Editing November 18 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; Britain and the United States sign the [[Hay–Pauncefote Treaty]], which nullifies the [[Clayton–Bulwer Treaty]] and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
*[[1903]] &ndash; The [[Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty]] is signed by the United States and [[Panama]], giving the United States exclusive rights over the [[Panama Canal Zone]].
*[[1905]] &ndash; Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King [[Haakon VII of Norway]].
*[[1909]] &ndash; Two United States [[warship]]s are sent to [[Nicaragua]] after 500 [[revolutionaries]] (including two Americans) are executed by order of [[José Santos Zelaya]].
*[[1910]] &ndash; In their campaign for women's voting rights, hundreds of [[suffragettes]] march to the [[Palace of Westminster|British Parliament]] in London. Several are beaten by police, newspaper attention embarrasses the authorities, and the march is dubbed [[Black Friday (1910)|Black Friday]].<ref name="18_November_1910_UK_suffragettes" />
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: [[Battle of the Somme|First Battle of the Somme]]: In France, [[British Expeditionary Force (World War I)|British Expeditionary Force]] commander [[Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig|Douglas Haig]] calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Latvia]] declares its independence from Russia.
*[[1928]] &ndash; Release of the animated short ''[[Steamboat Willie]]'', the first fully synchronized sound [[cartoon]].
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[1929 Grand Banks earthquake|Grand Banks earthquake]]: Off the south coast of [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] in the Atlantic Ocean, a [[Richter magnitude]] 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the  [[Grand Banks of Newfoundland|Grand Banks]], breaks 12 submarine [[transatlantic telegraph cable]]s and triggers a [[tsunami]] that destroys many south coast communities in the [[Burin Peninsula]].
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: German leader [[Adolf Hitler]] and Italian Foreign Minister [[Galeazzo Ciano]] meet to discuss [[Benito Mussolini]]'s disastrous [[Italian invasion of Greece]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: [[Battle of Berlin (RAF campaign)|Battle of Berlin]]: Four hundred and forty [[Royal Air Force]] planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53 air crew.
*[[1944]] &ndash; The [[Popular Socialist Youth]] is founded in [[Cuba]].
*[[1947]] &ndash; The [[Ballantyne's fire|Ballantyne's Department Store fire]] in [[Christchurch]], New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
*[[1949]] &ndash; The [[Iva Valley]] Shooting occurs after the coal miners of [[Enugu (city)|Enugu]] in [[Nigeria]] go on [[Strike action|strike]] over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the [[Colonial Nigeria|British colonial administration of Nigeria]].
*[[1961]] &ndash; United States President [[John F. Kennedy]] sends 18,000 military advisors to [[South Vietnam]].<ref>''Defending the Free World: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and the Vietnam War, 1961–1965'' {{ISBN|0-27596-279-2}} p. 56</ref><ref>''The Fog of War: Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara'' {{ISBN|978-0-742-54221-1}} p. 282</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; The first [[push-button telephone]] goes into service.
*[[1970]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] asks the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] for $155&nbsp;million in supplemental aid for the [[Cambodia]]n government.
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Oman]] declares its independence from the [[United Kingdom]].
*[[1978]] &ndash; The [[McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet]] makes its first flight, at the [[Naval Air Station Patuxent River|Naval Air Test Center]] in [[Maryland]], United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=F/A-18 Hornet|url=https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/f-18.htm|website=Military Analysis Network|access-date=March 24, 2021}}</ref>
*  1978   &ndash; In [[Jonestown|Jonestown, Guyana]], [[Jim Jones]] leads his [[Peoples Temple]] to a mass [[murder–suicide]] that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. 
*  [[1983]] &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight 6833]] is hijacked en route from [[Tbilisi]] to [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]]. After returning to Tbilisi, the aircraft is subsequentially raided on the ground, resulting in seven deaths.<ref name="pol">{{in lang|ka}} [http://www.pol.ge/archive/jinsebis_taoba.html თვითმფრინავის გამტაცებლები (The Hijackers).] ''Archive Administration of Ministry of Internal Affairs''. Retrieved 25 April 2008. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011193108/http://www.pol.ge/archive/jinsebis_taoba.html|date=11 October 2007}}</ref> 
*  [[1985]] &ndash; The first comic of [[Calvin and Hobbes]] is published in ten newspapers.<ref name="pr_calvin">{{cite web |title=The Complete Calvin and Hobbes |url=http://www.andrewsmcmeel.com/calvinandhobbes/pr_calvin.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051026183516/http://www.andrewsmcmeel.com/calvinandhobbes/pr_calvin.html |archive-date=2005-10-26 |access-date=2009-05-02 |publisher=[[Andrews & McMeel]]}}</ref> 
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[King's Cross fire]]: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest [[London Underground|underground]] station, [[King's Cross St Pancras tube station|King's Cross St Pancras]].
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Shiite]] Muslim kidnappers in [[Lebanon]] release [[Anglican Communion|Anglican Church]] envoys [[Terry Waite]] and [[Thomas Sutherland (academic)|Thomas Sutherland]].
*  1991   &ndash; After an 87-day [[Battle of Vukovar|siege]], the [[Croatia]]n city of [[Vukovar]] capitulates to the besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces.
*  1991   &ndash; The autonomous [[Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia|Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia]], which would in 1993 become a republic, was established in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Ramet |first=Sabrina P. |date=2010 |chapter= Politics in Croatia since 1990 |editor-last=Ramet |editor-first=Sabrina P. |title=Central and Southeast European Politics Since 1989 |location=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=258–285 |isbn=9781139487504}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; In the United States, the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]] (NAFTA) is approved by the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]].
*  1993   &ndash; In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new [[Constitution of South Africa|constitution]], expanding voting rights and ending white minority rule.
*[[1996]] &ndash; A [[1996 Channel Tunnel fire|fire]] occurs on a train traveling through the [[Channel Tunnel]] from France to England causing several injuries and damaging approximately 500 metres (1,600&nbsp;ft) of tunnel.  
*[[1999]] &ndash; At Texas A&M University, the [[Aggie Bonfire#1999 collapse|Aggie Bonfire]] collapses killing 12 students and injuring 27 others.
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: [[United Nations]] weapons inspectors led by [[Hans Blix]] arrive in [[Iraq]].
*[[2003]] &ndash; The [[Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court]] rules 4–3 in ''[[Goodridge v. Department of Public Health]]'' that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and gives the state legislature 180{{nbsp}}days to change the law making Massachusetts the first state in the United States to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples.
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria]] becomes the [[List of Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria|118th]] [[Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria]].
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[NASA]] launches the [[MAVEN]] probe to [[Mars]].
*[[2020]] &ndash; The [[Utah monolith]], built sometime in 2016 is discovered by state biologists of the [[Utah Division of Wildlife Resources]].<ref name="cnn-utah-monolith-art-trnd">{{Cite news|last=Asmelash|first=Leah|date=24 November 2020|title=Utah helicopter crew discovers mysterious metal monolith deep in the desert|publisher=[[CNN]]|url=https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/utah-monolith-art-trnd/index.html|url-status=live|access-date=24 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124074434/https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/utah-monolith-art-trnd/index.html|archive-date=24 November 2020}}</ref>