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, 1950
Day of Week 1st » Puerto Rico known as Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo Truman assassination attempt called attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.
1st » Pope Pius XII claims papal infallibility when he formally dogmatic definition e.g defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
Day of Week 8th » Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 known as MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.
Day of Week 13th » General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.
Day of Week 17th » Lhamo Dondrub is officially named the 14th Dalai Lama.
Day of Week 19th » US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO called NATO-Europe.
Day of Week 21st » Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.
Day of Week 24th » The "Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 named Storm of the Century", a violent snowstorm, takes shape on this date before paralyzing the northeastern United States and the Appalachians the next day, bringing winds up to 100 mph and sub-zero temperat
Day of Week 25th » The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950, known at the time as the "Storm of the Century", strikes New England with hurricane force winds resulting in massive forest blow-downs and storm surge damage along the Northeast coast including New York City.
Famous Birthdays on November in 1950
1st » Mitch Kapor, American computer programmer and businessman, founded Lotus Software and Electronic Frontier Foundation
1st » Robert B. Laughlin, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics called Nobel Prize laureate
1st » Dan Peek, American guitarist (America (band) e.g America) (d. 2011)
2nd » Alex Fagan, American police officer (d. 2010)
2nd » Erika Mann (politician) known as Erika Mann, German politician
3rd » Massimo Mongai, Italian journalist and author
9th » Parekura Horomia, New Zealand politician, 40th Minister of Māori Affairs (d. 2013)
10th » Debra Hill, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005)
10th » Bob Orton, Jr., American wrestler
10th » Jack Scalia, American actor and producer
11th » Mircea Dinescu, Romanian journalist and poet
11th » Jim Peterik, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Survivor (band) or Survivor, Pride of Lions, and The Ides of March (band) e.g The Ides of March)
12th » Barbara Fairchild, American singer-songwriter
12th » Urmas Lõoke, Estonian architect
13th » Mary Lou Metzger, American singer and dancer
13th » Gilbert Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
14th » Sarah Radclyffe, English producer and production manager
15th » Egon Vaupel, German politician, 16th Mayor of Marburg
21st » Gary Pihl, American guitarist (Boston (band) e.g Boston)
22nd » Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (d. 1978)
22nd » Jim Jefferies (footballer) named Jim Jefferies, Scottish footballer and manager
22nd » Wayne Larkins, English cricketer and footballer
22nd » Art Sullivan, Belgian singer
22nd » Steven Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (E Street Band, Steel Mill, and Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes)
22nd » Tina Weymouth, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club)
23rd » Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri, Indian indologist, author, and academic
23rd » Carlos Eire, Cuban-born American author and academic
23rd » Chuck Schumer, American lawyer and politician