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, 1974
Day of Week 2nd » 78 die when the Time Go-Go Club in Seoul, South Korea burns down. Six of the victims jumped to their deaths from the seventh floor after a club official barred the doors after the fire started.
Day of Week 13th » Ronald DeFeo, Jr. murders his entire family in Amityville, Long Island in the house that would become known as The Amityville Horror.
Day of Week 20th » The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T Corporation. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System.
Day of Week 21st » The Birmingham Pub Bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but subsequently acquitted.
Day of Week 22nd » The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.
Day of Week 23rd » 60 Ethiopian politicians, aristocrats, military officers, and other persons are Massacre of the Sixty called executed by the provisional military government.
2nd » Nelly, American rapper and actor (St. Lunatics)
2nd » Orlando Cabrera, Colombian-American baseball player
3rd » Tariq Abdul-Wahad, French basketball player and coach
3rd » Sonali Kulkarni, Indian actress
4th » Cedric Bixler-Zavala, American singer-songwriter and drummer (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta, Anywhere (band) or Anywhere, De Facto (band) e.g De Facto, and The Fall on Deaf Ears)
4th » Louise Redknapp, English singer and actress (Eternal (band) or Eternal)
5th » Ryan Adams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Whiskeytown, The Finger (band) known as The Finger, Pornography (band) named Pornography, and Ryan Adams and the Cardinals)
5th » Angela Gossow, German singer-songwriter (Arch Enemy (band) named Arch Enemy)
5th » Dado Pršo, Croatian footballer
5th » Jerry Stackhouse, American basketball player and sportscaster