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, 2000
Day of Week 1st » Serbia and Montenegro joins the United Nations.
Day of Week 2nd » The Expedition 1 known as first resident crew to the ISS docked with their Soyuz TM-31 spacecraft.
Day of Week 7th » Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first former First Lady of the United States named First Lady to win public office in the United States, although she was actually still the First Lady.
7th » Controversial United States presidential election, 2000 or US presidential election that is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case.
Day of Week 11th » Kaprun disaster: 155 skiers and snowboarders die when a Funicular or cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel in Kaprun, Austria.
Day of Week 13th » Philippines e.g Philippine House Speaker Manny Villar passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
Day of Week 15th » A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people.
15th » Jharkhand state comes into existence in India.
Day of Week 17th » A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills seven, and causes millions of Slovenian tolar named SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.
17th » Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
Day of Week 25th » The 2000 Baku earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaves 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan, and becomes the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.
Day of Week 27th » In the Canadian federal election, 2000 named Canadian federal election the Liberal Party of Canada wins its third consecutive election with a gain in the number of its members.