Editing 1983 (section)

===November===
* [[November 2]] – South Africa approves a [[Tricameral Parliament|new constitution]] granting limited political rights to [[Coloured]]s and [[Asian South African|Asian]]s as part of a series of reforms to [[South Africa under apartheid|apartheid]].
* [[November 3]] – Commencement of the [[Battle of Tripoli (1983)|battle of Tripoli]] between [[Yasser Arafat|Arafat]] loyalists and [[Palestine Liberation Organization|PLO]] dissidents.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/04/world/arafat-says-syria-and-libya-have-joined-tripoli-battle.html|title=ARAFAT SAYS SYRIA AND LIBYA HAVE JOINED TRIPOLI BATTLE|first=Joseph B.|last=Treaster|newspaper=The New York Times|date=4 November 1983}}</ref>
* [[November 5]] – [[Byford Dolphin]] rig diving bell accident: Off the coast of Norway, 5 divers are killed and 1 is severely wounded in an [[uncontrolled decompression|explosive decompression]] accident.
* [[November 7]] 
** [[Able Archer 83]]: Many Soviet officials misinterpret this [[NATO]] exercise as a nuclear [[Pre-emptive nuclear strike|first strike]], causing the last nuclear scare of the [[Cold War]].
** [[1983 U.S. Senate bombing]]: A bomb explodes in the [[United States Senate]] with the intent to kill [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] senators; no one is injured. The perpetrators are members of the [[May 19th Communist Organization]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Frederick S. Calhoun|title=Hunters and Howlers: Threats and Violence Against Federal Judicial Officials in the United States, 1789-1993|publisher=U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service|year=1998|page=15}}</ref>
* [[November 11]] – [[Ronald Reagan]] becomes the first U.S. president to address the [[National Diet]], Japan's national legislature.
* [[November 13]] – The first United States [[cruise missile]]s arrive at [[RAF Greenham Common]] in the UK amid protests from peace campaigners.<ref name="Nordheimer 1983 p154">{{cite web | last=Nordheimer | first=Jon | title=FIRST U.S. MISSILES ARRIVE BY PLANE AT A BRITISH BASE | website=The New York Times | date=1983-11-15 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/15/world/first-us-missiles-arrive-by-plane-at-a-british-base.html | access-date=2024-02-08}}</ref>
* [[November 14]] – The [[immunosuppressant]] [[cyclosporine]] is approved by the [[Food and Drug Administration|FDA]], leading to a revolution in the field of transplantation.
* [[November 15]] – The Turkish part of [[Cyprus]] declares independence.
* [[November 17]] – The [[Zapatista Army of National Liberation]] is founded in Mexico.
* [[November 19]] – An attempted [[Aircraft hijacking|hijacking]] of [[Aeroflot Flight 6833]] in [[Georgian SSR|Soviet Georgia]] results in several dead and wounded.
* [[November 27]] – [[Colombia]]n [[Avianca Flight 011]] crashes near [[Barajas Airport]] in [[Madrid]], Spain, killing 181 of the 192 on board.