Editing 1998 (section)

===November===
* [[November 8]] – [[Valve Corporation]] releases their [[first-person shooter]] video game ''[[Half-Life (video game)|Half-Life]]'' to critical acclaim. The game would be deemed one of the most influential titles of its genre, and one of the [[List of video games considered the best|greatest video games of all time]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Half-Life on Steam |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/70/HalfLife/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=store.steampowered.com |language=en |archive-date=May 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501203940/https://https//store.steampowered.com/app/70/HalfLife/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[November 17]] – ''[[Voyager 1]]'' overtakes ''[[Pioneer 10]]'' as the most distant man-made object from the [[Solar System]], at a distance of {{convert|69.419|AU|km|abbr=on}}.
* [[November 20]] – A Russian [[Proton (rocket family)|Proton rocket]] is launched from the [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]] in [[Kazakhstan]], carrying the first segment of the [[International Space Station]], the 21-ton [[Zarya Module]].
* [[November 24]] – A declassified report by Swiss [[International Olympic Committee]] official [[Marc Hodler]] reveals that bribes had been used to bring the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] to [[Salt Lake City]] during bidding process in [[1995]]. The IOC, the [[Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games of 2002|Salt Lake Organizing Committee]], the [[United States Olympic Committee]] and the [[United States Department of Justice]] immediately launch an investigation into the [[2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal|scandal]].