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November 30, 2011, millions of public sector workers to go on strike

November 29, 1963, a Canadian jet crashes killing 118

November 28, 1990, UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sheds a tear as she leaves 10 Downing Street for the last time

 November 27, 1967, French President, Charles de Gaulle, says he will veto Britain's application to join the Common Market for a second time

November 26, 1992, Queen Elizabeth II is to become the first British Monarch since the 1930s to pay taxes

November 25, 1963,assassinated US President J F Kennedy is laid to rest

November 24, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald, the man accused of killing JFK, is himself killed

November 23, 1963, Lyndon B Johnson takes over as US President after the assassination of JFK

November 22, 1963, US President John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas

November 21, 1974, two IRA bombs explode in central Birmingham pubs, killing 21 and injuring over 180

November 20, 1975, General Franco, military ruler of Spain, dies aged 82

November 19, 1969, second Apollo mission lands on the Moon

November 18, 2003, George W Bush visits the UK, amidst tight security

November 17,   1953, twenty Italian sailors die following a collision between two boats in the English Channel

November 16, 2010, Prince William and Kate Middleton announce their engagement

November 15, 1940, Germany bombs Coventry, UK, to the ground

November 14, 1973 Princess Anne and Mark Phillips wed in the UK

November 13, 2011, Remembrance Sunday in the UK

November 12, 1984, pound notes in the UK are replaced by coins

November 11, 2004, Yasser Arafat dies aged 75

November 10, 1995 human rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa hanged in Nigeria

November 9, 1985, America welcomes Prince Charles and Princess Diana

November 8, 1974 the hunt for Lord Lucan begins

November 7, 1989, East German rulers forced out by protests

November 6, 1956, allied forces take control of Suez

November 5, 1991, media mogul Robert Maxwell dies at sea

November 4, 1956,Soviet troops overrun Hungary

November 3, 2004, George W Bush wins second term as US President

November 2, 1986, US hostage David Jacobsen is released after 17 months in captivity, in Beirut

November 1, 1990, UK Deputy Prime Minister Geoffrey Howe resigns over government disagreements on European policy