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, 1917
Day of Week 2nd » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jew
2nd » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
Day of Week 5th » October Revolution: In Tallinn, Estonia, Communist leader Jaan Anvelt leads revolutionaries in overthrowing the Russian Provisional Government, 1917 e.g Provisional Government (As Estonia and Russia are still using the Julian Calendar, subsequent period r
5th » Tikhon of Moscow named St. Tikhon of Moscow is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Day of Week 6th » World War I: Third Battle of Ypres ends: After three months of fierce fighting, Canadian forces take Passendale e.g Passchendaele in Belgium.
Day of Week 7th » The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.
7th » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: United Kingdom called British forces capture Gaza City or Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
Day of Week 9th » Joseph Stalin enters the provisional government of Bolshevik Russia.
Day of Week 20th » World War I: Battle of Cambrai (1917) or Battle of Cambrai begins British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.
20th » Ukraine is declared a republic.
Day of Week 24th » In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 9 members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
Day of Week 25th » World War I: German forces Battle of Ngomano e.g defeat Portuguese army of about 1200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
Day of Week 26th » The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators (original) named Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
Day of Week 28th » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
Famous Birthdays on November in 1917
1st » Siegfried Jamrowski, Russian-German soldier and pilot (d. 2012)
1st » R. W. B. Lewis, American scholar and critic (d. 2002)
1st » Clarence E. Miller, American politician (d. 2011)
2nd » Ann Rutherford, American actress and singer (d. 2012)
3rd » Annapurna Maharana, Indian activist (d. 2012)