Editing 2004 (section)

===November===
* [[November 2]] &ndash; [[2004 United States presidential election]]: [[George W. Bush]] is re-elected [[President of the United States]], defeating his Democratic challenger [[John Kerry]].
* [[November 7]] &ndash; The [[Second Battle of Fallujah]] starts.
* [[November 13]] &ndash; The [[European Space Agency]] probe [[SMART-1]] arrives at the [[Moon]], becoming the first European satellite to fly to the Moon and orbit it.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.space.com/2839-smart-1-space-probe-slams-moon.html|title=SMART-1 Space Probe Slams into the Moon|last=Leonard|first=David|date=2006-09-03|newspaper=Space|access-date=2017-02-07|archive-date=February 3, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203031317/http://www.space.com/2839-smart-1-space-probe-slams-moon.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 16]] &ndash; [[NASA]]'s [[Hypersonic speed|hypersonic]] ''[[Scramjet]]'' breaks a record by reaching a velocity of about 7,000 mph ([[Mach number|Mach]] 9.6) in an unpiloted experimental flight.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibbs |first=Yvonne |date=2017-05-10 |title=X-43A Hyper-X |url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/history/pastprojects/HyperX/index.html |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=NASA |language=en |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520121422/https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/history/pastprojects/HyperX/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NASA - NASA's X-43A Scramjet Breaks Speed Record |url=https://www.nasa.gov/missions/research/x43_schedule.html |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=www.nasa.gov |language=en |archive-date=October 31, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041031052522/https://www.nasa.gov/missions/research/x43_schedule.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NASA scramjet smashes speed record |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6686-nasa-scramjet-smashes-speed-record/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=New Scientist |language=en-US |archive-date=February 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203125551/https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6686-nasa-scramjet-smashes-speed-record/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[November 21]] &ndash; [[Nintendo]] releases the [[Nintendo DS]], the best-selling handheld game console, in North America.
* [[November 22]] &ndash; The [[Orange Revolution]] begins, following a [[2004 Ukrainian presidential election|disputed presidential election]] in [[Ukraine]] where [[Viktor Yanukovych]] won against [[Viktor Yushchenko]] amid accusations of electoral fraud. A revote results in Yushchenko being declared the winner.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/12/ukraines-orange-revolution/305157/|title=Ukraine's 'Orange Revolution'|last=Schneider|first=William|newspaper=The Atlantic|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-26|archive-date=December 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206135055/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/12/ukraines-orange-revolution/305157/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 26]] &ndash; The last known [[Poʻouli|Po'ouli]] dies in captivity at the Maui Bird Conservation Center in [[Maui]], [[Hawaii]].
* [[November 30]] &ndash; A [[McDonnell Douglas MD-80|McDonnell Douglas MD-82]], operating as [[Lion Air Flight 538]], [[Runway excursion|overran]] the runway and crashed on a cemetery near [[Adisumarmo Airport]], [[Surakarta]], [[Central Java]], Indonesia, killing 25 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Runway excursion Accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) PK-LMN |url=https://aviation-safety.net/asndb/322504 |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>