1. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER November 1 st. All Saints Day observed by Christians. 01/11/1470. King Edward 5 th. of England is born. November 2 nd. All Souls Day observed by Christians. 02/11/1755. French Queen Marie Antoinette is born.

2. THIS MONTH IN HISTYORY NOVEMBER 02/11/1946. Alan Jones. Australian Formula One world motor racing champion is born. 03/11/1903. Panama declares its independence from Colombia. 03/11/1913. The U.S. government introduces an income tax for the 1 st. time.

3. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 04/11/1922. The tomb of Tutankhamun, King of Egypt, is discovered. 04/11/1956. Soviet Military forces enter Hungary to quash an uprising by Hungarian citizens. Thousands are killed and wounded and nearly 250,000 people flee Hungary.

4. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 04/11/1995. Yitzhak Rabin. Prime Minister of Israel is assassinated. 04/11/2008. Barack Obama becomes the 1 st. African American to be elected as President of the U.S.A. November 5 th. Guy Fawkes day in the U.K. The Gunpowder plot to blow up the English Houses of Parliament fails in 1605.

5. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 05/11/1688. The Glorious Revolution begins in England led by William of Orange. 05/11/1913. Vivien Leigh who played the role of Scarlett O’Hara in “Gone With the Wind” is born. 05/11/2006. The former President of Iraq: Saddam Hussein is sentenced to death.

6. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 06/11/1861. Jefferson Davis is elected President of the Confederate States of America. 06/11/1893. Peter Illyich Tchiakovsky. Famous Russian composer is born. 06/11/1999. Australians vote in a Referendum against Australia becoming a Republic.

7. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 06/11/2004. Johnny Warren. Former Australian Football Captain and SBS commentator dies. 07/11/1867. Marie Curie. French Physicist is born. 07/11/1926. Dame Joan Sutherland. Australian Opera singer is born..

8. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 07/11/1935. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. Australian aviator disappears in a flight after leaving India. 08/11/1656. Edmond Halley. British Astronomer is born. 08/11/1900. Margaret Mitchell. American author who wrote: “Gone with the Wind” is born.

9. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 08/11/1922. Dr Christian Barnard. South African Heart surgeon who performed the 1 st. ever Heart transplant on 03/12/1967 is born. 08/11/1923. The Beer Hall Putsch takes place in Munich when the Nazis led by Adolf Hitler try unsuccessfully to overthrow the German government.

10. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 08/11/1932. Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected President of the U.S.A. for the 1 st. of 4 times. 08/11/1965. The Death penalty is formally abolished in the U.K.

11. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 08/11/2013. Typhoon Haiyan hits the Philippines. Over 5,000 people are killed and the cyclone causes over $1Billion in damages. 09/11/1887. Pearl Harbour becomes a territory of the U.S.A.

12. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 09/11/1921. Albert Einstein is awarded the Nobel prize for Physics for his work with the photoelectric effect. 09/11/1953. Cambodia becomes independent. 09/11/1989. The Berlin wall comes down. 10/11/1483. Martin Luther. German leader of the Protestant Reformation is born.

13. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 11/11/1215. The 4 th. Lateran Council meets and defines the doctrine of Transubstantiation by which the Bread & Wine are said to be transformed into the Body & Blood of Jesus Christ.

14. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 11/11/1675. Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates Integral Calculus for the 1 st. time. 11/11/1880. The Australian Bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged in Melbourne. 11/11/1918. Poland is proclaimed an independent Republic.

15. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 11/11/1918. Germany signs an armistice with the Allies whereby W.W.1. ends at the 11 th. Hour, of the 11 th. Day, of the 11 th. Month in 1918. 11/11/1975. The Whitlam government is dismissed by the Governor General Sir John Kerr in Canberra.

16. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 13/11/1850. Robert Louis Stevenson. Scottish novelist is born. 14/11/1840. Claude Monet. French painter is born. 14/11/1889. Jawaharlal Nehru. 1 st. Prime Minister of India is born. 14/11/1948. Prince Charles is born.

17. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 15/11/1630. Johannes Keppler. German Astronomer & Mathematician dies. 15/11/1891. Erwin Rommel. German Field Marshall in W.W.2. is born. 15/11/1889. Brazil becomes a Republic. 15/11/1918. The League of Nations meets for the 1 st. time.

18. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 15/11/2104. Senator Reg Withers. A former Liberal Federal Minister dies. 16/11/1960. Clarke Gabel. American actor who starred in the movie: “Gone with the Wind” dies. 16/11/2014. Ian Craig. Australia’s youngest ever Test cricket Captain dies.

19. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 17/11/1558. Queen Elizabeth 1 st. Is crowned Queen of England. 17/11/1869. The Suez canal is opened. 17/11/1889. Bernard Montgomery “Monty” British W.W.2. Commander is born.

20. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY. NOVEMBER 18/11/1626. St Peters Bascillia is consecrated in Rome. 18/11/1836. Sir William Gilbert of Gilbert & Sullivan Opera fame is born. 18/11/1901. George Gallup. “The Gallup Poll” is born. 18/11/1962. Neils Bohr. Danish Physicist & Nobel Prize winner dies.

21. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 18/11/1969. Joseph P Kennedy. Father of Jack, Robert & Edward dies. 19/11/1863. President Abraham Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg Address. 19/11/1828. Franz Schubert. Austrian Composer dies. 19/11/1917. Indira Gandhi. 1 st. Female Prime Minister of India is born.

22. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 19/11/1941. H.M.A.S. Sydney is sunk in W.W.2. 645 Australians are killed. 19/11/1969. Brazilian Footballer Pele scores his 1,000 th. goal. 20/11/1925. Senator Robert F Kennedy is born. 20/11/1945. The Nuremberg War Trials begin. 20/11/1947. Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth 2nd.) marries Prince Phillip.

23. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 20/11/1962. The Cuban Missile Crisis officially ends. 21/11/1694. Voltaire. French author & philosopher is born. 22/11/1943. Billie Jean King. Famous U.S. Tennis player is born. 22/11/1943. Lebanon gains its Independence from France.

24. THIS WEEK IN HISTORY. NOVEMBER 22/11/1963. Aldous Huxley. English author dies. 22/11/1963. C.S. Lewis. Irish author dies. 22/11/1963. U.S. President John F Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas Texas. 22/11/2005. Angela Merkel becomes the 1 st. female Chancellor of Germany.

25. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 23/11/1923. Radio Broadcasting begins in Australia. 23/11/1934. Lew Hoad. Famous Australian Tennis player is born. 23/11/2012. Larry Hagman. American film & Television actor dies. Best known for his roles as “JR” in Dallas & “Major Nelson” in I Dream of Jeannie.

26. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 24/11/1642. Abel Tasman becomes the 1 st. European to discover Van Dieman’s land. (Tasmania)

27. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 24/11/1859. Charles Darwin publishes his book: “On the origin of the Species.” 24/11/1876. Walter Burley Griffin. Designer of Canberra is born. 24/11/1963. Lee Harvey Oswald. (The alleged assassin of J.F.K.) is shot dead Jack Ruby.

28. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 25/11/1835. Andrew Carnegie. British born Industrialist & Philanthropist is born. 25/11/1880. John Flynn. Founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service is born. 25/11/1881. Pope John 23 rd. is born.

29. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 25/11/2005. George Best. Northern Ireland’s most famous footballer dies. 26/11/43BC. The 2 nd. Triumvirate is formed between Julius Caesar, Caesar Augustus & Mark Antony. 26/11/1520. Ferdinand Magellan becomes the 1 st. European to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

30. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 26/11/1842. The University of Notre Dame is founded. 26/11/1855. The name Van Dieman’s Land is replaced by the name Tasmania. 26/11/2003. The Concorde makes its final flight. 28/11/1757. William Blake. English poet & artist is born.

31. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 28/11/1893. Women vote in a National election for the 1 st. time anywhere in the world in New Zealand. 28/11/1943. The Tehran Conference is held in W.W.2. 28/11/1968. Enid Blyton. British Children’s author dies.

32. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 28/11/1992. Sydney Nolan. Famous Australian artist dies. 29/11/1924. Giacomo Puccini. Famous Italian Opera composer dies. 29/11/2001. George Harrison. Member of the Beatles dies from lung cancer. 29/11/2008. Jorn Utzon. Danish architect who designed the Sydney Opera House dies.

33. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 30 TH. November. The feast of ST Andrew. Patron Saint of Scotland & Scotland’s National day. 30/11/1667. Jonathon Swift. English author is born. 30/11/1835. Mark Twain. American author is born.

34. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NOVEMBER 30/11/1874. Sir Winston Churchill. Britain’s War time Prime Minister is born. 30/11/1900. Oscar Wilde. Irish author dies.

35. QUOTE OF THE MONTH: “ Four score and seven years ago our fathers bought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.…………………………………………………… That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom – and that the government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Gettysburg Address. 19 th.November 1863.