November 1: Pope Pius XII witnesses "The Miracle of the Sun" at the Vatican and defines a new dogma of Roman Catholicism, the Munificentissimus Deus, which says that God took Mary's body into Heaven after her death (the "Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary"). - Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate U.S. President Harry S. Truman, who is staying at the Blair-Lee House in Washington, D.C. during White House repairs.

November 4: The United Nations ends the diplomatic isolation of Spain.

November 8: Korean War: While in an F-80, United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown intercepts 2 North Korean MiG-15s near the Yalu River and shoots them down in the first jet-to-jet dogfight in history.

November 10: A U.S. Air Force B-50 Superfortress bomber, experiencing an in-flight emergency, jettisons and detonates a Mark 4 nuclear bomb over Quebec, Canada (the device lacked its plutonium core).

November 11: The Mattachine Society is founded in Los Angeles as the first gay-liberation organization.

November 13: Colonel Carlos Delgado Chalbaud is kidnapped and murdered in Caracas. - A Curtiss Reid Flying Services plane crashes while en route to Paris from Rome, killing all 52 on board.

November 18: The United Nations accepts the formation of the Libyan National Council.

November 20: T. S. Eliot speaks against television in the UK.

November 22: Anti-British riots erupt in Egypt. - Shirley Temple announces her retirement from show business.

November 24: A phenomenal winter storm ravages the northeastern United States, brings 30 to 50 inches of snow, temperatures below zero, and kills 323 people.

November 26: Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China launched a massive counterattack against South Korean and United Nations forces at the Ch'ongch'on River and the Chosin Reservoir, dashing any hopes for a quick end to the conflict.

November 28: Colombo Plan for Co-operative Economic Development in South and South-East Asia - Greece and Yugoslavia reform diplomatic relations.

November 29: The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA is founded.

November 30: Douglas MacArthur threatens to use nuclear weapons in Korea. (source: Wikipedia)