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, 2013
Day of Week 3rd » A Solar eclipse of November 3, 2013 named solar eclipse sweeps across Africa, Europe and the Eastern United States.
Day of Week 5th » India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its List of Solar System probes or first interplanetary probe.
Day of Week 8th » Typhoon Haiyan, one of the List of tropical cyclone records or strongest storms in history hits the Visayas region in the Philippines. The typhoon killed 6,201 people as of 29 January 2014 and was considered the deadliest Typhoons in the Philippines or ty
Day of Week 17th » Fifty people are killed when Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia.
17th » A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3
Day of Week 19th » A 2013 Iranian embassy bombing known as double suicide bombing at the List of diplomatic missions of Iran or Iranian embassy in Beirut kills 23 people and injures 160 others.
Day of Week 21st » A supermarket Riga supermarket roof collapse or roof collapse in Riga, Zolitude killing 54 people.
Day of Week 24th » Iran signs an interim Geneva interim agreement on Iranian nuclear program agreement with the P5+1 P5+1 countries, limiting its Nuclear program of Iran nuclear program in exchange for reduced Sanctions against Iran sanctions.
Day of Week 28th » A 2013 Borazjan earthquake called 5.6 earthquake in Iran kills seven people and injures 45.
Day of Week 29th » LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470 crashes in Namibia, killing 33 people.
Famous Deaths for November 2013
1st » Tato Laviera, Puerto Rician-American poet (b. 1950)
1st » John Y. McCollister, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1921)