November is the eleventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of four months with the length of 30 days. November was the ninth month of the ancient Roman calendar. November retained its name (from the Latin novem meaning nine) when January and February were added to the Roman calendar. November is a month of spring in the Southern Hemisphere and autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. Therefore, November in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of May in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa.
November symbols: The birthstones of November are the topaz (particularly, yellow) which symbolizes friendship and the citrine. Its birth flower is the chrysanthemum. The zodiac signs for the month of November are Scorpio (until November 21) and Sagittarius (November 22 onwards).
Historical Events for November, 2012
Day of Week 1st » A fuel tank truck 2012 Riyadh truck crash e.g crashes and explodes in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh killing 26 people and injuring 135.
Day of Week 6th » Tammy Baldwin, becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
Day of Week 7th » An 2012 Guatemala earthquake e.g earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people.
Day of Week 9th » A train carrying liquid fuel 2012 Burma train crash called crashes and bursts into flames in northern Burma, killing 27 people and injuring 80 others.
Day of Week 11th » A 2012 Shwebo earthquake named strong earthquake with the Moment magnitude scale named magnitude 6.8 hits northern Burma, killing at least 26 people.
Day of Week 14th » Israel launches a Operation Pillar of Defense known as major military operation in the Gaza Strip, as hostilities with Hamas escalate.
Day of Week 15th » Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
15th » Four people are killed and 16 others are injured in the Midland train wreck after a Union Pacific train struck a parade float in Midland, Texas.
Day of Week 17th » At least 50 schoolchildren are killed in Manfalut train accident or an accident at a railway crossing near Manfalut, Egypt.
Day of Week 21st » At least 28 are wounded after a 2012 Tel Aviv bus bombing e.g bomb is thrown onto a bus in Tel Aviv.
Day of Week 22nd » Ceasefire begins between Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Israel after eight days of violence and 150 deaths.
Day of Week 24th » 2012 Dhaka fire e.g A fire at a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, kills at least 112 people.
Day of Week 30th » An Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane belonging to Aéro-Service, 2012 Aéro-Service Ilyushin Il-76T crash or crashes into houses near Maya-Maya Airport during a thunderstorm, killing at least 32 people.
Famous Deaths for November 2012
1st » Brad Armstrong (wrestler) named Brad Armstrong, American wrestler (b. 1961)
7th » Heinz-Jürgen Blome, German footballer (b. 1946)
7th » Ellen Douglas, American author (b. 1921)
7th » Sandy Pearson, Australian general (b. 1918)
7th » Darrell Royal, American football player and coach (b. 1924)
7th » Arthur K. Snyder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
7th » Elliott Stein, American historian and journalist (b. 1928)
8th » Lucille Bliss, American voice actress (b. 1916)
8th » György Danis, Hungarian physician and politician (b. 1945)
8th » Roger Hammond (actor) e.g Roger Hammond, English actor (b. 1936)
8th » Lee MacPhail, American businessman (b. 1917)
8th » Pete Namlook, German composer and producer (b. 1960)
8th » Robert Swenning, American figure skater (b. 1924)
8th » Peggy Vaughan, American author (b. 1936)
9th » Leaford Bearskin, American colonel and tribal chief (b. 1921)
9th » Milan Čič, Slovak lawyer and politician, 5th List of Prime Ministers of the Slovak Socialist Republic known as Prime Minister of the Slovak Socialist Republic (b. 1932)
9th » Iurie Darie, Romanian actor (b. 1929)
9th » Joseph D. Early, American politician (b. 1933)
9th » Major Harris (singer) named Major Harris, American singer (The Delfonics) (b. 1947)
9th » Bobbi Jordan, American actress (b. 1937)
9th » Herbie Kronowitz, American boxer and referee (b. 1923)
9th » Helen Mussallem, Canadian nurse (b. 1914)
9th » Sergey Nikolsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1905)
9th » Pat Renella, American actor (b. 1929)
9th » Jim Sinclair (politician) called Jim Sinclair, Canadian politician (b. 1933)
9th » James L. Stone, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1922)
9th » Bill Tarmey, English actor and singer (b. 1941)
29th » Marie-Jacques Perrier, French actress, singer, and fashion designer (b. 1924)
29th » Merv Pregulman, American football player and businessman (b. 1922)
29th » Buddy Roberts, American wrestler and manager (b. 1945)
29th » Klaus Schütz, German politician (b. 1926)
29th » Joyce Spiliotis, American politician (b. 1946)
29th » Benjamin Tatar, American actor (b. 1930)
30th » Rogelio Álvarez, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1938)
30th » Mario Ardizzon, Italian footballer (b. 1938)
30th » Jamelle Folsom, American wife of Jim Folsom (b. 1927)
30th » I. K. Gujral, Pakistani-Indian politician, 12th Prime Minister of India (b. 1919)
30th » Munir Malik, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1931)
30th » Dolores Mantez, English actress (b. 1936)
30th » Susil Moonesinghe, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th List of Chief Ministers of Western Province known as Chief Minister of Western Province (b. 1930)
30th » Homer R. Warner, American cardiologist and academic (b. 1922)