Editing 2021 (section)

=== November ===
* [[November 1]] – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of recorded deaths from COVID-19 surpasses 5 million.<ref>{{cite web|title=The world has recorded 5 million COVID-19 deaths, but the real toll is likely more than double that|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-01/five-million-covid19-deaths-but-real-toll-hidden/100568156|website=abc.net.au|date=November 1, 2021|access-date=November 1, 2021|archive-date=November 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101085913/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-01/five-million-covid19-deaths-but-real-toll-hidden/100568156|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 5]] 
** [[Tigray War]]: The [[Tigray People's Liberation Front]] forms a [[United Front of Ethiopian Federalist and Confederalist Forces|coalition with eight other rebel groups]] with the aim of defeating the [[Government of Ethiopia|Ethiopian government]] "by force or by negotiations."<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 November 2021 |title=Nine anti-gov't groups team up as Ethiopia recalls ex-soldiers |publisher=[[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al Jazeera]] |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/5/nine-anti-abiy-groups-team-up-as-ethiopia-recalls-ex-soldiers |url-status=live |access-date=6 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106210342/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/5/nine-anti-abiy-groups-team-up-as-ethiopia-recalls-ex-soldiers |archive-date=6 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Parivicini |first1=Giulia |last2=Flick |first2=Maggie |date=11 August 2021 |title=Ethiopia's Tigray forces seek new military alliance |work=[[Reuters]] |editor-last=Giles Elgood |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/ethiopias-tigray-forces-seek-new-military-alliance-2021-08-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001062059/https://www.reuters.com/world/ethiopias-tigray-forces-seek-new-military-alliance-2021-08-11 |archive-date=1 October 2021 |editor2=Mark Heinrich}}</ref>
** A [[Astroworld Festival crowd crush|crowd crush at the Astroworld Festival]] hosted by [[Travis Scott]] in [[Houston]], [[Texas]], kills 10 people and causes 300+ injuries.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 November 2021 |title=Travis Scott's Astroworld disaster was caused by a 'crowd surge', a deadly risk that lurks at all mass gatherings |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-10/crowd-crush-history-after-travis-scotts-astroworld/100603638 |url-status=live |access-date=9 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109193714/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-10/crowd-crush-history-after-travis-scotts-astroworld/100603638 |archive-date=9 November 2021}}</ref>
* [[November 11]] – [[SpaceX]] launches the [[SpaceX Crew-3|Crew-3]] mission, carrying four [[Expedition 66]] crew members to the [[International Space Station]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Beasley |first1=Courtney |last2=Finch |first2=Josh |last3=Schierholz |first3=Stephanie |title=Kayla Barron Joins NASA's SpaceX Crew-3 Mission to Space Station |url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/kayla-barron-joins-nasa-s-spacex-crew-3-mission-to-space-station |website=[[NASA]] |access-date=3 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603213719/https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/kayla-barron-joins-nasa-s-spacex-crew-3-mission-to-space-station/ |archive-date=3 June 2021 |date=18 May 2021 |quote=...SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station, which is targeted to launch as early as Oct. 23. [...] When Barron, Chari, Marshburn, and Maurer arrive at the orbiting laboratory, they will become expedition crew members for the duration of their six-month science mission. |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bartels |first1=Meghan |title=NASA, SpaceX target Oct. 23 for Crew-3 astronaut launch |url=https://www.space.com/spacex-nasa-crew-3-astronaut-launch-date |website=[[Space.com]] |access-date=3 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603213749/https://www.space.com/spacex-nasa-crew-3-astronaut-launch-date |archive-date=3 June 2021 |date=2 April 2021 |quote=NASA and SpaceX have announced that the pair's autumn mission to send four astronauts to the International Space Station will launch no earlier than Oct. 23. [...] In conjunction with the Oct. 23 launch window for Crew-3, Crew-2 will return to Earth no earlier than Oct. 31, giving the two cohorts about a week of overlap to transition the space station safely to its next residents. |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 14]]
** The [[2021 Argentine legislative election]] is held.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentines-vote-midterm-trial-by-fire-president-fernandez-2021-11-14/ |title=Argentina's Peronists on the ropes after bruising midterm defeat |work=[[Reuters]] |date=15 November 2021 |access-date=15 November 2021 |archive-date=November 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117231933/https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentines-vote-midterm-trial-by-fire-president-fernandez-2021-11-14/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
** The [[2021 Bulgarian general election]] is held.<ref>{{cite web |title=New centrist party wins Bulgarian election, could end months of deadlock |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/new-centrist-party-poised-win-bulgarias-election-partial-results-show-2021-11-15/ |date=15 November 2021 |access-date=15 November 2021 |work=[[Reuters]] |archive-date=March 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308203452/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/new-centrist-party-poised-win-bulgarias-election-partial-results-show-2021-11-15/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[November 16]] – Russia draws international condemnation following an [[anti-satellite weapon]] test that creates a cloud of [[space debris]], threatening the [[International Space Station]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Russian anti-satellite missile test draws condemnation|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59299101|website=BBC News|date=November 16, 2021|access-date=November 16, 2021|archive-date=November 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115231759/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59299101|url-status=live}}</ref>
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* [[November 21]] – The [[2021 Chilean general election]] is held.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2064_B.htm|title=IPU PARLINE database: CHILE (Senado), Electoral system|website=archive.ipu.org|access-date=December 7, 2023|archive-date=September 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913094313/http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2064_B.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 24]]
** NASA launches the [[Double Asteroid Redirection Test]] (DART), the first attempt to deflect an [[asteroid]] for the purpose of learning how to protect Earth.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rincon |first=Paul  |date=November 24, 2021 |title=Nasa Dart asteroid spacecraft: Mission to smack Dimorphos space rock launches |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59327293 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114041136/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59327293 |archive-date=January 14, 2022 |access-date=November 24, 2021 |website=BBC News}}</ref>
** [[Magdalena Andersson]] [[2021 Swedish government formation|resigns]] as [[Prime Minister of Sweden|Prime Minister-elect]] of Sweden hours after the [[Riksdag]] voted her in as Sweden's first female prime minister. She was due to take office on 26 November.<ref>{{cite news|title=Detta händer nu i regeringsfrågan|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/detta-hander-nu-1|newspaper=SVT Nyheter|date=24 November 2021|access-date=26 November 2021|first1=Olle |last1=Bengtsson|first2=Filip |last2=Brusman|first3=Anna H |last3=Svensson|archive-date=November 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124234359/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/detta-hander-nu-1|url-status=live}}</ref> Instead, she takes office on 30 November.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59459733|title=Magdalena Andersson: Sweden's first female PM returns after resignation|publisher=BBC|date=30 November 2021|accessdate=30 November 2021|archive-date=November 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129132906/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59459733|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 24]]–[[December 12]] – [[Magnus Carlsen]] beats [[Ian Nepomniachtchi]] in the [[World Chess Championship 2021|2021 World Chess Championship]]. Magnus has been World Chess Champion since [[World Chess Championship 2013|2013]].
* [[November 26]] – COVID-19 pandemic: The [[World Health Organization]] convenes an emergency meeting in [[Geneva]] amid concerns over [[SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant|Omicron]], a highly mutated [[Variants of SARS-CoV-2#Variants under monitoring (WHO)|variant of COVID-19]] first identified in [[COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa|South Africa]] that appears more infectious than [[SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant|Delta]].<ref>{{cite web|title=WHO to assess new highly mutated Covid-19 variant as countries ramp up health checks|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/26/who-to-assess-new-highly-mutated-covid-19-variant-as-countries-ramp-up-health-checks|website=The Guardian|date=November 26, 2021|access-date=November 26, 2021|archive-date=December 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220225404/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/26/who-to-assess-new-highly-mutated-covid-19-variant-as-countries-ramp-up-health-checks|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 30]]–[[December 18]] – The [[2021 FIFA Arab Cup]] is held in [[Qatar]], and [[2021 FIFA Arab Cup Final|is won]] by [[Algeria national football team|Algeria]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Algeria beat Tunisia to win FIFA Arab Cup 2021|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2021/12/18/algeria-beat-tunisia-to-win-fifa-arab-cup-2021|date=18 December 2021|access-date=18 December 2021|website=Al Jazeera|archive-date=May 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527031043/https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2021/12/18/algeria-beat-tunisia-to-win-fifa-arab-cup-2021|url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:Barbados Independence Republic Night (51717663162).jpg|thumb|The [[Governor-General of Barbados|Governor-General]] of [[Barbados]] [[Sandra Mason]] is sworn in as the country's first [[President of Barbados|President]]]]
* [[November 30]] – [[Barbados]] becomes a [[Republicanism in Barbados|republic]] on its 55th anniversary of independence while remaining a member of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Davies|first=Caroline|title=Queen congratulates Barbados as it becomes a republic|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/30/queen-congratulates-barbados-as-it-becomes-a-republic|access-date=2021-11-30|website=The Guardian|date=30 November 2021|archive-date=March 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326212126/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/30/queen-congratulates-barbados-as-it-becomes-a-republic|url-status=live}}</ref>