Historical Events
Sports History
Nov 1 Detroit pitcher Denny McLain is named unanimous AL Cy Young Award winner after finishing MLB season, 31-6 for World Series winning Tigers
- Nov 1 Motion Picture Association of America introduces rating system (G, M, R, X)
Music History
Nov 1 Musical revue "Noël Coward's Sweet Potato" opens at Booth Theater, NYC; runs for 36 performances
- Nov 1 University of Suriname opens
- Nov 2 "Her First Roman" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 17 performances
- Nov 2 A banned march in Derry, North Ireland, by members of the Derry Citizen's Action Committee (DCAC) is joined by thousands; due to the number of people taking part, the Royal Ulster Constabulary is unable to prevent it
Election of Interest
Nov 3 Bob Packwood is elected senator of Oregon
Sports History
Nov 3 David Pearson is declared NASCAR Grand National champion as Cale Yarborough wins season ending Peach State 200 at Jefferson, Georgia; Pearson finishes 126 points ahead of Bobby Isaac to secure his 2nd title
F1 World Champion
Nov 3 English Lotus driver Graham Hill wins his 2nd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by taking out the Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez; wins title by 12 points from Scotsman Jackie Stewart
- Nov 3 Ex-Prime Minister of Greece Georgios Papandreou buried. 300,000 demonstrate against fascist junta
- Nov 3 New York Jets kicker Jim Turner lands 6 field goals and an extra point to beat Buffalo Bills, 25-21 at Shea Stadium
Wichita Lineman
Nov 4 "Wichita Lineman" 12th album by Glen Campbell is released (Billboard Album of the Year, 1969)
- Nov 4 Battles between Jordanian army & Al Fatah-arm forces
Meeting of Interest
Nov 4 Northern Ireland Prime Minister Terence O'Neill meets British Prime Minister Harold Wilson for talks on Northern Ireland; Wilson states no change of constitutional position of Northern Ireland possible without consent of the its people
- Nov 4 WRDU (now WPTF) TV channel 28 in Raleigh-Durham, NC (NBC) 1st broadcast
- Nov 4 WTOG TV channel 44 in St Petersburg-Tampa, FL (IND) 1st broadcast
- Nov 5 1st AL pitcher to win MVP, Denny McLain (wins unanimously)
Election of Interest
Nov 5 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. re-elected as congressman from New York in general election
Election of Interest
Nov 5 Republican candidate Richard Nixon is elected President of the United States, defeating Democrat candidate Hubert Humphrey and Independent candidate George Wallace
Film Premiere
Nov 6 Psychedelic feature film "Head" starring the Monkees, and co-written by Jack Nicholson, a premieres in New York City
Derry Loyalist March
Nov 9 Ian Paisley and Ronald Bunting lead a Loyalist march to the Diamond area of Derry, North Ireland
With A Little Help From My Friends
Nov 9 Joe Cocker's version of The Beatles song "With A Little Help From My Friends" becomes No. 1 single in the UK
- Nov 9 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
- Nov 10 Launch of Zond 6, 2nd unmanned circumlunar & return flight
Mário Soares Released
Nov 10 Portuguese socialist Mário Soares released from banishment in Sao Tomé under new regieme of Marcello Caetano
Lennon and Ono Nude
Nov 11 John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "Two Virgins" album
- Nov 11 Maldives (in Indian Ocean) becomes a republic
- Nov 11 Ron Hill sets record 10-mile run (46:44) at Leicester England
- Nov 12 KSEL (now KAMC) TV channel 28 in Lubbock, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Nov 12 US Supreme Court: Epperson v. Arkansas, court declares unconstitutional Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools
Elvin Hayes
Nov 13 As a rookie, future Basketball Hall of Fame forward Elvin Hayes scores 54 points in San Diego Rockets' 122-120 win over Detroit Pistons, a career-high
- Nov 13 William Craig, Home Affairs Minister, bans all marches, with the exception of 'customary' parades, in Derry, Northern Ireland; the exception of 'customary' parades meant that Loyalist institutions could parade but civil rights marches could not
- Nov 14 "National Turn in Your Draft Card Day" features draft card burning
- Nov 14 First European lung transplant
- Nov 14 U.S. premiere of film version of Morris L. West's best seller "The Shoes of the Fisherman"
- Nov 14 Yale University announces it is going co-educational
Ball Four
Nov 15 1st date in controversial Jim Bouton baseball diary "Ball Four"
- Nov 16 The Derry Citizens Action Committee defies a ban on marches in Derry, Northern Ireland, by marching with an estimated 15,000 people
- Nov 17 "Heidi Game", NBC cuts to show "Heidi" and misses Raider's rally to beat Jets, 43-32
- Nov 17 Alexandros Panagoulis is condemned to death for attempting to assassinate Greek dictator George Papadopoulos
Music History
Nov 17 Beatle George Harrison makes cameo appearance on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour"
Zorba
Nov 17 John Kander and Fred Ebbs' musical "Zorba" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 305 performances
Campbell, Wynette Win
Nov 20 2nd Country Music Association Awards: Glen Campbell and Tammy Wynette win
- Nov 20 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Nov 21 Cin trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
Nov 21 The Supremes & The Temptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"
- Nov 22 1st interracial TV kiss (Star Trek - Captain Kirk and Uhura)
Northern Ireland Catholic Concessions
Nov 22 Terence O'Neill, then Northern Ireland Prime Minister, announced a package of reform measures granting concessions to the Catholic minority, in response to protest movement
- Nov 22 The Beatles release "The Beatles" (White Album), their only double album
- Nov 22 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Nov 23 Milwaukee Bucks make their 1st NBA trade, giving Bob Love & Bob Weiss to Chicago Bulls for Flynn Robinson
- Nov 23 Musical revue "Noël Coward's Sweet Potato" closes at Booth Theatre, NYC, after 44 performances
- Nov 25 15th National Film Awards (India): "Hatey Bazarey" wins the Golden Lotus
O.J. Simpson
Nov 26 34th Heisman Trophy Award: O.J. Simpson, Southern Cal (RB)
- Nov 26 Rock band Cream gives "final" concert at Royal Albert Hall, London, England - but re-unites briefly for a short tour in 2005
- Nov 28 John Lennon is fined £150 for unauthorized drug possession
Two Virgins
Nov 29 John Lennon and Yoko Ono release their 1st album "Two Virgins" in UK
- Nov 30 33rd Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 24-16 in Birmingham
- Nov 30 A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Armagh is stopped by Royal Ulster Constabulary because of the presence of a Loyalist counter demonstration led by Ian Paisley and Ronald Bunting
- Nov 30 CFL Grey Cup, CNE Stadium, Toronto: Ottawa Rough Riders defeat Calgary Stampeder, 24-21; MVP Vic Washington's 79-yard TD run remains a Grey Cup record
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 1 Kent Graham, American NFL quarterback (New York Giants), born in Winfield, Illinois
- Nov 1 Park Shin-yang, South Korean actor (The Letter, A Promise), born in Gonghang-dong, Seoul
- Nov 2 Brandi Brandt, American Playboy playmate (October, 1987). convicted of drug smuggling, born in Santa Clara, California
- Nov 3 Antonio Pettigrew, American athlete (World C'ship gold 400m 1991), born in Macon, Georgia (d. 2010)
- Nov 3 Debbie Rochon, Canadian actress (Tromeo & Juliet), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Nov 3 Kleber Mendonca Filho, Brazilian film director (Bacurau,), born in Recife, Brazil
- Nov 3 Lee Germon, New Zealand cricket wicketkeeper and captain (12 Tests, 29 dismissals; 37 ODIs), born in Christchurch, Canterbury
- Nov 3 Paul Quantrill, Canadian baseball pitcher and coach (MLB All Star 2001; Toronto Blue Jays), born in London, Ontario
- Nov 4 Carlos Baerga, Puerto Rican infielder (Cleveland Indians), born in Puerto Rico
- Nov 4 Domingo Cedeno, Dominican infielder (Toronto Blue Jays), born in La Ramona, Dominican Republic
- Nov 4 Osvaldo Fernandez, Cuban MLB pitcher (SF Giants), born in Holguin, Cuba
- Nov 5 Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Spanish actress (A Walk in the Clouds), born in Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Nov 5 Bob Dahl, American NFL guard (Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Nov 5 Cary Blanchard, American NFL kicker (Indianapolis Colts), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2016)
- Nov 5 Malcolm Frank, CFL cornerback (Edmonton Eskimos)
Sam Rockwell (55 years old)
Nov 5 American actor (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), born in Daly, California
- Nov 6 Alfred Williams, American College Football HOF defensive end (University of Colorado; Super Bowl 1997, 98 SF 49ers; First-team All-Pro & Pro Bowl 1996 Denver Broncos), born in Houston, Texas
- Nov 6 Chad Curtis, American outfielder (NY Yankees, Detroit Tigers), born in Marion, Indiana
- Nov 6 Edward Linskens, Dutch soccer player (PSV), born in Venray, Netherlands
- Nov 6 Javier Astúa, Costa Rican soccer forward (13 caps; Puntarenas FC), and manager (Puntarenas FC), born in Quepos, Costa Rica (d. 2022)
- Nov 6 Jerry Yang, Taiwanese-born American entrepreneur (co-founder of Yahoo!, Inc.), born in Taipei, Taiwan
- Nov 6 Kelly Rutherford, American actress (Generations, Gossip Girl), born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky
- Nov 7 Greg Tribbett, American musician (Mudvayne), born in Peoria, Illinois
- Nov 7 Mark Preston, Australian businessman and motorsport professional, born in Geelong, Victoria, Australia
- Nov 7 Russ Springer, American MLB pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Alexandria, Louisiana
- Nov 8 Jose Offerman, Dominican infielder (KC Royals), born in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
- Nov 8 Keith Jones, Canadian NHL right wing, 1992-2000 (Washington Capitals, Philadelphia Flyers, and 1 other team), broadcaster. 2005-23 (NBC, Philadelphia Flyers), and team executive, 2023-present (Philadelphia), born in Brantford, Ontario
- Nov 8 Michelle Kline, American speed skater (Olympics 1994), born in Golden Valley, Minnesota
- Nov 8 Parker Posey, American actress (Tess Shelby-As the World Turns), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- Nov 8 Sergio Porrini, Italian footballer, born in Milan, Italy
- Nov 8 Zara Whites, Dutch actress, born in Hoeksche Waard, Netherlands
- Nov 9 Jeff Brady, American NFL linebacker (Minnesota Vikings), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Nov 9 Nazzareno Carusi, Italian pianist, born in Celano, Italy
- Nov 10 Calvin Tiggle, CFL linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
- Nov 10 Jeffrey Kooistra, Dutch soccer player (SC Heerenveen/NEC), born in Amsterdam
- Nov 10 Lissa Maria Sneck, ice hockey goalie (Finland, Olympics 1998)
- Nov 10 Lonnie Marts, American NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Bucs, Tennessee Oilers), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Nov 10 Steve Brookstein, English singer who won the first series of The X Factor, born in Mitcham, England
- Nov 11 David L. Cook, American Christian country singer and comedian, born in Pascagoula, Mississippi
- Nov 11 John Jett, American NFL punter (Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions), born in Richmond, Virginia
- Nov 11 Lin Elliott, American NFL kicker (KC Chiefs), born in Euless, Texas
- Nov 11 Wyatt Pauley, Ecuadorean rocker (Linear-I Never Felt This Way, Lies), born in Ecuador
- Nov 12 Aaron Stainthorpe, British singer (My Dying Bride), born in England, United Kingdom
- Nov 12 Aya Hisakawa, Japanese voice actress and singer, born in Kaizuka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- Nov 12 Glenn Gilberti, American professional wrestler, born in Brooklyn, New York
- Nov 12 Irina Privalova, Russian runner, born in Malakhovka, Soviet Union
- Nov 12 Nick D'Virgilio, American progressive rock drummer (Spock's Beard), born in Whittier, California
Sammy Sosa (55 years old)
Nov 12 Dominican baseball outfielder (Chicago Cubs), born in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
- Nov 13 Mark Fitzpatrick, NHL goalie (Florida Panthers), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Nov 13 Pat Hentgen, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Nov 13 Tami Whitlinger-Jones, American tennis star (1995 Futures-Sedona), born in Neenah, Wisconsin
- Nov 14 Bob Christian, NFL running back (Carolina Panthers, Atlanta Falcons)
- Nov 14 Brian Yale, American bass guitarist (Matchbox Twenty - "If You're Gone"), born in Carmel, California
- Nov 14 Kent Bottenfield, pitcher (Chicago Cubs), born in Portland, Oregon
- Nov 14 Lionel Simmons, American basketball forward (NCAA Player of the Year 1990, La Salle Uni; Sacramento Kings), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Nov 14 Serge Postigo, Canadian actor
- Nov 15 James Brady, columnist (NY Post), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Nov 15 Jennifer Charles [Zipken], American singer-songwriter, guitarist and poet (Elysian Fields), born in Washington, D.C.
- Nov 15 Ol' Dirty Bastard [Russell Jones], American rapper (Wu Tang Clan), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2004)
- Nov 16 Chris Haney, American baseball pitcher (KC Royals), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- Nov 16 Ebrahim Essop-Adam, cricketer (one ODI for Zimbabwe 1992)
- Nov 16 Vlado Šola, Croatian handball goalkeeper
- Nov 17 Robin Li [Li Yanhong], Chinese founder of the Chinese search engine Baidu, born in Yangquan, Shanxi
- Nov 17 Sean Miller, American basketball coach
- Nov 18 Barry Hunter, Irish soccer defender (14 caps Northern Ireland; Wrexham, Reading) and manager (Rushden & Diamonds), born in Coleraine, Northern Ireland
- Nov 18 Gary Sheffield, outfielder (Florida Marlins), born in Tampa, Florida
- Nov 18 Mel Stewart, American swimmer (Olympic gold 1992), born in Gastonia, North Carolina
- Nov 18 Milica Vukadinovic, WNBA guard (Charlotte Sting)
Owen Wilson (55 years old)
Nov 18 American actor (Meet the Parents, Zoolander), born in Dallas, Texas
- Nov 18 Romany Malco, American actor (Weeds, No Ordinary Family), rapper and music producer (College Boyz - "Victim of the Ghetto"), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Nov 20 Jeff Tarango, American tennis player (famously defaults match 1995 Wimbledon), born in Manhattan Beach, California
- Nov 20 Keith Rucker, NFL defensive tackle (Cin Bengals), born in University Park, Illinois
- Nov 21 Alex James, English rock bassist (Blur - "Girls & Boys", "Country House"), born in Boscombe, England
- Nov 21 Andy Caddick, English cricket fast bowler (62 Tests, 234 wickets; 54 ODIs, 69 wickets; Somerset), born in Christchurch, New Zealand
- Nov 21 Antonio Tarver, light heavyweight boxer (Olympics-br-96), born in Orlando, Florida
- Nov 21 Christopher Noxon, American journalist
- Nov 21 Tamara Gorski, Canadian actress (Mrs, 'Arris Goes to Paris), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Nov 22 Daedra Charles, WNBA forward/center (LA Sparks)
- Nov 22 Darryl Hardy, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
- Nov 22 Irina Privalova, Russian 100m/200m/400m runner
- Nov 22 Rasmus Lerdorf, Greenlandic computer programmer
- Nov 23 Hamid Hassani, Iranian scholar and lexicographer, born in Saqqez, Iran
- Nov 23 Kirsty Young, Scottish television journalist, born in East Kilbride, United Kingdom
- Nov 24 Bülent Korkmaz, Turkish footballer
- Nov 24 Dawn Robinson, American singer (En Vogue), born in New London, Connecticut (or 1965)
- Nov 24 Gregory Pardlo, American poet ("Digest" - Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 2015), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1]
Todd Beamer (1968-2001)
Nov 24 American passenger and hero on United Airlines Flight 93, born in Flint, Michigan
- Nov 25 Erick Sermon, American rap music artist (EPMD), born in Brentwood, New York
- Nov 25 Jory Husain, actor (Jawaharial-Head of the Class), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Nov 26 Haluk Levent, Turkish rock musician (founded NGO Ahbap), born in Adana, Turkey
- Nov 26 Steve Lofton, American NFL cornerback (Carolina Panthers, NE Patriots), born in Jacksonville, Texas
- Nov 27 Michael Vartan, French American actor (Alias), born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France
- Nov 28 Jonathan Brown, American rower (Olympic 5th 1996), born in New York City
- Nov 29 Dany Garcia, American producer (works with The Rock), born in Belleville, New Jersey
- Nov 29 Dee Brown, American NBA guard (Boston Celtics), born in Jacksonville, Florida
- Nov 29 Jiri Veber, Czech hockey player (Team Czech Rep), born in Praha, Czech Republic
- Nov 29 Jonathan Knight, American pop singer (New Kids on the Block), born in Worcester, Massachusetts
- Nov 30 Des'ree [Desirée Weeks], English pop singer ("Feel So High"; "You Gotta Be"; "Life"), born in Croydon, England
- Nov 30 DuShon Monique Brown, American actor (Prison Break, Connie-Chicago Fire), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2018)
- Nov 30 Laurent Jalabert, French road cyclist (Tour de France points 1992, 95; mountains 2001-2), born in Mazamet, France
Famous Weddings
Robert Plant
Nov 9 British "Led Zeppelin" singer Robert Plant (19) weds British student Maureen Wilson (19) in West Bromwich, England; divorce in 1983
Famous Divorces
John Lennon
Nov 8 Cynthia Lennon is granted a divorce from The Beatles member John Lennon
John Wayne Gacy
Nov 9 Serial killer John Wayne Gacy (26) divorces first wife Marlynn Myers after 4 years of marriage
Famous Deaths
- Nov 1 Georgios Papandreou, Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece (1944–45, 1963, 1964–65 dies at 80
- Nov 2 Ernst Hess, Swiss composer, dies at 56
- Nov 3 Vern Stephens, American baseball shortstop (8 x MLB All Star; AL HR leader 1945; 3×AL RBI leader; St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox), dies of a heart attack at 48
- Nov 4 Michel Kikoine, Belarusian painter (b. 1892)
- Nov 4 Paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer and author, dies at 78
- Nov 5 Estelle Hemsley, American actress (Leech Woman, Take a Giant Step), dies at 81
- Nov 5 Robert Ayres, actor (Battle Beneath the Earth), dies at 54
- Nov 6 Charles B. McVay III, American naval officer, Commander of the USS Indianapolis when it sank, commits suicide at 70
- Nov 6 Charles Münch, French violinist, and conductor (Boston Symphony, 1949-62; Orchestre de Paris, 1967-68), dies of a heart attack at 77
- Nov 6 Guillaume Landré, Dutch composer, dies at 63
- Nov 7 Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician, dies at 62
- Nov 7 Willem A. Wagenaar, Dutch journalist and author (3,000 meter), dies at 67
- Nov 8 James "Kokomo" Arnold, American blues slide guitarist, and singer, dies at 67 [or 72]
- Nov 8 Wendell Corey, American actor (Rear Window, 11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl), dies from a liver ailment at 54
- Nov 9 Gerald Mohr, American radio and screen actor (The Angry Red Planet; The Sniper; Foreign Intrigue), dies of a heart attack at 54
- Nov 9 Jan Johansson, Swedish jazz pianist, dies at 37
Wally Grout (1927-1968)
Nov 9 Australian cricket wicketkeeper (51 Tests, 187 dismissals, 3 x 50s), dies from a heart attack at 41
- Nov 10 Murk Daniel Ozinga, Dutch art historian (Monuments of Curacao), dies at 65
- Nov 11 Janet Sobel [Jennie Olechovsky], Ukrainian-American abstract expressionist and drip-paint pioneering artist (Milky Way), dies at 75
- Nov 11 Jeanne Demessieux, French organist and composer (Te Deum), dies at 47
- Nov 16 Greet Hofmans, faith healer of Dutch queen Juliana, dies at 74
- Nov 16 Paul Coates, American columnist (Tonight! America After Dark), dies at 48
- Nov 17 Mervyn Peake, British writer and illustrator (Gormenghast books), dies at 57
- Nov 17 Wilhelm Lehmann, German writer, dies at 86
- Nov 18 Walter Wanger [Feuchtwanger], American film producer (Cleopatra), dies at 74
- Nov 20 Cathy Lewis, American actress (Deidre-Hazel), dies of cancer at 50
- Nov 20 Helen Gardner, American silent film actress (Sandra), dies at 84
- Nov 25 Marcel Labey, French conductor and composer, dies at 93
- Nov 25 Paul Siple, American explorer of the Antarctic. (b. 1908)
- Nov 25 Phil Lord, actor (Stud's Place), dies at 89
Enid Blyton (1897-1968)
Nov 28 English children's writer, fifth most popular author in the world (Famous Five, Secret Seven, The Adventure), dies at 71
