On November 1, 1952, the United States exploded the first hydrogen bomb. It was tested at Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands.

On November 1st of each year, Christians across the globe celebrates all Saints.

On November 2 of each year, Haitians celebrate the dead (le jour des morts/guede).

On November 2, 1976, former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter defeated Republican incumbent Gerald R. Ford. Mr. Carter became the first man from the Deep South to be elected President since the Civil War.

On November 3, 1936, President Roosevelt was re-elected in a landslide over Republican challenger Alfred M. ``Alf'' Landon.

On November 4, 1979, the Iranian hostage crisis began as militants stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran.

On November 5, 1968, Republican Richard M. Nixon won the presidency. He defeated Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and third-party candidate George C. Wallace.

On November 6, 1860, former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln defeated three other candidates for the U.S. presidency.

On November 7, 1917, Russia's Bolshevik Revolution took place as forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin overthrew the provisional government of Alexander Kerensky.

On November 8,1960, Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy defeated Vice President Richard M. Nixon for the presidency.

On November 9, 1965, the great Northeast blackout occurred as several states and parts of Canada were hit by a series of power failures lasting up to 13 1/2 hours.

On November 10,1982, the newly finished Vietnam Veterans Memorial was opened to visitors in Washington, D.C.

On November 11,1918, fighting in World War I came to an end with the signing of an armistice between the Allies and Germany.

On November 12, 1942, the World War II naval Battle of Guadalcanal began. The Americans eventually won a major victory over the Japanese.

On November 13, 1956, the Supreme Court struck down laws calling for racial segregation on public buses.

On November 14, 1972, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 1,000 for the first time. It ended the day at 1,003.16.

On November 15, 1969, a quarter of a million protesters staged a peaceful demonstration in Washington, D.C., against the Vietnam War.

On November 16, 1933, the United States and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations. President Roosevelt sent a telegram to Soviet leader Maxim Litvinov, expressing hope that U.S.-Soviet relations would ``forever remain normal and friendly.''

On November 17, 1973, President Nixon told an Associated Press managing editors meeting in Orlando, Fla., that ``people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook.''

On November 18, 1976, Spain's parliament approved a bill to establish democracy after 37 years of dictatorship.

On November 19,1863, President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.

On November 20,1945, 24 Nazi leaders went on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.

On November 21,1964, Verrazano Narrows Bridge of New York opened.

On November 22,1963, President Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. Texas Gov. John B. Connally was seriously wounded. A suspect, Lee Harvey Oswald, was arrested. Therefore, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson became the 36th president of the United States.

On November 23, 1943, during World War II, U.S. forces seized control of the Tarawa and Makin atolls from the Japanese.

On November 24, 1963, Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President Kennedy.

On November 25,1986, the Iran-Contra affair erupted as President Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese revealed that profits from secret arms sales to Iran had been diverted to Nicaraguan rebels.

On November 26,1942, President Roosevelt ordered nationwide gasoline rationing, beginning December 1 of the same year.

On November 27,1973, the Senate voted 92-3 confirming Gerald R. Ford as vice president. He succeeded Spiro T. Agnew, who'd resigned.

On November 28, 1943, President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin met in Tehran during World War II.

On November 29, 1947, the U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution calling for the partitioning of Palestine between Arabs and Jews. On November 30,1995, President Clinton became the first U.S. chief executive to visit Northern Ireland.