1863    The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by President Abraham Lincoln as are Thursdays, November 30, 1865 and November 29, 1866.

1943    World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, those of the Americans by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.

1972    Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.

1997    After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milošević recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections.