Colombia began a campaign to sterilize Pablo Escobar's wild hippos.
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev established November 10th as Victory Day.
Iran claimed to have found over 50 billion barrels of oil in the country's Khuzestan province.
Bruno Mars released his 'Uptown Funk' single.
Seventeen soldiers lost their lives in a helicopter crash during bad weather in Turkey.
NASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.
The musical comedy 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' was first performed at the Minskoff Theatre, New York City, US.
American Christmas comedy 'Home Alone' with Macaulay Culkin premiered in Chicago, US.
The US Federal Government shut down for three days.
The International Money Fund loaned Mexico $3.8 billion to prevent its insolvency.
The Soviet Union's Luna 17 uncrewed space mission launched.
"Sesame Street" debuts.
North American Numbering Plan begins.
41 Suffragists were arrested at the White House, Washington, D.C.
Mary Anderson patents windshield wiper.
Wilmington riots begin.
German engineer Gottlieb Daimler unveiled the world's first motorcycle, referred to as the Daimler Reitwagen.
The Festival of Reason was held at Notre Dame, Paris.
The United States Marine Corps was founded when two battalions of Continental Marines came together in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
