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, 2002
Day of Week 4th » Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing a pro-democracy letter to the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China named Communist Party Congress.
Day of Week 7th » Iran bans advertising of United States products.
Day of Week 8th » Iraq disarmament crisis: UN Security Council Resolution 1441 The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves a resolution on Iraq, forcing Saddam Hussein to disarmament e.g disarm or face "serious consequences".
Day of Week 13th » Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
13th » The oil tanker 'Prestige (ship) e.g Prestige' sinks off the Galicia (Spain) called Galician coast and causes a huge oil spill.
Day of Week 15th » Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
Day of Week 18th » Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.
Day of Week 19th » The Greek oil tanker 'Prestige (oil tanker) Prestige' splits in half and sinks off the coast of Galicia (Spain) Galicia, releasing over 20 million US gallons (76,000 m³) of oil in the Prestige oil spill largest environmental disaster in Spanish and Portug
Day of Week 21st » NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.
Day of Week 22nd » In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.
Day of Week 28th » Suicide bombers 2002 Mombasa attacks named blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya; their colleagues fail in their attempt to bring down Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582 with surface-to-air missiles.
Famous Birthdays on November in 2002
14th » Ben Bowen, American brain cancer victim (d. 2005)
14th » Eddie Bracken, American actor and singer (b. 1915)
14th » Elena Nikolaidi, Turkish-American soprano and educator (b. 1909)
17th » Abba Eban, South African-Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel) named Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1915)
17th » Frank McCarthy (artist) named Frank McCarthy, American painter and illustrator (b. 1924)