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, 1977
Day of Week 2nd » South Ockendon Windmill, a smock mill at South Ockendon, Essex, England collapsed.
Day of Week 6th » The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls Bible College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.
Day of Week 8th » Manolis Andronikos, a Greek archaeologist and professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, discovers the tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina.
Day of Week 19th » TAP Portugal Flight 425 crashes in the Madeira Islands, killing 130.
Day of Week 20th » Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel, when he meets Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and speaks before the Knesset in Jerusalem, seeking a permanent peace settlement.
Day of Week 21st » Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and "God Defend New Zealand", by Thomas Bracken (lyrics) and John Joseph Woods (music), both being of equal s
Day of Week 22nd » British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.
Day of Week 25th » Former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., is found guilty by the Philippine Military tribunal known as Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by firing squad.
29th » Maria Petrova (figure skater) named Maria Petrova, Russian figure skater
30th » Richard Elias Anderson, Canadian basketball player
30th » Steve Aoki, American DJ and producer, founded Dim Mak Records
30th » Iván Guerrero, Honduran footballer
30th » Kazumi Saito, Japanese baseball player and coach
30th » Olivier Schoenfelder, French ice dancer
Famous Deaths for November 1977
8th » Tasos Giannopoulos, Greek actor and producer (b. 1931)
8th » Bucky Harris, American baseball player and manager (b. 1896)
9th » Fred Haney, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1898)
11th » Greta Keller, Austrian-American actress and singer (b. 1903)
11th » Abraham Sarmiento, Jr., Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1950)
14th » A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian religious leader, monk, guru and founder-acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (b. 1896)
18th » Victor Francen, Belgian-French actor (b. 1888)
18th » Kurt Schuschnigg, Italian-Austrian lawyer and politician, 15th Federal Chancellor of Austria (b. 1897)
26th » Yoshibayama Junnosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Makuuchi Yokozuna or Yokozuna (b. 1920)
27th » Mart Laga, Estonian basketball player (b. 1936)