Events in History
- Nov 6 Australians vote to keep the British monarch as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum.
- Nov 9 TAESA Flight 725, crashes a few minutes after leaving the Uruapan airport en-route to Mexico City. 18 people were killed in the accident.
- Nov 11 Last upside down date until January 1, 6000
- Nov 12 The Düzce earthquake strikes Turkey with a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale.
- Nov 15 Next transit of Mercury visible in North America
- Nov 18 In College Station, Texas, 12 are killed and 27 injured at Texas A&M University when a massive bonfire under construction collapses.
- Nov 19 In Istanbul, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ends a two-day summit by calling for a political settlement in Chechnya and adopting a Charter for European Security.
- Nov 19 Shenzhou 1: The People's Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft.
- Nov 21 Elian Gonzalez, Cuban boy at the center of a heated 2000 controversy involving the governments of Cuba and the United States, departs from Cuba with his mother
- Nov 22 Elian Gonzalez, Cuban boy at the center of a heated 2000 controversy involving the governments of Cuba and the United States, and his mother are sighted off of Florida's coast by U.S. Coast Guard
Event of Interest
Nov 22 Fortune Magazine names General Electric CEO Jack Welch 'Manager of the Century"
Election of Interest
Nov 27 New Zealand's Labour Party defeats the National-led government after 9 years in power, Helen Clark becomes the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history
- Nov 30 British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defence contractor and fourth largest aerospace firm in the world
- Nov 30 In Seattle, Washington, United States, protests against the WTO meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies
Birthdays in History
- Nov 20 Prince Umberto of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family
- Nov 20 Princess Sofia of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family
Weddings in History
Evel Knievel
Nov 19 Motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel (61) weds Krystal Kennedy at Caesars Palace hotel in Las Vegas
Deaths in History
- Nov 1 Theodore Hall, American physicist and Atomic Spy for the Soviet Union, dies at 74
- Nov 4 Charles Wintour, English editor (The Evening Standard), dies at 82
- Nov 4 Daisy Bates, American civil rights activist and publisher, dies at 84
- Nov 8 Francis D. Foley, American Rear Admiral (WW II, Guadalcanal), dies at 89
- Nov 11 Jacobo Timmerman, Argentine writer and journalist (b. 1923)
- Nov 11 Vivian Fuchs, English geologist and explorer (led Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1st to cross Antarctica via South Pole), dies at 91
- Nov 16 Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist (Nobel 1978 - discovery of restriction enzymes and their application in restriction mapping), dies at 71
- Nov 19 Alexander Liberman, Russian-American magazine editor, painter and photographer (639), dies at 87
- Nov 20 Amintore Fanfani, Italian politician and 5 x prime minister of Italy, dies at 91
- Nov 27 Alain Peyrefitte, French politician and author (b. 1925)
- Nov 28 Bethel Leslie, American entertainer (Capt Newman MD, Rabbit Trap), dies at 70
- Nov 28 N. V. M. González, Filipino novelist, short story writer, and, poet, dies at 84
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