- Nov 1 Charles S Johnson becomes 1st black president of Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee
- Nov 1 First Basketball Association of America game; New York Knicks beat Toronto Huskies, 68-66 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto
- Nov 1 Future pope Karol Wojtyla of Poland is ordained to Catholic priesthood
- Nov 1 West German state of Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) created
- Nov 2 New York City's WABC (AM & FM) radio stations change call letters to WCBS
- Nov 2 New York City's WEAF (AM & FM) radio stations change call letters to WNBC
Event of Interest
Nov 3 Emperor Hirohito proclaims a new Japanese constitution
Park Avenue
Nov 4 Arthur Schwartz, Ira Gershwin, and George S. Kaufman's musical "Park Avenue" opens at Shubert Theater, NYC; runs for 72 performances
- Nov 4 United Nations Educational, Scientific, & Cultural Organization (UNESCO) formed
JFK Elected
Nov 5 John F. Kennedy (Democrat, Massachusetts) elected to US House of Representatives
Wojtyla's First Mass
Nov 6 Karol Wojtyla (future Pope John Paul II) holds his first Mass as newly ordained Catholic priest in Wawel Cathedral's crypt
- Nov 7 Katherine Dunham's song and dance revue "Bal Nègre" opens at Belasco Theater, NYC; runs for 54 performances
La Putain Respecteuse
Nov 8 Jean-Paul Sartre's "La Putain Respecteuse" premieres in Paris
Wage/Price Freeze Ends
Nov 9 US President Harry Truman ends wage/price freeze
- Nov 10 Communists win many seats at French parliamentary election
- Nov 11 New York Knicks play their first Basketball Association of American (BAA) home game at Madison Square Garden; lose, 78-68 to Chicago Stags in overtime
- Nov 12 A branch of the Exchange National Bank in Chicago, Illinois opens the first ten drive-up teller windows
- Nov 12 Walt Disney's "Song Of South" released
Williams AL MVP
Nov 15 Ted Williams is picked as AL MVP
Another Part of the Forest
Nov 20 Lillian Hellman's play "Another Part of the Forest" premieres in NYC
The Best Years of Our Lives
Nov 21 "The Best Years of Our Lives", film directed by William Wyler, based on MacKinlay Kantor's novella Glory for Me, starring Myrna Loy and Fredric March, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1947)
- Nov 21 Georgi Dimitrov elected premier of Bulgaria
- Nov 21 Harry Truman becomes 1st US President to travel in a submerged sub
- Nov 23 Arthur Kay's musical revue of highlights from Victor Herbert operettas "Gypsy Lady" closes at Century Theater, NYC, after 79 performances
- Nov 23 French Navy fire in Haiphong, Vietnam, kills 6,000
- Nov 23 The Workers Party of South Korea is founded
- Nov 27 English soccer team beats Netherlands, 8-2
Fraser Re-elected
Nov 27 Peter Fraser's Labour government wins a second term in New Zealand's general elections
- Nov 28 Dutch Nazi Anton Mussert sentenced to death
- Nov 28 French Fourth Republic government led by Georges Bidault resigns
- Nov 29 Dutch Minister of Social Affairs Willem Drees begins emergency rule of old age facilities
- Nov 30 Bradman scores 187 on first day of the Ashes 1st Test Australia v England at the Gabba, Brisbane
- Nov 30 CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Toronto Argonauts claim 7th Championship and retain title with 28-6 win over Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- Nov 30 Philip Yordan's stage drama "Anna Lucasta", starring Hilda Sims, Canada Lee, and Alice Childress, and featuring the Broadway debut of Ruby Dee, closes at the Mansfield Theatre, NYC, after 957 performances
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