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, 1939
Day of Week 1st » The first rabbit born after artificial insemination is exhibited to the world.
Day of Week 4th » World War II: U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt named Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Acts of 1930s or Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.
Day of Week 6th » World War II: Sonderaktion Krakau takes place.
Day of Week 8th » Venlo Incident: Two British agents of Secret Intelligence Service called SIS are captured by the Germans.
8th » In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.
Day of Week 15th » In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.
Day of Week 23rd » World War II: HMS Rawalpindi HMS 'Rawalpindi' is sunk by the German battleships ship German battleship Scharnhorst 2 and ship German battleship Gneisenau 2.
Day of Week 26th » Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.
Day of Week 30th » Winter War: Soviet Union or Soviet forces cross the Finland or Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the war.
22nd » Tom West, American engineer and author (d. 2011)
22nd » Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, 24th Minister of Defence (India) called Indian Minister of Defence
23rd » Betty Everett, American singer and pianist (d. 2001)
25th » Martin Feldstein, American economist and academic
25th » Eleni Karaindrou, Greek composer
26th » Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia
26th » Wayland Flowers, American actor and puppeteer (d. 1988)
26th » John Gummer, English politician, Secretary of State for the Environment
26th » Mark Margolis, American actor
26th » Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie, Irish-Scottish politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
26th » Art Themen, English saxophonist and surgeon
26th » Tina Turner, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (Ike & Tina Turner)
27th » Dave Giusti, American baseball player and manager
27th » Tony Green, English sportscaster
27th » Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Congolese politician, List of heads of state of the Democratic Republic of the Congo called President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 2001)