Events Date 1945 November | History by KabAstro

Nov 1 First issue of Ebony magazine published by John H. Johnson
Nov 3 Australian Test cricket batsman Lindsay Hassett is 124 not out as Australian Services draws with Prince's XI at Delhi; follows his 187 in 1st innings

Music Concert

Nov 3 Dmitri Shostakovich's 9th Symphony premieres in 25th season opening concert of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, under Yevgeny Mravinsky

Nov 5 Colombia joins the United Nations.
Nov 6 House Committee on Un-American Activities begins investigation of 7 radio commentators
Nov 6 The first landing of a jet on a carrier takes place on USS Wake Island when an FR-1 Fireball touches down
Nov 8 Jacques Belasco and Kay Twomey's musical "The Girl from Nantucket" opens at Adelphi Theater, NYC; runs for 12 performances
Nov 8 Riverboat sinks off Hong Kong; kills 1,550
Nov 10 College football's #1 Army beats #2 Notre Dame 48-0
Nov 10 Harry Revel and Arnold B. Horwitt's musical comedy "Are You with It?" opens at Century Theater, NYC, later moving to the Shubert Theatre; runs for 264 performances
Nov 10 Heavy battle in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, celebrated as Heroes' Day (Hari Pahlawan).
Nov 12 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to American politician Cordell Hull (for establishing the UN)
Nov 13 Australian Services draw 1st Victory Test against India
Nov 14 H Lindsay and R Crouse's "State of the Union" premieres in NYC
Nov 14 Java: Sutan Sjahrir appointed to form a government as Indonesia's first Prime Minister

Gabriela Mistral

Nov 15 Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral becomes the first Latin American to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature

Nov 15 Rules revised for election of modern players to the Baseball Hall of Fame
Nov 16 Founding of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Nov 16 Two new elements discovered by Glenn Seaborg, James, Morgan and Albert Ghiorso were are announced: americium (atomic number 95) and curium (atomic number 96)
Nov 16 Yeshiva College (University), chartered in NY, 1st US Jewish College
Nov 17 "Girl from Nantucket" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 12 performances
Nov 17 Jacques Belasco and Kay Twomey's musical "The Girl from Nantucket" closes at Adelphi Theater, NYC, after 12 performances
Nov 17 New world air speed record 606 mph (975 kph) set by HJ Wilson of RAF

Schoenberg's Prelude

Nov 18 Arnold Schoenberg's Prelude for orchestra & mixed choir, premieres

Dutch Parliament

Nov 20 Queen Wilhelmina opens Dutch parliament in Hague

Queen of the Netherlands Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

Nuremberg War Trials

Nov 20 The Nuremberg war trials begin as 24 Nazi leaders are put on trial before judges representing the victorious Allied powers

Hermann Göring, far left, front row, sits in the dock next to Rudolf Hess and other leading Nazis at the Nuremberg tribunal

Britten's String Quartet No. 2

Nov 21 Benjamin Britten's String Quartet No. 2 premieres at the Wigmore Hall, London, played by the Zorian Quartet

Nov 21 General Motors workers go on strike

Music History

Nov 22 Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe.'s musical "The Day Before Spring" opens at National Theater, NYC; runs for 167 performances

Nov 22 Cleveland Rams end Jim Benton gains 303 yards in 28-21 win over Detroit Lions; NFL single game rushing record - stands for 40+ years
Nov 23 Most US wartime rationing of foods, including meat & butter, ends

Brief Encounter

Nov 26 "Brief Encounter", based on Noël Coward's one-act play "Still Life", directed by David Lean and starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard is released

Playwright, Director and Singer Noël Coward

Greatest Jazz Session Ever

Nov 26 Charlie "Bird" Parker leads recording session for the Savoy label marketed as the "greatest Jazz session ever" with Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis

Jazz Saxophonist and Composer Charlie "Bird" Parker

Nov 26 During snow storm, school bus crashes, kills 15 (Washington)
Nov 27 Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft re-buried in presence of Queen Wilhelmina
Nov 27 General George Marshall named special US envoy to China
Nov 27 Trial against Dutch Fascist NSB leader Anton Mussert begins (later convicted and executed by firing squad)
Nov 28 Australian Services draw second Victory Test Cricket v India at Calcutta

The Lost Weekend

Nov 29 "The Lost Weekend", based on Charles R. Jackson's novel, directed by Billy Wilder and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman premieres in Los Angeles (Academy Awards Best Picture 1946)