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 7, 1957 | Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters. |
| November 7, 1885 | The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia. |
| November 13, 1642 | First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green: The Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London. |
| November 20, 1959 | The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the United Nations. |
| November 5, 1605 | Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament, where he had planted gunpowder in an attempt to blow up the building and kill King James I of England. |
| November 12, 1940 | World War II: The Battle of Gabon ends as Free French Forces take Libreville, Gabon, and all of French Equatorial Africa from Vichy French forces. |
| November 4, 1839 | Newport Rising: The last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain. |
| November 24, 1906 | A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football. |
| November 3, 1973 | Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury.[5] On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet. |
| November 12, 2011 | Silvio Berlusconi tenders his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy, effective November 16, due in large part to the European sovereign debt crisis. |
| November 24, 1359 | Peter I of Cyprus ascends the throne of Cyprus after his father, Hugh IV of Cyprus, abdicates. |
| November 25, 1970 | In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt. |
| November 22, 1948 | Chinese Civil War: Elements of the Chinese Communist Second Field Army under Liu Bocheng trap the Nationalist 12th Army, beginning the Shuangduiji Campaign, the largest engagement of the Huaihai Campaign. |
| November 10, 1775 | The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas. |
| November 11, 1750 | The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity. |
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