- Nov 1 Czech long distance runner Emile Zatopek sets world 10,000m record 29:01.6 & 6 mile mark 28:08.4 in Stara Boleslav, Czech Republic
- Nov 1 Herb Thomas, driving his own No. 92 Hudson Hornet wraps up the NASCAR Grand National Championship with 14th-place in 100-mile finale at Atlanta's Lakewood Speedway; Thomas first repeat champion of the series
- Nov 1 KCEN TV channel 6 in Temple-Waco, TX (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
- Nov 1 KMGH TV channel 7 in Denver, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Nov 1 WHEC TV channel 10 in Rochester, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Nov 2 Pakistan becomes an Islamic republic
- Nov 3 "Tokyo Story", Japanese film directed by Yasujirō Ozu, starring Chishū Ryū, Chieko Higashiyama and Setsuko Hara, is released
- Nov 3 MLB Rules Committee restores the sacrifice fly rule, eliminated in 1939; rule says a sacrifice fly is not charged as a time at bat
- Nov 4 New baseball balk rule gives the batter option of accepting the outcome of the pitch or the balk
How to Marry a Millionaire
Nov 5 Film "How to Marry a Millionaire" directed by Jean Negulesco, starring Lauren Bacall, Betty Grable and Marilyn Monroe, first to be filmed in CinemaScope; release delayed to allow "The Robe" to debut the format
- Nov 5 Nobel prize for physics awarded to Frederik Zernicke
- Nov 5 Paul Searls saws a 32" log in 86.4 seconds
The Sleeping Prince
Nov 5 Terence Rattigan's play "The Sleeping Prince" premieres in London starring Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier
- Nov 6 French National Meeting grants Saarland more autonomy
- Nov 6 Masao Oki's symphony "Atomic Bomb" premieres
- Nov 7 WIS TV channel 10 in Columbia, SC (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Nov 8 Salazar's party wins all parliamentary seats in Portugal
- Nov 9 Cambodia (aka Kampuchea) gains independence from France, within the French Union
- Nov 9 KTVQ TV channel 2 in Billings, MT (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
- Nov 9 Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws
- Nov 10 Giants end their tour of Japan (players got $331 of $3,000 promised)
Ben-Gurion Resigns
Nov 12 David Ben-Gurion, resigns as Prime Minister of Israel
- Nov 12 US district Judge Grim, rules NFL can black out TV home games
Shostakovich String Quartet
Nov 13 Dmitri Shostakovich's 4th String Quartet premieres
- Nov 14 WCIA TV channel 3 in Champaign, Illinois (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Nov 15 WIBW TV channel 13 in Topeka, KS (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
- Nov 15 WRBL TV channel 3 in Columbus, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Nov 17 St Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc
- Nov 17 The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland are evacuated to the mainland
- Nov 17 United States joins the United Nations in condemning Israel's raid on Jordan on October 4, 1953
- Nov 18 Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) accept female suffrage
- Nov 19 US Supreme Court rules (7-2) baseball is a sport not a business
Nixon Visits Hanoi
Nov 19 US VP Richard Nixon visits Hanoi
- Nov 20 Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, 1st to break Mach 2 (1,300 MPH)
Bare Bones of the Great Ape-Man Hoax
Nov 21 Authorities at the British Natural History Museum announce the "Piltdown Man" skull, one of the most famous fossil skulls in the world, is a hoax
- Nov 21 WKJG TV channel 33 in Ft Wayne, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Nov 23 KVFD (now KTIN) TV channel 21 in Ft Dodge, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast
- Nov 23 WJBF TV channel 6 in Augusta, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting
Dodgers Sign Alston
Nov 24 Brooklyn Dodgers sign Walter Alston to a 1-year pact as manager for 1954; he signs 23 one-year agreements until his retirement after 1976 season
- Nov 25 Earthquake and tsnunami strike Honshu, Japan
Guys & Dolls
Nov 25 Frank Loesser's musical "Guys & Dolls", starring Robert Alda, Vivian Blaine, and Sam Levene, closes at 46th St Theater, NYC, after 1,200 performances and 5 Tony Awards
- Nov 25 Hungary beats England in soccer match, 6-3
- Nov 26 KBOI (now KBCI) TV channel 2 in Boise, ID (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Nov 26 WJHL TV channel 11 in Johnson City, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Nov 26 Yamada Koun, leader of Sanbo Kyodan line of Zen, found 1st awakening
- Nov 27 Indians 3rd baseman Al Rosen is unanimously named AL's MVP
- Nov 28 "Wish You Were Here" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 597 performances
- Nov 28 18th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 10-7 in Birmingham
- Nov 28 CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 12-6
- Nov 29 American Airlines begins 1st regular commercial NY-LA air service
- Nov 29 WSIX TV channel 8 in Nashville, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Nov 30 Edward Mutesa II, kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda
- Nov 30 French parachutist under Colonel De Castries attacks Dien Bien Phu
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