Editing 1981 (section)

===November===
{{Main|November 1981}}
[[File:Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg|thumb|150px|right| [[November 1]]: [[Antigua and Barbuda]].]]
* [[November 1]] – [[Antigua and Barbuda]] gain [[independence]] from the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Visa Office|title=Report of the Visa Office|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EYeOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA43|year=1984|publisher=U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs|pages=43}}</ref>
* [[November 9]] – [[Slavery in Mauritania]] is abolished by Edict No. 81-234.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Edward H. Lawson|author2=Mary Lou Bertucci|title=Encyclopedia of Human Rights|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J-SrdFtSuDUC&pg=PA990|year=1996|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-56032-362-4|pages=990}}</ref>
* [[November 12]] – The [[Church of England]] [[General Synod]] votes to admit women to holy orders.
* [[November 22]] – The [[Edmonton Eskimos]] (14–1–1) barely stave off defeat and win a record 4th consecutive [[Grey Cup]] in the [[Canadian Football League]], at the [[69th Grey Cup]] at [[Montreal]]'s [[Olympic Stadium]], defeating the [[Ottawa Rough Riders]] (5–11–0) with a score of 26–23 in the final three seconds, after being down 20–1 at halftime.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1981|title=HISTORY >> Grey Cup >> 1981 {{pipe}} CFL.ca {{pipe}} Official Site of the Canadian Football League|access-date=August 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819184624/http://cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1981|archive-date=August 19, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[November 23]]
** [[Iran–Contra affair]]: U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]] signs the [[Classified information|top secret]] National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), authorizing the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] to recruit and support [[Contras|Contra]] rebels in [[Nicaragua]].
** [[1981 United Kingdom tornado outbreak]], the largest recorded [[tornado outbreak]] in European history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi|title=European Severe Weather Database|website=www.eswd.eu}}</ref>
* [[November 25]]–[[November 26|26]] – [[1981 Seychelles coup d'état attempt]]: A group of [[Mercenary|mercenaries]] led by [[Mike Hoare]] take over [[Mahé, Seychelles|Mahe]] airport. Most of them escape by a commandeered [[Air India]] passenger jet; six are later arrested.<ref>{{cite book | last = Tickler | first = Peter | title = The modern mercenary : dog of war, or soldier of honour | publisher = P. Stephens Distributed by Sterling Pub. Co | location = Wellingborough, Northamptonshire New York, N.Y | year = 1987 | isbn = 9780850598124 | page=100}}</ref>