Editing 1997 (section)

===November===
* [[November 2]] – [[Tropical Storm Linda (1997)|Severe Tropical Storm Linda]] devastates southern [[Vietnam]] and [[Thailand]], killing 3,275 people.<ref>{{cite web|author=Joint Typhoon Warning Center|year=2001|title=1997 Annual Tropical Cyclone Report|access-date=2010-03-22|url=http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/atcr/1997atcr/pdf/1997_complete.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606210557/http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/atcr/1997atcr/pdf/1997_complete.pdf|archive-date=2011-06-06}}</ref>
* [[November 11]] – Telecom companies [[WorldCom]] and [[MCI Communications]] announce a US$37&nbsp;billion merger to form [[MCI WorldCom]], the largest merger in U.S. history.
* [[November 12]] – [[Mary McAleese]] is elected the eighth [[President of Ireland]] in succession to [[Mary Robinson]], the first time in the world that one woman has succeeded another as elected [[head of state]].
* [[November 13]] – [[Ramzi Yousef]] is found guilty of masterminding the [[1993 World Trade Center bombing]].
* [[November 17]] – In [[Luxor]], [[Egypt]], [[Luxor massacre|62 people are killed]] by 6 Islamic militants outside the [[Temple of Hatshepsut]].
* [[November 19]] – In [[Des Moines, Iowa]], Bobbi McCaughey gives birth to [[McCaughey septuplets|septuplets]] in the second known case where all seven babies are born alive, and the first in which all survive infancy.
* [[November 27]] – [[NASA]]'s [[Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission]] is launched, the start of the satellite component of the [[Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System]].