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Pizarro's tomb, Lima
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Battle of Cajamarca
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Atahualpa, last Inca emperor
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3D representation of an LSD molecule
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SARS Virus
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Wei Jingsheng
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Louis Riel
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"Hoxne Tigress"
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First Qantas office, 1921
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The Trans-Alaska Pipeline
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A view of the attack against Fort Washington, by Thomas Davies
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Mosaic of Justinian I in the Basilica of San Vitale
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Flag of UNESCO
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| Blurb | Reason |
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| International Day for Tolerance | stub |
| Day of Declaration of Sovereignty in Estonia (1988) | refimprove |
| 1491 – Several Jews and conversos were executed in Toledo, Spain, for the alleged ritual murder of an infant, who was later revered as the Holy Child of La Guardia. | unreferenced section |
| 1805 – War of the Third Coalition: At the Battle of Schöngrabern, Russian forces under Pyotr Bagration delayed the pursuit by French troops under Joachim Murat. | needs more footnotes, short |
| 1855 – Explorer David Livingstone became the first European to see Victoria Falls, one of the largest waterfalls in the world, on what is now the Zambia–Zimbabwe border. | refimprove section |
| 1871 – The United States' National Rifle Association was first chartered in the state of New York by William Conant Church and George Wood Wingate. | outdated, criticism section |
| 1907 – Two years after the failed attempt by the Five Civilized Tribes in the Indian Territory to achieve U.S. statehood, they joined with the Oklahoma Territory to become the 46th state to enter the union. | too many images |
| 1920 – Qantas, Australia's national airline, was founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services. | Uncited material |
| 1945 – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (flag depicted) was founded. | Too much uncited |
| 1974 – The Arecibo message, devised by Frank Drake and Carl Sagan and carrying basic information about humanity, was transmitted towards the globular star cluster M13. | Unreferenced material |
| 1989 – Eight employees of Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas" in San Salvador, including six Catholic priests, were murdered by a Salvadoran Army "death squad". | refimprove section |
| Edmund of Abingdon |d|1240| | needs more footnotes |
| Sofonisba Anguissola |d|1625| | Too much uncited |
| Burgess Meredith|b|1907| | Five CN tags |
| Guillermo Lasso |b|1955| | Birthday not cited |
| Zubir Said|d|1987| | Unreferenced passages |
Eligible
- 534 – The second edition of the Code of Justinian, a codification of Roman law by Byzantine emperor Justinian I (pictured), was published.
- 1476 – With the help of Stephen III and Stephen Báthory, Vlad the Impaler ousted Basarab the Old and became the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.
- 1532 – Spanish conquest of Peru: Conquistador Francisco Pizarro orchestrated a surprise attack in Cajamarca, capturing the Inca emperor, Atahualpa.
- 1632 – King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was killed at the Battle of Lützen during the Thirty Years' War.
- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Fort Washington on Manhattan was captured from the Patriots by British and Hessian units.
- 1914 – World War I: Austro-Hungarian forces launched an assault against Serbian defensive positions at the Kolubara river, beginning the Battle of Kolubara.
- 1944 – World War II: Operation Queen commenced with one of the heaviest Allied tactical bombings of the war, attacking German targets in the Rur valley.
- 1959 – The Sound of Music, a musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein based on The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
- 1973 – U.S. president Richard Nixon signed an act authorizing the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline to transport oil from the Beaufort Sea to the Gulf of Alaska.
- 1992 – In Suffolk, England, a local man found the largest hoard of Roman silver and gold in Britain (sample pictured), including the largest collection of 4th- and 5th-century gold and silver coins ever discovered within the former Roman Empire.
- 1997 – Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng, released on ostensibly medical grounds after spending eighteen years in prison, was deported to the United States.
- 2002 – The first case of SARS, a zoonotic respiratory coronavirus disease, was recorded in Guangdong, China.
- 2020 – The El Dorado Fire in California, United States, was extinguished after 71 days, having destroyed 20 structures and killed one firefighter.
- Born/died this day: | Nasr of Granada |d|1322| Turibius of Mogrovejo |b|1538| Augustus Jones |d|1836| Kalākaua |b|1836| Caroline Birley |b|1851| Chinua Achebe |b|1930| Shigeru Miyamoto |b|1952| Paul Scholes |b|1974| Maggie Gyllenhaal |b|1977| Santiago Peña |b|1978| Omayra Sánchez |d|1985| Panditrao Agashe |d|1986| Tommy Flanagan |d|2001| Henry Taube |d|2005| Milton Friedman |d|2006| Arthur Ngirakelsong |d|2022| A. S. Byatt |d|2023|
Notes
- David Livingstone appears on November 10, so Victoria Falls should not appear in the same year
- Washington (state) appears on November 11, so Oklahoma should not appear in the same year.
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- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: A Dutch fort on Sint Eustatius fired The First Salute to an American brig (pictured), marking the first international recognition of the American flag.
- 1885 – After a five-day trial following the North-West Rebellion, Louis Riel, a Canadian Métis leader and "Father of Manitoba", was hanged for high treason.
- 1938 – Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann first synthesized the psychedelic drug LSD in Basel, Switzerland.
- 1967 – Aeroflot Flight 2230 crashed after takeoff from Koltsovo Airport, Russia, killing all 107 people aboard.
- 1981 – About 30 million people watched the fictional couple Luke Spencer and Laura Webber wed on the television show General Hospital in the highest-rated hour in American soap opera history.