Sports History
Nov 3 Los Angeles Lakers debut in the STAPLES Center, with 103-88 win v Vancouver Grizzlies; Magic Johnson & Chick Hearn co-host ceremony unveiling Lakers' retired jerseys & championship banners in new building
- Nov 6 4th Rugby World Cup Final, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff: Wallabies fullback Matt Burke lands 7 penalties and 2 conversions as Australia beats France, 35-12
- Nov 6 Australians vote to keep the British monarch as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum.
- Nov 6 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Gulfstream Park; winners: Cat Thief, Anees, Beautiful Pleasure, Daylami, Silic, Soaring Softly, Cash Run, Artax
Sports History
Nov 7 Dale Jarrett wins the NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship
The World is Not Enough
Nov 8 "The World is Not Enough" 19th James Bond film premieres in Los Angeles, starring Pierce Brosnan, Robert Carlyle, Robbie Coltrane, and Denise Richards
Sacred Arias
Nov 8 Tenor Andrea Bocelli releases his "Sacred Arias" album, the world's best-selling classical album by a single artist
- Nov 15 Next transit of Mercury visible in North America
- Nov 18 In College Station, Texas, 12 are killed and 27 injured at Texas A&M University when a massive bonfire under construction collapses.
- Nov 19 In Istanbul, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ends a two-day summit by calling for a political settlement in Chechnya and adopting a Charter for European Security.
- Nov 19 Shenzhou 1: The People's Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft.
- Nov 20 11th College Football Holy War: Boston College beats Notre Dame 31-29 in South Bend
- Nov 20 64th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 28-17 in Auburn
- Nov 21 51st NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Jarrett wins
- Nov 21 Elian Gonzalez, Cuban boy at the center of a heated 2000 controversy involving the governments of Cuba and the United States, departs from Cuba with his mother
Davenport Wins WTA
Nov 21 Repeat of previous year's final, but different result; American tennis star Lindsay Davenport beats Martina Hingis 6-4, 6-2 for the WTA Tour Championship at Madison Square Garden, NYC
How Do You Like Me Now?!
Nov 22 "How Do You Like Me Now?!" single released by Toby Keith (Billboard Song of the Year 2000)
- Nov 22 Elian Gonzalez, Cuban boy at the center of a heated 2000 controversy involving the governments of Cuba and the United States, and his mother are sighted off of Florida's coast by U.S. Coast Guard
Manager of the Century
Nov 22 Fortune Magazine names General Electric CEO Jack Welch 'Manager of the Century"
Sweet Kisses
Nov 23 Jessica Simpson releases her debut studio album "Sweet Kisses"
Steve Yzerman
Nov 26 Steve Yzerman scores his 600th career goal
PM Helen Clark
Nov 27 New Zealand's Labour Party defeats the National-led government after 9 years in power, Helen Clark becomes the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history
- Nov 28 CFL Grey Cup, BC Place, Vancouver: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat Calgary Stampeders, 32-21; reverse previous year's result
Sampras' Fifth ATP
Nov 28 In an all-American final, Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi 6–1, 7–5, 6–4 to win his 5th and final ATP Tour World Championship tennis title in Hanover, Germany
- Nov 30 British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defence contractor and fourth largest aerospace firm in the world
- Nov 30 In Seattle, Washington, United States, protests against the WTO meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies
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