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==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1002]] – English king [[Æthelred II]] orders the killing of all [[Danes (ancient people)|Dane]]s in England, known today as the [[St. Brice's Day massacre]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Week| date=May 2003 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nm83AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA111|publisher=CUP Archive|id=GGKEY:6LA1WKD030K|page=111}}</ref> *[[1093]] – [[Battle of Alnwick (1093)|Battle of Alnwick]]: in an English victory over the Scots, [[Malcolm III of Scotland]], and his son Edward, are killed.<ref>{{cite book|title=A Dictionary of British History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TYnfhTq2M7EC&pg=PA18|year=1937|publisher=Arnold|isbn=978-0-19-955037-1|pages=18}}</ref> *[[1160]] – [[Louis VII of France]] marries [[Adela of Champagne]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Jean-Charles|last=Volkmann|title=A Chronological Look at the History of France|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=13beuZ0pB8cC&pg=PA22|year=2001|publisher=Editions Jean-paul Gisserot|isbn=978-2-87747-562-4|pages=22}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1642]] – [[First English Civil War]]: [[Battle of Turnham Green]]: The [[Cavalier|Royalist]] forces withdraw in the face of the [[Roundhead|Parliamentarian]] army and fail to take [[London]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Geoffrey Ridsdill|last1=Smith|first2=Margaret|last2=Toynbee|first3=Peter|last3=Young|title=Leaders of the Civil Wars, 1642-1648|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jGyuAAAAIAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Roundwood Press|page=xvi|isbn=978-0-900093-56-2}}</ref> *[[1715]] – [[Jacobite rising of 1715|Jacobite rising]] in Scotland: [[Battle of Sheriffmuir]]: The forces of the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] halt the Jacobite advance, although the action is inconclusive.<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL17|desc=Battle of Sheriffmuir|access-date=June 20, 2020}}</ref> *[[1775]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. [[Richard Montgomery]] occupy [[Montreal]]. *[[1833]] – [[Great Meteor Storm of 1833]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/1999/ast22jun99_2/ | title=The Great Meteor Storm of 1833 {{pipe}} Science Mission Directorate }}</ref> *[[1841]] – [[James Braid (surgeon)|James Braid]] first sees a demonstration of ''[[animal magnetism]]'' by [[Charles Lafontaine]], which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls ''[[hypnotism]]''.<ref>{{cite book|first=James|last=Braid|author-link=James Braid (surgeon)|title=Neurypnology; or, The rationale of nervous sleep, considered in relation with animal magnetism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DMgDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA16|year=1843|publisher=J. Churchill|pages=16}}</ref> *[[1851]] – The [[Denny Party]] lands at [[Alki Point, Seattle|Alki Point]], before moving to the other side of Elliott Bay to what would become [[Seattle]]. *[[1864]] – [[American Civil War]]: The three-day [[Battle of Bull's Gap]] ends in a [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] rout as [[Confederate States of America|Confederates]] under Major General [[John C. Breckinridge]] pursue them to [[Strawberry Plains, Tennessee]]. *[[1887]] – [[Bloody Sunday (1887)|Bloody Sunday]] clashes in [[central London]]. *[[1893]] – [[13 November 1893 stabbing|13 November stabbing]] by [[Léon Léauthier]] during the ''[[Ère des attentats]]'' (1892-1894).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/ocm43706446 |title=Regards populaires sur la violence |date=2000 |publisher=Publications de l'Université de Saint-Etienne |isbn=978-2-86272-180-4 |editor-last=Piarotas |editor-first=Mireille |series=Travaux / Centre interdisciplinaire d'études et de recherches sur l'expression contemporaine |location=Saint-Etienne |pages=141-142 |oclc=ocm43706446}}</ref> Influential event for the birth of modern terrorism.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ferragu |first=Gilles |date=2019-01-22 |title=L'écho des bombes : l'invention du terrorisme « à l'aveugle » (1893-1895): |url=https://www.cairn.info/revue-ethnologie-francaise-2019-1-page-21.htm?ref=doi |journal=Ethnologie française |issue=1 |pages=21–31 |doi=10.3917/ethn.191.0021 |issn=0046-2616}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – The [[1901 Caister lifeboat disaster]]. *[[1914]] – [[Zaian War]]: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the [[Battle of El Herri]]. *[[1916]] – [[World War I]]: [[Prime Minister of Australia]] [[Billy Hughes]] is expelled from the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] over his support for [[Conscription in Australia|conscription]]. *[[1917]] – World War I: beginning of the [[First Battle of Monte Grappa]] (in Italy known as the "First Battle of the Piave"). The [[Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces]], despite help from the German [[Alpenkorps]] and numerical superiority, will fail their offensive against the [[Italian Army]] now led by its new chief of staff [[Armando Diaz]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Cutolo|first1=Francesco|year=1914|title=Monte Grappa, Battle of|journal=1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War|doi=10.15463/ie1418.11278}}</ref> *[[1918]] – World War I: [[Allies of World War I|Allied troops]] [[Occupation of Constantinople|occupy Constantinople]], the capital of the [[Ottoman Empire]]. *[[1922]] – The [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] upholds [[Mandatory vaccination|mandatory vaccinations]] for public school students in ''[[Zucht v. King]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Research|first=CNN Editorial|title=Vaccines Fast Facts|url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/20/health/vaccines-fast-facts/index.html|access-date=2022-01-12|website=CNN|date=20 July 2015 }}</ref> *[[1927]] – The [[Holland Tunnel]] opens to traffic as the first [[Hudson River]] vehicle tunnel linking [[New Jersey]] to New York City. *[[1940]] – [[Walt Disney]]'s animated musical film ''[[Fantasia (1940 film)|Fantasia]]'' is first released at New York's [[Broadway Theatre (53rd Street)|Broadway Theatre]], on the first night of a roadshow. *[[1941]] – [[World War II]]: The [[aircraft carrier]] {{HMS|Ark Royal|91|6}} is torpedoed by {{GS|U-81|1941|2}}, sinking the [[November 14|following day]]. *[[1942]] – World War II: [[Naval Battle of Guadalcanal]]: U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the [[Guadalcanal Campaign]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Surface Warfare|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JzfM9DMSBjgC&pg=PA23|year=1984|publisher=Chief of Naval Operations|pages=23}}</ref> *[[1947]] – The [[Soviet Union]] completes development of the [[AK-47]], one of the first proper [[assault rifle]]s. *[[1950]] – General [[Carlos Delgado Chalbaud]], [[President of Venezuela]], is assassinated in [[Caracas]]. *[[1954]] – [[Great Britain national rugby league team|Great Britain]] [[1954 Rugby League World Cup|defeats]] [[France national rugby league team|France]] to capture the first ever [[Rugby League World Cup]] in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators. *[[1956]] – The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] affirmed a [[Browder v. Gayle|lower court ruling]] that invalidated [[Alabama]] laws requiring segregated buses, thus ending the [[Montgomery bus boycott]]. *[[1965]] – Fire and sinking of [[SS Yarmouth Castle]], 87 dead. <ref name="uscg">{{cite web|url=https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO%20Documents/5p/CG-5PC/INV/docs/boards/yarmouthcastle.pdf|access-date=2019-05-12|title=USCG Investigation Report|date=1966-02-24}}</ref> *[[1966]] – In response to [[Fatah]] raids against Israelis near the [[West Bank]] border, Israel [[Samu Incident|launches an attack]] on the village of [[As-Samu]]. *1966 – [[All Nippon Airways Flight 533]] crashes into the [[Seto Inland Sea]] near [[Matsuyama Airport]] in Japan, killing 50 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident NAMC YS-11-111 JA8658 Matsuyama Airport (MYJ) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19661113-0 |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[Vietnam War]]: [[Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War|Anti-war protesters]] in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic ''March Against Death''. *[[1970]] – [[1970 Bhola cyclone|Bhola cyclone]]: A {{convert|150|mph|km/h|order=flip|adj=on|abbr=on}} [[tropical cyclone]] hits the densely populated [[Ganges Delta]] region of [[East Pakistan]] (now [[Bangladesh]]), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night. *[[1982]] – [[Ray Mancini]] defeats [[Duk Koo Kim]] in a [[boxing]] match held in [[Las Vegas]]. Kim's subsequent death (on November 18) leads to significant changes in the sport. * 1982 – The [[Vietnam Veterans Memorial]] is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of [[Vietnam veteran|Vietnam War veterans]]. *[[1985]] – The volcano [[Nevado del Ruiz]] erupts and melts a [[glacier]], causing a [[lahar]] (volcanic mudslide) that [[Armero tragedy|buries Armero, Colombia]], killing approximately 23,000 people. * 1985 – [[Xavier Suárez]] is sworn in as [[Miami]]'s first Cuban-born mayor. *[[1986]] – [[The Late, Late Breakfast Show]] incident leads to death of 24 year old Michael Lush and show cancellation.<ref>{{cite news | last=Sapsted | first=David | title=Family to delay legal action decision | newspaper=[[The Times]] | date=17 November 1986}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein|Hans-Adam II]], the present [[Prince of Liechtenstein]], begins his reign on the death of his father. *[[1990]] – In [[Aramoana]], New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people in [[Aramoana massacre|a massacre]] before being tracked down and killed by police the next day. *[[1991]] – The [[Republic of Karelia]], an autonomous [[Republics of Russia|republic of Russia]], is formed from the former [[Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic|Karelian ASSR]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hubert-herald.nl/RusKarjala.htm|title=RusKarjala|website=Hubert-Herald.nl|access-date=November 4, 2021}}</ref> *[[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. *[[1993]] – [[China Northern Airlines Flight 6901]] crashes on approach to [[Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport]] in [[Ürümqi]], China, killing 12 people.<ref name="ASN">{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) B-2141 Urumqi Airport (URC) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19931113-0 |access-date=2019-02-02 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref> *[[1994]] – In a [[1994 Swedish European Union membership referendum|referendum]], voters in Sweden decide to join the [[European Union]]. *[[1995]] – [[Mozambique]] becomes the first state to join the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] without having been part of the former [[British Empire]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ingram|first=Derek|author-link=Derek Ingram (journalist)|date=April 1996|title=Commonwealth Update|journal=[[The Round Table Journal|The Round Table]]|volume=85|issue=338|pages=153–165|doi=10.1080/00358539608454302}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Nigeria Airways Flight 357]] crashes at [[Kaduna International Airport]] in [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]], Nigeria, killing 11 people and injuring 66.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2F9 5N-AUA Kaduna Airport (KAD)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19951113-0|access-date=2021-11-07|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[1996]] – As part of the [[Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search]] (GIMPS) project, Joel Armengaud discovers the project's first [[Mersenne prime]] number, <math>2^{1398269}-1</math>, a number with 420,921 digits.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Woltman |first=George |date=November 23, 1996 |title=The Mersenne Newsletter, issue #8 |url=2^1398269-1 |access-date=October 24, 2024 |website=The Mersenne Newsletter}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Philippines|Philippine]] House Speaker [[Manny Villar]] passes the articles of impeachment against [[Philippine President]] [[Joseph Estrada]]. *[[2001]] – [[War on Terror]]: In the first such act since World War II, US President [[George W. Bush]] signs an [[executive order]] allowing [[military tribunal]]s against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States. *[[2002]] – [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: [[Iraq]] agrees to the terms of the [[UN Security Council Resolution 1441]]. * 2002 – During the [[Prestige oil spill|''Prestige'' oil spill]], a storm bursts a tank of the [[oil tanker]] [[MV Prestige|MV ''Prestige'']], which was not allowed to dock and sank on November 19, 2002, off the coast of [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]], spilling 63,000 metric tons of heavy fuel oil, more than the [[Exxon Valdez oil spill|''Exxon Valdez'' oil spill]]. *[[2012]] – A total [[solar eclipse]] [[Solar eclipse of November 13, 2012|occurs]] in parts of Australia and the South Pacific. *[[2013]] – [[Hawaii]] legalizes [[Hawaii Marriage Equality Act|same-sex marriage]]. * 2013 – [[4 World Trade Center]] officially opens. *[[2015]] – [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]] operatives carry out a series of [[November 2015 Paris attacks|coordinated terrorist attacks]] in [[Paris]], including suicide bombings, mass shootings and a hostage crisis. The terrorists kill 130 people, making it the deadliest attack in France since the Second World War.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/14/syrian-greece-refugee-paris-attacks-killers |last=Henley |first=Jon |title=Paris terror attacks 'carried out by three coordinated teams of gunmen' |journal=[[The Guardian]] |date=14 November 2015 |access-date=13 November 2020}}</ref> *[[2022]] – A [[2022 University of Idaho killings|mass stabbing]] occurs in [[Moscow, Idaho]] in which four [[University of Idaho]] students are killed in off-campus housing.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ortiz |first1=Erik |title=Idaho college student killings: A summary and timeline |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/idaho-college-student-killings-summary-timeline-rcna63818 |website=[[NBC News]] |date=December 31, 2022 |access-date=May 14, 2025}}</ref>
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