- Nov 1 Mary Chase's stage play "Harvey" opens at the 48th Street Theatre, NYC; runs for 1775 performances
- Nov 1 World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren in the Netherlands
- Nov 1 Zeeuws & Flanders liberated
- Nov 2 Canadian troops occupy Knokke in Belgium
- Nov 2 US 28th Infantry division opens assault on Schmidt Hurtgenwald
- Nov 3 Allied commandos land at Westkapelle, on the Dutch island of Walcheren
- Nov 3 German troops in Vlissingen surrender
- Nov 3 Pro-German government of Hungary flees
- Nov 3 US 28th Infantry division occupies Schmidt Hurtgenwald
- Nov 4 German troops reconquer Schmidt Hurtgenwald
- Nov 4 RAF bombs Dinteloord (Netherlands), 54 killed
- Nov 5 Allied troops reach Zoutelande, Walcheren
- Nov 5 Canadian & British troops liberate Dinteloord
- Nov 5 German troops blow-up Heusden North Brabant city hall, 134 die
Roosevelt vs. Dewey
Nov 7 Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected President of the United States for a record fourth term, defeating Republican candidate Thomas E. Dewey
- Nov 7 Train crashes in tunnel of Aguadilla Spain; about 500 die
- Nov 8 25,000 Hungarian Jews are loaned to Nazis for forced labor
- Nov 8 Last German troops at Walcheren Island, Netherlands surrender
- Nov 9 Red Cross wins Nobel peace prize
- Nov 9 Walcheren purged of Nazi troops
- Nov 10 Ammunition ship USS Mount Hood (AE-11) exploded at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands
- Nov 10 German riots in Rotterdam/Schiedam 52,000 men sent to Germany
- Nov 10 US 9th Army takes Margraten cemetery
- Nov 11 New York Rangers beat Detroit Red Wings, 5-2 to end NHL record 25 game winless streak (0-21-4)
- Nov 12 RAF sinks German battleship Tirpitz at Tromso Fjord, Norway
- Nov 15 Surprise attack on office of Nethche Bank
- Nov 16 US 9th division & 1st Army attacks at Geilenkirchen
- Nov 19 World War II: U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling $14 billion USD in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.
- Nov 20 1st Japanese suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol, Carolines)
- Nov 20 Amsterdam: Vondelpark closed because of kappen of trees
- Nov 20 Dutch Prince Bernhard establishes staff in Breda, Netherlands
- Nov 21 Personnel & executive staff of Philips demonstrate for more food
- Nov 22 Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry occupies Hoven at Geilenkirchen
Meet Me In St Louis
Nov 22 Film musical "Meet Me In St Louis", starring Judy Garland, and directed by Vincente Minnelli, premieres at Loew’s State Theater on Washington Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri
Ode to Napoleon
Nov 23 Arnold Schoenberg's "Ode to Napoleon" premieres in NYC
Liberation of Strasbourg
Nov 23 US 7th army under General Alexander Patch liberates Strasbourg
- Nov 24 US bombers based on Saipan begin 1st attack on Tokyo
- Nov 25 32nd CFL Grey Cup: Montreal HMCS defeat Hamilton Flying Wildcats, 7-6
- Nov 25 World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's store in Deptford, United Kingdom, killing 160 shoppers.
- Nov 26 1st allied marines move onto Antwerp harbor
Heinrich Himmler
Nov 26 Heinrich Himmler orders the destruction of the Auschwitz and Birkenau crematoria
- Nov 27 4,000 shells detonate in RAF arms depot at Fauld, near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire; village of Hanbury destroyed, at least 70 people killed
- Nov 27 US 121st Infantry regiment opens assault on Hurtgen in Germany
- Nov 28 1st allied ship sails into Schelde Antwerp
- Nov 28 400 Rotterdammers attack coal warehouse
- Nov 28 Detroit Tigers pitcher Hal Newhouser is named AL MVP
- Nov 28 In reprisal 40 Dutch men are executed by Nazis
- Nov 28 US 121st Infantry regiment occupies Hurtgen
- Nov 29 Albania liberated from Nazi control (National Day)
- Nov 29 Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore performs 1st open heart surgery
- Nov 29 The first surgery (on a human) to correct blue baby syndrome is performed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas
- Nov 30 Biggest & last British battleship HMS Vanguard launched
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