Events in History
- Nov 1 Trackless trolley plunged into Nile River drowning 74 (Cairo Egypt)
- Nov 4 Lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 MPH) in Utah
- Nov 8 British Indian Ocean Territory formed
- Nov 8 Vietnam War: US, Australian and New Zealand forces launch Operation Hump, a search-and-destroy operation near Bien Hoa in South Vietnam
- Nov 9 Hurricane hits north east US/Canada
- Nov 9 Several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast Blackout of 1965.
- Nov 10 Manneke Pis statue stolen in Brussels
- Nov 11 Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith signs Unilateral Declaration of Independence, proclaiming independence from Britain
- Nov 11 William Alfred's "Hogan's Goat" premieres in NYC
Election of Interest
Nov 12 Ferdinand Marcos elected 10th President of the Philippines
- Nov 12 General strike in Morocco against disappearance of Ben Barka
- Nov 12 Mad Dog Vachon beats Crusher in Denver, to become NWA champ
- Nov 12 Venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward Venus
- Nov 13 "Yarmouth Castle" burns and sinks off Bahamas, killing 89
- Nov 14 George Abbott Theater (Adelphi, 54 St) at 152 W 54th NYC, demolished
- Nov 14 US government sends 90,000 soldiers to Vietnam
- Nov 16 Venera 3 launched, 1st to land on another planet (crashes into Venus)
- Nov 17 General Meeting of UN refuses admittance of People's Republic of China
- Nov 17 The NVA ambushes American troops of the 7th Cavalry at Landing Zone Albany in the la Drang Valley, almost wiping them out
- Nov 18 Twins SS Zoilo Versalles is named AL MVP
- Nov 19 Kellogg's Pop Tarts pastries created
- Nov 20 UN Security council calls for boycott of Rhodesia
- Nov 21 1st freighter arrives in Ashdod Port, Israel
- Nov 21 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk, USSR
- Nov 23 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Event of Interest
Nov 24 Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu becomes President of Zaire
- Nov 25 Congo military coup under Gen Mobutu, President Kasavubu overthrown
Event of Interest
Nov 26 France launches 1st satellite, 92 lb (42 kg) A1-capsule (Astérix), named after the popular French comic character
Birthdays in History
- Nov 5 Kubrat, Prince of Panagyurishte, titular Bulgarian royal family, born in Madrid, Spain
- Nov 11 Brian Wilson, American murderer (FBI Most Wanted List), born in NYC, New York
- Nov 23 Jennifer Michael Hecht, American poet and historian, born in Glen Cove, New York
- Nov 28 Erwin Mortier, Belgian author
- Nov 29 Wallis Buchanan, British rock didgeridoo player (Jamiroquai - "When You Gonna Learn"), born in London, England
- Nov 30 Lee Klein, American Writer
- Nov 30 Prince Akishino of Japan
Weddings in History
- Nov 10 Netherlands 2nd Chamber accept marriage of Princess Beatrice & Claus von Amsberg
Deaths in History
- Nov 8 Dorothy Kilgallen, American newspaper columnist (b. 1913)
- Nov 12 Syedna Taher Saifuddin, Bohra Spiritual Leader, dies at 77
- Nov 14 Dawn Powell, American writer (Turn, Magic Wheel), dies at 68
- Nov 15 John Geoghegan, U.S. Army infantry lieutenant and Silver Star recipient, killed during the Battle of Ia Drang in Vietnam War at 24
- Nov 16 Alexander King, author (Jack Paar Show), dies at 66
- Nov 16 Harry Blackstone Sr., American magician, dies at 80
- Nov 16 William Thomas Cosgrave, President of the Irish Free State, dies at 85
- Nov 18 Henry A Wallace, VP (1941-45)/founder (Progressive Party), dies at 77
- Nov 23 Frank Debenham, Australian geographer and geologist, dies at 81
- Nov 24 Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1895)
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