Historical Events
Thriller
Nov 2 "Thriller" single released worldwide by Michael Jackson
- Nov 2 Archbishop Hickey conducts papal investigation of Archbishop Hunthausen of Seattle
Event of Interest
Nov 2 US President Ronald Reagan signs bill establishing Dr Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
Hearts and Bones
Nov 4 Warner Bros. Records releases "Hearts and Bones", the sixth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon
- Nov 4 Washington Capitals first NHL overtime victory beating Vancouver 5-4
- Nov 5 NY Rangers & Quebec Nordiques both score in 1st 14 secs of 3rd period
- Nov 5 Orbiter Discovery (OV-103) moves overland to Dryden
- Nov 6 Discovery transported to Vandenberg AFB, California
- Nov 6 Tampa Bay Buccaneer James Wilder rushes for 219 yards vs Minnesota Vikings
- Nov 6 Turkish General Election won by Turgut Özals' Moederland Party wins in first elections since 1980 coup [1]
- Nov 7 Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks his 2nd NY Giant record 56 yard field goal
- Nov 7 Bomb explodes in US Capitol, causing heavy damage but no injuries
- Nov 8 Martha Layne Collins (D) elected 1st female governor of Kentucky
- Nov 8 STS-9 vehicle again moves to launch pad
- Nov 8 Wilson Goode (D) elected 1st black mayor of Philadelphia
- Nov 9 Amsterdam brewer Freddie Heineken kidnapped
- Nov 9 Discovery flies from Vandenberg AFB to Kennedy Space Center
Hagler vs. Durán
Nov 10 'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler retains world middleweight boxing title with a 15-round unanimous points decision over Roberto Durán at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas; first time Hagler taken the distance as champion
Amen Corner
Nov 10 Garry Sherman and Peter Udell's musical "Amen Corner", based on James Baldwin's drama "The Amen Corner", opens at Nederlander Theatre; runs for 28 performances
- Nov 10 US Federal government shut down
- Nov 11 1st US cruise missiles arrive in Great Britain
- Nov 11 Australian cricket wicketkeeper/batsman Wayne Phillips scores 159 on Test debut vs Pakistan at WACA, Perth
Reagan's Legislature Address
Nov 11 President Reagan became 1st US President to address Japanese legislature
Bossy's Hat Trick
Nov 15 75th hat trick in NHL New York Islander franchise history, scored by Mike Bossy
- Nov 15 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus proclaimed
- Nov 17 "La Tragedie de Carmen" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 187 performances
Yentl
Nov 17 Film "Yentl" produced, directed by Barbra Streisand, starring Streisand and Mandy Patinkin premieres, based on play and story by Isaac Bashevis Singer
- Nov 17 Harm Wiersma retains checkers world championship
- Nov 17 Philadelphia Flyers win 13th straight NHL game
- Nov 18 Argentina announces its ability to produce enriched uranium for nuclear weapons
"A Mickey Mouse Organization"
Nov 19 Edmonton Oilers beat NJ Devils, 13-4, Wayne Gretzky calls the Devils "a Mickey Mouse organization"
Jan Kurri
Nov 19 Jari Kurri becomes the first (and only) Finnish player to score five goals in a game
- Nov 19 Robert Whitney (79) conducts his final concert, leading the Louisville Orchestra at the opening of the Whitney Concert Hall at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville, Kentucky
Terms of Endearment
Nov 20 "Terms of Endearment" from the book by Larry McMurtry, directed by James L. Brooks and starring Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger premieres in New York (Best Picture 1984)
- Nov 20 100 million watch ABC TV movie "The Day After" about nuclear war
NASCAR Cup
Nov 20 33rd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Bobby Allison wins
- Nov 20 Cleveland Browns shutout Patriots 30-0
Marilyn: An American Fable
Nov 20 Musical "Marilyn: An American Fable", loosely based on life of Marilyn Monroe, starring Alyson Reed and Scott Bakula, opens at Minskoff Theater, NYC; runs for 17 performances
The Colour of Magic
Nov 24 "The Colour of Magic" by Terry Pratchett published by Colin Smythe in the UK, 1st book in the Discworld series
- Nov 24 PLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinians & Lebanese
- Nov 24 Test Cricket debut of Richie Richardson for the West Indies vs India in Bombay
Holmes vs. Frazier
Nov 25 Larry Holmes TKOs Marvis Frazier in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
- Nov 25 Soyuz T-9 returns to Earth, 149 days after take-off
- Nov 25 Syria & Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli
- Nov 26 World's greatest robbery; 26 million pounds (sterling) worth of gold, diamonds and cash stolen from Brink's-Mat warehouse at Heathrow Airport, England
- Nov 27 CFL Grey Cup, BC Place, Vancouver: Toronto Argonauts defeats BC Lions, 18-17; Argos' first Grey Cup victory in 31 years
- Nov 27 Colombian jetliner Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid killing 181
- Nov 27 Desmond Haynes out handled the ball v India
- Nov 28 9th NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Columbia 6 launches
- Nov 29 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
- Nov 30 Denver Nuggets coach Doug Moe, hoplessly behind, advise team to let Blazers break their scoring record
- Nov 30 Police free kidnapped beer magnate Alfred Heineken in Amsterdam
- Nov 30 Radio Shack announces Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip)
- Nov 30 Raúl Alfonsín wins Argentine presidential election
- Nov 30 Sam Shepards "Fool for love" premieres in NYC
Famous Birthdays
- Nov 1 Jon Wilkin, English rugby league utility (England 10, Great Britain 6 Tests; St. Helens 404 games), born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
- Nov 1 Yuko Ogura, Japanese model, born in Mobara, Chiba, Japan
- Nov 3 Julie Marie Berman, American actress (General Hospital), born in Los Angeles, California
- Nov 3 Suzane von Richthofen, Brazilian murderess
- Nov 5 (Anne) Leilehua Lanzilotti, Kānaka Maoli-American violinist and contemporary classical composer, born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Nov 5 Alexa Chung, English TV presenter, model and designer, born in Privett, England
- Nov 5 Andrew Hayden-Smith, English TV presenter and actor, born in Gateshead, England
- Nov 5 Mike Hanke, German footballer, born in Hamm, West Germany
- Nov 6 Janette McBride, Filipino-Australian actress and television host, born in Queensland, Australia
- Nov 6 Jon Hume, Australian singer (Evermore), born in Lismore, Australia
- Nov 7 Adam Devine, American actor (Pitch Perfect), comedian and TV producer (Workaholics), born in Waterloo, Iowa
- Nov 8 Blanka Vlašić, Croatian high jumper, born in Split, Croatia
- Nov 8 Kat Shoob, British television presenter, born in Rochford, United Kingdom
- Nov 8 Remko Pasveer, Dutch footballer, born in Enschede, Netherlands
- Nov 10 Marius Žaliūkas, Lithuanian soccer centre back (25 caps; Hearts, Leeds, Rangers), born in Kaunas, Lithuania (d. 2020)
Miranda Lambert (40 years old)
Nov 10 American country music singer and songwriter ("The Weight of These Wings"), born in Longview, Texas
- Nov 11 Matt Garza, American baseball player (Tampa Bay Rays), born in Selma, California
- Nov 11 Philipp Lahm, German footballer (Bayern Munich,), born in Munich, West Germany
- Nov 11 Sola Aoi, Japanese porn actress, born in Tokyo, Japan
- Nov 12 Carlton Cole, English soccer striker (7 caps; Chelsea, West Ham United 256 games) and broadcaster (talkSPORT), born in London, England
- Nov 12 Steve Huffman, American web developer (CEO and co-founder of Reddit), born in Lansing, Michigan
- Nov 15 DJ Skee [Scott Keeney], American DJ, born in St. Paul, Minnesota
- Nov 15 Fernando Verdasco, Spanish tennis player
- Nov 15 Laura Smet, French actress (Les corps impatients, The Bridesmaid), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
- Nov 16 Britta Steffen, German swimmer (Olympic gold 50/100m 2008), born in Schwedt, Germany
- Nov 16 K [Kang Yoon-sung], South Korean singer, born in Goyang, South Korea
- Nov 16 Kari Lehtonen, Finnish ice hockey goaltender, born in Helsinki, Finland
- Nov 17 Christopher Paolini, American novelist
- Nov 17 Harry Lloyd, English actor
- Nov 17 Nick Markakis, American baseball player
- Nov 17 Ryan Braun, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers), born in Los Angeles, California
- Nov 17 Scott Moore, American baseball player
- Nov 17 Yiannis Bourousis, Greek basketball player
- Nov 18 Jon Lech Johansen, Norwegian software developer (DeCSS software), born in Harstad, Norway
- Nov 18 Julia Ducournau, French film director (Titane), born in Paris, France
- Nov 18 Travis Buck, American baseball player, born in Richland, Washington
Adam Driver (40 years old)
Nov 19 American actor (Girls, Star Wars), born in Fontana, California
- Nov 19 Chandra Crawford, Canadian cross-country skier (Olympic Gold 2006), born in Canmore, Alberta
- Nov 19 Daria Werbowy, Ukrainian-Canadian Supermodel, born in Kraków, Poland
- Nov 19 Fabrejay [Jeffrey Santana], American dance club DJ and record producer, born in Hoboken, New Jersey
Future [Nayvadius Wilburn] (40 years old)
Nov 20 American rapper and singer-songwriter (High Off Life), born in Atlanta, Georgia
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- Nov 21 Brie Bella, American pro wrestler, one half of The Bella Twins and reality TV star (Total Divas), born in San Diego, California
- Nov 21 Jamie Langley, English rugby player
- Nov 21 Nikki Bella, American pro wrestler, one half of The Bella Twins and reality TV star (Total Divas), born in San Diego, California
- Nov 22 Corey Beaulieu, American heavy metal guitarist (Trivium), born in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
- Nov 22 Peter Ramage, English footballer
- Nov 22 Tyler Hilton, American singer-songwriter, and actor (One Tree Hill), born in Palm Springs, California
- Nov 24 Dean Ashton, English footballer
- Nov 24 Karine Vanasse, Quebec actress
- Nov 24 Meredith Henderson, Canadian actress
- Nov 25 Joey Chestnut, American champion competitive eater
- Nov 25 Kirsty Crawford, Scottish pop singer-songwriter (Pop Idol), born in Glasgow
- Nov 26 Chris Hughes, American businessman and co-founder of Facebook, born in Hickory, North Carolina
- Nov 27 Professor Green [Stephen Paul Manderson], British rapper (Lip Sync Battle UK), born in London, England
- Nov 28 Rostam [Batmanglij], Iranian-American songwriter, keyboardist, composer, arranger, and record producer (Vampire Weekend, 2006-16 - "A-Punk"; "Oxford Comma"), born in Washington, D.C.
- Nov 29 Pamela Brown, American television reporter and newscaster (CNN, ABC WJLA-TV), born in Lexington, Kentucky
- Nov 30 Adrian Cristea, Romanian footballer
- Nov 30 Andy Akinwolere, English television presenter
Famous Weddings
Vidal Sassoon
Nov 6 Businessman Vidal Sassoon (55) weds dressage champion Jeanette Hartford-Davis
- Nov 21 NY Ranger Ron Greschner marries model Carol Alt
Mary Tyler Moore
Nov 23 "Ordinary People" actress Mary Tyler Moore (46) weds Dr. Robert Levine at the Pierre Hotel in New York City
Famous Divorces
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Nov 14 British theatrical composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (35) divorces Sarah Hugill after more than 11 years of marriage
Famous Deaths
- Nov 1 Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn Catalog), dies at 96
- Nov 3 Alfredo Antonini, Italian-American Emmy Award-winning conductor (CBS Symphony; Columbia Pan-American Orchestra), and composer (The Great City), dies during heart surgery at 82
- Nov 3 Bob Scholte, Dutch vocalist, dies at 81
- Nov 5 Lloyd McBride, American labor leader (President of United Steelworkers), dies at 67 [1]
- Nov 6 Robert Gross, American composer and violinist, dies at 69
- Nov 7 David Alexandrovich Toradze, Soviet composer, dies at 61
- Nov 7 Germaine Tailleferre [Taillefesse], French composer (Le Marin du Bolivar; L'adieu du cavalier), dies at 91
Betty Nuthall (1911-1983)
Nov 8 English tennis player (US National Championship, 1930), dies of a coronary arrest at 72
- Nov 8 Mordecai Kaplan, American Rabbi, founded Reconstructionist Judaism, dies at 102
- Nov 8 Robert Agnew, American silent movie director, dies at 84 of kidney failure
- Nov 12 Preston Jackson [James Preston McDonald], American jazz trombonist (Preservation Hall Jazz Band), dies at 81
- Nov 13 Alvin "Junior" Samples, American comedian and country singer (Hee Haw), dies of a heart attack at 57
- Nov 15 Dai Rees, Scottish golfer (British Open runner-up 1953-54, 61), dies of car accident injuries at 70
- Nov 15 John Le Mesurier, British actor (The Italian Job, Jabberwocky, Dad's Army), dies of cirrhosis of the liver at 71
- Nov 18 Hilton Smith, American Baseball HOF pitcher (6 x NgL All Star; Monroe Monarchs, Kansas City Monarchs), dies at 76
- Nov 18 Ivan Albright, American painter (Door, Window), dies at 86
- Nov 19 Peter Coffield, American actor (Kevin-W E B), dies at 37
- Nov 19 Reinout Willem van Bemmelen, Dutch geologist, dies at 79
- Nov 19 Tom Evans, British rock guitarist, bass player, and singer-songwriter (Badfinger - "Come and Get It"; "Without You": "Maybe Tomorrow"), commits suicide at 36
- Nov 20 Marcel Dalio [Israel Moshe Blauschild], French actor (Sabrina, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Casablanca), dies at 83
- Nov 20 Richard Loo, American actor, (China Sky), dies of cardio-pulmonary arrest at 80
- Nov 22 Michael Conrad, American Emmy Award-winning actor (Hill Street Blues - "Sgt. Phil Esterhaus"), dies of cancer at 58
- Nov 23 Juhan Muks, Estonian artist (b. 1899)
- Nov 23 Sybold van Ravesteyn, Dutch architect (Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht), dies at 94
- Nov 23 Waheed Murad, Pakistani film actor and director (Armaan), dies at 45
- Nov 25 Anton Dolin [Sydney Francis Patrick Chippendall Healey-kay], British dancer (Girl From Petrovka), dies at 79
- Nov 27 Manuel Scorza, Peruvian writer, dies at about 55
- Nov 28 Christopher George, American actor (The Rat Patrol; Chisum; The Immortal), and US Marine Corp veteran, dies of a heart attack at 52
George Headley (1909-1983)
Nov 30 West Indies cricket batsman (22 Tests; 2,190 runs @ 60.83; 10 x 100; Jamaica), dies at 74
- Nov 30 Richard Llewellyn, Welsh novelist (How Green Was My Valley), dies at 76
