Sports History
Nov 1 5-time Grand Slam tennis winner Martina Hingis admits testing positive for cocaine during Wimbledon; maintains innocence; retires from tennis; no desire for fight with anti-doping authorities
Sports History
Nov 2 Patrick Kane is named the NHL Rookie of the Month for October
- Nov 3 Navy beats Notre Dame 46-44 in triple overtime, ending the Fighting Irish's NCAA Football-record winning streak against the Midshipmen at 43 games; last Navy win over Notre Dame, 35-14 in 1963
Event of Interest
Nov 3 Pervez Musharraf declares emergency rule across Pakistan, suspends the Constitution, imposes a State of Emergency and fires the chief justice of the Supreme Court
- Nov 5 China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1 goes into orbit around the Moon.
St Pancras Station
Nov 6 London's St Pancras station with new high speed extension and Eurostar connection officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II
41st Awards
Nov 7 41st Country Music Association Awards: Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood & Brad Paisley win
- Nov 7 Jokela school shooting in Tuusula, Finland, resulting in the death of nine people.
As I Am
Nov 9 Alicia Keys releases her 3rd studio album "As I Am" (Grammy Award Best Female R&B Vocal Performance 2008, 2008 Billboard Album of the Year)
¿Por qué no te callas?
Nov 10 ¿Por qué no te callas? ("Why don't you shut up?") incident between Juan Carlos I of Spain and Venezuela's president Hugo Chávez at Ibero-American Summit in Santiago
Henin Wins WTA
Nov 11 Justine Henin of Belgium beats Russian Maria Sharapova 5–7, 7–5, 6–3 to win $1m winners cheque and her 2nd straight season-ending WTA Tour Championship in Madrid, Spain
- Nov 13 An explosion hits the south wing of the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Quezon City, killing four people, including Congressman Wahab Akbar, and wounding six
- Nov 14 the last direct-current distribution by Con Edison was shut down.
- Nov 15 A devastating Cyclone named Sidr hits Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5000 people and destroying Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest
- Nov 18 35th American Music Awards: Fergie, Justin Timberlake & Carrie Underwood win
- Nov 18 59th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jimmie Johnson wins
Federer's Back-To-Back Titles
Nov 18 Roger Federer scores back-to-back season-ending Tennis Masters Cup titles beating Spaniard David Ferrer 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 in the final in Shanghai, China
Labor Elected
Nov 24 Australians elect the Kevin Rudd-led centre-left Australian Labor Party at the federal election, ending the eleven-year tenure of the John Howard-led centre-right Liberal/National coalition government.
- Nov 25 CFL Grey Cup, Rogers Center, Toronto: Saskatchewan Roughriders win 3rd title; defeat Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 23-19
- Nov 25 The first European Parliament election and a referendum on changing the voting system (called by the President and declared invalid because of insufficient turnout) were held in Romania.
- Nov 26 "Like You'll Never See Me Again" single released by Alicia Keys (NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Music Video, Outstanding Song 2008, Billboard Song of the Year 2008)
- Nov 29 A 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurs off the northern coast of Martinique. This affected the Eastern Caribbean as far north as Puerto Rico and as south as Trinidad.
- Nov 29 The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to The Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.
Clinton Office Hostage Crisis
Nov 30 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign office hostage crisis: Leeland Eisenberg enters campaign office of Hillary Clinton in Rochester, New Hampshire with suspected bomb and holds three people hostage for 5 hours
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