Editing 1951 (section)

===November===
* [[November 1]] – [[Desert Rock exercises]], the first military exercises for [[Nuclear warfare|nuclear war]], with infantry troops included, are held in the [[Nevada]] desert.
* [[November 2]] – 6,000 British troops are flown into Egypt to quell unrest in the [[Suez Canal]] zone.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/2/newsid_3167000/3167115.stm |title=On This Day 1951: 6,000 British troops flown into Egypt |website=BBC News|date=November 2, 1951 }}</ref>
* [[November 10]] – [[Direct distance dialing|Direct dial]] coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.
* [[November 11]] – [[Juan Perón]] is re-elected president of [[Argentina]].
* [[November 12]] – The [[National Ballet of Canada]] performs for the first time in [[Eaton Auditorium]], Toronto.
* [[November 20]] – The [[Po (river)|Po River]] floods in northern Italy.
* [[November 29]] – [[LEO (computer)|LEO]] runs the world's first commercial computer program, bakery valuations, for [[J. Lyons and Co.]]'s tea shops in the U.K.