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, 1923
Day of Week 8th » Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazism known as Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.
Day of Week 9th » In Munich, Germany, police and government troops crush the Beer Hall Putsch in Bavaria. The failed coup is the work of the Nazis.
Day of Week 15th » The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic.
Famous Birthdays on November in 1923
1st » Victoria de los Ángeles, Spanish soprano (d. 2005)
1st » Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian-American author (d. 2001)
1st » Menachem Elon, German-Israeli academic and jurist (d. 2013)
1st » Carlos Páez Vilaró, Uruguayan painter and sculptor (d. 2014)
3rd » Yamaguchi Hitomi, Japanese author and critic (d. 1995)
3rd » Tomás Ó Fiaich, Irish cardinal (d. 1990)
3rd » Leonard Stone, American actor (d. 2011)
4th » Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman (d. 2002)
4th » Howie Meeker, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician
4th » Eugene Sledge, American soldier, academic, and author (d. 2001)
5th » Rudolf Augstein, German journalist (d. 2002)
6th » Ray B. Sitton, American pilot and general (d. 2013)
6th » Don Lusher, English trombonist and bandleader (d. 2006)
7th » Gene Callahan (production designer) or Gene Callahan, American art director and production designer (d. 1990)
8th » Jack Kilby, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize in Physics or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
9th » Alice Coachman, American high jumper (d. 2014)