13 killed at Fort Hood, Texas. Major Malik Hasan opened fire at the Soldier Readiness Processing Center in Fort Hood, Texas and killed 13 people, injuring 30.

China's first lunar satellite enters lunar orbit. The Chang'e 1, an unmanned lunar-orbiting spacecraft sent the first pictures of the Moon on November 26.

Green River Killer pleads guilty. Gary Ridgeway, a serial killer also known as the Green River Killer, pleaded guilty to killing 48 women in the 1980s and 1990s.

Assassination attempt on Canadian Prime Minister. André Dallaire tried to assassinate Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.

Vatican City bombed. Vatican City was bombed by a fascist Italian aircraft breaching the neutrality of Vatican during the second World War