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).
Famous Birthdays on November in 1884
3rd » Joseph William Martin, Jr., American publisher and politician, 49th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1968)
3rd » Arthur Rosenkampff, American gymnast (d. 1952)
4th » Harry Ferguson, Irish engineer, invented the Tractor (d. 1960)
4th » George Underwood (athlete) named George Underwood, American runner (d. 1943)
5th » James Elroy Flecker, English author and playwright (d. 1915)
6th » Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, Iranian poet, journalist, and historian (d. 1951)
8th » Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (d. 1922)
20th » Norman Thomas, American minister and politician (d. 1968)
22nd » Sulaiman Nadvi, Pakistani historian, author, and scholar (d. 1953)
24th » Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Russian-Israeli historian and politician, 2nd President of Israel (d. 1963)
Famous Deaths for November 1884
11th » Alfred Brehm German zoologist, author, and illustrator (b. 1827)