)
- Nov 1 Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, 35th Chief Justice of India, born in Guna, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Nov 2 Ed Budde, American football guard (Pro Bowl 1970, 71; Super Bowl IV KC Chiefs; 5 × AFL All-Star; First-team All-AFL 1966, 69), born in Highland Park, Michigan (d. 2023)
- Nov 2 Gigi Proletti, Italian actor, director and singer (Alleluja brava gente), born in Rome, Italy
- Nov 2 Jim Bakken, American NFL punter and place kicker (Pro Bowl 1965, 67, 75-76; St. Louis Cardinals), born in Madison, Wisconsin
- Nov 3 Charlie Gallagher, Scottish soccer inside forward (2 caps Republic of Ireland; Celtic, Dumbarton), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2021)
- Nov 3 Dieter Acker, German composer and pedagogue, born in Sibiu, Romania (d. 2006)
- Nov 4 Delbert McClinton, American blues-rock singer, guitarist, and harmonica player (Bruce Channel - "Hey! Baby"; "Giving It Up for Your Love"), born in Lubbock, Texas
- Nov 5 Elke Sommer [Elke Schletz], German actress (A Shot in the Dark, The Oscar), born in Berlin, Germany
- Nov 6 Dieter F. Uchtdorf, German aviator and religious leader (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), born in Moravská Ostrava
- Nov 6 Ruth Messinger, Manhattan Borough President and President of the American Jewish World Service, born in New York City
- Nov 7 Guido Provoost, Belgian historian, born in Bruges, Belgium (d. 1981)
- Nov 9 Sergio Cervetti, Uruguayan composer (The Bottom of the Iceberg; Lucet in Tenebris), born in Dolores, Uruguay
- Nov 10 (David) "Screaming Lord" Sutch, English rocker ("Jack The Ripper"), and politician (founder of Official Monster Raving Loony Party), born in Hampstead, London (d. 1999)
- Nov 11 Barbara Boxer, American politician (Rep-D-CA, 1983-92/Sen-D-CA, 1993-2017), born in New York City
- Nov 11 John Bahler, American session vocalist (Ron Hicklin Singers), arranger, composer, producer (The Love Generation), and conductor (Lawrence Welk Orchestra), born in New York City
- Nov 12 Jürgen Todenhöfer, German politician and journalist, born in Offenburg, Germany
- Nov 12 Michel Audet, Quebec economist and politician, born in Jonquière, Quebec
- Nov 12 Ria Hoogeweegen, Dutch wife of Dutch premier Ruud Lubbers, born in Rotterdam
- Nov 13 (Justine) "Baby" Washington, American soul singer ("That's How Heartaches Are Made"; "Only Those in Love"), born in Bamberg, South Carolina
- Nov 13 Daniel Pilon, Canadian actor, (Ryan's Hope; Dallas), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2018)
- Nov 13 Jack Birkenshaw, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests, 1 x 50, 13 wickets; Yorkshire CCC, Leicestershire CCC) and umpire (2 Tests, 6 ODIs), born in Rothwell, England
- Nov 13 Joan Haanappel, Dutch figure skater (European C'ships 3 x bronze ladies singles) and sports reporter (NOS, AVRO, ZDF, Eurosport), born in The Hague, Netherlands
- Nov 14 Freddie Garrity, British pop singer (Freddie and the Dreamers - "I'm Telling You Now"), born in Crumpsall, Manchester, England (d. 2006)
- Nov 15 Roberto Cavalli, Italian luxury fashion designer and inventor, born in Florence, Italy
- Nov 15 Sam Waterston, American actor (Capricorn One, Heaven's Gate), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Nov 15 Ulf Pilgaard, Danish actor
- Nov 16 Chris Balderstone, English cricket batsman (England, belated faced WI in 1976), born in Huddersfield, England (d. 2000)
- Nov 16 Jorge Roldán, Guatemalan soccer midfielder (43 caps; Aurora FC 380 games) and coach (Aurora FC), born in Guatemala City, Guatemala (d. 2023)
- Nov 17 Luke Kelly, Irish folk music singer and banjo player, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1984)
- Nov 17 William Simons, Welsh actor (Heartbeat - "PC Alf Ventress"), born in Swansea, Wales (d. 2019)
- Nov 18 Qaboos bin Said al Said, Omani politician and Sultan of Oman (1970-present), born in Salalah, Oman
- Nov 19 Alberto Villalpando, Bolivian composer (Phantastischen Liturgie), born in La Paz, Bolivia
- Nov 20 Erwin Wilczek, Polish soccer midfielder, forward (16 caps; Górnik Zabrze), born in Wirek, Poland (d. 2021)
- Nov 20 Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director and writer (Apple Trees; Germany, Pale Mother), born in Emden, Lower Saxony, Germany (d. 2014)
- Nov 20 Jim Horn, American session and touring saxophonist (Duane Eddy; Wrecking Crew; George Harrison), born in Los Angeles, California
- Nov 21 Natalia Makarova, a Soviet-Russian-born prima ballerina and choreographer (Kirov Ballet, 1956-70), born in Leningrad, USSR
- Nov 21 Richard Marcinko, American author
- Nov 21 Terry Dischinger, American College Basketball HOF guard (Purdue; 3 x NBA All-Star; NBA Rookie of the Year 1963 Baltimore Bullets; Detroit Pistons; Olympic gold 1960), born in Terre Haute, Indiana (d. 2023)
- Nov 22 Terry Gilliam, comedy author-animator (Monty Python), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Nov 23 Gene Visscher, American college basketball coach (Weber State University 1971-74; Northern Arizona University 1981-83), born in Muskegon, Michigan (d. 2022)
- Nov 23 Luis Tiant, Cuban baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1968, 74, 76), born in Marianao, Cuba
- Nov 24 Arthur Tress, American surrealist photographer, born in Brooklyn, New York
- Nov 24 Eric Wilson, Canadian children's author, born in Ottawa, Ontario
- Nov 24 Paul Tagliabue, American NFL commissioner, born in Jersey City, Jersey
- Nov 24 Wendell Morris Logan, American composer (Oberlin Conservatory of Music), born in Thomson, Georgia (d. 2010)
- Nov 25 Jan Jongbloed, Dutch soccer goalkeeper (24 caps; DWS 353 games, FC Amsterdam, Roda JC, Go Ahead Eagles), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2023)
Joe Gibbs (83 years old)
Nov 25 American Pro Football HOF coach (Super Bowl 1982, 87, 91 Washington Redskins; NFL Coach of the Year 1982, 83) and auto race team owner (5 × NASCAR Cup Series), born in Mocksville, North Carolina
- Nov 25 Percy Sledge, American soul singer (When A Man Loves A Woman), born in Leighton, Alabama (d. 2015)
- Nov 25 Reinhard Furrer, German physicist and astronaut (STS 22), born in Worgl, Germany
Bruce Lee (1940-1973)
Nov 27 Hong Kong-American martial artist and actor (Enter the Dragon), born in San Francisco, California
- Nov 27 John Alderton, British actor (Please, Sir!; Zardoz; Upstairs, Downstairs), born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
- Nov 27 Maciej Małecki, Polish concert pianist and composer, born in Warsaw, Poland
- Nov 28 Bruce Channel [McMeans], American singer ("Hey! Baby"), born in Jacksonville, Texas
- Nov 28 Clem Curtis, Trinidadian-British singer (The Foundations - " "Baby Now That I've Found You", "Build Me Up Buttercup"), born in Trinidad, British West Indies
- Nov 29 Charles "Chuck" Mangione, American jazz flugel horn and trumpet player ("Feels So Good"), born in Rochester, New York
- Nov 30 Glenn English, American politician (Rep-D-OK, 1975-94), born in Cordell, Oklahoma
Famous Weddings
Robert Oppenheimer
Nov 1 Theoretical physicist Robert Oppenheimer (36) weds biologist Katherine Harrison Puening
Ernest Hemingway
Nov 5 American "A Farewell to Arms" novelist Ernest Hemingway (41) weds for a third time, to American novelist and war correspondent Martha Gellhorn (31); divorce in 1945
David Lean
Nov 23 Film director David Lean (32) weds actress Kay Walsh (29)
Guy Gibson
Nov 23 RAF pilot Guy Gibson (22) weds show dancer and actress Eve Moore in Penarth’s Anglican Church
Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz
Nov 30 "I Love Lucy" actress Lucille Ball (28) weds Cuban actor and singer Desi Arnaz (23) in Greenwich, Connecticut; divorce in 1960
Famous Divorces
Ernest Hemingway
Nov 4 American "A Farewell to Arms" novelist Ernest Hemingway (41) divorces 2nd wife American journalist Pauline Pfeiffer (44) divorce after 13 years of marriage
Famous Deaths
Manuel Azaña (1880-1940)
Nov 4 Prime Minister of Spain (1931-33) and 2nd President of the Spanish Republic (1936-39), dies of a heart attack at 60 while in exile in France
- Nov 9 Stephen Alencastre, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, dies at 64
Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940)
Nov 9 British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1937-40), dies of bowel cancer at 71
- Nov 12 Alejandro Garcia Caturla, Cuban composer, dies at 34
- Nov 17 Eric Gill, British sculptor, engraver and typographer (Perpetua, Gill Sans), dies of cancer at 58
- Nov 17 Raymond Pearl, American biologist (b. 1879)
- Nov 19 Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist, dies at 75
- Nov 21 Geoffrey Legge, cricketer (WWII 196 Eng v NZ Auckland 1930), dies
- Nov 22 Wacław Rawicz [Berent], Polish biologist and writer, dies at 67
- Nov 23 Catharina van Rennes, Dutch composer, dies at 82
- Nov 24 James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish unionist politician and the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (1921-1940), dies of natural causes at 69
- Nov 24 Saionji Kinmochi, Japanese politician (Prime Minister of Japan 1906-1908, 1911-1912), dies at 90
- Nov 26 Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere, English newspaper (Daily Mail and Daily Mirror), dies at 72
- Nov 28 Nicolae Iorga, Romanian writer, literature historian and Prime Minister of Romania, murdered by fascist at 69
- Nov 30 Fritz Volbach, German conductor, musicologist and composer (Raffael), dies at 78
