- Nov 1 Muslim fundamentalists in Mostaganem Algeria murder 5 children
Sports History
Nov 1 Chicago Bulls retire basketball superstar Michael Jordan's jersey #23 in a 2-hour ceremony at the United Center
- Nov 2 Benzine explosion in Dronka Egypt, 400+ killed
- Nov 2 NFL announces the expansion Carolina Panthers would play in the NFC West, while the Jacksonville Jaguars is assigned to the AFC Central
- Nov 3 Dutch & British astronomers find spiral nebula Dwingeloo 1
- Nov 3 Space shuttle STS-66 (Atlantis 13), launches
- Nov 3 Susan Smith who claimed her two children were carjacked arrested for murder
- Nov 3 Total solar eclipse in South America (4m23s)
- Nov 3 Small forward Glenn Robinson signs the then most lucrative rookie contract in NBA history, a 10-year, $68.15 million deal with the Milwaukee Bucks
- Nov 3 First PlayStation console released by Sony Interactive Entertainment in Japan
- Nov 4 Soyuz TM-20 lands in Kazakhstan
- Nov 4 United Center in Chicago opens - Bulls beat Charlotte Hornets, 89-83
- Nov 4 San Francisco: First conference that focuses exclusively on the subject of the commercial potential of the World Wide Web.
- Nov 5 Space probe Ulyssus completes 1st passage behind the Sun
- Nov 5 Tony Rominger bicycles world record for distance covered in one hour for second time (55.291 km)
- Nov 5 Yak-40 accident in north of Peru, 8 killed
- Nov 5 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Churchill Downs; winners: Barathea, Cherokee Run, Concern, Flanders, One Dreamer, Tikkanen, Timber Country
Boxing Title Fight
Nov 5 George Foreman (45) KOs Michael Moorer to win boxing Heavyweight championship
- Nov 6 24th NYC Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:27:37
- Nov 6 25th NYC Marathon won by German Silva in 2:11:21
- Nov 6 Emomali Rachmonov recognized as president of Tadzjikistan
- Nov 8 Cleveland Cavaliers 1st game at Gund Arena, lose to Hous Rockets, 100-98
- Nov 8 Haitian government of Smarck Michel forms
- Nov 8 Republican Party nominee Tom Ridge wins Pennsylvania Gubernatorial election with 45% of the vote
- Nov 9 Chandrika Kumaratunga chosen 1st female president of Sri Lanka
- Nov 9 Darmstadtium, Chemical element 110, discovered at GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research near Darmstadt, Germany
Historic Event
Nov 11 Bill Gates buys Leonardo da Vinci's "Codex" for $30,800,000
Sports History
Nov 13 Title contenders Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill famously collide on lap 35 of the season ending Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide; Schumacher wins his first F1 World Drivers Championship by 1 point from Hill
Sports History
Nov 13 44th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Earnhardt wins
Latest Wonder of the World
Nov 14 1st trains for public run in Channel Tunnel under English Channel
Election of Interest
Nov 15 German Bundestag officially elects Helmut Kohl as Chancellor by a single vote (341-340)
- Nov 15 Nepal Communist party Dutch Communist Party-UML wins election
Music Premiere
Nov 17 Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Christopher Hampton's musical "Sunset Boulevard" opens at Minskoff Theater, NYC; runs for 977 performances, wins 7 Tony Awards
Film Premiere
Nov 18 "Star Trek: Generations" film directed by David Carson and starring Patrick Stewart premieres
Film & TV History
Nov 19 Aishwarya Rai, 21, of India, crowned 44th Miss World
- Nov 19 59th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 21-14 in Birmingham
- Nov 20 "Flying Karamzov Brothers..." opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 50 performances
- Nov 20 "Shadow Box" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 49 performances
- Nov 20 Russian Kosmos satellites 2294, 2295 and 2296 launch
- Nov 20 Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war
- Nov 20 Unseeded Argentine tennis star Gabriela Sabatini claims WTA Tour Championship with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 win over American Lindsay Davenport at Madison Square Garden, NYC
Sports History
Nov 20 American tennis star Pete Sampras beats Boris Becker 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 to win his second ATP Tour World Championship title in Frankfurt, Germany
- Nov 21 1st-class cricket debut of Andrew Symonds (Queensland v NSW, SCG)
- Nov 25 Sony founder Akio Morita announces he will be stepping down as CEO of the company
- Nov 27 CFL Grey Cup, BC Place, Vancouver: BC Lions beat Baltimore FC, 26-23; first-ever championship in pro football history featuring a US v Canada matchup; Lions win on last second Lui Passaglia field-goal
- Nov 27 Fire in disco in Fuxin, North-China, 233 killed
- Nov 27 Julio Maria Sanguinetti elected president of Uruguay
- Nov 28 Norway votes against joining European Union
Historic Event
Nov 28 Convicted serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is clubbed to death by fellow inmate Christopher Scarver in the Columbia Correctional Institution gymnasium in Portage, Wisconsin
- Nov 29 Seoul, Korea, celebrated the 600th anniversary of its founding
Album Release
Nov 29 "My Life" second studio album by Mary J. Blige is released (Billboard Music Award Top R&B Album 1995)