Historical Events in November, Month of November Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| November 25, 1973 | Georgios Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners' coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis. |
| November 10, 1659 | Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maratha King kills Afzal Khan, Adilshahi in the battle popularly known as Battle of Pratapgarh. |
| November 22, 1956 | The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XVI Olympiad, are opened in Melbourne, Australia. |
| November 20, 1969 | Occupation of Alcatraz: Native American activists seize control of Alcatraz Island until being ousted by the U.S. Government on June 11, 1971. |
| November 13, 1942 | World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Guadalcanal Campaign. |
| November 27, 1896 | Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed. |
| November 26, 1939 | Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later. |
| November 2, 1999 | Honolulu shootings: In the worst mass murder in the history of Hawaii, a gunman shoots at eight people in his workplace, killing seven. |
| November 14, 1975 | With the signing of the Madrid Accords, Spain abandons Western Sahara. |
| November 28, 1964 | Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars. |
| November 19, 1994 | In the United Kingdom, the first National Lottery draw is held. A £1 ticket gave a one-in-14-million chance of correctly guessing the winning six out of 49 numbers. |
| November 14, 2017 | A gunman kills four people and injures 12 others during a shooting spree across Rancho Tehama, California. He had earlier murdered his wife in their home. |
| November 28, 587 | Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy recognizes Childebert II as his heir. |
| November 30, 1954 | In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space. |
| November 9, 1862 | American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed. |
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