--Crawford W. Long, physician who first used ether as an anesthetic in surgery, born November 1, 1815.
November 2
--Daniel Boone, American frontiersman, born November 2, 1734.
--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.
November 3
--Stephen Austin, colonizer of Texas, born November 3, 1793.
--Canadian explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson born November 3, 1879.
November 4
--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.
November 5
--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.
November 6
--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.
November 7
--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.
November 8
--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.
November 9
--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.
November 10
--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.
November 11
--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.
November 12
--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.
November 13
--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.
November 14
--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.
November 15
--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.
November 16
--Canadian poet Louis H. Frechette born November 16, 1839.
--Composer Paul Hindemith born November 16, 1895.
--Oklahoma became the 46th state, November 16, 1907.
NOAH WHITE
November 17
--Congress first met in Washington, D.C., November 17, 1800.
--Suez Canal opened, November 17, 1869.
November 18
--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.
November 19
--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.
WAYNE & RAVA NELL WHITE
November 20
--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.
November 21
--Voltaire, French author and philosopher, born November 21, 1694.
--North Carolina ratified the Constitution, November 21, 1789.
November 22
--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.
November 23
--Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States, born in Hillsboro, N.H., November 23, 1804.
November 24
--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.
DENNIS & SHEILA WHITE
November 25
--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.
November 26
--First national Thanksgiving Day in United States proclaimed by President George Washington, November 26, 1789.
November 27
--Charles A. Beard, American historian, born November 27, 1874.
November 28
--William Blake, English poet and artist, born November 28, 1757.
--Stefan Zweig, Austrian biographer, born November 28, 1881.
November 29
--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.
November 30
--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.
