Historical Events in November, Month of November Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| November 16, 951 | Emperor Li Jing sends a Southern Tang expeditionary force of 10,000 men under Bian Hao to conquer Chu. Li Jing removes the ruling family to his own capital in Nanjing, ending the Chu Kingdom. |
| November 7, 1994 | WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, launches the world's first internet radio broadcast. |
| November 16, 1849 | A Russian court sentences writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor. |
| November 6, 2004 | An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 150. |
| November 18, 1626 | The new St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is consecrated. |
| November 25, 1177 | Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Châtillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard. |
| November 25, 1986 | Iran–Contra affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua. |
| November 9, 1965 | A Catholic Worker Movement member, Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building. |
| November 20, 1977 | Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel, when he meets Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and speaks before the Knesset in Jerusalem, seeking a permanent peace settlement. |
| November 27, 1973 | Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92–3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On December 6, the House will confirm him 387–35). |
| November 13, 1864 | American Civil War: The three-day Battle of Bull's Gap ends in a Union rout as Confederates under Major General John C. Breckinridge pursue them to Strawberry Plains, Tennessee. |
| November 11, 1921 | The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery. |
| November 25, 1952 | Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends in a Chinese victory. American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle". |
| November 3, 1942 | World War II: The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 12. |
| November 8, 1837 | Mary Lyon founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes Mount Holyoke College. |
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