Haile Selassie I
Nov 2 Coronation of Ras Tafari Makonnen as Haile Selassie I, 225th Emperor of Ethiopian Solmonic Dynasty
Bank of America
Nov 3 Bank of Italy renamed Bank of America
- Nov 3 First vehicular tunnel to a foreign country (Detroit-Windsor) opens
Revolution of 1930
Nov 3 Getúlio Dornelles Vargas became Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.
3rd Academy Awards
Nov 5 3rd Academy Awards: "All Quiet on the Western Front", George Arliss (Disraeli) and Norma Shearer (The Divorcee) win
Einstein Refrigerator
Nov 11 Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention of the Einstein refrigerator
- Nov 13 WA Drake's "Grand Hotel" premieres in NYC
Sweet & Low
Nov 17 Musical "Sweet & Low" with Fanny Brice premieres in NYC
Smiles
Nov 18 Musical "Smiles" with Bob Hope and Fred Astaire premieres in NYC
- Nov 18 Sōka Kyōiku Gakkai, a Buddhist association later renamed Soka Gakkai, is founded by Japanese educators Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda.
- Nov 22 1st Irish Sweepstake run
- Nov 22 1st US football game broadcast to England (Harvard 13, Yale 0)
Nation of Islam Forms
Nov 22 Elijah Muhammad forms Nation of Islam in Detroit
Terry and Cronin MVPs
Nov 25 Sporting News picks Bill Terry as NL MVP & Joe Cronin as AL MVP
Romantic
Nov 28 Howard Hanson's 2nd Symphony "Romantic" premieres
Authors
Dictators
Explorers
Outlaws
Queens
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