Baseball Trade
Nov 2 Atlanta Braves trade then MLB home run king Hank Aaron to Milwaukee Brewers for outfielder Dave May
- Nov 2 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
Musical Finale
Nov 3 Jules Styne, Betty Comdem & Adolph Green's musical "Lorelei", starring Carol Channing, closes at the Palace Theatre, NYC, after 320 performances
Music History
Nov 5 Dmitri Shostakovich completes Michelangelo songs
- Nov 5 Ella Grasso (Ct) elected first woman US governor not related to previous governor
- Nov 5 Walter E Washington, becomes first elected mayor of Washington, D.C.
- Nov 6 Dodger Mike Marshall is 1st relief pitcher to win Cy Young Award
Greatest Hits
Nov 8 "Greatest Hits" 11th studio album by Elton John is released
The Great Lord Lucan Mystery
Nov 8 British peer the Earl of Lucan disappears and is never seen again after his nanny is found murdered in London
- Nov 10 Montreal Canadiens shutout Washington Capitals 11-0
Callas' Final Appearance
Nov 11 Operatic soprano Maria Callas makes her final public appearance in Sapporo, Japan
- Nov 12 A salmon is discovered in the River Thames, England, for the first time since 1833
- Nov 12 South Africa suspended from UN General Assembly over racial policies
Garvey NL MVP
Nov 13 Dodgers Steve Garvey wins NL MVP
- Nov 15 International Energy Agency formed in Paris within OECD framework in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis
Goodnight Vienna
Nov 15 Ringo Starr releases singles "Goodnight Vienna" and "Only You" in the UK
- Nov 16 1st intentional interstellar radio message sent, Arecibo telescope towards M 41, a cluster of stars some 25,000 light years away
Whatever Gets You Through the Night
Nov 16 John Lennon's single "Whatever Gets You Through the Night", featuring Elton John, goes to #1 in US; the last of the Beatles with a solo chart-topper, it was the only one during his lifetime
- Nov 16 Milwaukee Bucks lose their 11th straight NBA game (team record)
- Nov 17 Aliança Operário-Camponesa (Worker-Peasant Alliance) founded in Portugal as a front of PCP(m-l).
- Nov 17 Bonnie Bryant becomes the only left-handed player in history to win an LPGA Tour event; scores a 3-stroke victory in the Bill Branch Golf Classic in Fort Myers, Florida
- Nov 17 Union of Banana Exporting Countries (UPEB) forms
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Nov 18 "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" album by English progressive rock band Genesis is released, their last to feature original frontman Peter Gabriel
- Nov 20 Rangers' Jeff Burroughs wins AL MVP
- Nov 20 The US files antitrust suit to break-up AT&T
Event of Interest
Nov 21 Amendments to the Freedom of Information Act broadening public access to US government actions passed by Congress over President Gerald Ford's veto [1]
- Nov 21 Birmingham pub bombings: 21 civilians killed when bombs explode at two pubs in Birmingham, England (deadliest attack in England during "the Troubles")
- Nov 22 Lake Buena Vista Club opens
- Nov 22 Test Cricket debut of Gordon Greenidge and Viv Richards, at Bangalore
- Nov 22 UN General Assembly recognizes Palestine right to sovereignty
- Nov 23 60 Ethiopia government officials executed
- Nov 23 Alexis Argüello of Nicaragua knocks out Mexican defending champion Rubén Olivares in the 13th round at the Forum in Inglewood, California, to claim the WBA world featherweight boxing title
- Nov 24 2 truck hijackers freed (3/3/1974)
Petty Wins NASCAR
Nov 24 24th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Richard Petty wins
- Nov 24 CFL Grey Cup, Empire Stadium, Vancouver: Montreal Alouettes defeat Edmonton Eskimos, 20-7 on a slick, wet field
Vladivostok Summit
Nov 24 Gerald Ford and Leonid Brezhnev agree to a framework for the SALT-II treaty to reduce each side's number of nuclear weapons, at the Vladivostok Summit
- Nov 24 Most complete early human skeleton (Lucy, Australopithecus) discovered by Donald Johanson, Maurice Taieb, Yves Coppens and Tim White in the Middle Awash of Ethiopia's Afar Depression [1] [2]
- Nov 25 Irish Republican Army is outlawed in Britain following deaths of 21
- Nov 25 Rangers' Mike Hargrove wins AL Rookie of Year
- Nov 26 Approximately 140 die when suspension bridge collapses in Nepal
- Nov 26 Greenidge scores 107 in 2nd innings of Test Cricket debut v India
- Nov 27 MLB St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Bake McBride wins NL Rookie of Year
George Steinbrenner Suspended
Nov 28 Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn suspends NY Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for two years because of his Federal conviction for illegal contributions to political campaigns [1]
- Nov 28 John Lennon's last concert appearance, as a guest of Elton John, Madison Square Garden, New York City NYC; they perform "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night"; "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"; and "I Saw Her Standing There"
- Nov 29 39th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 17-13 in Birmingham
Coco the Clown
Nov 29 Coco the Clown's [Nicolai Poliakoff] special memorial service held at St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England
- Nov 30 "Good Evening" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 438 performances
- Nov 30 20th time Islanders shut-out (3-0 vs Canucks)
Mack & Mabel
Nov 30 Jerry Herman's musical "Mack & Mabel", about the romance between silent film figures Mack Sennett and Mabel Normand, starring Robert Preston and Bernadette Peters, closes at Majestic Theater, NYC, after 66 performances
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