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===1901–present=== *[[1910]] – The date of [[Thomas A. Davis]]' opening of the [[San Diego Army and Navy Academy]], although the official founding date is November 23, 1910. *[[1918]] – The Western Union Cable Office in [[North Sydney, Nova Scotia]], receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to [[Ottawa]] and Washington, D.C.) that said on [[November 11, 1918]], all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air. *[[1939]] – Finnish author [[Frans Eemil Sillanpää|F. E. Sillanpää]] is awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]].<ref>[http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1939/ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1939"]. Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 16 Jun 2017.</ref> *[[1940]] – The [[1940 Vrancea earthquake]] strikes [[Romania]] killing an estimated 1,000 and injuring approximately 4,000 more. *[[1942]] – World War II: [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] [[Case Anton|invades Vichy France]] following French Admiral [[François Darlan]]'s agreement to an armistice with the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] in North Africa. *[[1944]] – The ammunition ship {{USS|Mount Hood|AE-11|6}} explodes at Seeadler Harbour, [[Manus Island|Manus]], [[Admiralty Islands]], killing at least 432 and wounding 371. *[[1945]] – [[Battle of Surabaya|Heavy fighting]] in [[Surabaya]] between [[Indonesia]]n nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, today celebrated as [[Heroes' Day#Indonesia|Heroes' Day (Hari Pahlawan)]]. *[[1946]] – A [[1946 Ancash earthquake|magnitude 6.9 earthquake]] in the Peruvian Andes mountains kills at least 1,400 people.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Doser|first=D. I.|date=October 1987|title=The Ancash, Peru, earthquake of 1946 November 10: evidence for low-angle normal faulting in the high Andes of northern Peru|journal=Geophysical Journal International|volume=91|issue=1 |pages=57–71|doi=10.1111/j.1365-246X.1987.tb05213.x|bibcode=1987GeoJ...91...57D |doi-access=free}}</ref> *[[1951]] – With the rollout of the [[North American Numbering Plan]], direct-dial coast-to-coast [[telephone]] service begins in the United States. *[[1954]] – U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] dedicates the [[Marine Corps War Memorial|USMC War Memorial]] (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington Ridge Park in [[Arlington County, Virginia]]. *[[1958]] – The [[Hope Diamond]] is donated to the [[Smithsonian Institution]] by New York diamond merchant [[Harry Winston]]. *[[1967]] – The ''[[Nauru Independence Act 1967]]'' passed the [[Parliament of Australia]], giving independence to the UN Trust Territory of [[Nauru]] with effect from 31 January 1968.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/C1967A00103/asmade/text|title=Nauru Independence Act 1967|publisher=Federal Register of Legislation|access-date=12 November 2024}}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[National Educational Television]] (the predecessor to the [[PBS|Public Broadcasting Service]]) in the United States debuts ''[[Sesame Street]]''. *[[1970]] – [[Vietnam War]]: [[Vietnamization]]: For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia. * 1970 – [[Luna 17]]: uncrewed space mission launched by the Soviet Union.<ref name=Chase2019 /> *[[1971]] – In [[Cambodia]], [[Khmer Rouge]] forces attack the city of [[Phnom Penh]] and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine [[fixed-wing aircraft|aircraft]]. * 1971 – A [[Merpati Nusantara Airlines]] [[Vickers Viscount]] [[1971 Indian Ocean Vickers Viscount crash|crashes]] into the [[Indian Ocean]] near [[Padang]], [[West Sumatra]], [[Indonesia]], killing all 69 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Vickers 828 Viscount PK-MVS Padang|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19711110-0|access-date=2021-11-09|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[1972]] – [[Southern Airways]] [[Southern Airways Flight 49|Flight 49]] from [[Birmingham, Alabama]] is [[Aircraft hijacking|hijacked]] and, at one point, is threatened with crashing into the nuclear installation at the [[Oak Ridge National Laboratory]]. After two days, the plane lands in [[Havana]], [[Cuba]], where the hijackers are jailed by [[Fidel Castro]]. *[[1975]] – The 729-foot-long freighter {{SS|Edmund Fitzgerald}} sinks during a storm on [[Lake Superior]], killing all 29 crew on board. * 1975 – [[Treaty of Osimo]] between [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] and [[Italy]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://treaties.un.org/Pages/showDetails.aspx?objid=08000002800cda20|title=Treaty on the delimitation of the boundary line for the part not indicated as such in the Peace Treaty of 10 February 1947 (with annexes, exchanges of letters and final act)|date=3 April 1977|accessdate=2024-11-10}}</ref> * 1975 – [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict|Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]: the [[United Nations General Assembly]] passes [[Resolution 3379]], determining that [[Zionism]] is a form of [[racism]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/761C1063530766A7052566A2005B74D1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121206052903/http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/761C1063530766A7052566A2005B74D1|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-12-06|title=A/RES/3379 (XXX) of 10 November 1975|date=2012-12-06|access-date=2018-10-30}}</ref> *[[1979]] – A 106-car [[Canadian Pacific]] freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from [[Windsor, Ontario]], Canada [[1979 Mississauga train derailment|derails]] in [[Mississauga]], Ontario. *[[1983]] – [[Bill Gates]] introduces [[Windows 1.0]]. *[[1985]] – A [[Dassault Falcon 50]] and a [[Piper PA-28 Cherokee]] [[1985 Teterboro mid-air collision|collide]] in mid-air over [[Fairview, New Jersey]], killing six people and injuring eight.<ref name="AAR-87-05 Final Report">{{Cite web |date=1987-05-04 |title=Midair Collision of Nabisco Brands, Inc., Dassault Falcon, DA50, N784B and Air Pegasus Corp., Piper Archer, N1977H, Fairview, New Jersey, November 10, 1985 |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR8705.pdf |access-date=2023-10-22 |publisher=[[National Transportation Safety Board]] |id=NTSB/AAR-87/05}}</ref> *[[1989]] – Longtime [[People's Republic of Bulgaria|Bulgarian]] leader [[Todor Zhivkov]] is removed from office and replaced by [[Petar Mladenov]]. * 1989 – Germans begin to [[Fall of the Berlin Wall|tear down]] the [[Berlin Wall]]. *[[1995]] – In [[Nigeria]], playwright and environmental activist [[Ken Saro-Wiwa]], along with eight others from the [[Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People]] (Mosop), are hanged by government forces. *[[1997]] – [[MCI Inc.|WorldCom]] and [[MCI Communications]] announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time). *[[1999]] – [[World Anti-Doping Agency]] is formed in [[Lausanne]].<ref>{{cite web |title=World Anti-Doping Agency |url=https://olympics.com/ioc/wada}} </ref> *[[2002]] – [[2002 Veterans Day weekend tornado outbreak|Veteran's Day Weekend Tornado Outbreak]]: A tornado outbreak stretching from Northern [[Ohio]] to the Gulf Coast, one of the largest outbreaks recorded in November. *[[2006]] – [[Sri Lankan Tamil]] politician [[Nadarajah Raviraj]] is assassinated in [[Colombo]]. * 2006 – The [[National Museum of the Marine Corps]] in [[Quantico, Virginia]] is opened and dedicated by U.S. President [[George W. Bush]], who announces that Marine Corporal [[Jason Dunham]] will posthumously receive the [[Medal of Honor]]. *[[2008]] – Over five months after landing on [[Mars]], [[NASA]] declares the ''[[Phoenix (spacecraft)|Phoenix]]'' mission concluded after communications with the [[lander (spacecraft)|lander]] were lost. *[[2009]] – Ships of the South and North Korean navies [[Battle of Daecheong|skirmish]] off [[Daecheong Island]] in the [[Yellow Sea]]. *[[2019]] – President of Bolivia [[Evo Morales]] and several of his government [[2019 Bolivian political crisis|resign]] after [[2019 Bolivian protests|19 days of civil protests]] and a recommendation from the military. *[[2020]] – [[Armenia]] and [[Azerbaijan]] sign a [[2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement|ceasefire agreement]], ending the [[Second Nagorno-Karabakh War]], and [[2020–2021 Armenian protests|prompting protests in Armenia]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last1= Kramer |first1=Andrew E.|title=Facing Military Debacle, Armenia Accepts a Deal in Nagorno-Karabakh War|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/world/middleeast/armenia-settlement-nagorno-karabakh-azerbaijan.html|access-date=10 November 2020 |work= [[The New York Times]] |date=10 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/armenia-yerevan-pashinian-rival-rallies/30957246.html |title=Rival Rallies In Yerevan As Armenia Reels From Nagorno-Karabakh Truce |last=Service |first=RFE/RL's Armenian |access-date=2020-11-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/12/armenia-protests|title=Fresh crisis brews in Armenia after Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal|trans-title=|date=2020-11-12|website=aljazeera.com|publisher=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2020-11-11 |title=Никол Пашинян попал в послевоенное положение |trans-title=Nikol Pashinyan found himself in a post-war situation |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4566441?query=Армения#id1973208 |website=kommersant.ru |publisher=[[Kommersant]] |language=ru}}</ref> <!--Do NOT add items about video game, album, or movie releases here, as they WILL be removed-->
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