- Nov 2 Netherlands ends rationing programs started during WWII for distribution of textiles, meat, and cheese
- Nov 2 The Netherlands recognizes its former colony Indonesia as a sovereign state at conclusion of the Round Table Conference at the Hague, Netherlands
- Nov 4 "One Man's Family" premieres on TV in the US, after running as a radio show since 1932
All The King's Men
Nov 8 "All The King's Men" based on Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer winning novel, directed by Robert Rossen and starring Broderick Crawford premieres in New York (Best Picture 1950)
Song of the Forests
Nov 15 Dmitri Shostakovich' oratorio "Song of the Forests" premieres in Leningrad, USSR
- Nov 15 KRON-TV channel 4 in San Francisco, California (NBC) begins broadcasting; call letters a nod to the owners other business, The San Francisco Chronicle newspaper
Robinson NL MVP
Nov 18 NL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP
- Nov 18 The U.S. Air Force grounds B-29s after two crashes and 23 deaths in three days
Prince Rainier III
Nov 19 Prince Rainier III coronation as 30th ruling Prince of Monaco
- Nov 20 Jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000
Veeck Sells Cleveland Indians
Nov 21 Bill Veeck sells MLB Cleveland Indians for $22 million, to fund his divorce settlement
- Nov 24 British steel & iron industry nationalised
- Nov 24 Syracuse Nationals beat Anderson Packers, 125-123 in 5 OTs
- Nov 25 Gene Autry's single "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" appears on music charts; songwriter Johnny Marks adapted poem written by his brother-in-law Robert L. May for Montgomery Ward department stores
Williams AL MVP
Nov 25 Ted Williams wins AL MVP
- Nov 26 CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Montreal Alouettes beat Calgary Stampeders, 28-15 for their first Championship
- Nov 26 The Constituent Assembly of India formally adopts a new constitution
- Nov 28 "Texas, Li'l Darlin'" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 293 performances
- Nov 29 Nationalist regime of China leaves for Taiwan/Formosa
- Nov 29 Uranium mine explosions in East Germany kills 3,700
- Nov 30 Chinese Communists capture Chongqing
- Nov 30 KOTV TV channel 6 in Tulsa, Oklahoma (CBS) begins broadcasting
Sidney Holland
Nov 30 New Zealand general election won by Sidney Holland's National party, ousting Peter Fraser's Labour government
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