Historical Events in November, Month of November Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| November 20, 1974 | The first fatal crash of a Boeing 747 occurs when Lufthansa Flight 540 crashes while attempting to takeoff from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, killing 59 out of the 157 people on board. |
| November 29, 1777 | San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California. |
| November 12, 1990 | Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web. |
| November 1, 1987 | British Rail Class 43 (HST) hits the record speed of 238 km/h for rail vehicles with on-board fuel to generate electricity for traction motors. |
| November 12, 1330 | Battle of Posada ends: Wallachian Voievode Basarab I defeats the Hungarian army by ambush. |
| November 18, 1987 | King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras. |
| November 5, 1995 | André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door. |
| November 16, 1914 | The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens. |
| November 9, 2012 | At least 27 people are killed and dozens are wounded in conflicts between inmates and guards at Welikada prison in Colombo. |
| November 17, 1973 | The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital. |
| November 19, 1794 | The United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign Jay's Treaty, which attempts to resolve some of the lingering problems left over from the American Revolutionary War. |
| November 9, 1456 | Ulrich II, Count of Celje, last ruler of the County of Cilli, is assassinated in Belgrade. |
| November 11, 2001 | Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they are traveling in. |
| November 26, 1852 | An earthquake as high as magnitude 8.8 rocks the Banda Sea, triggering a tsunami and killing at least 60 in the Dutch East Indies. |
| November 8, 1644 | The Shunzhi Emperor, the third emperor of the Qing dynasty, is enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the Ming dynasty as the first Qing emperor to rule over China. |
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