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, 1989
Day of Week 7th » David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City known as mayor of New York City.
7th » East Germany named East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.
Day of Week 9th » Cold War: Berlin Wall Fall of the Berlin Wall. Communism Communist-controlled East Germany opens Border checkpoint checkpoints in the Berlin Wall allowing its citizens to travel to West Germany. This key event led to the eventual German reunification reun
Day of Week 10th » German citizens begin to bring the Berlin Wall down
Day of Week 13th » Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein named Hans-Adam II, the present Prince of Liechtenstein, begins his reign on the death of his father.
Day of Week 16th » A death squad composed of El Salvadoran army troops Murder of UCA scholars kills six Society of Jesus Jesuit priests and two others at Central American University Jose Simeon Canas University.
Day of Week 17th » Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeds on December 29).
Day of Week 20th » Velvet Revolution: The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.
Day of Week 22nd » In West Beirut, a bomb explodes near the motorcade of Lebanese President René Moawad, killing him.
22nd » Back to the Future Part II was released.
Day of Week 27th » Avianca Flight 203, a Boeing 727, explodes in mid-air over Colombia, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground. The Medellín Cartel will claim responsibility for the attack.
Day of Week 28th » Cold War: Velvet Revolution In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power.
Day of Week 30th » Deutsche Bank board member Alfred Herrhausen is killed by a Red Army Faction terrorist bomb.