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===November=== * November – The earliest known portable [[digital camera]] sold in the United States ships.<ref>{{citation |url=|title=Digital cameras, the next wave. (Electronic Imaging Issue; includes related articles) }}</ref> * [[November 2]] – [[British Satellite Broadcasting]] and [[Sky Television (1984–1990)|Sky Television plc]] merge to form [[BSkyB]] as a result of massive losses. * [[November 3]] – [[Gro Harlem Brundtland]] assumes office as [[Prime Minister of Norway]]. * [[November 5]] – Rabbi [[Meir Kahane]], founder of the far-right [[Kach (political party)|Kach movement]], is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel. * [[November 6]] – [[Nawaz Sharif]] is sworn in as the [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]]. * [[November 7]] ** Indian Prime Minister Singh resigns over losing a confidence vote in the [[Parliament of India]], having lost the support of Hindus who want a [[Muslim]] [[mosque]] in [[Ayodhya]] torn down to build a [[Hindu temple]]. ** [[Mary Robinson]] defeats odds-on favorite [[Brian Lenihan Snr|Brian Lenihan]] to become the first female [[President of Ireland]]. ** The [[1990 October Revolution Parade|final military parade]] to mark the anniversary of the [[October Revolution|Great October Socialist Revolution]] takes place in the USSR. * [[November 9]] ** A new constitution comes into effect in the [[Kingdom of Nepal]], establishing multiparty democracy and constitutional monarchy; this is the culmination of the [[1990 Nepalese revolution|1990 People's Movement]]. ** The [[Parliament of Singapore]] enacts the [[Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act]]. * [[November 10]] – [[Chandra Shekhar]] becomes [[Prime Minister of India]] as head of a minority government. * [[November 12]] ** [[Akihito]] is enthroned as the 125th emperor of Japan following the death of [[Hirohito|his father]] on January 7, [[1989]]. ** [[Tim Berners-Lee]] publishes a more formal proposal for the [[World Wide Web]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.w3.org/Proposal |first1=T. |last1=Berners-Lee |first2=R. |last2=Cailliau |title=WorldWideWeb: Proposal for a HyperText Project |date=November 12, 1990 |access-date=2013-01-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121219024023/http://www.w3.org/Proposal |archive-date=December 19, 2012 }}</ref> * [[November 13]] ** The first known [[web page]] is written.<ref>{{cite web|title=Links and Anchors|url=http://www.w3.org/History/19921103-hypertext/hypertext/WWW/Link.html|access-date=2013-01-17|archive-date=August 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811235723/http://www.w3.org/History/19921103-hypertext/hypertext/WWW/Link.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ** In New Zealand, David Gray kills 13 people in what will become known as the [[Aramoana massacre]]. * [[November 14]] – Germany and Poland sign a [[German–Polish Border Treaty|treaty]] confirming the border at the [[Oder–Neisse line]]. * [[November 15]] ** ''[[STS-38]]'': [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] is launched on a classified U.S. military mission. ** President Bush signed new [[Clean Air Act (United States)|Clean Air Act]], focused on urban pollution and cancer-causing emissions from industrial sources. ** [[People's Republic of Bulgaria]] is dissolved after the seventh [[Grand National Assembly of Bulgaria|Grand National Assembly]] voted to change the country's name to the Republic of Bulgaria and removed the Communist state emblem from the national flag. * [[November 17]] – Soviet President Gorbachev proposes a radical restructuring of the Soviet government, including the creation of a Federal Council to be made up of the heads of the 15 [[Republics of the Soviet Union|Soviet republics]]. * [[November 19]]–[[November 21|21]] – The leaders of Canada, the United States, and 32 European states meet in Paris to formally mark the [[Cold War (1985–1991)#End of the Cold War|end of the Cold War]]. * [[November 20]] – [[Andrei Chikatilo]], one of the Soviet Union's most prolific [[serial killer]]s, is arrested in [[Novocherkassk]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Conradi|first=Peter|author-link=Peter Conradi|title=The Red Ripper: Inside the Mind of Russia's Most Brutal Serial Killer|publisher=True Crime|location=London|year=1992|isbn=0-440-21603-6|page=193}}</ref> * [[November 21]] ** The [[Paris Charter|Charter of Paris for a New Europe]] is signed. ** [[Nintendo]] releases the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]] alongside its launch games ''[[Super Mario World]]'', ''[[F-Zero (video game)|F-Zero]]'', ''[[Pilotwings (video game)|Pilotwings]]'', ''[[SimCity (1989 video game)|SimCity]]'' and ''[[Gradius III]]''. * [[November 22]] – British PM [[Margaret Thatcher]] announces she will not contest the second ballot of the [[1990 Conservative Party leadership election|leadership election]] for the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]. * [[November 25]] – [[Lech Wałęsa]] and [[Stanisław Tymiński]] win the first round of the [[1990 Polish presidential election|first Polish presidential election]]. * [[November 27]] – Women's suffrage is introduced in the last Swiss half-canton of [[Appenzell Innerrhoden]]. * [[November 28]] ** [[Prime Minister of Singapore]] [[Lee Kuan Yew]] resigns and is replaced by [[Goh Chok Tong]]. ** The first female [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], [[Margaret Thatcher]], resigns after 11 years and is replaced by [[John Major]]. * [[November 29]] ** [[Gulf War]]: The [[United Nations Security Council]] passes [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 678|UN Security Council Resolution 678]], authorizing military intervention in [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]] if that state does not withdraw its forces from [[Kuwait]] and free all foreign hostages by Tuesday, January 15, [[1991]]. ** [[Prime Minister of Bulgaria]] [[Andrey Lukanov]] and his government of former communists resign under pressure from strikes and street protests.
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