Historical Events in November, Month of November Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| November 13, 2001 | War on Terror: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States. |
| November 23, 1499 | Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He had invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England. |
| November 9, 1907 | The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday. |
| November 6, 1977 | The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39. |
| November 4, 1864 | American Civil War: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in materiel at the Battle of Johnsonville. |
| November 2, 1983 | U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. |
| 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 25, 1987 | Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 265 km/h (165 mph) and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm. |
| November 17, 1973 | The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital. |
| November 11, 1869 | The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations. |
| November 9, 2012 | A train carrying liquid fuel crashes and bursts into flames in northern Myanmar, killing 27 people and injuring 80 others. |
| November 7, 1916 | Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people. |
| November 16, 1979 | The first line of Bucharest Metro (Line M1) is opened from Timpuri Noi to Semănătoarea in Bucharest, Romania. |
| November 30, 1999 | In Seattle, United States, demonstrations against a World Trade Organization meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies. |
| November 30, 1954 | In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space. |
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