| 2012 | New findings from MESSENGER, NASA's space probe, indicate almost definitively, that the north pole of Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, has water ice buried beneath the surface |
| 2012 | A new species of freshwater fish are discovered; the new species of darter fish, Etheostoma obama, are named after U.S. President Barack Obama |
| 2011 | Iranian students storm the British Embassy in Tehran, taking six hostages; the U.N. security council condemns the attack |
| 2011 | In Bangkok, Thailand's Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, is hospitalized with suspected food poisoning |
| 2010 | Pablo Picasso's electrician reveals 271 previously unknown works by the artist, claiming they were gifts |
| 2010 | Indonesia's Mount Bromo spews ash, forcing the closure of a nearby airport |
| 2009 | Pirates from Somalia capture the Maran Centaurus, a Greek-owned oil tanker, off the coast of Somalia |
| 1997 | USAir Arena closes, hosting Washington Wizards |
| 1995 | "Garden District" closes at Circle in the Sq Theater New York City |
| 1995 | CNN/fn, the financial network by Turner Enterprises, launched |
| 1994 | Seoul, Korea, celebrated the 600th anniversary of its founding |
| 1993 | "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 40 performances |
| 1992 | "Sea Gull" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 48 performances |
| 1992 | "Solitary Confinement" closes at Nederlander New York City after 25 performances |
| 1992 | 80th CFL Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 24-10 |
| 1991 | TV show "Roc" has a gay wedding episode - Can't Help Loving that Man |
| 1991 | Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath, vs. Australia at the Gabba |
| 1990 | "Shogun - The Musical" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 72 performances |
| 1990 | Expos President Claude Brochu agrees to buy club from Charles Bronfman |
| 1990 | U.N. Security Council sets Jan 15th military deadline against Iraq |
| 1989 | 8th Largest wrestling crowd (60,000-Tokyo Dome) |
| 1989 | India president Rajiv Gandhi, resigns |
| 1987 | "Dreamgirls" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 177 performances |
| 1987 | 75th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Toronto Argonauts, 38-36 |
| 1987 | France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
| 1987 | Joe Montana of 49ers completes NFL record 22 consecutive passes |
| 1987 | Korean Air jetliner disappears off Burma, all 115 lost |
| 1987 | New Orleans Saints win, assuring their 1st winning NFL season |
| 1987 | Ranger's Bob Frosse becomes 2nd goalie to score a goal (vs Isles) It is later ruled that he should not be credited with goal |
| 1984 | Javed Miandad completes twin Test Cricket tons, vs. New Zealand, Hyderabad |
| 1983 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1982 | U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test |
| 1981 | "My Fair Lady" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 119 performances |
| 1981 | Greg Chappell scores 201 vs. Pakistan at Gabba |
| 1979 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1978 | U.N. observes "international day of solidarity with Palestinian people," boycotted by U.S. and about 20 other countries |
| 1978 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1976 | Free agent Reggie Jackson signs 5 year pact with New York Yankees |
| 1975 | Kilauea Volcano erupts in Hawaii |
| 1975 | President Ford requires states to provide free education for handicapped |
| 1971 | 1st pro golf championship at Walt Disney World |
| 1971 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1970 | Charles Ives' "Yale-Princeton," premieres |
| 1970 | Colin Cowdrey becomes Test Crickets' leading run scorer (7,250) |
| 1969 | Beatles' "Come Together/Something" reaches #1 |
| 1968 | John and Yoko release their 1st album "Two Virgins" in UK |
| 1967 | British troops withdraw from Aden and South Yemen |
| 1967 | Robert McNamara elected president of World bank |
| 1966 | 1st NBA game at Oakland Coliseum Arena - Warriors beat Bulls 108-101 |
| 1965 | "Anya" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 16 performances |
| 1965 | Dale Cummings does 14,118 consecutive sit-ups |
| 1964 | Roman Catholic Church in U.S. replaces Latin with English |
| 1963 | Beatles release "I Want to Hold Your Hand" |
| 1963 | Lyndon Baines Johnson sets up Warren Commission to investigate assassination of John F. Kennedy |
| 1962 | Baseball decides to revert back to 1 all star game per year |
| 1962 | Great Britain and France decide to jointly build Concorde |
| 1961 | Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in Miss |
| 1961 | John A McCone replaces Allen W Dulles as 6th director of CIA |
| 1961 | Mercury-Atlas 5 carries a chimp (Enos) to orbit |
| 1960 | 26th Heisman Trophy Award: Joe Bellino, Navy (HB) |
| 1958 | 46th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 35-28 |
| 1957 | NY Mayor Robert Wagner forms a committee to replace Dodgers and Giants |
| 1956 | "Bells Are Ringing" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 925 performances |
| 1955 | Turkish government of Menderes resigns |
| 1953 | American Airlines begins 1st regular coml NY-LA air service |
| 1953 | WSIX TV channel 8 in Nashville, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| 1952 | 40th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 21-11 |
| 1952 | President-elect Eisenhower visits Korea to assess war |
| 1951 | 1st underground atomic explosion, Frenchman Flat Nevada |
| 1951 | Winston Churchill re-elected British premier |
| 1950 | National Council of Church of Christ in U.S. forms |
| 1949 | Nationalist regime of China leaves for Taiwan/Formosa |
| 1949 | Uranium mine explosions in East Germany kills 3,700 |
| 1948 | "Kukla, Fran, and Ollie" debuted on NBC |
| 1948 | 1st opera to be televised, "Othello," broadcast from the Met (New York City) |
| 1948 | KOB TV channel 4 in Albuquerque, New Mexico (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| 1947 | 35th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Calgary Stampeders, 10-9 |
| 1947 | U.N. General Assembly partitions Palestine between Arabs and Jews |
| 1946 | Minister Drees begins emergency rule of old age facilities |
| 1945 | Yugoslavian Socialist Republic proclaimed |
| 1944 | Albania liberated from Nazi control (National Day) |
| 1944 | John Hopkins hospital performs 1st open heart surgery |
| 1943 | Partisan Tito forms temporary government in Jajce Bosnia |
| 1943 | U-86 sinks in Atlantic Ocean |
| 1943 | U.S. aircraft carrier Hornet launched |
| 1942 | U.S. rations coffee during WWII |
| 1941 | 29th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Ottawa Rough Riders, 18-16 |
| 1941 | Passenger ship Lurline sends radio signal of sighting Japanese war fleet |
| 1939 | Cor Klint swims world record 200 m backstroke (2:38.8) |
| 1939 | U.S.S.R. drops diplomatic relations with Finland |
| 1938 | Mayor Oud of Rotterdam forbids soccer match between Netherlands-Germany |
| 1937 | Prince Bernhard injured in auto accident in Netherlands |
| 1935 | Michael Savage becomes 1st Labour premier of New Zealand |
| 1934 | Chicago Bears beat Detroit (19-16) in 1st NFL game broadcast nationally |
| 1934 | English King George V weds princess Marina of Greece/Denmark |
| 1933 | 1st state liquor stores authorized (Pennsylvania) |
| 1933 | Japan begins persecution of communists |
| 1932 | Cole Porters musical "Gay Divorcee," premieres in New York City |
| 1932 | France signs non-agression pact with Soviet Union |
| 1932 | U.S.S.R. and France sign no attack treaty |
| 1929 | Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Byrd sends "My calculations indicate that we have reached vicinity of South Pole" |
| 1926 | Tris Speaker resigns as Indians manager |
| 1926 | W Somerset Maughams "Constant Wife," premieres in New York City |
| 1924 | 12th CFL Grey Cup: Queen's University defeat Toronto Balmy Beach, 11-3 |
| 1924 | NHL's Montreal Forum opens |
| 1921 | Coldest day in Nov in Netherlands -14.0 degrees C |
| 1921 | Z Parenteau and Schuyler Green's musical "Kiki," premieres in New York City |
| 1918 | Serbia annexes Montenegro |
| 1916 | Erwin Rommel marries Lucie "Lu" Mollin |
| 1916 | U.S. declares martial law in Dominican Republic |
| 1913 | 5th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Parkdale, 44-2 |
| 1902 | Gerhart Hauptmanns "Der arne Heinrich," premieres in Vienna |
| 1901 | East 182nd Street in Bronx is paved and opened |
| 1900 | Lord Kitchener succeeds lord Roberts up as supreme commander in South Africa |
| 1897 | 1st motorcycle race (Surrey England) |
| 1890 | 1st Army-Navy football game, Score: Navy 24, Army 0 at West Point |
| 1887 | U.S. receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii |
| 1877 | Thomas Edison demonstrates hand-cranked phonograph |
| 1870 | Compulsory education proclaimed in England |
| 1864 | 4th and last day of skirmishes at Waynesboro, Georgia |
| 1864 | Battle of Spring Hill, Tennessee (Thomason's Station) |
| 1864 | Colorado militia kills 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians |
| 1863 | Battle of Ft. Sanders, Tennessee (Ft. Loudon), 8-900 casualities |
| 1847 | Indians kill Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, 11 settle in Walla Walla Ore |
| 1825 | 1st Italian opera in U.S., "Barber of Seville" premieres (New York City) |
| 1813 | Elias Canneman (Lib) becomes minister of Finance |
| 1812 | Napoleon's Grand Army crosses Berezina River in retreat from Russia |
| 1803 | Dessalines and Christophe declare St. Domingue (Haiti) independent |
| 1775 | Sir James Jay invents invisible ink |
| 1760 | French commandant Belatre surrenders Detroit to Major R Rogers |
| 1745 | Bonnie Prince Charlies army moves into Manchester and occupy Carlisle |
| 1596 | King Philip II devalues Spanish currency |
| 1581 | Doornik surrenders to duke of Parma |
| 1573 | Don Luis de Requesensy Zuniga succeeds duke of Alva as land guardian of Netherlands |
| 1561 | Lofland subjects himself on Sigismund August II of Poland |
| 1516 | Treaty of Freiburg French/Swiss "eternal" peace treaty |
| 1349 | Jews of Augsburg Germany massacred |
| 799 | Pope Leo III, aided by Charles the Great, returns to Rome |
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