German Rocket Program
Nov 1 Wernher von Braun named head of German liquid-fuel rocket program
- Nov 2 The "Great Emu War" begins: Australian soldiers armed with Lewis Guns seek to cull the Emu population over crop destruction in Campion district, Western Australia
Mussolini Frees Convicts
Nov 5 Benito Mussolini frees 16,000 convicts
Roosevelt Defeats Hoover
Nov 8 Amidst the Great Depression, Democrat candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected President of the United States, defeating Republican incumbent Herbert Hoover
Music in the Air
Nov 8 Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's Musical "Music in the Air" opens at the Alvin Theatre, later transferring to th 44th Street Theatre, NYC; runs for 342 performances
- Nov 9 Hurricane storm wave sweeps over Santa Cruz del Sur Cuba kills 2,500
- Nov 9 Riots between conservative and socialist supporters in Switzerland kill 12 and injure 60.
- Nov 12 24 killed at Lancashire mine explosion
- Nov 15 Walt Disney Art School created
- Nov 17 German government of von Papen resigns
- Nov 18 "Flowers & Trees" receives 1st Academy Award for a cartoon
First Ever Tie
Nov 18 5th Academy Awards: Fredric March and Wallace Beery in 1st ever tie for Best Actor. "Grand Hotel" and Helen Hayes also win.
- Nov 19 Joe Kershalla scores 71 points in a college football game
Demands Hitler Made Chancellor
Nov 19 Shaft & Thyssen demand Adolf Hitler become German chancellor
Event of Interest
Nov 24 Newark-Jersey City Viaduct, a 3.5 mile long highway bridge-causeway over the Passaic and Hackensack rivers, and the New Jersey Meadowlands opens; later named the General Casimir Pulaski Skyway, in honor of the Polish military leader who fought in the US Revolutionary War [1]
- Nov 27 Poland & USSR sign non-aggression treaty
Groucho Marx
Nov 28 Groucho Marx performs on radio for the first time
Gay Divorcee
Nov 29 Cole Porter's musical "Gay Divorcee" opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC, later transferred to the Schubert Theater; runs for 248 performances
- Nov 29 France & USSR sign non-aggression pact
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