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The 2020 United States presidential election takes place between Democratic Joe Biden and Republican incumbent President Donald Trump. On November 7, Biden was declared the winner.

One World Trade Center officially opens in New York City, replacing the Twin Towers after they were destroyed during the September 11 attacks.

The United States imposes economic sanctions against Sudan in response to its human rights abuses of its own citizens and its material and political assistance to Islamic extremist groups across the Middle East and East Africa.

Abdullah Çatlı, the leader of the Turkish ultranationalist organization Grey Wolves, dies in the Susurluk car crash, leading to the resignation of Interior Minister Mehmet Ağar (a leader of the True Path Party).

Space Shuttle program: Atlantis launches on STS-66.

Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton defeats Republican President George H. W. Bush and Independent candidate Ross Perot in the 1992 United States presidential election.

Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries attempt to overthrow the Maldivian government. At President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's request, the Indian military suppresses the rebellion within 24 hours.

Iran–Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.

The Compact of Free Association becomes law, granting the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands independence from the United States.

The Salang Tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills 150–2000 people.

A Latin Carga Convair CV-880 crashes at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Venezuela, killing four.

Greensboro massacre: Five members of the Communist Workers Party are shot dead and seven are wounded by a group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis during a "Death to the Klan" rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.

Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

Four Bangladeshi politicians are killed in the Dhaka Central Jail.

Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet.

Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies.

Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins.

Lyndon B. Johnson is elected to a full term as U.S. president, winning 61% of the vote and 44 states, while Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time, casting the majority of their votes for Lyndon Johnson.

U Thant is unanimously appointed as the 3rd Secretary-General of the United Nations, becoming the first non-European individual to occupy the post.

The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is established by an Act of Congress after a year-long legal battle that pitted local residents against Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials wishing to turn the Great Swamp into a major regional airport for jet aircraft.

Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.

Suez Crisis: The Khan Yunis killings by the Israel Defense Forces in Egyptian-controlled Gaza result in the deaths of 275 Palestinians.

Hungarian Revolution: A new Hungarian government is formed, in which many members of banned non-Communist parties participate. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich form a counter-government in Moscow as Soviet troops prepare for the final assault.

Air India Flight 245 crashes into Mont Blanc while on approach to Geneva Airport, killing all 48 people on board.

Chinese Civil War: The Battle of Dengbu Island occurs.

The Constitution of Japan is adopted through Emperor's assent.

World War II: Two supreme commanders of the Slovak National Uprising, Generals Ján Golian and Rudolf Viest, are captured, tortured and later executed by German forces.

World War II: Five hundred aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshaven harbor in Germany.

World War II: The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal campaign and ends on November 12.

Franklin D. Roosevelt is reelected as President of the United States.

George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular, though possibly fixed, plebiscite.

Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.

Getúlio Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.

The Gwangju Student Independence Movement occurred.

Russian Civil War: The Russian Army retreats to Crimea, after a successful offensive by the Red Army and Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine.

The German Revolution of 1918–19 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.

Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.

William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.

With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.

France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.

The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.

John Willis Menard (R-LA) becomes the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he is never seated.

Giuseppe Garibaldi and his followers are defeated in the Battle of Mentana and fail to end the Pope's Temporal power in Rome (it would be achieved three years later).

A greatly revised Dutch constitution, which transfers much authority from the king to his parliament and ministers, is proclaimed.

The Times of India, the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce.

The Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest chartered bank, opens in Montreal.

Napoleon's armies are defeated at the Battle of Vyazma.

French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined.

The University of Vermont, the oldest university in Vermont, and fifth-oldest in New England, is chartered.

The American Continental Army is disbanded.

English Parliament passes the first Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Anglican Church, supplanting the pope and the Roman Catholic Church.

Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.

Peace of Etaples between Henry VII of England and Charles VIII of France.

Liège is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy's troops.

The River Arno floods causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani.

The Rouen Riot, an attempt by English king William Rufus to take possession of Rouen, the capital city of his brother Robert, duke of Normandy, fails.

Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever at Mopsuestia in Cilicia; on his deathbed he is baptised and declares his cousin Julian rightful successor.

Ever Anderson, American actress

Fina Strazza, American actress

Hailey Baptiste, American tennis player

Jake LaRavia, American basketball player

Maddison Elliott, Australian paralympic swimmer

Izuchuckwu Anthony, Nigerian footballer

Sarthak Golui, Indian footballer

Takumi Kitamura, Japanese actor

Lázaro Martínez, Cuban athlete

Matt Bushman, American football player

Kendall Jenner, American television personality and model

Kenny Golladay, American football player

Martina Trevisan, Italian tennis player

Joe Clarke, English slalom canoeist

Valeria Solovyeva, Russian tennis player

Damisha Croney, Barbadian netball player

Ellyse Perry, Australian footballer and cricketer

Paula DeAnda, American singer-songwriter and actress

Andrade El Idolo, Mexican wrestler

Joyce Jonathan, French singer-songwriter and guitarist

Diante Garrett, American basketball player

Jessie Loutit, Canadian rower

Courtney Barnett, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Colin Kaepernick, American football player

Ty Lawson, American basketball player

Felix Schütz, German ice hockey player

Kyle Seager, American baseball player

Elizabeth Smart, American kidnapping victim, activist, and journalist

Gemma Ward, Australian model and actress

Paul Derbyshire, Italian rugby player

Davon Jefferson, American basketball player

Antonia Thomas, English actress

Piet Velthuizen, Dutch footballer

Heo Young-saeng, South Korean singer

Tyler Hansbrough, American basketball player

Philipp Tschauner, German footballer

Christian Bakkerud, Danish race car driver (died 2011)

Ryo Nishikido, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor

LaMarr Woodley, American football player

Julie Berman, American actress

Myrna Braza, Norwegian singer-songwriter

Tamba Hali, American football player

Jay Harrison, Canadian ice hockey player

Moniek Kleinsman, Dutch speed skater

Egemen Korkmaz, Turkish footballer

Janel McCarville, American professional basketball player

Evgeni Plushenko, Russian figure skater

Pekka Rinne, Finnish ice hockey player

Alexander Svitov, Russian ice hockey player

Diego López, Spanish footballer

Vicente Matías Vuoso, Argentinian-Mexican footballer

Rodrigo Millar, Chilean footballer

Sten Pentus, Estonian race car driver

Karlos Dansby, American football player

Hans Andersen, Danish motorcycle racer

Pablo Aimar, Argentinian footballer

Beau McDonald, Australian footballer and coach

Tim McIlrath, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Jonas Howden Sjøvaag, Norwegian drummer

Hiroko Sakai, Japanese softball player

Dick Cheney, American businessman and politician, 46th Vice President of the United States (born 1941)

Quincy Jones, American producer (born 1933)

Sondra Locke, American actress and director (born 1944)

Kay Starr, American singer (born 1922)

Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi businessman and politician (born 1944)

Howard Coble, American captain, lawyer, and politician (born 1931)

Tom Graveney, English cricketer and sportscaster (born 1927)

Lauretta Ngcobo, South African novelist and essayist (born 1931)

Augusto Martelli, Italian composer and conductor (born 1940)

Gordon Tullock, American economist and academic (born 1922)

Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Indian actor (born 1950)

Nick Cardy, American soldier and illustrator (born 1920)

Gerard Cieślik, Polish footballer and manager (born 1927)

Gamani Corea, Sri Lankan economist and diplomat (born 1925)

William J. Coyne, American lawyer and politician (born 1936)

Rupert Gerritsen, Australian historian and author (born 1953)

Leonard Long, Australian painter and educator (born 1911)

Carmélia Alves, Brazilian singer (born 1923)

George Chesterton, English cricketer and coach (born 1922)

Tommy Godwin, American-English cyclist and coach (born 1920)

Mükerrem Hiç, Turkish academic, author, and politician (born 1929)

Thomas K. McCraw, American historian and academic (born 1940)

Kailashpati Mishra, Indian activist and politician, 18th Governor of Gujarat (born 1923)

Peeter Kreitzberg, Estonian lawyer and politician (born 1948)

Jerry Bock, American composer (born 1928)

Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian politician and diplomat, 30th Prime Minister of Russia (born 1938)

Jim Clench, Canadian bass player (born 1949)

Francisco Ayala, Spanish sociologist, author, and critic (born 1906)

Archie Baird, Scottish footballer, journalist, and educator (born 1919)

Carl Ballantine, American magician and actor (born 1917)

Jean Fournet, French conductor (born 1913)

Aleksandr Dedyushko, Belarusian-Russian actor (born 1962)

Martin Meehan, PIRA volunteer and Irish republican politician (born 1945)

Ryan Shay, American runner (born 1979)

Paul Mauriat, French pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1925)

Marie Rudisill, American author (born 1911)

Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorean footballer (born 1937)

Sergejs Žoltoks, Latvian ice hockey player (born 1972)

Rasul Gamzatov, Russian poet and educator (born 1923)

Lonnie Donegan, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1931)

Jonathan Harris, American actor (born 1914)

Ernst Gombrich, Austrian-English historian and author (born 1909)

Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (born 1928)

Bob Kane, American author and illustrator, co-created Batman (born 1915)

Ronald Barnes, American carillon player and composer (born 1927)

Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Central African general and politician, 2nd President of the Central African Republic (born 1921)

Gordon S. Fahrni, Canadian physician (born 1887)

Valter Palm, Estonian-American boxer (born 1905)

Léon Theremin, Russian physicist and engineer, invented the Theremin (born 1895)

Chris Bender, American singer (born 1972)

Kenan Erim, Turkish archaeologist and academic (born 1929)

Nusret Fişek, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (born 1914)

Mary Martin, American actress and singer (born 1913)

Dorothy Fuldheim, American journalist (born 1893)

Henri van Praag, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and educator (born 1916)

Mary Shane, American sportscaster and educator (born 1945)

Alfredo Antonini, Italian-American conductor and composer (born 1901)

Jerry Pentland, Australian fighter ace (born 1894)

Caroline Mytinger, American painter and author (born 1897)

Solange d'Ayen, French noblewoman, Duchess of Ayen and journalist (born 1898)

Christian feast day: Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions (Greek Orthodox Church)

Christian feast day: Alpaïs of Cudot

Christian feast day: Elias I of Antioch (Syriac Orthodox Church)

Christian feast day: Ermengol (Hermengaudius)

Christian feast day: Gaudiosus of Tarazona

Christian feast day: Gwenhael

Christian feast day: Hubertus

Christian feast day: Libertine

Christian feast day: Malachy O' More

Christian feast day: Blessed Manuel Lozano Garrido

Christian feast day: Martin de Porres

Christian feast day: Papulus

Christian feast day: Pirmin

Christian feast day: Richard Hooker (Anglican Communion)

Christian feast day: Blessed Rupert Mayer

Christian feast day: Silvia

Christian feast day: Winifred

Christian feast day: November 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Culture Day (Japan)

Flag Day (United Arab Emirates)

Independence Day / Separation Day, celebrates the separation and independence of Panama from Colombia in 1903.

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Dominica from the United Kingdom in 1978.

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Federated States of Micronesia from the United States in 1986.

Independence Day of Cuenca (Ecuador)

Mother's Day (East Timor)

Victory Day (Maldives)