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, 1912
Day of Week 5th » Woodrow Wilson is elected to the presidency of the United States.
Day of Week 12th » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.
12th » The frozen bodies of Robert Falcon Scott or Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
Day of Week 19th » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army Battle of Monastir named captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia (region) known as Macedonia.
Day of Week 27th » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
Day of Week 28th » Albania Albanian Declaration of Independence or declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
Famous Birthdays on November in 1912
1st » Gunther Plaut, German-Canadian rabbi and author (d. 2012)
3rd » Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan lieutenant and politician, 46th President of Paraguay (d. 2006)