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 1891
2nd » David Townsend (art director) or David Townsend, American art director and set decorator (d. 1935)
10th » Carl Stalling, American pianist and composer (d. 1972)
11th » Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player and manager (d. 1954)
14th » Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
15th » W. Averell Harriman, American politician, 48th Governor of New York (d. 1986)
15th » Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (d. 1944)
25th » Ōnishiki Uichirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26th Makuuchi Yokozuna or Yokozuna (d. 1941)
26th » Scott Bradley, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1977)
28th » Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (d. 1949)
Famous Deaths for November 1891
3rd » Louis Lucien Bonaparte, English-Italian philologist and politician (b. 1813)