Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.

5th November 2006

Saddam Hussein, sentenced to death for the death of 148 Shi’a Muslims in 1982.

6th November 1913

Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa.

7th November 1990

Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.

8th November 1973

John Paul Getty III ear sent a newspaper with a ransom note for 2.9 million USD.

9th November 1907

The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.

10th November 1989

German citizens begin to bring the Berlin wall down

11th November 1962

Kuwait’s National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait

12th November 1933

Hugh Gray takes the first known photos of the Loch Ness Monster

13th November 1985

Xavier Suarez is sworn in as Miami, Florida’s first Cuban-born mayor

14th November 1973

Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey

15th November 2000

Jharkhand state comes into existence in India

16th November 1945

UNESCO is founded

17th November 1933

United States recognizes Soviet Union

18th November 1993

In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution

19th November 1969

Association football player Pelé scores his 1,000th goal

20th November 1985

Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released

21st November 2002

NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Lativia, Lithuania, Romania, Slavakia and Slovenia to become members

22nd November 1975

Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco

23rd November 1955

The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to Australia

24th November 1932

The FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory officially opens

25th November 1981

Pope John Paul II appoints Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

26th November 1998

Tony Blair, the first Prime Minister of the U.K. to address the Republic of Ireland’s parliament

27th November 1992

Military forces try to overthrow president Carlos Andres Perez in Venezuela

28th November 1821

Panama Independence Day: Panama separates from Spain and joins Gran Colombia

29th November 1965

The Canadian Space Agency launches the satellite Alouette 2

30th November 1993

U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) into law