| 43 | BC | Octavian, Lepidus, & Antony met at Reni to form the Second Triumvirate, to avenge Caesar’s death and plunder the state -- Learn More |
| 0 | | Native American Heritage Day in the United States and Naval Infantry Day in Russia |
| 0 | | Feast of St. Clovis I, First King of the Franks, and that of St. Congar of Congresbury, Abbot and Bishop |
| 602 | | Phocas proclaims himself Roman Emperor (602-610) |
| 1095 | | Council of Clermont: Pope Urban II calls for a Crusade |
| 1237 | | Battle of Cortenuova: Emperor Frederik II defeats the Lombard League |
| 1382 | | Battle of Roosbecke: The French defeat the Flemings |
| 1499 | | Cesare Borgia captures Imola, save for the citadel, which he besieges |
| 1676 | | The First Great Fire of Boston, 46 houses burn |
| 1789 | | President George Washington proclaims the last Thursday in November a day of prayer and thanksgiving |
| 1798 | | Neapolitan Army occupies Rome, as the French fall back |
| 1820 | | Palermo: Royalist troops crush a Nationalist uprising |
| 1838 | | French troops besieged Vera Cruz, initiating the “Pastry War” -- Learn More |
| 1863 | | Battle of Payne's Farm, VA |
| 1868 | | Battle of the Washita: Custer defeats the Cheyenne |
| 1895 | | Alfred Nobel establishes his prizes |
| 1919 | | Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine: Allies & Bulgaria |
| 1926 | | Army & Navy footballers played to a 21 tie before 110,000 fans |
| 1941 | | HMAS 'Parramatta' is sunk off Tobruk by 'U-559' |
| 1941 | | a Joint Army-Navy signal was sent senior commanders in the Pacific opened with "This dispatch is to be considered a war warning," to which the CNO added to CINCUS Kimmel "an aggressive move by Japan is expected within the next few days" -- Learn More |
| 1941 | | Operation Crusader: British troops break the seven month Axis siege of Tobruk |
| 1942 | | The French Navy scuttles its ships at Toulon to prevent Nazis from capturing them |
| 1944 | | B-29s based in the Marianas raid Tokyo , while others based in India bomb Bangkok. |
| 1951 | | First successful surface-to-air missile test, White Sands |
| 1958 | | USSR abrogates Allied war-time agreements on control of Germany |
| 1965 | | c. 20,000 anti-war demonstrators gather in Washington |
| 1970 | | Attempted assassination of Pope Paul VI, in Manila |
| 1989 | | Narco-terrorists bomb Colombian airliner, 107 die |
| 2015 | | Terrorist attack in Colorado Springs: A gunman kills three and wounds many at a Planned Parenthood clinic |
| 111 | | Antinous, eromenos of the Emperor Hadrian, d. 130 |
| 1127 | | Zhao Shen, the Emperor Xiaozong of Song (1162-1189), retired, d. 1194 |
| 1808 | | Hugh Weedon Mercer, Brig Gen, C.S.A., d. 1877 |
| 1874 | | Chaim Weizmann, first President of Israel (1949-1952), died in office |
| 1887 | | Masaharu Homma, Japanese general, conqueror of the Philippines, executed, 1946 |
| 1901 | | The Army War College |
| 1907 | | L. Sprague de Camp, naval officer, wargamer, author, d. 2000 -- Learn More |
| 1932 | | Benigno Simeon "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., Philippine politician, presidential candidate, assassinated 1983, husband to later Pres. Corazon Aquino, and father of Pres. Benigno Aquino III |
| 1952 | | James D Wetherbee, USN, astronaut (STS 32, 52) |
| 8 | BC | Horace - Quintus Horatius Flaccus, poet and sometime soldier, at 53 -- Learn More |
| 511 | | Clovis, the first King of the Franks (481-511), c. 46 |
| 602 | | Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus -- Maurice, 63, soldier, scholar ("The Strategikon"), East Roman Emperor (582-602), beheaded after witnessing the execution of his six sons, by the usurper Phocas at Chalcedon |
| 1198 | | Queen Constance of Sicily (1194-1198), 44, wife to HRE Henry VI, mother to HRE Frederick II "Stupor Mundi" |
| 1592 | | Nakagawa Hidemasa, c. 24, Samurai general, kia during the first Japanese invasion of Korea, son-in-law of Oda Nobunaga. |
| 1868 | | Chief Black Kettle of the Cheyenne, c. 60, killed, Battle of the Washita |
| 1895 | | Alexandre Dumas, fils, 71, rake, author ("The Lady of the Camellias," etc) |