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A mass stabbing occurs in Moscow, Idaho in which four University of Idaho students are killed in off-campus housing.

Islamic State operatives carry out a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris, including suicide bombings, mass shootings and a hostage crisis. The terrorists kill 130 people, making it the deadliest attack in France since the Second World War.

A total solar eclipse occurs in parts of Australia and the South Pacific.

Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.

War on terror: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.

Philippine House Speaker Manny Villar passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.

As part of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) project, Joel Armengaud discovers the project's first Mersenne prime number,

Mozambique becomes the first state to join the Commonwealth of Nations without having been part of the former British Empire.

Nigeria Airways Flight 357 crashes at Kaduna International Airport in Kaduna, Nigeria, killing 11 people and injuring 66.

In a referendum, voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union.

China Northern Airlines Flight 6901 crashes on approach to Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport in Ürümqi, China, killing 12 people.

The High Court of Australia rules in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented.

The Republic of Karelia, an autonomous republic of Russia, is formed from the former Karelian ASSR.

In Aramoana, New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people in a massacre before being tracked down and killed by police the next day.

Hans-Adam II, the present Prince of Liechtenstein, begins his reign on the death of his father.

The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.

Xavier Suárez is sworn in as Miami's first Cuban-born mayor.

Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim in a boxing match held in Las Vegas. Kim's subsequent death (on November 18) leads to significant changes in the sport.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.

Bhola cyclone: A 240 km/h (150 mph) tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night.

Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death.

In response to Fatah raids against Israelis near the West Bank border, Israel launches an attack on the village of As-Samu.

All Nippon Airways Flight 533 crashes into the Seto Inland Sea near Matsuyama Airport in Japan, killing 50 people.

The SS Yarmouth Castle catches fire and sinks, killing 87.

The Supreme Court of the United States affirmed a lower court ruling that invalidated Alabama laws requiring segregated buses, thus ending the Montgomery bus boycott.

Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.

General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.

The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.

World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Guadalcanal campaign.

Walt Disney's animated musical film Fantasia is first released at New York's Broadway Theatre, on the first night of a roadshow.

The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.

The United States Supreme Court upholds mandatory vaccinations for public school students in Zucht v. King.

World War I: Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.

World War I: beginning of the First Battle of Monte Grappa (in Italy known as the "First Battle of the Piave"). The Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces, despite help from the German Alpenkorps and numerical superiority, will fail their offensive against the Italian Army now led by its new chief of staff Armando Diaz.

World War I: Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.

Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.

The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster occurs, killing 9 of the 12 crew members.

13 November stabbing is committed by Léon Léauthier during the Ère des attentats. This is an influential event in the birth of modern terrorism.

Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

American Civil War: The three-day Battle of Bull's Gap ends in a Union rout as Confederates under Major General John C. Breckinridge pursue them to Strawberry Plains, Tennessee.

The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, before moving to the other side of Elliott Bay to what would become Seattle.

James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism by Charles Lafontaine, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.

Great Meteor Storm of 1833.

American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal.

Jacobite rising in Scotland: Battle of Sheriffmuir: The forces of the Kingdom of Great Britain halt the Jacobite advance, although the action is inconclusive.

First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green: The Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London.

Louis VII of France marries Adela of Champagne.

Battle of Alnwick: in an English victory over the Scots, Malcolm III of Scotland, and his son Edward, are killed.

English king Æthelred II orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St. Brice's Day massacre.

Emma Raducanu, British tennis player

Giovanni Reyna, American soccer player

Sydney Agudong, American actress and singer

Brett Baty, American baseball player

Lando Norris, British-Belgian race car driver

Oliver Stummvoll, Austrian model

Julia Michaels, American singer and songwriter

Grégory Hofmann, Swiss ice hockey player

Shabazz Muhammad, American basketball player

Matt Bennett, American actor

Brenden Dillon, Canadian ice hockey player

Hatsune Matsushima, Japanese model and actress

Dana Vollmer, American swimmer

Kevin Bridges, Scottish comedian and actor

Wade Miley, American baseball player

Asdrúbal Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player

Lucas Barrios, Paraguayan footballer

Kurt Morath, Tongan rugby player

Kalle Kriit, Estonian cyclist

Maleli Kunavore, Fijian rugby player (died 2012)

Michael Copon, American actor, singer, and producer

Samkon Gado, Nigerian-American football player

Kumi Koda, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress

Ryan Bertin, American wrestler and coach

Rivkah, American author and illustrator

Monique Coleman, American actress, singer, and dancer

Sara Del Rey, American wrestler and trainer

Juraj Kolník, Slovak ice hockey player

François-Louis Tremblay, Canadian speed skater

Kick, Japanese comedian and screenwriter

Subliminal, Israeli rapper and producer

Nikolai Fraiture, American bass player

Zulfiqer Russell, Bangladeshi journalist and lyricist

Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer

Janine Leal, Venezuelan nutritionist, television presenter and model.

Kelly Sotherton, English sprinter and long jumper

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Japanese wrestler

Tom Compernolle, Belgian runner (died 2008)

Alain Digbeu, French basketball player

Ivica Dragutinović, Serbian footballer

Aisha Hinds, American actress

Quim, Portuguese footballer

Toivo Suursoo, Estonian ice hockey player and coach

Carl Hoeft, New Zealand rugby player

Indrek Zelinski, Estonian footballer and manager

David Auradou, French rugby player

Jordan Bridges, American actor

Ari Hoenig, American drummer and composer

Takuya Kimura, Japanese singer

Samantha Riley, Australian swimmer

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Somalian-American activist and author

Patrik Augusta, Czech ice hockey player

Gerard Butler, Scottish actor

Nico Motchebon, German runner

Pat Hentgen, American baseball player and coach

Juhi Chawla, Indian actress, singer, and producer, Miss India 1984

Jimmy Kimmel, American comedian, actor, and talk show host

Steve Zahn, American actor and singer

Susanna Haapoja, Finnish politician (died 2009)

Timo Rautiainen, Finnish race car driver

Juan Ponce Enrile, Filipino politician and lawyer (born 1924)

Theodore Olson, American lawyer (born 1940)

Shel Talmy, American record producer, songwriter and arranger (born 1937)

Shuntarō Tanikawa, Japanese poet and translator (born 1931)

Daim Zainuddin, Malaysian politician (born 1938)

Peter Sutcliffe, English serial killer (born 1946)

Bobby Doerr, American baseball player and manager (born 1918)

Leon Russell, American singer-songwriter (born 1942)

María José Alvarado, Honduran model, Señorita Honduras 2014 (born 1995)

Kakha Bendukidze, Georgian economist and politician, Georgian Minister of Economy (born 1956)

Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager (born 1922)

Alexander Grothendieck, German-French mathematician and theorist (born 1928)

Hans-Jürgen Heise, German author and poet (born 1930)

Chieko Aioi, Japanese actress and voice actress (born 1934)

Erazm Ciołek, Polish photographer and author (born 1937)

Manuel Peña Escontrela, Spanish footballer (born 1965)

John Sheridan, English rugby player and coach (born 1933)

Luis García Berlanga, Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1921)

Allan Sandage, American astronomer and cosmologist (born 1926)

Wahab Akbar, Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1960)

John Doherty, English footballer and manager (born 1935)

Kazuhisa Inao, Japanese baseball player and manager (born 1937)

Vine Deloria, Jr., American historian, theologian, and author (born 1933)

Eddie Guerrero, American wrestler (born 1967)

John Balance, English singer-songwriter (born 1962)

Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper and producer (born 1968)

Thomas M. Foglietta, American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to Italy (born 1928)

Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1925)

Rishikesh Shaha, Nepalese academic and politician (born 1925)

Cornelius Warmerdam, American pole vaulter (born 1915)

Edwige Feuillère, French actress (born 1907)

Valerie Hobson, Irish-born English actress (born 1917)

Red Holzman, American basketball player and coach (born 1920)

André Boucourechliev, Bulgarian-French pianist and composer (born 1925)

Bill Doggett, American pianist and composer (born 1916)

Bobbie Vaile, Australian astrophysicist and academic (born 1959)

Jack Baker, American actor and screenwriter (born 1947)

Motoo Kimura, Japanese biologist and geneticist (born 1924)

Rufus R. Jones, American wrestler (born 1933)

Paul-Émile Léger, Canadian cardinal (born 1904)

Helen Dettweiler, American golfer (born 1914)

Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer (born 1964)

Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (born 1906)

Rohana Wijeweera, Sri Lankan rebel and politician (born 1943)

Dorothea Krook-Gilead, Latvian-South African author, translator and scholar (born 1920)

Antal Doráti, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (born 1906)

Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (born 1902)

Franco Cortese, Italian race car driver (born 1903)

Henry Jamison Handy, American swimmer and water polo player (born 1886)

Junior Samples, American comedian and actor (born 1926)

Hugues Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 15th Solicitor General of Canada (born 1911)

Dimitris Psathas, Greek playwright and academic (born 1907)

Olga Bergholz, Russian poet and playwright (born 1910)

Vittorio De Sica, Italian-French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1901)

Karen Silkwood, American technician and activist (born 1946)

Lila Lee, American actress (born 1901)

Bruno Maderna, Italian-German conductor and composer (born 1920)

Bessie Braddock, British politician (born 1899)

Iskander Mirza, Indian-Pakistani general and politician, 1st President of Pakistan (born 1899)

Margaret Murray, Indian-English anthropologist and author (born 1863)

Christian feast day: Agostina Livia Pietrantoni

Christian feast day: Brice of Tours

Christian feast day: Didacus (Diego) of Alcalá

Christian feast day: Eugenius II of Toledo

Christian feast day: Frances Xavier Cabrini

Christian feast day: Homobonus

Christian feast day: John Chrysostom (Eastern Orthodox, Repose)

Christian feast day: Quintian of Rodez

Christian feast day: Saints of the Benedictine family

Christian feast day: Saints of the Premonstratensian Order

Christian feast day: Stanislaus Kostka

Christian feast day: Charles Simeon (Church of England)

Christian feast day: The Hundred Thousand Martyrs of Tbilisi (Georgian Orthodox Church)

Sadie Hawkins Day (United States)

World Kindness Day