6th » Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll (bishop) e.g John Carroll as the first Roman Catholic Church or Catholic bishop in the United States.
20th » New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the United States Bill of Rights or Bill of Rights.
21st » North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.
26th » A national Thanksgiving (United States) Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as recommended by President of the United States President George Washington and approved by U.S. Congress Congress.
Famous Birthdays on November in 1789
5th » William Bland, Australian politician (d. 1868)