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, 1958
Day of Week 10th » The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
Day of Week 12th » A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding (climber) known as Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose (El Capitan) called The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
Day of Week 25th » French Sudan gains Autonomous entity or autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.
Day of Week 28th » Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French colonial empire e.g French Community.
Famous Birthdays on November in 1958
1st » Mark Austin (journalist) named Mark Austin, English journalist
1st » Joe DeRenzo, American drummer, composer, and producer
1st » Charlie Kaufman, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1st » Jim Steinmeyer, American magician and author
1st » Rachel Ticotin, American actress
2nd » Willie McGee, American baseball player and manager
16th » Boris Krivokapić, Serbian academic and author
17th » Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, American actress and singer
18th » Daniel Brailovsky, Argentinian footballer and manager
18th » Plamen Krastev, Bulgarian hurdler
18th » Oscar Nunez, Cuban-American actor and screenwriter
19th » Terrence C. Carson, American actor and singer
19th » Annette Gordon-Reed, American historian, author, and academic
19th » Charlie Kaufman, American director, producer, and screenwriter
19th » Michael Wilbon, American sportscaster and journalist
20th » Rickson Gracie, Brazilian mixed martial artist
21st » David Reivers, Jamaican-American actor and producer
22nd » Horse (musician) known as Horse, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
22nd » Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress
22nd » Lee Guetterman, American baseball player
22nd » Bruce Payne, English actor
24th » Roy Aitken, Scottish footballer and manager
24th » Alain Chabat, French actor and director
24th » Margaret Curran, Scottish academic and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
27th » Mike Scioscia, American baseball player and manager
28th » Kriss Akabusi, English sprinter and hurdler
28th » Dave Righetti, American baseball player and coach
29th » Michael Dempsey, Zimbabwean-English bass player (The Cure, Associates (band) Associates, Presence (band) Presence, Easy Cure, The Lotus Eaters (band) The Lotus Eaters, and Malice (UK band) Malice)
29th » John Dramani Mahama, Ghanaian historian and politician, 4th President of Ghana
23rd » Johnston McCulley, American author and screenwriter (b. 1883)
24th » Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Nobel Peace Prize named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
27th » Artur Rodziński, Polish-American conductor (b. 1892)
27th » Georgi Damyanov, Bulgarian politician, List of heads of state of Bulgaria or Head of State of Bulgaria (b. 1892)
30th » Hubert Wilkins, Australian pilot, ornithologist, geographer, and explorer (b. 1888)