CROSSROADS

November 1st

1512 Michelangelo’s paintings on ceiling of Sistine Chapel, first exhibited

November 2nd 2004

George W. Bush wins a second term as U.S. president, winning 51% of the popular vote

November 3rd 1984

Body of assassinated Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi cremated

November 4th 2008

Barack Obama is elected the 44th President of the United States

November 5th 1979

Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini declares U.S. ‘The Great Satan’

November 6th 1950

King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India

November 7th 1931

Chinese People’s Republic proclaimed by Mao Tse Tung

November 8th 1793

The Louvre in Paris opens

November 9th 1994

Chandrika Kumaratunga is chosen first female president of Sri Lanka

November 10th 1975

PLO leader Yasser Arafat addresses United Nations in New York City

November 11th 1999

Last upside down date (11,11,1199) until January 1, 6000

November 12th 2001

American Airlines flight 587 crashes in Belle Harbor, New York, killing 265.

November 13th 1982

Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim fatally injured when KOed by Ray Mancini

November 14th 1908

Albert Einstein presents quantum theory of light

November 15th 1969

250,000 peacefully demonstrate in Washington D.C. against Vietnam War

November 16th 1988

Benazir Bhutto wins first free Pakistani elections in 11 years

November 17th 1967

Surveyor 6 becomes first man-made object to lift off the moon

November 18th 1964

J. Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as “most notorious liar”

November 19th 1994

Aishwarya Rai, 21, of India, crowned 44th Miss World

November 20th 1969

Pele scores his 1,000th soccer goal

November 21st 1964

World’s longest suspension bridge ‘Verrazano Narrows’ opens (New York City)

November 22nd 1990

Margaret Thatcher resigns as British Prime Minister

November 23rd 1991

A day before he dies, Freddie Mercury, 45, confirms he has AIDS

November 24th 1963

First live murder on TV-Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald

November 25th 1947

Future Queen Elizabeth marries Prince Philip in Westminster Abbey

November 26th 2008

Mumbai terrorist attacks kill over 195 people over four days

November 27th 1970

Pope Paul VI wounded in chest during a visit to Philippines by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest

November 28th 1967

The 1st pulsating radio source (pulsar) detected

November 29th 1989

Indian President Rajiv Gandhi, resigns

November 30th 1991

First world championship of women’s soccer, U.S. defeats Norway 2-1