Historical Events in November, Month of November Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| November 7, 1929 | In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public. |
| November 2, 1912 | Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople. |
| November 26, 1944 | World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people. |
| November 10, 1972 | Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama is 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. |
| November 14, 1969 | Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon. |
| November 12, 1970 | The 1970 Bhola cyclone makes landfall on the coast of East Pakistan, becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone in history. |
| November 9, 1720 | The synagogue of Judah HeHasid is burned down by Arab creditors, leading to the expulsion of the Ashkenazim from Jerusalem. |
| November 5, 1940 | World War II: The British armed merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay is sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer. |
| November 8, 1965 | The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands. |
| November 11, 1962 | Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait. |
| November 22, 1940 | World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa. |
| November 25, 1795 | Partitions of Poland: Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia. |
| November 30, 1864 | American Civil War: The Confederate Army of Tennessee suffers heavy losses in an attack on the Union Army of the Ohio in the Battle of Franklin. |
| November 9, 1914 | SMS Emden is sunk by HMAS Sydney in the Battle of Cocos. |
| November 7, 1957 | Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters. |
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