Significant November Dates In A.A. History

Significant November Dates In A.A. History

from AA History Lovers at Yahoo! Groups;

Nov 1934 – Ebby T. carries message to Bill.
Nov 1936 – Fitz M leaves Towns Hospital to become ‘AA #3 in NY’ with Bill W and Hank P.
Nov 1937 – Bill and Dr. Bob compare notes in Akron. Count forty cases staying sober. Meeting of the Akron Group to consider Bill’s ideas for how to expand the movement … a book, AA hospitals, paid missionaries. Passed by a majority of 2.
Nov/Dec 1939 – Akron group withdrawals from association with Oxford Group. Meetings moved from T Henry & Clarence Williams to Dr Bob and other members homes.
Nov 1941 – “First Mass AA Meeting” in Oklahoma City, 8 present, 1 was drunk.
Nov 1945 – Bill’s article called ‘Those Goof Balls’ published in Grapevine.
Nov 1986 – Big Book published in paperback.
Nov 1, 1947 – 1st AA Group in Anchorage, Alaska.
Nov 1, 1963 – Reverend Sam Shoemaker dies.
Nov 3, 2001 – J P Miller who wrote screenplay for “The Days of Wine and Roses” died.
Nov 9, 1966 – President Johnson appoints Marty M to the 1st National Advisory Committee on Alcoholism.
Nov 10, 1940 – 1st AA group formed in Minneapolis.
Nov 10, 2001 – 1st of 400,000 4th Edition Big Books arrives in the mail.
Nov 11, 1934 – Armistice Day; Bill started drinking after dry spell, beginning of Bill’s last drunk.
Nov 12, 1940 – 1st AA meeting is held in Boston.
Nov 13, 1939 – Bill wants to go to work at Towns Hsp, NY drunks want him to stay on as head of the movement.
Nov 14, 1940 – Alcoholic Foundation publishes 1st AA Bulletin.
Nov 15, 1949 – Bill W suggests that groups devote Thanksgiving week to dicussions of the 12 Traditions.
Nov 16, 1950 – Dr. Bob died.
Nov 18, 1946 – 1st Dublin Ireland group met.
Nov 21, 1939 – AA’s in San Francisco hold 1st California AA meeting in the Clift Hotel.
Nov 21, 1952 – Willard Richardson, past Treasurer/Chairman of Alcoholic Foundation, dies.
Nov 26, 1895 – Bill W born in East Dorsett, VT.
Nov 26, 1939 – Dilworth Lupton gave sermon “Mr. X and Alcoholics Anonymous.” Became one of first pamphlets on AA.
Nov 28, 1939 – Hank P writes Bill advocating autonomy for all AA groups.
Nov 28, 1943 – Bill guest speaker San Quentin Penitentiary. (sometimes dated Dec 2, 1943)

[edited to be brought up to date 11/01/2008]