1939 - The Hedda Hopper Show debuts with Hollywood gossip Hedda Hopper as host (the show ran until 1951 and made Hopper a powerful figure in the Hollywood elite).
1941 - World War II: Soviet leader Josef Stalin addresses the German attacks so far, that the Germans have lost 4.5 million soldiers (a wildly false lie) and that Soviet victory was near.
1962 - Apartheid: The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa's racist apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.
1962 - Richard Nixon loses the election for governor of California, proclaiming "You won't have Nixon to kick around any more."
1965 - Freedom Flights begin: Cuba and the United States formally agree to start an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States (by 1971 250,000 Cubans take advantage of this program).
1971 - The AEC tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code_named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
1985 - In Colombia, leftist guerrillas of the April 19 Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá, eventually killing 115 people, 11 of them Supreme Court justices.
1985 - "Irangate" scandal: The American press reveals that US PresidentRonald Reagan authorized the shipment of arms to Iran.
1985 - The Playboy Club in New York admits topless male "bunnies" for the first time.
For the soldiers of 6Platoon, November Company, of the 3 RCR Battle Group, home is now the compound of Camp Holopina, near the town of Coralici in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The platoon is one of five that make up November Company, the other four being 4 Platoon, currently assigned to Camp Maple Leaf in Zgon, 5 Platoon, employed right now in Bihac, Mortar platoon in Coralici and Assault Troop in banja Luka.
Camp security is performed by the platoon every second week, and it’s not uncommon to see 6 Platoon soldiers kitted out in load bearing vests and rifles roving the compound.
November 7 - U.S. presidential election, 2000: Republican challenger George W. Bush defeats Democrat Vice President Al Gore, but the final outcome is not known for over a month because of disputed votes in Florida.
November 17 - Catastrophical landslide in Log pod Mangartom,Slovenia, kills 7, and causes millions of SIT of damage.
November 28 - Ukrainian politician Oleksander Moroz touches off the Cassette Scandal by publicly accusing President Leonid Kuchma of involvement in the murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze.
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