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 9, 1900 | Russia completes its occupation of Manchuria with 100,000 troops. |
| November 15, 655 | Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. |
| November 17, 1969 | Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki, Finland to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides. |
| November 2, 1984 | Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962. |
| November 30, 1803 | In New Orleans, Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to the French First Republic. |
| November 9, 1520 | More than 50 people are sentenced and executed in the Stockholm Bloodbath. |
| November 15, 2007 | Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5,000 people and destroying parts of the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans. |
| November 13, 1950 | General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas. |
| November 4, 2010 | Qantas Flight 32, an Airbus A380, suffers an uncontained engine failure over Indonesia shortly after taking off from Singapore, crippling the jet. The crew manage to safely return to Singapore, saving all 469 passengers and crew. |
| November 13, 1992 | The High Court of Australia rules in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented. |
| November 5, 1917 | Lenin calls for the October Revolution. |
| November 13, 1985 | The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people. |
| November 1, 1942 | World War II: Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends three days later with an American victory. |
| November 21, 1974 | The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but subsequently acquitted. |
| November 11, 1919 | The Industrial Workers of the World attack an Armistice Day parade in Centralia, Washington, ultimately resulting in the deaths of five people. |
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