Historical Events in November, Month of November Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| November 12, 1940 | World War II: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis Powers. |
| November 23, 1940 | World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers. |
| November 19, 1954 | Télé Monte Carlo, Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III. |
| November 10, 1871 | Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". |
| November 11, 2012 | A strong earthquake with the magnitude 6.8 hits northern Burma, killing at least 26 people. |
| November 30, 1966 | Decolonization: Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom. |
| November 21, 1969 | U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Satō agree on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. The U.S. retains rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free. |
| November 5, 1556 | Second Battle of Panipat: Fighting begins between the forces of Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, the Hindu king at Delhi and the forces of the Muslim emperor Akbar. |
| November 26, 1917 | The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France. |
| November 2, 1999 | Honolulu shootings: In the worst mass murder in the history of Hawaii, a gunman shoots at eight people in his workplace, killing seven. |
| 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 26, 1865 | Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of Valparaíso, Chile. |
| November 25, 1918 | Vojvodina, formerly Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria-Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia. |
| November 1, 1570 | The All Saints' Flood devastates the Dutch coast. |
| November 1, 1896 | A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time. |
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