Events by Month: November

Events by Month: November

Questions

1. 16th November 2001) The first instalment of which magical 8-part film (though, 7-book) series is released, earning $975m at the box office?
2. 30th November 1982) Which album - Michael Jackson's 6th and the best-selling of all time until it was surpassed by the Eagles: Greatest Hits - is released?
3. 29th November 1877) Which inventor demonstrated his phonograph - the predecessor to gramophones and record players - for the first time?
4. 28th November 1990) Who resigned as leader of the Conservative Party, and as such the Prime Minister of the UK after 11 years, to be succeeded by John Major?
5. 27th November 1978) Which openly-gay political figure is assassinated in San Francisco - he would be the focus of an Academy Award-winning 2007 film starring Sean Penn?
6. 26th November 2000) Despite losing the popular vote, which man is confirmed by Secretary of the State of Florida to have won the US Presidential Election?
7. 25th November 2016) Which communist revolutionary and leader dies, 8 years after he handed the presidency of Cuba to his younger brother Raúl?
8. 24th November 1859) Which Shropshire-born naturalist fully outlines his theory of natural selection in The Origin of Species?
9. 23rd November 1924) Astronomer Edwin Hubble announces in the New York Times that Andromeda was not a nebula as previously believed, but what form of celestial system?
10. 22nd November 1986) Which New York man becomes the youngest ever heavyweight boxing champion, aged 20 after defeating Trevor Berbick in the second round?
11. 21st November 2017) Which man resigns as leader of Zimbabwe after ruling for the entire 37 years since the country's independence from the UK?
12. 20th November 1992) A fire breaks out in which of Queen Elizabeth II's royal residences in Berkshire, marking another event of her Annus horribilis?
13. 19th November 1969) Which Brazilian footballer - considered by many to be the greatest of all time - scored his 1000th career goal?
14. 18th November 1928) Steamboat Willie is released by Walt Disney, marking the first appearance of which famous animated character?
15. 17th November 1603) Which English explorer and former favourite of Elizabeth I was imprisoned in the Tower of London for the second time, on the account of being involved in a plot against James I?
16. 1st November 1512) Which artist's work, on the roof of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, is exhibited to the public for the first time?
17. 15th November 1889) Which South American nation is declared a republic after Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup?
18. 14th November 1851) Which Hermann Melville novel was published, accounting the journey of Captain Ahab and his vengeful hunt for a white whale which previously bit off his leg?
19. 13th November 1970) Bhola, the deadliest tropical cyclone in recorded history dissipates, leaving over 500,000 dead in India and which other modern-day country on the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta?
20. 12th November 1912) The frozen bodies of which explorer and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica, after they became the second group the reach the South Pole?
21. 11th November 1880) Which infamous Australian bushranger is hanged to the death at Melbourne gaol?
22. 10th November 1871) Henry Morton Stanley *presumably* locates which fellow explorer near the shores of Lake Tanganyika in East Africa?
23. 9th November 1620) Pilgrims aboard which ship sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts?
24. 8th November 1519) Hernán Cortés is greeted by emperor Moctezuma as he is welcomed into the capital of which pre-Columbian empire in Mexico?
25. 7th November 1944) Which US President - though he would die the following year - was elected for a record fourth term in office?
26. 6th November 1913) Which famous activist and leader was arrested whilst in charge of an Indian miner's march in South Africa?
27. 5th November 1605) Which English Catholic and anarchist was arrested after trying to blow up the Palace of Westminster, including King James I?
28. 4th November 1922) Howard Carter and his team find the entrance to which young Pharaoh's tomb in the Egyptian Valley of the Kings?
29. 3rd November 1957) What was Laika - the first animal to be launched into space aboard Sputnik 2?
30. 2nd November 1983) President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating a national holiday around the birthday of which famous civil rights activist, to be observed on the third Monday of January?

1. 16th November 2001) The first instalment of which magical 8-part film (though, 7-book) series is released, earning $975m at the box office?

   Harry Potter 
2. 30th November 1982) Which album - Michael Jackson's 6th and the best-selling of all time until it was surpassed by the Eagles: Greatest Hits - is released?

   Thriller
3. 29th November 1877) Which inventor demonstrated his phonograph - the predecessor to gramophones and record players - for the first time?

   Thomas Edison
4. 28th November 1990) Who resigned as leader of the Conservative Party, and as such the Prime Minister of the UK after 11 years, to be succeeded by John Major?

   Margaret Thatcher
5. 27th November 1978) Which openly-gay political figure is assassinated in San Francisco - he would be the focus of an Academy Award-winning 2007 film starring Sean Penn?

   Harvey Milk
6. 26th November 2000) Despite losing the popular vote, which man is confirmed by Secretary of the State of Florida to have won the US Presidential Election?

   George W. Bush
7. 25th November 2016) Which communist revolutionary and leader dies, 8 years after he handed the presidency of Cuba to his younger brother Raúl?

   Fidel Castro
8. 24th November 1859) Which Shropshire-born naturalist fully outlines his theory of natural selection in The Origin of Species?

   Charles Darwin
9. 23rd November 1924) Astronomer Edwin Hubble announces in the New York Times that Andromeda was not a nebula as previously believed, but what form of celestial system?

   A Galaxy
10. 22nd November 1986) Which New York man becomes the youngest ever heavyweight boxing champion, aged 20 after defeating Trevor Berbick in the second round?

    Mike Tyson
11. 21st November 2017) Which man resigns as leader of Zimbabwe after ruling for the entire 37 years since the country's independence from the UK?

    Robert Mugabe
12. 20th November 1992) A fire breaks out in which of Queen Elizabeth II's royal residences in Berkshire, marking another event of her Annus horribilis?

    Windsor Castle
13. 19th November 1969) Which Brazilian footballer - considered by many to be the greatest of all time - scored his 1000th career goal?

    Pele
14. 18th November 1928) Steamboat Willie is released by Walt Disney, marking the first appearance of which famous animated character?

    Mickey Mouse
15. 17th November 1603) Which English explorer and former favourite of Elizabeth I was imprisoned in the Tower of London for the second time, on the account of being involved in a plot against James I?

    Sir Walter Raleigh
16. 1st November 1512) Which artist's work, on the roof of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, is exhibited to the public for the first time?

    Michelangelo
17. 15th November 1889) Which South American nation is declared a republic after Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup?

    Brazil
18. 14th November 1851) Which Hermann Melville novel was published, accounting the journey of Captain Ahab and his vengeful hunt for a white whale which previously bit off his leg?

    Moby Dick
19. 13th November 1970) Bhola, the deadliest tropical cyclone in recorded history dissipates, leaving over 500,000 dead in India and which other modern-day country on the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta?

    Bangladesh (then East Pakistan)
20. 12th November 1912) The frozen bodies of which explorer and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica, after they became the second group the reach the South Pole?

    Robert Falcon Scott
21. 11th November 1880) Which infamous Australian bushranger is hanged to the death at Melbourne gaol?

    Ned Kelly
22. 10th November 1871) Henry Morton Stanley *presumably* locates which fellow explorer near the shores of Lake Tanganyika in East Africa?

    Dr. David Livingstone
23. 9th November 1620) Pilgrims aboard which ship sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts?

    The Mayflower
24. 8th November 1519) Hernán Cortés is greeted by emperor Moctezuma as he is welcomed into the capital of which pre-Columbian empire in Mexico?

    Aztec Empire
25. 7th November 1944) Which US President - though he would die the following year - was elected for a record fourth term in office?

    Franklin D. Roosevelt
26. 6th November 1913) Which famous activist and leader was arrested whilst in charge of an Indian miner's march in South Africa?

    Mohandas Gandhi
27. 5th November 1605) Which English Catholic and anarchist was arrested after trying to blow up the Palace of Westminster, including King James I?

    Guy Fawkes
28. 4th November 1922) Howard Carter and his team find the entrance to which young Pharaoh's tomb in the Egyptian Valley of the Kings?

    Tutankhamun
29. 3rd November 1957) What was Laika - the first animal to be launched into space aboard Sputnik 2?

    A dog
30. 2nd November 1983) President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating a national holiday around the birthday of which famous civil rights activist, to be observed on the third Monday of January?

    Martin Luther King