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, 1897
Day of Week 1st » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public. The Library had been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
Famous Birthdays on November in 1897
4th » Alfred Lee Loomis, American physicist and philanthropist (d. 1975)
4th » Dolly Stark (umpire) known as Dolly Stark, American baseball player and umpire (d. 1968)
7th » Herman J. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1953)
7th » Armstrong Sperry, American author and illustrator (d. 1976)
8th » Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist (d. 1980)
9th » Harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (d. 1941)
9th » Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978)
12th » Karl Marx (composer) e.g Karl Marx, German composer and conductor (d. 1985)
13th » Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (d. 1975)
15th » Aneurin Bevan, Welsh politician, Secretary of State for Health (d. 1960)
15th » Sacheverell Sitwell, English author and critic (d. 1988)
16th » Choudhry Rahmat Ali, Indian-Pakistani academic, created the name for Pakistan (d. 1951)
17th » Frank Fay (American actor) named Frank Fay, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1961)
18th » Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
19th » Quentin Roosevelt, American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1918)
21st » Mollie Steimer, Russian-American activist (d. 1980)
22nd » Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer and educator (d. 1989)
22nd » Harry Wilson (actor) e.g Harry Wilson, English-American actor and singer (d. 1987)
23rd » Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Bangladeshi−English historian, author, and critic (d. 1999)
23rd » Karl Gebhardt, German physician (d. 1948)
24th » Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mobster (d. 1962)