- Nov 2 Arnold Shapiro's TV documentary "Scared Straight", narrated by Peter Falk as a controversial and questionable deterrent to juvenile delinquency, debuts on Los Angeles' KTLA-TV
- Nov 2 Crew of Soyuz 29 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 31
- Nov 2 France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll
- Nov 2 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Sports History
Nov 2 Wayne Gretzky is sold to the Edmonton Oilers after just 8 games with the Indianapolis Racers of the WHA (scoring 6 points); scores 104 points in 72 games (both teams combined) and is named WHA rookie of the year
- Nov 3 Dominica gains independence from UK & adopts constitution
- Nov 3 First broadcast of "Different Strokes" on NBC TV
- Nov 3 USSR & Vietnam sign peace & friendship treaty
Sports History
Nov 4 3rd annual reentry free-agent draft, Pete Rose, Tommy John, & Darrell Evans, available
- Nov 4 Iranian troops fire on anti-Shah student protesters by Tehran University
- Nov 4 Islanders start 15 game undefeated streak (12-0-3)
- Nov 4 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
Event of Interest
Nov 5 Iranian PM Jaafar Sharif-Emami resigns to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Sports History
Nov 5 Oakland Raider's John Madden becomes 13th coach to win 100 NFL games
- Nov 6 Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi places the country under military rule; General Gholām Reza Azhāri forms government
- Nov 7 Boston Red Sox Jim Rice wins AL MVP
- Nov 7 CDA-chairman W Aantjes resigns due to his war past
- Nov 7 Marion Barry Jr. elected as Washington, D.C.'s first African American mayor
Night & Day
Nov 8 Tom Stoppard's play "Night & Day" premieres in London
Holmes KOs Evangelist
Nov 10 Larry Holmes KOs Alfredo Evangelist in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
- Nov 10 NY Yankees trade Lyle, Rajsich, McCall, Heath and Ramos to Texas for Righetti, Mirabella, Beniquez, Jemison and Griffin
- Nov 11 Maumoon Abdul Gayoom becomes president of Maldives
- Nov 12 Gary William Friedman and Will Holt's musical "Platinum" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC; runs for 33 performances
- Nov 13 NASA launches HEAO 2
- Nov 15 183 die as Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Betrayal
Nov 15 Harold Pinter's play "Betrayal" premieres in London
- Nov 18 Leo J Ryan, American politician, and 4 others, killed in Jonestown, Guyana by members of Peoples Temple, followed by ritual mass suicide of 914 members of the religious cult
- Nov 19 "The Miracle at the Meadowlands", Eagles Herman Edwards returns a fumble for a touchdown with 31 seconds left to give Philadelphia a 19-17 victory over the rival New York Giants
Yarborough Wins a Third
Nov 19 28th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Cale Yarborough wins
- Nov 21 Bob Horner of Braves wins NL Rookie of Year Award
Muldoon Re-elected
Nov 25 New Zealand general election won by ruling Prime Minister Robert Muldoon and the National Party
- Nov 26 10 die as fire erupts at Holiday Inn in Rochester, NY
- Nov 26 1st lesbian themed TV movie - "A Question of Love"
- Nov 26 CFL Grey Cup, CNE Stadium, Toronto: Edmonton Eskimos first of 5 straight titles; beat Montreal Alouettes, 20-13
- Nov 26 Christina Crawford autobiography "Mommie Dearest" reaches best-seller status
Assassination of Moscone and Milk
Nov 27 San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk assassinated by former Supervisor Dan White at City Hall
- Nov 28 44th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Sims, Oklahoma (RB)
Briefcase Full of Blues
Nov 28 Atlantic Records releases "Briefcase Full of Blues", the debut album by The Blues Brothers (Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi); album tops the chart and becomes best-selling blues record of all-time
Sparky Anderson
Nov 28 Cincinnati Reds fire their manager Sparky Anderson after 9 years
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