Music Premiere
Nov 3 Dmitri Shostakovich's 8th Symphony premieres in Moscow
- Nov 3 P-47D Thunderbolt shot down above North Holland
- Nov 5 Vatican in Rome bombed by unknown source
- Nov 6 "Catulli Carmina (Songs of Catullus)", the second work of Carl Orff's Trionfi cantata trilogy premieres at the Leipzig Opera
- Nov 6 Soviet forces reconquer Kiev
- Nov 6 Soviet troops land on Kertsj peninsula
- Nov 7 Detroit Lions 0, NY Giants 0; last scoreless tie in NFL
- Nov 8 France arrests government of Lebanon after they abolish the French mandate
Chandler and Musial MVP
Nov 11 New York Yankees pitcher Spud Chandler wins AL MVP; St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Stan Musial wins NL MVP
- Nov 11 US air raid on Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
- Nov 12 Landwacht (NSB-political party) forms in Netherlands
- Nov 14 Chic Bear Sid Luckman passes for 7 touchdowns vs NY Giants (56-7)
- Nov 14 J Postma, C Schalker, D Goulooze arrested for leading illegal CPN
- Nov 16 WW II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway
- Nov 18 444 British bombers attack Berlin
- Nov 18 First US ambassador to Canada, Ray Atherton, nominated
- Nov 18 WWII: German submarine U-211 sunk east of the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean by British aircraft
- Nov 20 WWII: German submarine U-536 sunk northeast of the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean by British and Canadian warships
- Nov 20 WWII: US forces land on Tarawa & Makin Atoll in Gilbert Island
- Nov 21 7 Belgian ministers in London criticise King Leopold III for surrendering to Germany
- Nov 21 WWII: German submarine U-538 sunk on southwest of Ireland in the Atlantic Ocean by British warships
- Nov 22 British RAF begins air bombing of Berlin, Germany
- Nov 22 France officially recognises the independence of Lebanon, releasing the imprisoned Lebanese government
Cairo Conference
Nov 22 The Cairo Conference: FDR, Churchill and Chinese President Chiang Kai-shek meet in Egypt to discuss ways to defeat Japan
- Nov 22 US troops land on Abemada, Gilbert Island in the South Pacific
- Nov 23 1st printing of illegal "Warheid"
- Nov 23 British Forces Broadcasting Service begins operations
- Nov 23 Philadelphia Phillies owner William D. Cox is permanently banned from baseball for having bet on his own team
- Nov 23 US forces take control of Tarawa, Gilbert Island & Makin from Japanese
- Nov 25 U-600 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
Girl Crazy
Nov 26 MGM releases last of 9 Judy Garland-Mickey Rooney movies - "Girl Crazy", a film adaptation of George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin's stage musical
- Nov 27 CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Hamilton Flying Wildcats defeat Winnipeg RCAF Bombers, 23-14
- Nov 28 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin meet at the Tehran Conference in Iran to map out strategy
- Nov 29 U-86 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
- Nov 29 US aircraft carrier Hornet launched
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