2nd » The first gasoline-powered race in the United States; first prize is $2,000.
5th » George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
8th » While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
27th » At the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.
Famous Birthdays on November in 1895
5th » Walter Gieseking, French-German pianist and composer (d. 1956)
5th » Charles MacArthur, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 1956)
10th » József Mátyás Baló, Hungarian physician and academic (d. 1979)
10th » Jack Northrop, American businessman, founded the Northrop Corporation (d. 1981)
14th » Walter Jackson Freeman II, American physician and psychiatrist (d. 1972)
14th » Louise Huff, American actress (d. 1973)
15th » Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
15th » Antoni Słonimski, Polish journalist, poet, and playwright (d. 1976)
16th » Paul Hindemith, German violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1963)
17th » Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher and critic (d. 1975)
17th » Gregorio López (writer) called Gregorio López, Mexican journalist, author, and poet (d. 1966)
19th » Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (d. 1989)
19th » Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (d. 1964)
25th » Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (d. 1991)
25th » Helen Hooven Santmyer, American poet (d. 1986)
25th » Ludvík Svoboda, Czech general and politician, 8th President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1979)
26th » Bill W., American co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1971)
28th » José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor (d. 1980)
29th » Busby Berkeley, American director and choreographer (d. 1976)
29th » William Tubman, Liberian lawyer and politician, 19th President of Liberia (d. 1971)