- Nov 1 Philadelphia 76ers inaugurate NBA season with opening of the CoreStates Center before 20,444; largest crowd to see a basketball game in state of Pennsylvania; lose to Milwaukee Bucks, 111-103
- Nov 1 Shaquille O'Neil makes his Hollywood debut as Los Angeles Lakers beat Phoenix Suns, 96-82 at the Forum, Inglewood; O'Neil scores 23 points and pulls down 14 rebounds in 35 minutes
- Nov 2 Miami Heat’s Pat Riley becomes eighth coach to win 800 games in 97-95 win at Indiana; milestone accomplished 2 weeks shy of his 15th coaching anniversary, faster than any coach in NBA history
Hughie
Nov 2 Revival of Eugene O'Neill's' drama "Hughie", directed by Al Pacino, and starring Pacino and Paul Benedict, closes at Circle in the Square Theater, NYC, after 56 performances
- Nov 3 "It's a Slippery Slope" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC
Sports History
Nov 3 Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant becomes the then youngest player to make his NBA debut (18 years, 2 months, 11 days) in 91-85 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Great Western Forum
- Nov 3 New York City Marathon: Giacomo Leone of Italy, man's champion in 2:09:54; Anuta Catuna of Romania takes women's title in 2:28:18
Sports History
Nov 3 San Francisco 49ers receiver Jerry Rice grabs 3 passes for 45 yards and a TD to become 1st player in NFL history to reach 1,000 career receptions in 24-17 win over New Orleans Saints; finishes career with 1,549
Spice
Nov 4 British girls group the Spice Girls release their debut album "Spice", goes on to sell 23 million copies
Bill Clinton Re-elected
Nov 5 Bill Clinton is re-elected President of the United States, defeating Republican candidate Bob Dole
Election of Interest
Nov 5 Voters in California re-elect entertainer Sonny Bono to US Congress
Sports History
Nov 5 Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as AL Rookie of the Year
The English Patient
Nov 6 "The English Patient" based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje, directed by Anthony Minghella and starring Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche and Kristen Scott Thomas premieres in Los Angeles (Best Picture 1997)
- Nov 6 LA Dodger Todd Hollandsworth wins NL Rookie of Year
- Nov 7 "3 Sisters" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
- Nov 7 Ex-NFL running back and Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier, is shot several times in his hometown of Camden, New Jersey; recovers
- Nov 7 Wasim Jaffer gets 314* in 2nd cricket FC game for Mumbai v Saurashtra
- Nov 9 8th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 48-21 in Chestnut Hill
Holyfield vs. Tyson
Nov 9 Evander Holyfield upsets Mike Tyson in 11th-round knockout in Las Vegas to regain WBA heavyweight boxing title; second boxer, after Muhammad Ali, to win a heavyweight title 3 times
- Nov 10 46th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Terry Labonte wins
- Nov 11 Atlanta Braves starting pitcher John Smoltz wins NL Cy Young Award; Pat Hentgen of the Toronto Blue Jays claims AL Award
- Nov 12 Saudi Arabian Flight 763 and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907 collide in midair over Charkhi Dadri in India, killing 349 people, the third-deadliest aviation disaster in history
- Nov 12 Toronto's Pat Hentgen wins AL Cy Young Award
- Nov 13 "Three Sisters" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
- Nov 13 Joel Armengaud discovers 2^1398269 - 1 (35th known Mersenne prime)
- Nov 13 Padres third baseman Ken Caminiti is 4th unanimous winner of NL MVP
- Nov 14 Texas Ranger Juan Gonzalez wins AL MVP
- Nov 15 "Into the Whirlwind" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 2 performances
- Nov 16 "Into the Whirlwind" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 2 performances
- Nov 16 18th ACE Cable Awards: Lifetime wins the Golden CableACE for "Lifetime Applauds: The Fight Against Breast Cancer"
- Nov 17 "Present Laughter" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
- Nov 17 Time White and T. Assebework discover the first fossils of 2.5 million year old Australopithecus garhi, an ancestor on the human family tree, in Bouri, Middle Awash, Ethiopia
Star Trek: First Contact
Nov 18 "Star Trek: First Contact" film directed by Jonathan Frakes and starring Patrick Stewart and Jonathan Frakes premieres
Murder of Interest
Nov 18 Eappen family hire Louise Woodward as their nanny, later charged with murder and convicted of involuntary manslaughter
- Nov 19 "Sex & Longing" closes at Cort Theater NYC
- Nov 19 Albert Belle, signs record five-year, $55 million with White Sox
- Nov 19 Julia Sweeney's one-woman show "God Said Ha!" opens at Lyceum Theater, NYC; runs for 22 performances
- Nov 19 Lieutenant General Maurice Baril of Canada arrives in Africa to lead a multi-national policing force in Zaire
- Nov 19 Space Shuttle STS 80 (Columbia 21), launches into space
- Nov 19 The 12.9 km Confederation Bridge, joining Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island and Cape Jourimain, New-Brunswick is completed and becomes the longest bridge over ice covered waters in the world
- Nov 19 The case of the Port Arthur massacre comes to trial.
- Nov 21 "Rehearsal" opens at Criterion Theater NYC
- Nov 21 A propane explosion at the Humberto Vidal shoe store and office building in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 33.
- Nov 21 Canadian Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples says relationship between indigenous people and non-indigenous people should be completely re-structured [1]
O. J. Simpson Takes the Stand
Nov 22 O.J. Simpson takes stand as hostile witness in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him, saying it is "absolutely not true"
- Nov 23 61st Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 24-23 in Birmingham
- Nov 23 Irene Skliva, 18, of Greece, crowned 46th Miss World
- Nov 23 The Republic of Angola officially joins the World Trade Organization.
Sampras's Third ATP
Nov 24 American Pete Sampras wins his 3rd ATP Tour World Championship tennis titles with a classic 3–6, 7–6, 7–6, 6–7, 6–4 victory over defending champion Boris Becker in Hanover, Germany
Nov 24 CFL Grey Cup, Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton: MVP Doug Flutie leads Toronto Argonauts to 13th title; beat Edmonton Eskimos, 43-37
- Nov 24 Elliot Goldenthal's musical "Juan Darién - A Carnival Mass" opens at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, NYC; runs for 49 performances
Graf Retains WTA
Nov 24 German tennis star Steffi Graf retains her WTA Tour Championship with a 6–3, 4–6, 6–0, 4–6, 6–0 win over Martina Hingis at Madison Square Garden, NYC
- Nov 24 Mashonaland defeat Matabeleland to win the Logan Cricket Cup
- Nov 24 Mohammad Wasim scores 109 on Test Cricket debut, Pakistan v NZ Lahore
- Nov 25 After 24 years, Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade, ends
- Nov 26 Baseball owners approve interleague play, 26-4
- Nov 30 South African cricket opening batsman Gary Kirsten follows his 1st innings 102 with 133 in the Proteas' 329 run 2nd Test win v India in Kolkata
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