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, 1949
Day of Week 2nd » The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the Republic of the United States of Indonesia called United States of Indonesia.
Day of Week 7th » The first oil was taken in Neft Daşları e.g Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform.
Day of Week 15th » Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi e.g Mahatma Gandhi.
Day of Week 18th » The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on Strike action e.g strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the Colonial Nigeria or British colonial administrat
Day of Week 26th » The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the Constitution of India named constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
Famous Birthdays on November in 1949
1st » David Foster, Canadian singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (Skylark (Canadian band) Skylark, Attitudes (band) Attitudes, and Airplay (band) Airplay)
1st » Michael D. Griffin, American physicist and engineer