Historical Events in November, Month of November Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| November 3, 1918 | The German Revolution of 1918–19 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel. |
| November 10, 1989 | Germans begin to tear down the Berlin Wall. |
| November 13, 1994 | In a referendum, voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union. |
| November 15, 1920 | The Free City of Danzig is established. |
| November 13, 1916 | World War I: Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription. |
| November 1, 1755 | In Portugal, Lisbon is totally devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between 60,000 and 90,000 people. |
| November 23, 2005 | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country. |
| November 18, 1991 | Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland. |
| November 30, 1853 | Crimean War: Battle of Sinop: The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey. |
| November 7, 1874 | A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party. |
| November 24, 1917 | In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001. |
| November 21, 1959 | American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term "rock and roll" and music of that style, is fired from WABC radio over allegations he had participated in the payola scandal. |
| November 20, 1695 | Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil, is executed by the forces of Portuguese bandeirante Domingos Jorge Velho. |
| November 16, 1920 | Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited. |
| November 3, 1492 | Peace of Etaples between Henry VII of England and Charles VIII of France. |
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