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, 1900
Day of Week 7th » Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
Famous Birthdays on November in 1900
3rd » Adolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Adidas (d. 1978)
4th » Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu, Romanian sociologist and activist (d. 1954)
5th » Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (d. 1972)
5th » Natalie Schafer, American actress (d. 1991)
8th » Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (d. 1949)
9th » Oskar Loorits, Estonian author and academic (d. 1961)
13th » Edward Buzzell, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1985)
14th » Aaron Copland, American composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1990)
19th » Bunny Ahearne, Irish-English ice hockey player and manager (d. 1985)
19th » Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian mathematician and hydrodynamicist (d. 1980)
19th » Anna Seghers, German author and politician (d. 1983)
20th » Chester Gould, American cartoonist (d. 1985)
22nd » Tom Macdonald (writer) known as Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and author (d. 1980)
22nd » Helenka Pantaleoni, American actress and humanitarian, co-founded U.S. Fund for UNICEF (d. 1987)