 IMPORTANT NOVEMBER EVENTS
- Crawford W. Long, physician who first used ether as an anesthetic in surgery, born November 1, 1815.
- Daniel Boone, American frontiersman, born November 2, 1734.
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- Marie Antoinette, French queen, born November 2, 1755.
- A Spanish expedition led by Gaspar de Portola reached San Francisco Bay, November 2, 1769.
- James K. Polk, 11th President of the United States, born near Pineville, N.C., November 2, 1795.
- Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States, born near Blooming Grove, Ohio, November 2, 1865.
- North Dakota became the 39th state, November 2, 1889.
- South Dakota became the 40th state, November 2, 1889.
- Arthur Balfour, British Foreign Secretary, proposed settlement of Jewish people in Palestine, November 2, 1917.
- First regular radio broadcasts began, over station KDKA in Pittsburgh, November 2, 1920.
- Stephen Austin, colonizer of Texas, born November 3, 1793.
- Canadian explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson born November 3, 1879.
- Erie Canal formally opened at New York, November 4, 1825.
- Will Rogers, American humorist, born November 4, 1879.
- Iranian revolutionaries took over the U.S. Embassy in Teheran and seized a group of U.S. citizens as hostages, November 4, 1979.
- Gunpowder Plot to blow up the English Houses of Parliament failed, November 5, 1605. England celebrates this day as Guy Fawkes Day.
- Eugene V. Debs, American socialist and labor leader, born November 5, 1855.
- Will Durant, American historian, philosopher, and educator, born November 5, 1885.
- John Philip Sousa, American bandmaster, born November 6, 1854.
- Ignace Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and statesman, born November 6, 1860.
- First intercollegiate football game in United States, Rutgers v. Princeton, at Rutgers, November 6, 1869.
- Gen. William Henry Harrison defeated Indians in Battle of Tippecanoe, November 7, 1811.
- Marie Curie, French physicist, born November 7, 1867.
- Last spike driven in Canadian Pacific Railway (now CP Rail), November 7, 1885.
- French author Albert Camus born November 7, 1913.
- Edmond Halley, British astronomer, born November 8, 1656.
- Mount Holyoke Seminary (today Mount Holyoke College) opened for women, November 8, 1837.
- Montana became the 41st state, November 8, 1889.
- Ivan Turgenev, Russian novelist, born November 9, 1818.
- Edward VII of England born November 9, 1841.
- Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated German throne, November 9, 1918.
- Martin Luther, German religious leader, born November 10, 1483.
- William Hogarth, English painter, born November 10, 1697.
- German poet Friedrich Schiller born November 10, 1759.
- Sir John S. D. Thompson, Canadian prime minister, born November 10, 1844.
- Arctic explorer Donald MacMillan born November 10, 1874.
- Russian novelist Fyodor M. Dostoevsky born November 11, 1821.
- Washington became the 42nd state, November 11, 1889.
- Armistice signed ending World War I, November 11, 1918.
- Veterans Day first celebrated in United States, November 11, 1954.
- Joseph Hopkinson, American jurist and author of "Hail Columbia," born November 12, 1770.
- Reformer Elizabeth Cady Stanton born November 12, 1815.
- Auguste Rodin, French sculptor, born November 12, 1840.
- James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist, born November 13, 1831.
- Novelist Robert Louis Stevenson born November 13, 1850.
- Louis D. Brandeis, American jurist, born November 13, 1856.
- Holland Tunnel opened in New York City, November 13, 1927.
- Robert Fulton, American inventor, born November 14, 1765.
- Claude Monet, French painter, born November 14, 1840.
- Indian leader Jawaharlal Nehru born November 14, 1889.
- Canadian physician Frederick Grant Banting, famous for discovering insulin, born November 14, 1891.
- Aaron Copland, American composer, born November 14, 1900.
- Prince Charles, heir to British throne, born November 14, 1948.
- William Pitt, British statesman, born November 15, 1708.
- William Herschel, English astronomer, born November 15, 1738.
- Draft of Articles of Confederation approved by Congress, November 15, 1777.
- Zebulon Pike sighted Pikes Peak, November 15, 1806.
- American jurist Felix Frankfurter born November 15, 1882.
- First meeting of League of Nations Assembly, November 15, 1920.
- Manuel Quezon inaugurated as first president of the Philippines, November 15, 1935.
- Canadian poet Louis H. Frechette born November 16, 1839.
- Composer Paul Hindemith born November 16, 1895.
- Oklahoma became the 46th state, November 16, 1907.
- Congress first met in Washington, D.C., November 17, 1800.
- Suez Canal opened, November 17, 1869.
- Louis Jacques Daguerre, French painter and inventor of the daguerreotype, born November 18, 1787.
- Standard time began in the United States, November 18, 1883.
- Sir William S. Gilbert, English dramatist who worked with composer Sir Arthur Sullivan, born November 18, 1836.
- United States and Panama signed treaty providing for Panama Canal, November 18, 1903.
- Asa Gray, American botanist, born November 18, 1810.
- Eugene Ormandy, American conductor, born November 18, 1899.
- Frontiersman George Rogers Clark born November 19, 1752.
- Ferdinand de Lesseps, French promoter of Suez Canal, born November 19, 1805.
- James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States, born November 19, 1831.
- Abraham Lincoln delivered Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863.
- Indira Gandhi, first woman prime minister of India, born November 19, 1917.
- Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian statesman, born November 20, 1841.
- Kenesaw Mountain Landis, first commissioner of professional baseball, born November 20, 1866.
- Selma Lagerlof, Swedish novelist, born November 20, 1858.
- United States forces landed on Tarawa, November 20, 1943.
- Voltaire, French author and philosopher, born November 21, 1694.
- North Carolina ratified the Constitution, November 21, 1789.
- French explorer Sieur de La Salle born November 22, 1643.
- George Eliot, English novelist, born November 22, 1819.
- Charles de Gaulle, French statesman, born November 22, 1890.
- Benjamin Britten, British composer, born November 22, 1913.
- First transpacific air-mail flight began, November 22, 1935.
- U.S. President John F. Kennedy assassinated, November 22, 1963.
- Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States, born in Hillsboro, N.H., November 23, 1804.
- Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher, born November 24, 1632.
- Franciscan missionary Father Junipero Serra born November 24, 1713.
- Laurence Sterne, British novelist, born November 24, 1713.
- Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States, born near Barboursville, Va., November 24, 1784.
- French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec born November 24, 1864.
- Lope de Vega, Spanish playwright, born November 25, 1562.
- American industrialist Andrew Carnegie born November 25, 1835.
- Pope John XXIII born November 25, 1881.
- Joe DiMaggio, American baseball star, born November 25, 1914.
- First national Thanksgiving Day in United States proclaimed by President George Washington, November 26, 1789.
- Charles A. Beard, American historian, born November 27, 1874.
- William Blake, English poet and artist, born November 28, 1757.
- Stefan Zweig, Austrian biographer, born November 28, 1881.
- Louisa M. Alcott, American author, born November 29, 1832.
- Commander Richard E. Byrd and crew of three became first to fly over South Pole, November 29, 1929.
- Jonathan Swift, who wrote Gulliver's Travels, born November 30, 1667.
- Mark Twain, American author, born November 30, 1835.
- British statesman Sir Winston Churchill born November 30, 1874.
**Facts taken from World Book Millennium 2000
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