November is the eleventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of four months with the length of 30 days. November was the ninth month of the ancient Roman calendar. November retained its name (from the Latin novem meaning nine) when January and February were added to the Roman calendar. November is a month of spring in the Southern Hemisphere and autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. Therefore, November in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of May in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa.
November symbols: The birthstones of November are the topaz (particularly, yellow) which symbolizes friendship and the citrine. Its birth flower is the chrysanthemum. The zodiac signs for the month of November are Scorpio (until November 21) and Sagittarius (November 22 onwards).
Historical Events for November, 1869
Day of Week 6th » In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the 1869 college football season First football game ever played or first official intercollegiate American College football name
Day of Week 17th » In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
Day of Week 22nd » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper 'Cutty Sark' is launched one of the last clippers ever built, and the only one still surviving today.
Famous Birthdays on November in 1869
8th » Zinaida Gippius, Russian-French poet and author (d. 1945)
9th » Marie Dressler, Canadian-American actress an singer (d. 1934)
10th » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American assassin of Umberto I of Italy (d. 1901)