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, 1972
Day of Week 8th » HBO launches its programming, with the broadcast of the 1971 movie 'Sometimes a Great Notion (film) known as Sometimes a Great Notion', starring Paul Newman and Henry Fonda.
Day of Week 10th » Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama is Aircraft hijacking known as hijacked and, at one point, is threatened with crashing into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After two days, the plane lands in Havana, Cuba,
Day of Week 11th » Vietnam War: Vietnamization The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.
Day of Week 21st » Voters in South Korea overwhelmingly approve a new constitution, giving legitimacy to Park Chung-hee and the Fourth Republic of South Korea known as Fourth Republic.
Day of Week 23rd » The Soviet Union makes its final attempt at successfully launching the N-1 rocket.
Day of Week 29th » Atari, Inc. known as Atari announces the release of 'Pong', the first commercially successful video game.
Day of Week 30th » Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning United States known as American troop withdrawals from Vietnam due to the fact that troop levels are now down to 27,000.
Famous Birthdays on November in 1972
1st » Toni Collette, Australian actress, singer, and producer
1st » Hello Kitty, Japanese Kitty-Cat
1st » Paul Dickov, Scottish footballer and manager
1st » Jenny McCarthy, American model, actress, and author
28th » Jesper Strömblad, Swedish guitarist and songwriter (In Flames, Dimension Zero (Swedish band) or Dimension Zero, Sinergy, Ceremonial Oath, and All Ends)
29th » Willie Bain, Scottish academic and politician
29th » Brian Baumgartner, American actor and producer
29th » Jamal Mashburn, American basketball player and sportscaster
29th » Minoru Tanaka (wrestler) called Minoru Tanaka, Japanese wrestler and boxer