What Happened in November 2021

Historical Events

COVID-19 Pandemic

Nov 5 NFL Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers admits in interview he is unvaccinated and taking unapproved treatment after testing positive for COVID-19 and in isolation [1]

Nov 5 Rashid Khan becomes youngest bowler to take 400 T20 wickets during a match against New Zealand in Dubai
Nov 6 Billie Jean King Cup Women's Tennis, Prague: Daria Kasatkina & Liudmila Samsonova win their singles matches to guide RTF to a 2-0 win over Switzerland in inaugural BJKC version of Federation Cup
Nov 6 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Del Mar Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Ce Ce, Golden Pal, Life Is Good, Loves Only You, Aloha West, Space Blues, Marche Lorraine, Yibir, Knicks Go
Nov 7 Attempt to assassinate Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi through drone attack on his home in Baghdad
Nov 7 Kyle Larson holds off Martin Truex Jr in the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway to earn his 10th win of the season and claim his first Cup Series championship
Nov 8 US reopens its borders to vaccinated non US citizens after more than 18 months, lifting restrictions imposed because of COVID-19
Nov 9 105-year-old Julia Hawkins sets a world record as the first woman and first American her age to run 100 meters at Louisiana Senior Olympic Games [1]

Rudd Sexiest Man Alive

Nov 9 Actor Paul Rudd is named People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive

EU Accuses Lukashenko

Nov 9 EU accuses Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko of "inhuman, gangster-style approach" to thousands of migrants massing on their border with Poland in freezing conditions

Dictator and 1st President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko

Nov 10 55th Country Music Association Awards: Luke Combs, Chris Stapleton & Carly Pearce win
Nov 10 China and the US announce plans to work together on cutting greenhouse gas emissions at the COP26 summit

Peter Jackson Sells Weta Digital

Nov 10 New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson sells Weta Digital's technology division to video games company Unity for US$1.6 billion [1]

Film Director, Producer, and Screenwriter Peter Jackson

Nov 11 Near-earth asteroid Kamo`oalewa, the size of a ferris wheel, very likely a fragment of the moon, according to a new study [1]

Voyage

Nov 12 "Voyage", Abba's first album of new material in 40 years, tops the UK album chart

Nov 12 At least 68 inmates killed in new fighting at Ecuadorean prison, the Litoral Penitentiary, Guayaquil, following earlier violence in September

Spear's Conservatorship Ends

Nov 12 LA judge rules to end Britney Spears' conservatorship, which had controlled almost all aspects of her life for 14 years

All Too Well

Nov 12 Taylor Swift releases her directorial debut the short film "All Too Well" alongside her re-recorded album "Red (Taylor's Version)"

Nov 13 Germany records its highest number of daily COVID-19 cases amid warnings its fourth wave could kill 100,000 [1]
Nov 13 Glasgow Climate Pact agreed at COP26: commits countries to a phasedown" of "unabated" coal, end deforestation by 2030 and cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030 [1]
Nov 14 Attack on a military police outpost near a gold mine in Inata, northern Burkina Faso, kills at least 53, prompting three days of national mourning [1]
Nov 14 ICC Men's Cricket T20 World Cup, Dubai: Australia beats New Zealand by 8 wickets with 7 balls remaining for their first title; Player of the series: Australian batsman David Warner (289 runs)
Nov 15 Former Trump aide Stephen Bannon turns himself in after being found in contempt of US Congress by a federal grand jury, after refusing to comply with investigation into Jan 6

Biden Infrastructure Bill

Nov 15 US President Joe Biden signs a 'once in a generation' $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law [1]

46th US President, Vice President and Senator Joe Biden

Nov 16 Astronauts on board the International Space Station forced to take shelter as Russian weapons test creates 1,500 debris field

Record for Latin American Work

Nov 16 Frida Kahlo's self-portrait "Diego y yo" (1949) sells for $34.9m - record price at for a Latin American work at auction

Nov 16 Guanyu Zhou confirmed as China's first F1 driver, racing for Alfa Romeo in 2022 [1]
Nov 16 Men's roller derby team settles dispute with MLB baseball team, allowing both to use Cleveland Guardians name
Nov 17 British Columbia declares a state of emergency after an "atmospheric river" storm causes widespread rain and flooding [1]
Nov 17 Delhi authorities order schools shut till further notice and construction halted as Supreme Court calls for a "pollution lockdown" as city battles winter smog
Nov 17 Garbiñe Muguruza becomes first Spanish player to win WTA Finals defeating Estonian Anett Kontaveit 6–3, 7–5 in Zapopan, Mexico
Nov 17 Record number of Americans, over 100,000, died of drug overdoses April 2020 - April 2021 according to the CDC [1]
Nov 17 US capitol rioter QAnon Shaman [Jacob Chansley] sentenced to three years in prison by a federal court [1]
Nov 17 US National Book Award given to Jason Mott (fiction), Tiya Miles (nonfiction) and Martín Espada (poetry)

Convicted Killers Exonerated

Nov 18 US judge exonerates Muhammad Abdul Aziz and Khalil Islam for the killing of Malcolm X in 1965, saying they were "wrongly convicted", after 55 years [1]

African American Muslim Minister and Civil Rights Activist Malcolm X

30

Nov 19 Adele releases her fourth studio album "30"

Nov 19 Austria becomes the first country to make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory (from 1 Feb) as it announces its fourth lockdown [1]
Nov 19 Longest partial lunar eclipse since 1440, lasting 3 hours, 28 minutes and 23 seconds
Nov 19 MLB Cleveland Indians name change to Guardians becomes official
Nov 19 Rare original copy of the U.S. Constitution sold to Ken Griffin, head of hedge fund Citadel, for $43.2 million - world record price for a book, historical document or manuscript [1]

Raise The Roof

Nov 19 Rounder Records releases "Raise The Roof", the 2nd collaborative album by American bluegrass singer Alison Krauss and British rock vocalist Robert Plant

Country Singer and Musician Alison Krauss

Nov 19 US jury clears Kyle Rittenhouse (18) of murder for fatally shooting two people and injuring a third during racial justice protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin
Nov 21 "Voiceless Mass" by Raven Chacon, premieres at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee - first work by an Native American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music [1]
Nov 21 49th American Music Awards: BTS, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Drake & Luke Bryan win

Zverev's Second ATP

Nov 21 Alexander Zverev of Germany captures his second ATP Finals men's tennis title defeating world #2 Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-4 in Turin

First Qatar Grand Prix

Nov 21 British driver Lewis Hamilton wins 1st Qatar Grand Prix Formula One motor race at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar

Nov 23 At least 45 people are killed when a bus crashes and catches fire, near Sofia, Bulgaria
Nov 23 Egypt reopens its 3000 year old Avenue of the Sphinxes in Luxor with a grand ceremony [1]

Theory of Relativity

Nov 23 Manuscript of early workings of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity "one of the most important scientific documents of the 20th century" sells at auction for $13 million [1]

Nov 23 NASA launches its DART Mission, to test technology to prevent future impact on earth by hazardous asteroid, by deliberately crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid (in a real life echo of the movie Armageddon) [1]
Nov 24 At least 27 migrants drown after their boat capsizes in the English Channel trying to reach the UK
Nov 24 Sweden's first female Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson resigns after 12 hours in the job after her coalition government falls apart
Nov 24 Three men found guilty by a jury of felony murder of black runner Ahmaud Arbery, with Travis McMichael also convicted of malice murder in Brunswick, Georgia [1]

German Toll Passes 100,000

Nov 25 Germany's COVID-19 death toll passes 100,000 (Robert Koch Institute) amid its highest surge in infections yet

Nov 25 India has more girls than boys for the first time in its history and its population boom is ending, according to new government survey [1]
Nov 25 Peter Jackson's documentary series "The Beatles: Get Back" premieres on Disney+
Nov 26 WHO labels COVID-19 variant Omicron a "variant of concern", with its dozens of new mutations, after it emerges in Botswana and South Africa [1]
Nov 28 Dan Campbell records his first victory as head coach of the Detroit Lions with a win against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 13
Nov 28 Honduras presidential elections: Xiomara Castro elected country's first female president (declared 2 Dec)
Nov 29 British socialite and former girlfriend of Jeffery Epstein Ghislaine Maxwell found guilty of sex trafficking in a federal court in Manhattan [1]

Nov 29 FIFA Ballon d'Or: Argentina and PSG forward Lionel Messi wins his record 7th award from Robert Lewandowski; FC Barcelona attacking midfielder Alexia Putellas is Women's World Player of the Year

Jack Dorsey

Nov 29 Jack Dorsey announces he is stepping down as CEO of Twitter, to be replaced by Parag Agrawal

Nov 30 15-year-old student shoots four death and injures seven at Oxford High School in Oxford, Michigan

Barbados A Republic

Nov 30 Barbados becomes a Republic, removing Queen Elizabeth II as head of state in a ceremony with Sandra Mason sworn in as the first President, with Rihanna declared a national hero

Queen of the United Kingdom Elizabeth II

El Chapo's Wife

Nov 30 El Chapo's wife Emma Coronel Aispuro sentenced to three years in the US for helping run her husband's drug cartel and aid his escape from prison

Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán in American custody after being extradited to the United States

Josephine Baker

Nov 30 Josephine Baker becomes the first black woman to be honored at Paris’ Panthéon, France's highest honor

Events in 2021

Famous Weddings

Malala Yousafzai

Nov 9 Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai ties the knot with Asser Malik in an Islamic Nikkah ceremony in Birmingham, England

Paris Hilton

Nov 11 American socialite Paris Hilton (40) weds American venture capitalist Carter Reum (40) in Bel Air, California

Famous Deaths

Nov 1 Aaron Beck, American psychiatrist (father of cognitive behavioural therapy), dies at 100 [1]
Nov 1 Alan Igglesden, English cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 6 wickets; 4 ODIs; Kent CCC), dies from complications of a brain tumour at 57
Nov 1 Nelson Freire, Brazilian classical pianist, dies at 77
Nov 1 Pat Martino [Azzara], American jazz guitarist (DownBeat Guitar Player of the Year, 2004), dies of chronic respiratory disorder at 77
Nov 2 Mohamed Soukhane, Algerian soccer defender (6 caps; Le Havre AC), dies at 90
Nov 2 Ronnie Wilson, American R&B keyboardist (Gap Band - "Burn Rubber On Me"), dies at 73
Nov 2 Tom Matte, American football running back (Super Bowl 1971; Pro Bowl 1968, 69; NFL rushing TD leader 1969; Baltimore Colts), dies at 82
Nov 2 Tomas Leandersson, Swedish ten-pin bowler (FIQ World C'ships 1999; World Tenpin Team Cup 1994; World Games 1993), dies at 55
Nov 3 Warren Powers, American football running back (Oakland Raiders) and coach (Washington State University 1977, University of Missouri 1978-84), dies from Alzheimers at 80
Nov 4 (Henry) Lionel Blair [Ogus], Canadian-British choreographer, tap dancer, actor, and television presenter, dies at 92
Nov 4 Mario Lavista, Mexican composer and writer, dies at 78
Nov 4 Ruth Ann Minner (née Coverdale), American businesswoman and politician (Governor of Delaware (D), 2001-09), dies at 86
Nov 5 Charlie Burns, Canadian ice hockey forward (world champion Whitby Dunlops 1958) and coach (Minnesota North Stars), dies at 85
Nov 5 Marília Mendonça, Brazilian Sertaneja singer-songwriter, dies in a plane crash at 26
Nov 5 Roger Zatkoff, American football linebacker (Pro Bowl 1954, 55, 56; First Team All Pro 1954, 55; Green Bay Packers), dies at 90
Nov 5 Russell Ebert, Australian Rules midfielder (4 x Magarey Medals; 6 x Port Adelaide FC B&F; Australian Football HOF) and coach (SA 1996-98), dies of leukemia at 72

Nov 5 Ryszard Grzegorczyk, Polish soccer midfielder (23 caps; Polonia Bytom, RC Lens), dies at 82
Nov 6 Angelo Mosca, American football defensive tackle (CFL All Star 1963, 70 Hamilton Tiger-Cats) and pro wrestler, dies from Alzheimer's disease at 84
Nov 6 Astro [Terence Wilson], British reggae-rock vocalist (UB40 - "Red Red Wine"), dies at 64
Nov 6 Evette Benton, American soul session and touring vocalist (Sweethearts of Sigma; Patti Labelle), dies at 67
Nov 6 Geoffrey Atkins, British racquets player (World Champion 1954-72), dies at 94
Nov 6 Pavol Molnár, Slovak soccer forward (20 caps Czechoslovakia; SK Slovan Bratislava, FK Inter Bratislava), dies at 85
Nov 6 Peter Aykroyd, Canadian actor, comedian, and writer (SNL, 1980; PSI Factor), dies of septicemia caused by an untreated abdominal hernia at 65
Nov 6 Shawn Rhoden, Jamaican bodybuilder (Mr. Olympia 2018; IFBB British Grand Prix 2012), dies from a heart attack at 46
Nov 6 Tarak Sinha, Indian cricket coach (Indian Women's team 2001-02; Sonnet CC, Delhi; Aakash & Anjum Chopra, Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan), dies from lung cancer at 70
Nov 7 Dean Stockwell, American stage and screen actor (The Werewolf of Washington; Blue Velvet; Quantum Leap), dies at 85
Nov 8 Cecilia Robinson, English cricket batsman (14 Tests, 2 x 100s; Kent WCT), dies at 97
Nov 8 Keith Bradshaw, Australian cricket administrator (Secretary & Chief Executive Marylebone Cricket Club; CEO South Australian Cricket), dies from multiple myeloma at 58
Nov 8 Margo Guryan, American jazz and pop pianist, songwriter, and singer (“I’m on My Way to Saturday”; "Take a Picture"), dies at 84
Nov 8 Rinus Bennaars, Dutch soccer midfielder (15 caps; Feyenoord Rotterdam), dies at 90
Nov 9 Jakucho Setouchi, Japanese writer and Buddhist nun (The Tale of Genji), dies at 99

Nov 10 Gerald Sinstadt, English sports broadcaster and columnist (BBC Radio, ITV Grenada, BBC One; The Sentinel), dies at 91

F. W. de Klerk (1932-2021)

Nov 11 South African President (1989-94) and winner of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela, dies of cancer at 85

Nov 11 Graeme Edge, British rock drummer, and poet (Moody Blues - "The Dream"; "Morning Glory"), dies at 80
Nov 11 Harris Fawell, American lawyer and politician (US Rep-R-IL, 1985-99), dies from complications of Alzheimer's disease at 92
Nov 12 Aleksandr Lenyov, Russian soccer midfielder / defender (10 caps Soviet Union; Torpedo Moscow), dies at 77
Nov 12 Bob Bondurant, American auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans GT +3.0 1964; Shelby American, Ferrari, Eagle teams), dies at 88
Nov 12 Paul Gludovatz, Austrian football manager (Austria U-20; SV Ried, TSV Hartberg, SV Eberau), dies from COVID-19 at 75
Nov 12 Ron Flowers, English soccer midfielder (49 caps; Wolverhampton Wanderers 467 games), dies at 87
Nov 12 Takeshi Koba, Japanese Baseball HOF infielder (Hiroshima Carp) and manager (Japan Series Champion 1979, 80, 84 Hiroshima Carp), dies at 85
Nov 13 Ernie Michie, Scottish rugby union lock (15 caps; 2 caps British & Irish Lions; Barbarians FC; London Scottish RUFC, Leicester Tigers RUFC), dies at 88
Nov 13 Phil Margo, American rock vocalist (Tokens - "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"), dies after suffering a stroke at 79
Nov 13 Sam Huff, American College / Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker (5 x Pro Bowl; First-team All-Pro 1958, 59; NY Giants, Washington Redskins), dies from dementia complications at 87
Nov 13 Wilbur Smith, British-South African novelist (When the Lion Feeds, War Cry, River God), dies at 88
Nov 14 Bertie Auld, Scottish soccer midfielder (3 caps; Celtic, Birmingham City) and manager (Partick Thistle, Hibernian, Hamilton Academical), dies from dementia complications at 83
Nov 14 Virginio Pizzali, Italian track cyclist (Olympic gold team pursuit 1956), dies at 86
Nov 15 Bengt Madsen, Swedish soccer administrator (chairman Malmö FF 1999-2009), dies from cancer at 79
Nov 15 Bobby Collins Jr., American college football coach (head coach University of Southern Mississippi; Southern Methodist University), dies at 88
Nov 15 Heber Bartolome, Filipino folk-rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bandurria and kubing player (Banyuhay - "Nena"), dies at 73
Nov 17 Dave Frishberg, American jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and lyricist ("I'm Just A Bill"; "Van Lingle Mungo"), dies at 88
Nov 17 Keith Alison, American session and touring guitarist (Paul Revere and The Raiders, 1968-75), and songwriter, dies at 79
Nov 18 Dzyanis Kowba, Belarusian soccer defensive midfielder (36 caps; PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara 247 games), dies from complications of COVID-19 at 42
Nov 18 Kim Suominen, Finnish soccer midfielder (39 caps; TPS, FF Jaro), dies at 52
Nov 18 Slide Hampton [Locksley Wellington Hampton], American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger, dies at 89
Nov 19 Don Kojis, American basketball forward (NBA All-Star 1968, 69; Detroit Pistons, SD Rockets, Seattle SuperSonics), dies at 82
Nov 19 Hank Von Helvete [Hans-Erik Husby], Norwegian punk rock singer (Turbonegro), dies at 46
Nov 20 Billy Hinsche, American pop musician, singer, and songwriter (Dino, Desi & Billy; The Beach Boys), dies of cancer at 70
Nov 20 Ray McLoughlin, Irish rugby union prop (40 caps Ireland, 3 British & Irish Lions; Barbarians RFC, London Irish RFC), dies at 82
Nov 21 Gordon Crosse, British contemporary classical composer (Grace of Todd; Purgatory; Changes), and educator, dies at 84
Nov 22 Doug Jones, American baseball relief pitcher (5 x MLB All Star; Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies), dies from COVID-19 at 64
Nov 23 Bill Virdon, American baseball outfielder, manager, coach (NL Rookie of the Year 1955; World Series 1960; Gold Glove 1962), dies at 90
Nov 24 Frank Burrows, Scottish soccer defender (Swindon Town 297 games) and manager (Portsmouth, Cardiff, Swansea), dies at 77
Nov 24 Guillermo Echevarría, Mexican swimmer (1,500m WR 16:28.1 1968), dies at 73
Nov 24 Inez van Dullemen, Dutch author (Vroeger is dood), dies at 96
Nov 26 Aleksandr Timoshinin, Russian rower (Olympic gold Soviet Union double sculls 1968, 72), dies at 73
Nov 26 Doug Cowie, Scottish soccer defender (20 caps; Dundee FC 341 games), dies at 95

Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021)

Nov 26 American Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning theater composer and lyricist (West Side Story; Sunday in the Park With George; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; Gypsy), dies at 91 [1]

Nov 27 Adolfo [Sardiña], Cuban fashion designer (Nancy Reagan), dies at 98
Nov 27 Curley Culp, American Pro Football HOF defensive tackle (6X Pro Bowl; First-team All-Pro 1975; NFL Defensive Player of the Year 1975; KC Chiefs, Houston Oilers), dies from pancreatic cancer at 75
Nov 27 Eddie Mekka [Mekjian], American stage and screen singer and actor (Laverne & Shirley - "Carmine - The Big Ragu"), dies at 69
Nov 27 Francis Routh, British organist, composer (Sacred Tetralogy), magazine editor (Composer), educator, and music promoter (Redcliffe Festival), dies at 94
Nov 28 Carrie Meek, American politician (Rep-D-Florida 1993-2003), dies at 95
Nov 28 François Moncla, French rugby union flanker (31 Tests; Racing 92, Section Paloise), dies at 89
Nov 28 Frank Williams, British businessman, racing team owner (Principal Williams Formula 1 team 1977-2020; 9 x F1 Constructors' C'ships, 7 x Drivers' C'ships), dies at 79
Nov 28 Lee Elder, American golfer (first African-American to play in the US Masters; 4 PGA Tour titles), dies at 87
Nov 28 Mustafa Cengiz, Turkish businessman and sports administrator (president Galatasaray S.K. 2018-21), dies from cancer at 71
Nov 29 Arlene Dahl, American actress (Journey to the Center of the Earth, Ambush, One Life To Live), TV panelist (What's My Line), and perfumer, dies at 96
Nov 29 LaMarr Hoyt, American baseball pitcher (AL Cy Young Award 1983; AL wins leader 1982-83; Chicago White Sox), dies from cancer at 66
Nov 30 C. Herbert Oliver, American clergyman and civil rights activist (Inter-Citizens Committee), dies at 96
Nov 30 Erwin Wilczek, Polish soccer midfielder, forward (16 caps; Górnik Zabrze), dies at 81
Nov 30 John Sillett, English soccer defender (Chelsea, Coventry City, Plymouth Argyle) and manager (FA Cup 1987 Coventry City), dies at 85
Nov 30 Pamela Helen Stephen, British Mezzo-soprano, dies at 57
Nov 30 Phil Dwyer, Welsh soccer defender (10 caps; Cardiff City 471 games), dies at 68
Nov 30 Ray Kennedy, English soccer midfielder, forward (17 caps; Arsenal, Liverpool), dies from Parkinson's disease at 70
Nov 30 Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, Indian poet and film and theater lyricist ("Vidhata Thalapuna"), dies of lung cancer at 66