Historical Events
- Nov 2 Arnold Shapiro's TV documentary "Scared Straight", narrated by Peter Falk as a controversial and questionable deterrent to juvenile delinquency, debuts on Los Angeles' KTLA-TV
- Nov 2 Crew of Soyuz 29 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 31
- Nov 2 France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll
- Nov 2 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Sports History
Nov 2 Wayne Gretzky is sold to the Edmonton Oilers after just 8 games with the Indianapolis Racers of the WHA (scoring 6 points); scores 104 points in 72 games (both teams combined) and is named WHA rookie of the year
- Nov 3 Dominica gains independence from UK & adopts constitution
- Nov 3 First broadcast of "Different Strokes" on NBC TV
- Nov 3 USSR & Vietnam sign peace & friendship treaty
Sports History
Nov 4 3rd annual reentry free-agent draft, Pete Rose, Tommy John, & Darrell Evans, available
- Nov 4 Iranian troops fire on anti-Shah student protesters by Tehran University
- Nov 4 Islanders start 15 game undefeated streak (12-0-3)
- Nov 4 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
Event of Interest
Nov 5 Iranian PM Jaafar Sharif-Emami resigns to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Sports History
Nov 5 Oakland Raider's John Madden becomes 13th coach to win 100 NFL games
- Nov 6 Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi places the country under military rule; General Gholām Reza Azhāri forms government
- Nov 7 Boston Red Sox Jim Rice wins AL MVP
- Nov 7 CDA-chairman W Aantjes resigns due to his war past
- Nov 7 Marion Barry Jr. elected as Washington, D.C.'s first African American mayor
Night & Day
Nov 8 Tom Stoppard's play "Night & Day" premieres in London
Holmes KOs Evangelist
Nov 10 Larry Holmes KOs Alfredo Evangelist in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
- Nov 10 NY Yankees trade Lyle, Rajsich, McCall, Heath and Ramos to Texas for Righetti, Mirabella, Beniquez, Jemison and Griffin
- Nov 11 Maumoon Abdul Gayoom becomes president of Maldives
- Nov 12 Gary William Friedman and Will Holt's musical "Platinum" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC; runs for 33 performances
- Nov 13 NASA launches HEAO 2
- Nov 15 183 die as Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Betrayal
Nov 15 Harold Pinter's play "Betrayal" premieres in London
- Nov 18 Leo J Ryan, American politician, and 4 others, killed in Jonestown, Guyana by members of Peoples Temple, followed by ritual mass suicide of 914 members of the religious cult
- Nov 19 "The Miracle at the Meadowlands", Eagles Herman Edwards returns a fumble for a touchdown with 31 seconds left to give Philadelphia a 19-17 victory over the rival New York Giants
Yarborough Wins a Third
Nov 19 28th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Cale Yarborough wins
- Nov 21 Bob Horner of Braves wins NL Rookie of Year Award
Muldoon Re-elected
Nov 25 New Zealand general election won by ruling Prime Minister Robert Muldoon and the National Party
- Nov 26 10 die as fire erupts at Holiday Inn in Rochester, NY
- Nov 26 1st lesbian themed TV movie - "A Question of Love"
- Nov 26 CFL Grey Cup, CNE Stadium, Toronto: Edmonton Eskimos first of 5 straight titles; beat Montreal Alouettes, 20-13
- Nov 26 Christina Crawford autobiography "Mommie Dearest" reaches best-seller status
Assassination of Moscone and Milk
Nov 27 San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk assassinated by former Supervisor Dan White at City Hall
- Nov 28 44th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Sims, Oklahoma (RB)
Briefcase Full of Blues
Nov 28 Atlantic Records releases "Briefcase Full of Blues", the debut album by The Blues Brothers (Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi); album tops the chart and becomes best-selling blues record of all-time
Sparky Anderson
Nov 28 Cincinnati Reds fire their manager Sparky Anderson after 9 years
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 1 Danny Koevermans, Dutch soccer striker and coach (4 caps; Sparta Rotterdam), born in Schiedam, Netherlands
- Nov 1 Manju Warrier, Indian actress (How Old Are You?), born in Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India
- Nov 1 Mary Kate Schellhardt, American actress (What's Eating Gilbert Grape), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Nov 4 John Grabow, American baseball player, born in Arcadia, California
- Nov 5 Bubba Watson Jr., American golfer (US Masters 2012, 2014), born in Bagdad, Florida
- Nov 6 Daniella Cicarelli, Brazilian model and television host, born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Nov 6 Jolina Magdangal, Filipina singer, actress and television host, born in Hagonoy, Bulacan, Philippines
- Nov 6 Nicole Dubuc, American writer and actress (Robin-Major Dad), born in Orange County, California
- Nov 6 Sandrine Blancke, Belgian actress, born in Uccle, Belgium
- Nov 6 Scott Piercy, American golfer (US Open 2016 runner-up), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
- Nov 6 Taryn Manning, American actress (Hawaii Five-O), born in Falls Church, Virginia
- Nov 6 Zak Morioka, Brazilian racing driver, born in São Paulo, Brazil
- Nov 7 Coy Wire, American NFL football player (Buffalo Bills, Atlanta Falcons), and TV sports broadcaster (CNN), born in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania
- Nov 7 Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Dutch footballer (PSV Eindhoven), born in Oldenzaal, Netherlands
- Nov 7 Rio Ferdinand, English footballer (England national team 1997-2001), born in Camberwell, England
- Nov 7 Tomoya Nagase, Japanese actor and singer (TOKIO), born in Kanagawa, Japan
- Nov 7 Ülo Krigul, Estonian contemporary classical composer, born in Tallinn, Estonia
- Nov 8 Ali Karimi, Iranian footballer, born in Karaj, Iran
- Nov 8 Júlio Sérgio Bertagnoli, Brazilian footballer, born in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
- Nov 8 Spyros Gogolos, Greek footballer, born in Corfu Island, Greece
- Nov 8 Tim de Cler, Dutch footballer, born in Leiden, Netherlands
- Nov 9 Sisqó [Mark Althavean Andrews], American singer (Dru Hill, Unleash the Dragon), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- Nov 9 Steven Lopez, American taekwondo martial artist, born in Nicaragua
- Nov 10 Diplo [Thomas Wesley Perez], American record producer and DJ (Major Lazer; LSD), born in Tupelo, Mississippi
- Nov 10 Eve [Jeffers-Cooper], American rapper ("Let Me Blow Ya Mind"), actress (Barbershop films), and television personality (The Talk), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Nov 11 Lou Vincent, New Zealand cricketer, born in Warkworth, New Zealand
- Nov 12 Alexandra Maria Lara, Romanian-German actress, born in Bucharest, Romania
- Nov 12 Andrew Kinlochan, British pop singer and musician (1st openly gay boyband member - Phixx), born in Hertfordshire, England
- Nov 12 Ashley Williams, American actress, born in Westchester County, New York
- Nov 12 Lena Yada, American actress, model, surfer and WWE Diva, born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Nov 13 Nikolai Fraiture, American rock bassist (The Strokes), born in New York City
- Nov 14 Bobby Allen, American ice hockey player
- Nov 14 Xavier Nady, American baseball player
- Nov 16 Carolina Parra, Brazilian musician (CSS), born in São Paulo, Brazil
- Nov 16 Eric Crouch, American football quarterback (Heisman Trophy 2001, U of Nebraska; Green Bay Packers; Toronto Argonauts), born in Omaha, Nebraska
- Nov 16 Gary Naysmith, Scottish footballer, born in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Nov 16 Kip Bouknight, American baseball player, born in Columbia, South Carolina
- Nov 16 Santiago Peña, Paraguayan politician and economist (President of Paraguay 2023-), born in Asunción, Paraguay
Rachel McAdams (45 years old)
Nov 17 Canadian actress (Mean Girls Midnight in Paris, Spotlight), born in London, Ontario
- Nov 17 Reggie Wayne, American football player
Tom Ellis (45 years old)
Nov 17 Welsh actor (Miranda, Lucifer), born in Cardiff, Wales
- Nov 17 Zoë Bell, New Zealand actress
- Nov 18 Andris Nelsons, Latvian conductor (Boston Symphony, 2014-present; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, 2017-present), born in Riga, Latvia
- Nov 18 Damien Johnson, Northern Irish footballer
- Nov 19 Matt Dusk, Canadian jazz vocalist, born in Toronto, Ontario
- Nov 19 Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová, Czech athlete, born in Litoměřice, Czechoslovakia
- Nov 20 Freya Lin, Taiwanese singer, born in Taiwan
- Nov 20 Nadine Velazquez, American actress and model, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Nov 20 Ryan Leslie, American hip-hop, neo-soul, and pop singer-songwriter, musician and producer, born in Washington, D.C.
- Nov 21 Lucía Jiménez, Spanish actress
- Nov 21 Sara Tanaka, American actress
- Nov 22 Karen O [Orzolek], American singer (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), born in Busan, South Korea
- Nov 22 Magdalena Grzybowska, Polish tennis star (1995 Futures Slovakia), born in Poznań, Poland
- Nov 23 Kayvan Novak, English actor, born in Cricklewood, London
- Nov 23 Tommy Marth, American rock saxophone player (The Killers, 2008-2010), born in Las Vegas, Nevada (d. 2012)
Katherine Heigl (45 years old)
Nov 24 American actress (Izzie Stevens-Grey's Anatomy; Knocked Up) and model, born in Washington, D.C.
- Nov 25 Ringo Shiina [Yumiko Shiina], Japanese singer, songwriter and musician (Tokyo Jihen), born in Urawa, Saitama
- Nov 26 Andrejs Rubins, Latvian soccer midfielder (117 caps; FC Skonto, Crystal Palace, Spartak Moscow, Inter Baku FC), born in Riga, Latvia (d. 2022)
- Nov 26 Matthew Taylor, American bassist (Motion City Soundtrack), born in Richmond, Virginia
- Nov 27 Jimmy Rollins, American baseball player
- Nov 27 Joshua Harris, actor (Locked Up: A Mother's Rage)
- Nov 27 Mike Skinner, British singer-songwriter and rapper (The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free), born in Chipping Barnet, London, England
- Nov 27 Tim Yeung, American heavy metal drummer (Vital Remains; I Am Morbid), born in Rochester, New York
- Nov 28 Brent Albright, American professional wrestler
- Nov 28 Freddie Mitchell, American football player
- Nov 28 Haytham Tambal, Sudanese footballer
- Nov 28 Mehdi Nafti, Tunisian footballer
- Nov 28 Ryan Leslie, American producer
- Nov 29 Alessandro Fei, Italian volleyball player, born in Saronno, Italy
- Nov 29 Dimitrious Konstantopolous, Greek footballer, born in Thessaloniki, Greece
- Nov 29 Lauren German, American actress (Lucifer), born in Huntington Beach, California
- Nov 29 Ludwika Paleta, Polish-born Mexican actress, born in Kraków, Poland
- Nov 30 Clay Aiken, American pop singer-songwriter (American Idol, 2003; "This Is The Night"), television personality, and human rights activist, born in Raleigh, North Carolina
- Nov 30 Emil Steiner, American writer
- Nov 30 Gael García Bernal, Mexican actor
Famous Weddings
Fran Drescher
Nov 4 "The Nanny" actress Fran Drescher (20) weds writer and director Peter Marc Jacobson (20) (divorced 1999)
- Nov 17 Gerald Lascelles, British aristocrat and son of Princess Mary weds 2nd wife Elizabeth Collingwood in Vienna
Famous Deaths
- Nov 1 Giuseppe Berto, Italian writer (Heaven Sees Red), dies at 63
- Nov 5 Denis O'Dea, Irish actor (Niagara, Esther & the King, Treasure Island), dies at 73
- Nov 6 Flora Campbell, actress (Faraway Hill, Date With Judy), dies at 67
- Nov 6 Heiri Suter, Swiss road cyclist (Grand Prix Wolber [unofficial World C'ship] 1922, 25), dies at 79
- Nov 7 Gene Tunney, American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1926-28), dies at 80
- Nov 7 Janet Flanner, American journalist (New Yorker), dies at 86
- Nov 8 Norman Rockwell, American artist and illustrator (Saturday Evening Post covers), dies at 84
- Nov 9 Joe Wong, actor (Ken Murray Show), dies at 75
- Nov 9 Otto Siegl, Austrian composer, dies at 82
- Nov 10 Theo Lingen, German director and actor (M, Charm of La Boheme), dies at 75
- Nov 11 Bennie Borgmann, American Basketball Hall of Fame forward and coach (Kingston Colonials, Original Celtics; coach Syracuse Nationals), dies at 77
- Nov 12 Howard Swanson, American composer known for his settings of poems of Langston Hughes, dies at 71
- Nov 13 George Hearne, South African cricket batsman (3 Tests; Western Province), dies at 90
- Nov 15 Dick Chapman, American golfer (1940 US amateur, 1951 British amateur), dies of a stroke at 67
Margaret Mead (1901-1978)
Nov 15 American anthropologist (Coming of Age in Samoa, Thoughts & Female), dies of pancreatic cancer at 76
- Nov 16 Claude Dauphin, French actor (Barbarella, April in Paris, Deported), dies at 75
Jim Jones (1931-1978)
Nov 18 American pastor and leader of the Peoples Temple cult (Jonestown Massacre), commits suicide at 47
- Nov 18 Lennie Tristano, American jazz pianist (The New Tristano), dies of a heart attack at 59
- Nov 18 Leo Ryan, American teacher and politician (U.S. House of Representatives from California, 1973-78), assassinated at 53 in Jonestown, Guyana
- Nov 20 Giorgio De Chirico, Italian painter (founded the scuola metafisica art movement), dies at 90
- Nov 20 Vasilisk Gnedov, Russian poet (b. 1890)
- Nov 25 Elaine Esposito, American woman who held record for longest coma (37 years), dies in a coma at 43
- Nov 26 Frank Rosolino, American jazz trombonist (The Frank Rosolino Sextet), kills himself after shooting his sons at 52
- Nov 27 George Moscone, Mayor of San Francisco (1976-78) shot and killed by Dan White aged 49
Harvey Milk (1930-1978)
Nov 27 American politician, gay activist and first openly gay person elected to public office, assassinated by Dan White at 48