Historical Events in November, Month of November Events
Here is a list of some historical events in November. You can learn What major event happened in November?
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| November 23, 1644 | John Milton publishes Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship. |
| November 2, 1868 | Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally. |
| November 4, 1970 | Salvador Allende takes office as President of Chile, the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections. |
| November 3, 1997 | The United States imposes economic sanctions against Sudan in response to its human rights abuses of its own citizens and its material and political assistance to Islamic extremist groups across the Middle East and East Africa. |
| November 17, 1810 | Sweden declares war on its ally the United Kingdom to begin the Anglo-Swedish War, although no fighting ever takes place. |
| November 8, 1963 | Finnair's Aero Flight 217 crashes near Mariehamn Airport in Jomala, Åland, killing 22 people. |
| November 10, 937 | Ten Kingdoms: Li Bian usurps the throne and deposes Emperor Yang Pu. The Wu State is replaced by Li (now called "Xu Zhigao"), who becomes the first ruler of Southern Tang. |
| November 13, 1982 | The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans. |
| November 26, 2019 | A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes western Albania leaving at least 52 people dead and over 1000 injured. This was the world's deadliest earthquake of 2019, and the deadliest to strike the country in 99 years. |
| November 27, 1835 | James Pratt and John Smith are hanged in London; they are the last two to be executed for sodomy in England. |
| November 15, 1988 | In the Soviet Union, the uncrewed Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight. |
| November 23, 1980 | The 6.9 Mw Irpinia earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 2,483–4,900, and injuring 7,700–8,934. |
| November 7, 1917 | The October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October, occurs, according to the Gregorian calendar; on this date, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace. |
| November 8, 1965 | American Airlines Flight 383 crashes in Constance, Kentucky, killing 58. |
| November 26, 1999 | The 7.5 Mw Ambrym earthquake shakes Vanuatu and a destructive tsunami follows. Ten people were killed and forty were injured. |
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