EVENTS:
- 1789 – New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
- 1917 – Ukraine is declared a republic.
- 1974 – The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T Corporation. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System.
- 1982 – The General Union of Ecuadorian Workers (UGTE) is founded.
- 1985 – Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.
- 1998 – The first module of the International Space Station, Zarya, is launched.
- 2003 – After the November 15 bombings, a second day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings occurs in Istanbul, Turkey, destroying the Turkish head office of HSBC Bank AS and the British consulate.
- 2015 – Following a hostage siege, at least 19 people are killed in Bamako, Mali.
- 2016 – Jimmie Johnson wins his seventh NASCAR Cup Series championship to tie Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for the most all-time.
- 2022 – The 2022 FIFA World Cup begins in Qatar. This is the first time the tournament was held in the Middle East.
BIRTHS:
- 1750 – Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (d. 1799)
- 1858 – Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
- 1886 – Karl von Frisch, Austrian-German ethologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982)
- 1905 – Minoo Masani, Indian politician (d. 1998)
- 1923 – Nadine Gordimer, South African author and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014)
- 1946 – Greg Cook, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2012)
- 1956 – Mark Gastineau, American football player and boxer
- 1957 – Mike Craven, English footballer
- 1961 – Dave Watson, English footballer and manager
- 1976 – Tusshar Kapoor, Indian actor
- 1984 – Justin Hoyte, English footballer
- 1994 – Andrew Dawber, English footballer
- 2004 – Youssoufa Moukoko, German footballer
