Television Awards
Nov 4 53rd Emmy Awards: The West Wing, Sex and the City, James Gandolfini & Edie Falco win
James Gandolfini
Film Premier
Nov 4 "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" 1st film adaptation of the books by J. K. Rowling, premieres starring Daniel Radcliffe
- Nov 4 MLB World Series: Arizona Diamondbacks defeat New York Yankees to win 4-3
- Nov 6 Crude oil for December delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) falls to a two-year low after OPEC members warn that a downward price spiral could occur if major non-OPEC oil exporters do not reduce oil production
- Nov 7 The supersonic commercial aircraft Concorde resumes flying after a 15-month hiatus.
- Nov 7 35th Country Music Association Award: Tim McGraw, Lee Ann Womack & Toby Keith wins
- Nov 10 An agreement is reached at talks in Marrakech, Morocco, on rules for implementation of the Kyoto climate change treaty
- Nov 11 Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they were traveling on top off.
- Nov 12 Taliban forces abandon Afghanistan's capital Kabul, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops
- Nov 12 In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 on its way to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.
- Nov 13 Doha Round: The World Trade Organization ends a four-day ministerial conference in Doha, Qatar
Event of Interest
Nov 13 War on Terrorism: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
George W. Bush
- Nov 13 US President George W. Bush orders that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve be filled to capacity over the next few years
- Nov 14 War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters takeover the capital Kabul
- Nov 14 OPEC announces that it intends to cut its crude oil output quotas by 1.5 million barrels per day effective, but only if non-OPEC producers cut their output by 500,000 barrels per day as well
- Nov 17 66th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 31-7 in Auburn
- Nov 18 Phillips Petroleum and Conoco merge into a new company as 'ConocoPhillips', the third-largest oil and natural gas company in the US
Event of Interest
Nov 20 US President George W. Bush dedicates the US Department of Justice headquarters the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building, on what would have been his 76th birthday
Robert F. Kennedy
George W. Bush
Album Release
Nov 20 Josh Groban releases his debut album "Josh Groban"
Josh Groban
- Nov 23 Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
- Nov 23 53rd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jeff Gordon wins
- Nov 25 89th CFL Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders defeats Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 27-19
- Nov 27 A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.
- Nov 29 UN Security Council unanimously approves a resolution extending the Oil-for-Food program in Iraq for another six-month period