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- Oct 22 Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus.
- Oct 28 Indian freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai injured leading silent protest against visiting British commission in Lahore (dies of injuries 17th November)
- Oct 28 Indonesian child laws enforced in Bahasa Indonesia
- Nov 1 1st celebration of Authors' Day
Bradman Scores 133
Nov 1 Australian cricket batting prodigy Don Bradman scores 133 not out in NSW 2nd innings v Queensland in Brisbane; follows his 131 in the Blues' 1st innings
The Age of Zeppelins
Nov 1 Graf Zeppelin sets airship distance record of 6384 km
- Nov 1 Turkey passes a new alphabet law switching from the Arabic to the Latin alphabet
Shostakovich's 1st Symphony
Nov 2 Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Symphony premieres in US with Leopold Stokowski leading the Philadelphia Orchestra at The Academy of Music, Philadelpha
Murder of Arnold Rothstein
Nov 4 American gangster Arnold Rothstein is shot at a business meeting for reputedly refusing to pay gambling debts (dies 6th November)
- Nov 4 Jose Moncada elected president of Nicaragua
- Nov 4 Titanic Thompson participates in a high-stakes poker game that leads to the murder of Arnold Rothstein
- Nov 6 Clevelanders vote to build a stadium with city bonds
- Nov 6 Colonel Jacob Schick patents 1st electric razor
Hoover Elected President
Nov 6 Republican candidate Herbert Hoover is elected President of the United States, defeating Democrat candidate Al Smith
- Nov 6 Swedes start a tradition of eating Gustavus Adolphus pastries to commemorate the king
Emperor Hirohito's Regalia
Nov 10 Emperor Hirohito of Japan's possession of the Imperial Regalia is publicly confirmed
Poincaré Government
Nov 11 France's 5th government of Raymond Poincaré forms
- Nov 11 KXO-AM in El Centro CA begins radio transmissions
- Nov 11 WGL-AM in Ft Wayne IN begins radio transmissions
- Nov 11 WMT-AM in Cedar Rapids IA begins radio transmissions
- Nov 11 WOL-AM in Washington, D.C. begins radio transmissions
- Nov 12 British steamer "Vestris", sailing from NYC to Uruguay, capsizes and sinks off Hampton Roads, Virginia, kills 111, including many women and children
- Nov 17 Boston Garden officially opens
- Nov 17 Notre Dame finally loses a football game at home after 23 years
Steamboat Willie
Nov 18 Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" released, first Mickey Mouse sound cartoon
Boston Gardens
Nov 20 Boston Gardens opens, Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0
- Nov 20 WGH-AM in Newport News VA begins radio transmissions
Bolero
Nov 22 Orchestral work "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel first performed publicly in Paris, France
- Nov 26 Philip Barry's play "Holiday" premieres in New York City
- Nov 30 Australian cricket legend Don Bradman makes an inauspicious Test debut; scores 18 & 1 vs England in 1st Test in Brisbane; dropped to 12th man for 2nd Test
Vladimir K. Zworykin
Nov 30 Vladimir K. Zworykin receives patent on Iconoscope TV system
- Dec 1 National League President John Heydler first to propose a baseball rule change calling for a 10th man, or 'designated hitter', to bat in place of the pitcher; ironically, the NL vote in favour of proposal, but the American League turn it down
- Dec 1 Railroad museum opens in Utrecht, Netherlands
Bottomley NL MVP
Dec 2 St. Louis Cardinals future Baseball HOF first baseman Jim Bottomley is voted NL MVP
- Dec 4 Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn's musical "Whoopee!", starring Eddie Cantor, premieres on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre, NYC; runs for 407 performances
- Dec 5 England defeats Australia by record 675 runs at Brisbane
- Dec 5 Wilhelm Miklas elected president of Austria
- Dec 11 Buenos Aires police thwart assassination attempt on President-elect Herbert Hoover - prevent anarchists from bombing his train
- Dec 12 Robert Nichols and Maurice Browne's play "Wings over Europe" premieres in New York City
- Dec 13 Clip-on tie designed
- Dec 13 George Gershwin's "An American In Paris" symphonic poem premieres at Carnegie Hall, NYC, performed by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Walter Damrosch
- Dec 17 John McGraw backs NL President John Heydler's designated hitter idea
- Dec 19 1st autogyro flight in US
- Dec 20 1st international dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Quebec
- Dec 20 Ethel Barrymore Theatre opens at 243 W 47th St NYC
- Dec 23 NBC sets up a permanent, coast-to-coast radio network
- Dec 24 George Abbott Theater (Adelphi, 54 St) opens at 152 W 54th St NYC
- Dec 25 NSW (v Vic) go from 8-74 to 9-113 to be 9-367 at stumps
Weissmuller Retires
Dec 26 Johnny Weissmuller announces his retirement from amateur swimming
- Dec 26 World record 10th wicket stand 307 (Kippax / Hooker) NSW v Vic
- Dec 28 Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues" makes her last record - "Big Feelin' Blues"
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