EVENTS:
- 1860 – The first ever inter-club association football match takes place between Hallam F.C. and Sheffield F.C. at the Sandygate Road ground in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom.
- 1941 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States.
- 1976 – The Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) is founded.
- 1997 – The Soufrière Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat explodes, creating a small tsunami offshore.
- 2003 – A magnitude 6.6 earthquake devastates southeast Iranian city of Bam, killing tens of thousands and destroying the citadel of Arg-é Bam.
- 2004 – A 9.3 magnitude earthquake creates a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Maldives and many other areas around the rim of the Indian Ocean, killing over 230,000.
- 2006 – An oil pipeline in Lagos, Nigeria explodes, killing at least 260.
- 2009 – China opens the world’s longest high-speed rail route, which links Beijing and Guangzhou.
BIRTHS:
- 1872 – Norman Angell, English journalist, academic, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
- 1873 – Thomas Wass, English cricketer (d. 1953)
- 1899 – Udham Singh, Indian martyr and activist (d. 1940)
- 1913 – Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (d. 1958)
- 1924 – Frank Broyles, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1930 – Harry Gamble, American football player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
- 1940 – Edward C. Prescott, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1950 – Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Pakistani businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Pakistan
- 1976 – Simon Goodwin, Australian footballer and coach
- 1982 – Kenneth Darby, American football player
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