Historical Events
World Series
Nov 1 Baseball World Series: Houston Astros win their first ever title; beat LA Dodgers, 5-1 in Game 7 at Dodger Stadium; MVP: Astros outfielder George Springer III
- Nov 1 Boiler explosion at a NTPC government-run coal-fired power plant in Rae Bareli, India, kills 29
- Nov 1 UK Defense Secretary Michael Fallon resigns due to his behavior towards women, part of wider scandal of sexual harassment by UK politicians
Event of Interest
Nov 2 Jerome Powell nominated by US President Donald Trump to be next Chair of the Federal Reserve
- Nov 3 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Del Mar Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Rushing Fall, Battle of Midway, Mendelssohn, Forever Unbridled
Music History
Nov 3 Jason Mraz makes his Broadway debut in the musical "Waitress"
- Nov 3 Pakistani woman charged with poisoning 17 members of husband's family in attempt to escape forced marriage in Punjab Province
- Nov 4 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Del Mar Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Caledonia Road, Stormy Liberal, Bar of Gold, Wuheida, Roy H, World Approval, Good Magic, Talismanic, Gunrunner
- Nov 4 Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigns in a shock TV broadcast from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, amid concerns he is being forcibly detained
- Nov 4 Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara opens in Jakarta with items from the collection of Indonesian tycoon Haryanto Adikoesoemo
- Nov 4 Saudi Arabia arrests 11 princes and other ministers on corruption charges, including billionaire investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
- Nov 4 Scottish champions Celtic sets new all-time British record (63) for matches undefeated in all domestic football competitions beating St. Johnstone, 4-0 at McDiarmid Park
- Nov 5 Bodies of 26 migrant teenage girls recovered from the Mediterranean, another 400 migrants rescued
- Nov 5 Brooke Raboutou wins a gold medal in bouldering at the Pan American Youth Championship in Montreal, Canada
- Nov 5 Brooke Raboutou wins a gold medal in lead climbing at the Pan American Youth Championship in Montreal, Canada
- Nov 5 Brooke Raboutou wins a gold medal in the combined climbing event at the Pan American Youth Championship in Montreal, Canada
- Nov 5 Gunman shoots 26 dead and injures 20 at a church in Sunderland Springs, Texas
- Nov 5 New York City Marathon: Geoffrey Kamworor of Kenya wins men's race in 2:10:53, 3 seconds ahead of Wilson Kipsang; Shalane Flanagan (2:26:53) first American to win women's race since 1977
- Nov 5 Paradise Papers are leaked; 13.4 million documents from offshore investment firm Appleby, mentioning Queen Elizabeth and Wilbur Ross US Secretary of Commerce
- Nov 5 Typhoon Damrey strikes Vietnam's south-central coast killing at least 27, leaving others missing
- Nov 5 US President Donald Trump begins a 12-day trip to Asia in Toyko, Japan
- Nov 7 Danica Roem becomes the first US transgender person to be elected to a state legislature in the US in North Virginia
- Nov 7 Extreme smog in Delhi, India, leads Indian Medical Association to declare "a state of medical emergency"
- Nov 7 Melbourne Cup: Joseph O’Brien at 24 is the youngest trainer to win with Rekindling jockeyed by Corey Brown
- Nov 7 Opera soprano Audrey Luna sings highest-ever note at Met Opera in New York, A above high C
- Nov 7 South Korean golfer Park Sung-hyun becomes the first LPGA rookie to be ranked no. 1
- Nov 7 US Democrats dominate off-year elections; Ralph Northam wins Governor of Virginia, Philip Murphy Governor of New Jersey
Music History
Nov 8 51st Country Music Association Awards: Garth Brooks, Chris Stapleton & Miranda Lambert win
- Nov 8 Brazilian surfer Rodrigo Koxa breaks the world record for surfing the biggest-ever wave at 24.4m at Nazaré, Portugal
- Nov 8 In unprecedented move, Indian officials close all Delhi schools for rest of the week due to smog
- Nov 8 Louvre Abu Dhabi is inaugurated, largest art museum on Arabian peninsula
- Nov 8 UK Minister Priti Patel resigns after secret meetings revealed with Israeli officials
- Nov 9 Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore accused of sexual misconduct with teenage girls in "Washington Post" report
- Nov 9 Five women detail sexual misconduct by comedian Louis C.K. in "New York Times" report
- Nov 9 Saudi Arabia's attorney general Sheikh Saud al-Mojeb says 201 more people have been held for questioning in anti-corruption drive
- Nov 10 BBC removes drama from Christmas line-up after one of its stars, Ed Westwick, accused of rape by two women
- Nov 10 Louis C.K. admits the stories of sexual misconduct about him are true
- Nov 11 Largest Singles Day sales ever - Alibaba says its sales alone were $25.3 billion
- Nov 11 Nationalist march in Warsaw, Poland, draws 60,000, to coincide with country's independence day
- Nov 12 7.3 earthquake hits near Halabjal, Iraq, on border with Iran, killing over 500 people, with 7,000 injured
- Nov 12 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Minsk, Belarus: American pair Shelby Rogers & Coco Vandeweghe beats Aryna Sabalenka & Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus 6-3, 7-6 to wrap up 3-2 win and record extending 18th title for the US
Prince Charles Steps Up
Nov 12 For the first time Prince Charles lays the wreath to Great Britain's war dead, replacing Queen Elizabeth
- Nov 13 First Barbie doll to wear a hijab, modeled on Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad unveiled in New York
- Nov 13 Italy fails to qualify for 2018 Football World Cup (first time since 1958), after play-off defeat against Sweden
- Nov 13 World's earliest wine-making uncovered from Khramis Didi Gora, Georgia, in clay pots from 6,000BC
Army Seizes Harare
Nov 14 Zimbabwe Army seizes key sites in capital Harare following tensions over Robert Mugabe's dismissal of vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa
- Nov 15 3 UCLA basketball players suspended after admitting shoplifting in China, only released at President Trump's request
Bennett Gershwin Prize
Nov 15 American jazz and standards singer Tony Bennett receives Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C.
- Nov 15 Argentine submarine San Juan goes missing in the Atlantic after reporting mechanical failure
- Nov 15 Australian postal vote on same-sex marriage revealed - 61% vote yes
Shelton Sexiest Man
Nov 15 Country singer Blake Shelton wins People Magazine's sexiest man alive award
- Nov 15 Isabel Dos Santos, Africa's richest woman, fired as head of Angola state oil company Sonangol
Salvator Mundi
Nov 15 Leonardo da Vinci's painting "Salvator Mundi" sells for $450.3 million at auction in New York, world record price for any artwork
- Nov 15 Pakistan unveils remains of 1,700 year-old sleeping Buddha in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
Mugabe Detained
Nov 15 The Zimbabwean Army detains Robert Mugabe and the first family and appoints sacked Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa as interim president
- Nov 16 19 countries pledge to phase out coal at UN Climate Summit in Bonn, Germany
- Nov 16 Cambodian court rules to dissolve the country's main opposition party Cambodia National Rescue party (CNRP)
- Nov 16 US senator Al Franken accused of groping and forcibly kissing a woman
Shawn Mendes' First
Nov 18 Shawn Mendes is the first singer under 18 to get three No. 1 singles on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart
Mars, Gaga, Urban and Imagine Dragons Win
Nov 19 45th American Music Awards: Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Imagine Dragons & Keith Urban win
- Nov 19 Bulgarian tennis star Gregor Dimitrov breaks through for a first season-ending ATP World Tour Finals title with a 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 win in London over David Goffin of Belgium
Truex NASCAR Cup
Nov 19 Martin Truex Jr., driving for Furniture Row Racing, wins Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Florida to claim Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series by 5 points from Kyle Busch
- Nov 19 Oumuamua first detected by scientists, 400 meters long and reddish, first known interstellar object in our solar system, thought to be of possible alien origin (since thought to be slice of small planet)
Mugabe TV Speech
Nov 19 Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe refuses to resign in a TV speech after being ousted as leader of ruling ZANU-PF party
- Nov 20 Atlanta's Georgia Dome, once the world's largest covered stadium, is destroyed in a controlled implosion
Coalition Talks Collapse
Nov 20 German Chancellor Angela Merkel announces that coalition talks to form a government have collapsed
- Nov 20 Investment corporation Tencent's market value hits $511 billion, - first Asian company to join the $500 billion club
- Nov 21 CBS TV host Charlie Rose is fired after allegations of sexual harassment by eight women
- Nov 21 Mt Agung on the Indonesian island of Bali begins erupting
- Nov 21 Pixar animation head John Lasseter takes 6 month leave of absence amid sexual misconduct claims
- Nov 21 Robert Mugabe's resignation after 37 years in power is read out in Zimbabwe's parliaments during impeachment proceedings
Craig Coley Pardoned
Nov 22 Californian man Craig Coley pardoned for a double murder after serving 39 years by Governor Jerry Brown. Longest prison term to be overturned in the state.
Butcher of Bosnia Convicted
Nov 22 Ratko Mladic the "Butcher of Bosnia" is convicted of genocide and other atrocities during the Bosnian war and jailed for life in The Hague
- Nov 22 Uber admits hackers stole personal information affecting 57 million people worldwide and paid $100,00 to keep quiet
- Nov 22 Vanellope Wilkins, born with her heart outside her body, is first UK baby to survive birth and operations to reinsert her heart
- Nov 23 Brazilian footballer Robinho sentenced to nine years in prison for rape in Italy
- Nov 23 Papua New Guinea Police storm Manus Island refugee camp, forcibly removing asylum seekers
- Nov 24 18 women accuse Jean-Claude Arnault with ties to the Nobel Prize Committee of sexual assault and harassment in Swedish Dagens Nyheter newspaper
- Nov 24 Former First Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa is sworn in as President of Zimbabwe, replacing Robert Mugabe's 30-year tenure
- Nov 24 Militant gunmen attack a Sufi mosque in Bir al-Abed on the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, killing 305 people, government retaliates bombing the area
- Nov 25 Actress Naya Rivera arrested on a domestic battery charge in Kanawha County, West Virginia
- Nov 25 Longest known frozen embryo to be successfully born is delivered in Tennessee - Emma Wren Gibson, frozen 24 years ago
Lewis Hamilton
Nov 26 British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton finishes 2nd in season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit to claim his 4th F1 World Drivers Championship; wins title by 46 points from Sebastian Vettel
- Nov 26 CFL Grey Cup, TD Place Stadium, Ottawa: Toronto Argonauts win 17th Championship with 27-24 victory over Calgary Stampede
- Nov 26 Factory explosion in Chinese port city Ningbo kills at least 2, injuries 30, flattens buildings
- Nov 26 Presidential elections held in Honduras with allegations of electoral fraud and resulting violent protests
- Nov 27 8 Donkeys freed from jail after 4 days in Orai, Uttar Pradesh, India for eating plants
- Nov 27 Bangkok Fire and Rescue Department confirm it has had 31,801 call outs to deal with snakes this year
- Nov 27 Freight trains kills more than 100 reindeer over three days in Norway
Harry and Meghan Engaged
Nov 27 Great Britain's Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle announce their engagement
- Nov 27 North Korean ghost ship washes up Akita prefecture beach, Japan with 8 skeletons on board, 4th boat in a month
Francis Visits Myanmar
Nov 27 Pope Francis begins a three-day trip to Myanmar, amid the Rohingya refugee crisis
- Nov 28 India's Supreme Court rejects appeal to block global release of controversial film "Padmavati"
Kenyatta's 2nd Term
Nov 28 Uhuru Kenyatta sworn in for a second term as president of Kenya
- Nov 29 American TV host Matt Lauer is fired from NBC's "Today" show after an allegation of sexual misconduct
- Nov 29 Bosnian war criminal Slobodan Praljak commits suicide by poison in court at The Hague after 20 year prison term read out
- Nov 30 Def Jam founder Russell Simmons steps down from his companies after allegations of sexual misconduct
- Nov 30 Disney announces it has cast Chinese actress Liu Yifei to play Mulan in up-coming live action film
- Nov 30 World's longest recorded rainbow lasts for 8 hours and 58 minutes in Taipei's Yangmingshan mountain range
Famous Weddings
- Nov 4 NLB player Justin Verlander and model Kate Upton marry in Tuscany, Italy
Serena Williams & Alexis Ohanian
Nov 16 American tennis champion Serena Williams (36) weds American "Reddit" co-founder Alexis Ohanian (34) in New Orleans, Louisiana
Famous Deaths
- Nov 1 Katie Lee, American folk singer, environmentalist and author (Colorado River Songs), dies at 98
- Nov 1 Ray Robinson, American magazine editor and biographer (Lou Gehrig), dies of a stroke at 96
- Nov 3 Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh, 1991-96, dies at 91
- Nov 4 Gilbert Rogin, American journalist and author (The New Yorker, Sports Illustrated), dies at 87
- Nov 5 Robert Knight, American pop singer ("Everlasting Love"), dies at 79
- Nov 6 Richard F. Gordon, Jr., American naval officer and astronaut (Gemini 11; Apollo 12), dies at 88
- Nov 7 Paul Buckmaster, British Grammy Award-winning artist, arranger, conductor and composer, dies at 71
- Nov 7 Pentti "Whitey" Glan, Finnish-Canadian touring and session drummer (Lou Reed; Alice Cooper - "Welcome To My Nightmare"), dies of cancer at 71
- Nov 7 Robert De Cormier, American conductor and musical director (The Belafonte Folk Singers), dies at 95
- Nov 7 Roy Halladay, American Baseball HOF pitcher (8 x MLB All-Star, Cy Young Award 2003, 10; perfect game 2010; postseason no-hitter 2010; Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies), died when piloting a plane under influence of painkillers, sleeping pills at 40
- Nov 9 Fred Cole, American rock artist (The Lollipop Shoppe, Dead Moon, Pierced Arrows), dies from cancer at 69
- Nov 9 Hans Vermeulen, Dutch singer and guitarist (Sandy Coast), dies at 70
- Nov 9 John Hillerman, American actor (Magnum PI; Chinatown; Blazing Saddles), dies at 84
- Nov 10 A. G. Milkha Singh, Indian cricket batsman (4 Tests, HS 35; Madras), dies at 75
- Nov 11 Bobby Matos, American session percussionist, Latin jazz timbalero, and bandleader, dies at 76
- Nov 11 Francesco "Frank" Corsaro, American opera director (The Night of the Iguana, Play of the Week), dies at 92
- Nov 12 Eric Salzman, American composer (New Musical Theater), dies at 84
- Nov 12 Liz Smith [Mary Elizabeth], American journalist and gossip columnist known as "The Grand Dame of Dish" (WNBC, NY Daily News), dies at 94
- Nov 12 Michel Chapuis, French classical organist and pedagogue, dies at 87
Bobby Doerr (1918-2017)
Nov 13 American Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman (9 x MLB All Star; Boston Red Sox), dies at 99
- Nov 13 Janet Lupo, American model, dies at 67
- Nov 15 Keith Barron, English actor (At Earth's Core, Baby Love), dies at 83
- Nov 15 Lil Peep [Gustav Åhr], American rapper, dies of a drug overdose at 21
- Nov 16 Ann Wedgeworth, American Tony Award-winning stage and screen character actress (Chapter Two; Scarecrow; Evening Shade), dies at 83
- Nov 16 Ferdie Pacheco, American physician (cornerman for Mohammad Ali) and boxing analyst (NBC, Showtime), dies at 89
- Nov 17 Azzedine Alaïa, Tunisian-born fashion designer, dies at 82
- Nov 17 Earle Hyman, American stage and screen actor (The Cosby Show - "Russell Huxtable"; ThunderCats; Coriolanus), dies at 91
- Nov 17 Salvatore Riina, Italian mobster and chief of the Sicilian Mafia, dies in prison hospital ward at 87
- Nov 17 William Mayer, American composer (A Death in the Family; Brief Candle; Octagon), dies from heart failure at 91
- Nov 18 Gillian Rolton, Australian equestrian (Summer Olympics 1992, 1996- gold), dies from endometrial cancer at 61
- Nov 18 Malcolm Young, Scottish guitarist and songwriter (founding member of AC/DC), dies at 64
- Nov 18 Mother Flawless Sabrina [Jack Doroshow], American LGBT activist and drag queen who was a pioneer for transgender people and drag queens, dies at 78
Charles Manson (1934-2017)
Nov 19 American criminal, murderer and cult leader (Manson Family), dies of natural causes at 83
- Nov 19 Della Reese [Delloreese Patricia Early], American singer and actress (Della Reese Show; Royal Family), dies at 86
Jana Novotna (1968-2017)
Nov 19 Czech tennis player (Wimbledon 1998; WTA Tour C'ship 1997), dies of cancer at 49
- Nov 19 Mel Tillis [Lonnie Melvin Tillis], American country singer (Who's Julie, M-M-Mel), dies of respiratory failure at 85
- Nov 21 David Cassidy, American singer and actor (Keith-Partridge Family), dies at 67
- Nov 21 Rodney Bewes, English actor (The Likely Lads), dies at 79
- Nov 22 Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian operatic baritone, dies of brain cancer at 55
- Nov 22 John Hendricks, American lyricist and singer (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross), dies at 96
- Nov 23 Carol Neblett, American operatic soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1979-93), dies at 71
- Nov 23 Fred van der Spek, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PSP), dies at 93
- Nov 24 Carol Neblett, American soprano (New York City and Metropolitan Operas, 1969-83), dies at 71
- Nov 24 Mitch Margo, American rocker (The Tokens - "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"), dies of natural causes at 70
- Nov 25 Rance Howard, American actor (Splash, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind), dies at 89
- Nov 26 Julia Mullock, American architect, artist, and (disputed) princess of Korea, dies at 90
- Nov 27 Bob Seidemann, American photographer and album cover artist (Blind Faith; Jerry Garcia), dies at 75
- Nov 27 Robert Lee "Pops" Popwell, American jazz-funk bass guitarist, dies at 66
- Nov 28 Shadia [Fatmah Ahmed Kamal Shaker], Egyptian actress ("Al Maraa Al Maghoula" (The Unknown Woman)), and singer ("Ya Habibti Ya Masr" (Oh Egypt, My Love)), dies from respiratory failure at 86
- Nov 29 Slobodan Praljak, Bosnian Croat general and war criminal, commits suicide at 72
- Nov 29 William Steinkraus, American equestrian (Olympic gold 1968, 2 silver 1960, 70, bronze 1952), dies at 92
- Nov 30 Jim Nabors, American comedian, actor (The Andy Griffith Show; Gomer Pyle, USMC), and singer ("Back Home Again in Indiana"), dies from health complications at 87
Marina Popovich (1931-2017)
Nov 30 Soviet Air Force colonel, engineer and test pilot (102 world records), dies at 86
