| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| ninth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about November 22 to December 21 |
Archer
,
Sagittarius
,
Sagittarius the Archer
|
| American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11 |
Argonne
,
Argonne Forest
,
Meuse
,
Meuse-Argonne
,
Meuse-Argonne operation
,
Meuse River
|
| second month of the Revolutionary calendar (October and November); the month of mist |
Brumaire
|
| third month of the civil year; the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in November and December) |
Chislev
,
Kislev
|
| day appointed for an election; in the United States it is the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November |
election day
,
polling day
|
| third month of the Revolutionary calendar (November and December); the frosty month |
Frimaire
|
| three-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg (November 19, 1863) |
Gettysburg Address
|
| second month of the civil year; the eighth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in October and November) |
Heshvan
|
| battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting |
Makin
,
Tarawa
,
Tarawa-Makin
|
| middle part of November |
mid-November
|
| month following September and preceding November |
Oct
,
October
|
| coup d'etat by the Bolsheviks under Lenin in November 1917 that led to a period of civil war which ended in victory for the Bolsheviks in 1922 |
October Revolution
,
Russian Revolution
|
| Sunday nearest to November 11 when those who died in World War I and World War II are commemorated |
Poppy Day
,
Remembrance Day
,
Remembrance Sunday
|
| eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about October 23 to November 21 |
Scorpio
,
Scorpion
,
Scorpio the Scorpion
|
| fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag |
Thanksgiving
,
Thanksgiving Day
|
| battle in the Korean War (November 1950); when UN troops advanced north to the Yalu River 200,000 Chinese troops crossed the river and drove them back |
Yalu River
|
