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, 1929
Day of Week 7th » In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
Day of Week 18th » 1929 Grand Banks earthquake: off the south coast of Newfoundland (island) called Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a t
Day of Week 29th » U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
Famous Birthdays on November in 1929
1st » Nicholas Mavroules, American politician (d. 2003)
2nd » Amar Bose, American engineer and businessman, founded the Bose Corporation (d. 2013)
2nd » Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, Pakistani judge and politician, 9th President of Pakistan
2nd » Richard E. Taylor, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate
3rd » Alfonso Orueta, Chilean footballer, manager, and politician (d. 2012)
3rd » Ed Richards (fencer) named Ed Richards, American fencer (d. 2012)