November 1-2: Physicist Hans Ferdinand Mayer writes the Oslo Report on German weapons systems and passes it to the British Secret Intelligence Service.

November 4: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons to non-belligerent nations. - Stewart Menzies appointed head of MI6

November 6: Hedda Hopper's Hollywood debuts on radio with Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper as host (the show runs until 1951, making Hopper a powerful figure in the Hollywood elite). - Sonderaktion Krakau: Germans take action against scientists from the University of Kraków and other Kraków universities at the beginning of WWII.

November 8: In Munich, an attempt to kill Adolf Hitler is made by Georg Elser while Hitler is celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.

November 9: Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans.

November 15: In Washington, D.C., U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.

November 16: Al Capone is released from Alcatraz, due to deteriorating health caused by syphilus.

November 17: To punish protests against the Nazi occupation of the Czech homeland, the Nazis murder 9 Czech graduate students, send over 1200 to concentration camps, and close all Czech universities.

November 30: Winter War: Soviet forces attack Finland and reach the Mannerheim Line, starting the war. - Sweden declares non-belligerency in the Winter War. (source: Wikipedia)