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, 1918
Day of Week 1st » Malbone Street Wreck: the worst rapid transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 102 deaths.
1st » Western Ukraine gains its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
1st » The short-lived Banat Republic is founded.
Day of Week 3rd » Austria-Hungary enters into an armistice with the Allies of World War I called Allies, and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves.
3rd » Poland declares its independence from Russia.
3rd » The German Revolution of 1918–1919 begins when 40,000 sailors Kiel mutiny known as take over the port in Kiel.
Day of Week 4th » World War I: Austria-Hungary surrenders to Italy.
Day of Week 7th » The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
7th » Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
Day of Week 9th » Kaiser Wilhelm II, German Emperor or Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution of 1918–1919 or German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.
Day of Week 10th » The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa, Ontario, and Washington, DC) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.
Day of Week 11th » World War I: Germany signs an Armistice with Germany (Compiègne) called armistice agreement with Allies of World War I e.g the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne, France. The fighting officially ends at 11:00 a.m., (the eleventh hour of t
11th » Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland - symbolic first day of Polish Independence Day called Polish independence.
11th » Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power.
Day of Week 12th » Austria becomes a First Austrian Republic called republic.
Day of Week 13th » Allies of World War I or Allied troops occupy Occupation of Constantinople named Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
Day of Week 18th » Latvia declares its independence from Russia.
Day of Week 21st » Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as national flag of the Republic of Estonia.
21st » Lwów pogrom (1918) known as A pogrom takes place in Lwów (now Lviv); over three days, at least 50 Jews and 270 Ukrainian Christians are killed by Poles.
Day of Week 23rd » Heber J. Grant succeeds Joseph F. Smith as the seventh President of the Church (LDS Church) known as president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Day of Week 25th » Vojvodina, formerly Austria–Hungary called Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria–Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia.
Day of Week 26th » The Montenegran Podgorica Assembly votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.
Day of Week 28th » Bukovina votes for union with the Kingdom of Romania.
Famous Birthdays on November in 1918
1st » Hermann Braun, American-German actor (d. 1945)
1st » Ken Miles, English racing driver (d. 1966)
3rd » Claude Barma, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
3rd » Bob Feller, American sailor, baseball player, and sportscaster (d. 2010)
3rd » Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American general (d. 2007)
3rd » Russell B. Long, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 2003)
3rd » Dean Riesner, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2002)
4th » Art Carney, American actor and singer (d. 2003)
4th » Cameron Mitchell (actor) e.g Cameron Mitchell, American actor (d. 1994)