Editing November 7 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1907]] &ndash; {{lang|es|[[Jesús García]]|italic=no}} saves the entire town of {{lang|es|[[Nacozari de García]]|italic=no}} by driving a burning train full of [[dynamite]] {{convert|6|km|mi|abbr=off|spell=in}} away before it can explode.
*[[1910]] &ndash; The first [[air freight]] shipment (from [[Dayton, Ohio]], to [[Columbus, Ohio]]) is undertaken by the [[Wright brothers]] and department store owner Max Morehouse.
*[[1912]] &ndash; The {{lang|de|Deutsche Opernhaus|italic=no}} (now {{lang|de|[[Deutsche Oper Berlin]]|italic=no}}) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of [[Charlottenburg]], with a production of [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s ''[[Fidelio]]''.
*[[1913]] &ndash; The first day of the [[Great Lakes Storm of 1913]], a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5&nbsp;million (about $159,243,000 in 2024 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date.
*[[1914]] &ndash; The [[German Empire|German]] colony of [[Jiaozhou Bay|Kiaochow Bay]] and its centre at [[Qingdao|Tsingtao]] are captured by Japanese forces.
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Jeannette Rankin]] is the first woman [[1916 United States House of Representatives elections|elected]] to the [[United States Congress]].
*  1916   &ndash; [[Woodrow Wilson]] is [[1916 United States presidential election|reelected]] as [[President of the United States]].
*  1916   &ndash; [[Boston Elevated Railway|Boston Elevated Railway Company's]] streetcar No. 393 [[Summer Street Bridge disaster|smashes]] through the warning gates of the open [[Summer Street Bridge|Summer Street drawbridge]] in [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]], plunging into the frigid waters of [[Fort Point Channel]], killing 46 people.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/10/29/trolleydisaster/c451CX1qx9SpPo5tJAupFP/story.html |title=Street Car Plunge 46 Drowned |newspaper=[[Boston Globe]] |date=29 October 2016 |access-date=17 November 2016 }}</ref>
*[[1917]] &ndash; The [[October Revolution]], which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of [[25 October]], occurs, according to the Gregorian calendar; on this date, the Bolsheviks storm the [[Winter Palace]].
*  1917   &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[Third Battle of Gaza]] ends, with British forces capturing [[Gaza City|Gaza]] from the [[Ottoman Empire]].
*[[1918]] &ndash; The [[1918 influenza epidemic]] spreads to [[Western Samoa]], killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
*  1918   &ndash; [[Kurt Eisner]] overthrows the [[Wittelsbach dynasty]] in the [[Kingdom of Bavaria]].
*[[1919]] &ndash; The first [[Palmer Raids|Palmer Raid]] is conducted on the second anniversary of the [[Russian Revolution]]. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 U.S. cities.
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow]] issues a decree that leads to the formation of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]].
*[[1929]] &ndash; In New York City, the [[Museum of Modern Art]] opens to the public.
*[[1931]] &ndash; The [[Chinese Soviet Republic]] is proclaimed on the anniversary of the [[October Revolution]].
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Fiorello H. La Guardia]] is elected the 99th [[mayor of New York City]].
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Spanish Civil War]]: The [[Madrid Defense Council]] is formed to coordinate the [[Siege of Madrid|Defense of Madrid]] against [[Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War)|nationalist forces]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Colodny|first=Robert Garland|title=The Struggle for Madrid: The Central Epic of the Spanish Conflict, 1936–37 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BBdHOGvRzc8C&pg=PA52|access-date=2015-06-29 |date=2009|publisher=Transaction Publishers|isbn=978-1-4128-3924-2|page=52}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; In [[Tacoma, Washington]], the [[Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940)|original Tacoma Narrows Bridge]] collapses in a [[windstorm]], a mere four months after the bridge's completion.
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: Soviet [[hospital ship]] ''[[Armenia (Soviet hospital ship)|Armenia]]'' is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several [[Crimea]]n hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking.
*[[1944]] &ndash; Soviet spy [[Richard Sorge]], a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring.
*  1944   &ndash; [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] is [[1944 United States presidential election|elected]] for a record fourth term as President of the United States.
*[[1949]] &ndash; The first oil was taken in [[Neft Daşları|Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları)]], the world's oldest offshore oil platform.
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Suez Crisis]]: The [[United Nations General Assembly]] adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and [[Israel]] to immediately withdraw their troops from [[Egypt]].
*  1956   &ndash; [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956|Hungarian Revolution]]: [[János Kádár]] returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated.
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: The [[Gaither Report]] calls for more American missiles and [[fallout shelter]]s.
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Carl Stokes|Carl B. Stokes]] is elected as Mayor of [[Cleveland, Ohio]], becoming the first [[African American]] mayor of a major American city.
*  1967   &ndash; US President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] signs the [[Public Broadcasting Act of 1967]], establishing the [[Corporation for Public Broadcasting]].
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[1972 United States presidential election|United States presidential election]]: U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] is re-elected in the largest landslide victory at the time.
*[[1973]] &ndash; The [[United States Congress]] overrides President [[Richard Nixon]]'s veto of the [[War Powers Resolution]], which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
*[[1975]] &ndash; In [[Bangladesh]], a joint force of people and soldiers takes part in an uprising led by Colonel [[Abu Taher]] that ousts and kills Brigadier [[Khaled Mosharraf]], freeing the then [[house arrest|house-arrested]] [[Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army|army chief]] and future [[President of Bangladesh|president]] [[Major General]] [[Ziaur Rahman]].
*[[1982]] &ndash; Colonel [[Saye Zerbo]], president of the military government of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a [[1982 Upper Voltan coup d'état|coup d'état]] led by Colonel [[Gabriel Yoryan Somé]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Kandeh|first=Jimmy D.|date=2004|title=Coups from Below: Armed Subalterns and State Power in West Africa |url=https://archive.org/details/coupsfrombelowar00kand|url-access=limited|location=[[Basingstoke]]|publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]]|page=123|isbn=140-397-877-8}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[1983 United States Senate bombing|United States Senate bombing]]: A bomb explodes inside the [[United States Capitol]]. No one is injured, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused.
*  1983   &ndash; [[Cold War]]: The [[command post exercise]] [[Able Archer 83]] begins, eventually leading to the [[Soviet Union]] to place air units in [[East Germany]] and [[Polish People's Republic|Poland]] on alert, for fear that [[NATO]] was preparing for war<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB426/ |title=The 1983 War Scare: 'The Last Paroxysm' of the Cold War: Part I |editor1-first=Nate |editor1-last=Jones |editor2-first=Lauren |editor2-last=Harper |work=National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 426 |publisher=National Security Archive at [[George Washington University]] |date=2013-05-16 |access-date=2020-11-21 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB427/docs/6.b.%20Exercise%20Able%20Archer%2083%20SHAPE%20March%202013%20NATO.pdf |title=Exercise Scenario |publisher=National Security Archive at [[George Washington University]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616055025/http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB427/docs/6.b.%20Exercise%20Able%20Archer%2083%20SHAPE%20March%202013%20NATO.pdf |archive-date=2013-06-16 |access-date=2020-11-21 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; In [[Tunisia]], president [[Habib Bourguiba]] is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister [[Zine El Abidine Ben Ali]].
*  1987   &ndash; The [[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|Mass Rapid Transit]] (MRT) system in [[Singapore]] opens for passenger service.<ref>{{cite news |title=MRT: Set to roll |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19871106-1.2.38.1 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |date=6 November 1987 |page=20}}</ref> 
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Douglas Wilder]] wins the governor's seat in [[Virginia]], becoming the first elected [[African American]] governor in the United States.
*  1989   &ndash; [[David Dinkins]] becomes the first [[African American]] to be elected [[Mayor of New York City]].
*  1989   &ndash; [[East Germany|East German]] Prime Minister [[Willi Stoph]], along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Mary Robinson]] becomes the first woman to be elected [[President of Ireland|President of the Republic of Ireland]].
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Magic Johnson]] announces that he is [[HIV]]-positive and retires from the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]].
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[WXYC]], the student radio station of the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]], launches the world's first [[webcast|internet radio broadcast]].
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[NASA]] launches the [[Mars Global Surveyor]].
*  1996   &ndash; [[ADC Airlines Flight 086]] crashes into the [[Lagos Lagoon]] in [[Epe, Lagos State]], [[Nigeria]], killing all 144 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-231 5N-BBG Ejirin|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19961107-0|access-date=2021-11-07|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; The controversial [[2000 United States presidential election|US presidential election]] is later resolved in the [[Bush v. Gore]] Supreme Court case, electing [[George W. Bush]] as the [[Presidency of George W. Bush|43rd]] [[President of the United States]].
*  2000   &ndash; The U.S. [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] discovers one of the country's largest [[Lysergic acid diethylamide|LSD]] [[William Leonard Pickard|labs]] inside a converted military [[missile silo]] in [[Wamego, Kansas]].
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Iraq War]]: The interim government of [[Iraq]] calls for a 60-day [[state of emergency]] as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of [[Fallujah]].
*[[2007]] &ndash; The [[Jokela school shooting]] in [[Jokela]], [[Tuusula]], Finland, takes place, resulting in the death of nine people.
*[[2012]] &ndash; An [[2012 Guatemala earthquake|earthquake]] off the Pacific coast of [[Guatemala]] kills at least 52 people.
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Shamshad TV]] is attacked by armed gunmen and [[suicide bomber]]s, with a security guard killed and 20 people wounded; [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIS]] claims responsibility for the attack.
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Joe Biden]] is [[2020 United States presidential election|elected]] the [[Presidency of Joe Biden|46th]] [[president of the United States]], defeating incumbent [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-08 |title=Biden defeats Trump for White House, says 'time to heal' |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-wins-white-house-ap-fd58df73aa677acb74fce2a69adb71f9 |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=AP NEWS}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[António Costa]] resigns as [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] following news of [[2023 Portuguese government corruption investigation|an investigation in a corruption scandal]] implicating members of his cabinet.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Demony |first1=Catarina |last2=Khalip |first2=Andrei |last3=Demony |first3=Catarina |date=2023-11-07 |title=Portuguese PM steps down amid lithium, hydrogen corruption probe |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/portuguese-prosecutors-search-government-buildings-lithium-investigation-2023-11-07/ |access-date=2023-11-07}}</ref>