Historical Events in November, Month of November Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| November 7, 1907 | Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometres (3.7 miles) away before it can explode. |
| November 14, 2001 | A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes a remote part of the Tibetan plateau. It has the longest known surface rupture recorded on land (~400 km) and is the best documented example of a supershear earthquake. |
| November 22, 1975 | Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco. |
| November 14, 1992 | In poor conditions caused by Cyclone Forrest, Vietnam Airlines Flight 474 crashes near Nha Trang, killing 30.[11][12] |
| November 3, 1960 | The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is established by an Act of Congress after a year-long legal battle that pitted local residents against Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials wishing to turn the Great Swamp into a major regional airport for jet aircraft. |
| November 27, 1896 | Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed. |
| November 14, 1982 | Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border. |
| November 27, 1863 | American Civil War: Battle of Mine Run: Union forces under General George Meade take up positions against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee. |
| November 4, 1921 | The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich. |
| November 24, 1969 | Apollo program: The Apollo 12 command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to land on the Moon. |
| November 8, 960 | Battle of Andrassos: Byzantines under Leo Phokas the Younger score a crushing victory over the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla. |
| November 14, 1941 | World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sinks due to torpedo damage from the German submarine U-81 sustained on November 13. |
| November 7, 1918 | The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year. |
| November 21, 1789 | North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state. |
| November 11, 1675 | Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x). |
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