Historical Events
- Nov 1 Australian A-League soccer club Western Sydney Wanderers draw 0-0 with Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh to win the AFC Champions League, 1-0 on aggregate
- Nov 1 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Take Charge Brandi, Dayatthespa, Judy The Beauty, Bobby's Kitten, Texas Red, Main Sequence, Work All Week, Karakontie, Bayern
- Nov 2 60 people were killed and 110 injured by a suicide bombing in Lahore, Pakistan
- Nov 2 New York City Marathon: Wilson Kipsang of Kenya wins in 2:10:59; compatriot Mary Keitany wins first of 3 straight women's titles in 2:25:07
9/11 Attack on NY's World Trade Towers
Nov 3 New York's 104-storey One World Trade Center officially opens 13 years after the September 11 attacks
Event of Interest
Nov 3 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls for global action on climate change after warning from scientists
- Nov 4 Protectionist wins the 2014 Melbourne Cup
- Nov 4 The body of the last missing victim is found on board the wrecked Costa Concordia, during its dismantling in Genoa
- Nov 4 The US votes in mid-term elections: Republicans retain the house & regain the Senate
- Nov 4 Tim Scott becomes the first African-American Senator in the south since the Reconstruction
Battle of Interest
Nov 4 Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko orders army reinforcements to key southern and eastern cities to combat potential rebel offensive
Country Music Association Awards
Nov 5 48th Country Music Association Awards: Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton win
Gorbachev's Warning
Nov 8 Mikhail Gorbachev warns that tensions between America and Russia over Ukraine have put the world on the brink of a new Cold War
- Nov 8 Protests across New Zealand against the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
Event of Interest
Nov 8 US President Barack Obama nominates Loretta Lynch for the position of US Attorney General
Obama Doubles US Troops in Iraq
Nov 8 US President Obama authorises deployment of 1,500 additional troops to help train and advise Iraqi and Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants
- Nov 9 Asia-Pacific countries, including China and the United States, announce plans to co-operate more closely in the fight against corruption
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Nov 9 Celebrations held in Germany to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall; white balloons marking a stretch of the wall symbolize its disappearance
Czech Republic vs. Germany
Nov 9 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Prague, Czech Republic: Home favourite Petra Kvitová beats Germany's Angelique Kerber 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 for an unassailable 3-0 lead (ends 3-1) and an 8th title for the Czechs
- Nov 9 Top African business leaders establish an emergency fund to help countries hit by the Ebola outbreak
- Nov 9 United States lead air strikes in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul against Islamic State (IS)
The Hunger Games
Nov 10 "The Hunger Games" Mockingjay - Part 1" directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson premieres in London
Uptown Funk
Nov 10 "Uptown Funk" single released by Bruno Mars (Billboard Song of the Year 2015, Grammy Record Of The Year, Grammy Song of the Year 2016)
- Nov 10 Ethel Kennedy is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama
- Nov 11 58 people are killed in a bus crash in the Sukkur District, Pakistan
- Nov 11 An Italian appeals court overturns a manslaughter conviction against 6 scientists for failing to give adequate warning of a deadly earthquake
- Nov 11 Samsung Lions beat Nexen Heroes, 11-1 in Game 6 at Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul to win the Korean Series
- Nov 11 The captain of the South Korean ferry which sank in April is found guilty of gross negligence and sentenced to 36 years in prison
- Nov 11 The leaders of China and Japan meet for formal talks after more than two years of severe tension over a territorial dispute
- Nov 11 The people of Catalonia in north-eastern Spain vote in a disputed and non-binding poll on independence
- Nov 12 European Space Agency's Rosetta lands the Philae probe on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
- Nov 13 Clayton Kershaw and Mike Trout wins the MVP awards in MLB for 2014
- Nov 13 Indian cricket batsman Rohit Sharma sets new world ODI record of 264 runs off 173 balls against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens in Kolkata
- Nov 14 American harness racing trainer/driver Dave Palone sets the world record for wins when he drive Missy Tap Tina to the winner's circle for his 16,754th career victory
- Nov 15 A 7.3 magnitude earthquake strikes under the Molucca Sea in eastern Indonesia, triggering a tsunami warning
- Nov 15 The parents of 43 Mexican students who disappeared start a nationwide bus tour in protest at the government's handling of the case
Putin at Brisbane G20
Nov 15 Vladimir Putin's press secretary says media reports that the Russian president plans to leave the G20 Summit in Brisbane early are nonsense
- Nov 15 World leaders gather in Brisbane for G20 Summit, which will focus on economic growth
- Nov 16 Kevin Harvick driving for Stewart-Haas Racing, wins Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Florida to claim his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series by 1 point from Ryan Newman
- Nov 16 Klaus Iohannis wins the Romanian Presidential election
Đoković's Third ATP
Nov 16 Novak Đoković claims 3 straight ATP World Tour Finals tennis titles after Roger Federer is forced to withdraw from the final in London through injury
Bill Joel
Nov 19 American singer-songwriter and piano man Billy Joel receives Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the White House in Washington, D.C.
- Nov 20 Nearly 5 million illegal migrants in the US have the threat of deportation deferred, after President Barack Obama announces sweeping immigration changes
Messi's Goal Record
Nov 22 Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona sets a new goal scoring record in La Liga of 253 goals
- Nov 22 Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy, is shot dead by police in Cleveland, after brandishing what turned out to be a fake gun in a playground
- Nov 23 103rd Davis Cup: Switzerland beats France in Lille (3-1), winning the Davis Cup for the first time
- Nov 23 42nd American Music Awards: One Direction, Sam Smith and Katy Perry win
- Nov 23 A magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes central Japan
- Nov 23 A suicide bomber kills 40 people at a volleyball tournament in eastern Afghanistan
- Nov 23 An adviser to the Kenyan president says the slaughter of 28 people on a bus by the Somali militant Islamist group al-Shabab is intended to create a religious war in the country
Lewis Hamilton's 2nd Title
Nov 23 British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit to clinch his second F1 World Drivers Championship, 67 points ahead of teammate Nico Rosberg
Carlsen Chess Champion
Nov 23 Magnus Carlsen defends his World Chess Championship title after defeating Vishy Anand
- Nov 23 Mass protests in Mexico by relatives of 43 missing Mexican students, who the authorities say were murdered by a drugs gang
- Nov 23 Republicans condemn US President Obama's use of executive powers to force through immigration reform
- Nov 24 "Take Your Time" single is released by Sam Hunt (Billboard Song of the Year 2015)
- Nov 25 Lionel Messi becomes the UEFA Champions League all-time top scorer
- Nov 25 Missouri Governor Jay Nixon orders hundreds more US National Guard troops to the town of Ferguson to prevent a second night of rioting and looting
- Nov 25 Protest erupt across US after a decision by Missouri grand jury not to bring charges against a white policeman who shot dead a black teenager
- Nov 25 Switzerland's Bern Art Museum agrees to accept artworks looted from their Jewish owners by the Nazis
- Nov 25 US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel resigns, ending nearly two years in the Pentagon's top job
- Nov 27 Cricketer Phillip Hughes dies two days after being struck on the head by a bouncer
- Nov 27 Stephanie Gilmore wins her 6th women's world surfing title
- Nov 29 79th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 55-44 in Tuscaloosa
- Nov 30 Australia experiences its hottest spring and second-hottest November recorded
- Nov 30 CFL Grey Cup, BC Place, Vancouver: Calgary Stampeders beat Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 20-16 for their 7th Championship
- Nov 30 Tabaré Vázquez is re-elected President of Uruguay
Famous Weddings
- Nov 1 Counting star Jessa Duggar weds Ben Seewald at the First Baptist Church in Bentonville, Arkansas
- Nov 16 American singer-songwriter Solange Knowles (28) weds second husband, American music video director Alan Ferguson (51), at the Marigny Opera House in New Orleans, Louisiana; separate in 2019
- Nov 29 Reality TV personality Snooki (27) weds Jionni LaValle at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in East Hanover, New Jersey
Famous Deaths
- Nov 1 Jackie Fairweather, Australian triathlete (ITU World Championships gold 1996), commits suicide at 46
- Nov 1 Wayne Static [Wells], American musician (Static-X), dies at 48
- Nov 2 (Bernard) "Acker" Bilk, British clarinetist who was part of the traditional jazz revival of the 1950s and 1960s, dies at 85
- Nov 3 Gordon Tullock, American economist (public choice theory), dies at 92
- Nov 4 George E. Slusser, American scholar, writer and Sci-Fic critic, dies at 75
- Nov 5 Lane Evans, American politician (Rep-D-IL, 1983-2007), dies at 63
- Nov 6 Carole Mathews [Jean Deifel], American actress (The Californians, Swamp Women), dies at 94
- Nov 6 Rick Rosas, American session and touring bassist (Neil Young; Joe Walsh; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), dies of a heart attack at 65
- Nov 7 Gibson Kente, South African playwright and composer, dies at 82
- Nov 8 Don Paul, 89, American football player, dies at 89
- Nov 8 Philip M. Crane, American politician (Rep-R-IL, 1969-2005), dies at 84
- Nov 11 Big Bank Hank [Henry Lee Jackson] American rapper (The Sugarhill Gang - "Rapper's Delight"), dies of cancer at 58
- Nov 11 James Erb, American composer, arranger, and musicologist (Shenendoah), dies at 88
- Nov 12 Marge Roukema, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey), dies at 85
- Nov 12 Richard Pasco, British actor (Gorgon, Arch of Triumph), dies at 88
- Nov 12 Warren Clark, British actor, dies at 67
- Nov 13 Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager, dies from Alzheimer's disease at 92
- Nov 14 Eugene Dynkin, Russian mathematician(The Dynkin diagram), dies at 90
- Nov 14 Glen Larson, American television producer and writer, dies from esophageal cancer at 77
- Nov 14 Jane Byrne, American politician and 50th Mayor of Chicago, dies at 81
- Nov 15 (Bernard) "Bunny" Briggs, American tap dancer 'Duke's dancer', dies at 92
- Nov 16 Ian Craig, Australian cricket batsman and captain (11 Tests; NSW), dies from cancer at 79
- Nov 17 Jimmy Ruffin, American soul singer "(What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"), dies at 78
- Nov 17 Ray Sadecki, American MLB player, dies from blood cancer at 73
- Nov 18 Dave Appell, American musician, arranger, musical director (Ernie Kovacs), record producer (Charlie Gracie; The Orlons; Tony Orlando and Dawn), and songwriter, dies at 92
Mike Nichols (1931-2014)
Nov 19 German-American film director (Catch 22, The Graduate, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), dies from cardiac arrest at 83
- Nov 19 Ralph "Riff" West, American rock bassist (Molly Hatchet), dies at 64
- Nov 20 Arthur Butterworth, British classical trumpet player and composer dies at 91
- Nov 21 Paul von Ragué Schleyer, American chemist, researcher and editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Computational Chemistry, dies at 84
- Nov 22 Alvin Brehm, American musician and composer, dies at 89
- Nov 23 Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, American tennis player, dies at 98
- Nov 25 Joanna Dunham, English actress (Possession, House the Dripped Blood), dies at 78
- Nov 26 Frankie Fraser, English gangster who spent 42 years in jail, dies of complications related to surgery at 90
- Nov 26 Gilles Tremblay, Canadian NHL hockey left winger, 1961-69, 4X Stanley Cup champ (Montreal Canadiens), and French-language broadcaster, 1971-97, dies of heart failure at 75
- Nov 27 P. D. James [Phyllis Dorothy], Baroness James of Holland Park, English crime and mystery writer (Cover Her Face, Death in Holy Orders), dies at 94
- Nov 27 Phillip Hughes, Australian cricketer, dies in a coma after being hit by cricket ball 2 days earlier at 25
- Nov 29 Mark Strand, American poet, editor and translator (Another Republic), dies at 80
- Nov 30 Fred Catherwood, British politician, Vice President of the European Parliament (1989-1992), dies at 89
- Nov 30 Go Seigen [Wu Qingyuan], Chinese-born Japanese Go master considered the greatest Go player in the 20th century, dies of natural causes at 100
