November 1, 2013, Release of Free Birds
November 1, 2013, Release of Last Vegas
November 1, 2013, Release of Dallas Buyers Club
November 1, 2013, 2013 Los Angeles International Airport shooting: A gunman opens fire at Los Angeles International Airport, killing a US Transportation Security Administration employee, and wounding several other people. It prompted a terminal evacuation. (NBC Los Angeles)
November 1, 2013, Two people, members of the far-right Greek political party Golden Dawn, were killed in a drive-by shooting, outside the offices of Golden Dawn in Neo Iraklio, Athens. (Reuters)
November 2, 2013, Paul Anthony Ciancia is charged with murder of a federal officer and
commission of violence in an international airport in relation to the 2013 Los Angeles International Airport shooting. (CNN)
November 3, 2013, A solar eclipse sweeps across Africa, Europe and the Eastern United States. (CTV)
November 3, 2013,
November 4, 2013, German magazine Focus reports the 2012 discovery of Nazi plundered art worth €1 billion in Munich, including lost works by Picasso and Matisse. (Deutsche Welle)
November 4, 2013,
November 4, 2013, The company Johnson & Johnson agrees to pay $2.2 billion in regards to a U.S. probe of the drug risperdal. (Reuters)
November 4, 2013, A gunman opens fire inside the Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus, New Jersey, shooting out security cameras. Hours later, the gunman commits suicide near the mall. (CNN)
November 4, 2013, Lockheed Martin's Skunkworks undertakes to build a successor to the SR-71 Blackbird capable of mach 6 speed flight by 2030. (Fox News)
November 4, 2013,
November 4, 2013, The company Johnson & Johnson agrees to pay $2.2 billion in regards to a U.S. probe of the drug risperdal. (Reuters)
November 4, 2013, A gunman opens fire inside the Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus, New Jersey, shooting out security cameras. Hours later, the gunman commits suicide near the mall. (CNN)
November 4, 2013, Lockheed Martin's Skunkworks undertakes to build a successor to the SR-71 Blackbird capable of mach 6 speed flight by 2030. (Fox News)
November 4, 2013, In Florida, United States, Eric Rivera Jr. is convicted of second-degree murder in the 2007 killing of NFL Washington Redskins player Sean Taylor during a burglary. (Fox News)
November 5, 2013, Release of Eminem album Marshall Mathers LP 2
November 5, 2013, Release of Eminem album Marshall Mathers LP 2
November 5, 2013, Release of M.I.A album Matangi
November 5, 2013, Release of Call of Duty: Ghosts
November 5, 2013, The ISRO of India launches a PSLV-XL rocket carrying the Mars Orbiter Mission probe, which will eventually be sent to Mars. (The Times of India)
November 5, 2013,
November 5, 2013,
November 5, 2013, SAC Capital Advisors pleads guilty to insider trading and wire fraud and agrees to pay $1.8 billion in penalties to the United States. (Bloomberg)
November 5, 2013, Toronto, Canada Mayor Rob Ford admits that a year-old video does indeed show him smoking crack cocaine. (CBC)
November 5, 2013, World-renowned, self-trained Chicago chef Charlie Trotter,
54, who operated his multi-award winning namesake restaurant in Chicago
(from 1987 until its closure in 2012 when he wished to pursue other
studies) as well as some other former establishments, is found dead by
his son at his Lincoln Park home. (Chicago Tribune)
November 7, 2013,
November 7, 2013,
November 8, 2013, Release of Best Man Down
November 8, 2013, Release of The Book Thief
November 8, 2013, Release of Lady Gaga album Artpop
November 8, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones in recorded history to make landfall, hits the Visayas in the Philippines, with at least three people dead. (BBC News)
November 8, 2013,
November 8, 2013, UNESCO suspends the voting rights of the United States and Israel after both countries refused to pay their dues as a protest to the membership of the State of Palestine. (BBC)
November 9, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines: The Red Cross says that more than 1,200 people are confirmed dead. It reported that at least 1,000 had been killed in Tacloban and 200 in Samar province. (RT)
November 9, 2013,
November 9, 2013, Venezuelan television presenter María Gabriela Isler is crowned Miss Universe 2013 in Moscow, Russia. (AFP via Yahoo News)
November 9, 2013, The United States Navy christened the USS Gerald R. Ford - the $15.5 billion aircraft carrier is the most technologically advanced ship ever built. (FOX News)
November 10, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan: A Philippines police official estimates that 10,000 people have died in that country - the storm next bears down on Vietnam. (Weatherzone Australia)
November 10, 2013,
November 11, 2013, An international aid effort is underway to help the Philippines cope with the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan. (ABC News Online)
November 11, 2013,
November 11, 2013,
November 11, 2013, Three members of the Iranian rock band The Yellow Dogs are shot and killed in Brooklyn, New York by a member of a different band. The shooter then commits suicide. (CNN)
November 12, 2013, Hawaii becomes the 15th state in the United States to legalize same-sex marriage. (Washington Post)
November 12, 2013,
November 13, 2013, The United States Government announces that 106,185 people signed up for health insurance through the Health Insurance Marketplace as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act during its first month of release on October. (The New York Times)
November 13, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan: The official death toll in the Philippines is actually reported that 2,500 people were killed.. (Newsinfo)
-The total international aid for the typhoon victims reaches over $140 million. (CNN)
November 13, 2013, Francis Bacon's painting of his friend Lucian Freud, Three Studies of Lucian Freud (1969), is sold for $142.4 million. (BBC)
November 13, 2013, A 14.82-Carat Orange Diamond sets a world record after it is sold at a Christie's auction in Geneva for $35.5 million. (Forbes)
November 13, 2013, One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in the United States. (CNN)
November 13, 2013, Poppy farmers in Afghanistan report record yields for their opium crops. (The Guardian)
November 13, 2013, China, Russia, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Algeria are elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council. (The Washington Post))
November 13, 2013, Wikileaks publishes a secret draft chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. (The Guardian)
November 13, 2013, WWF releases a photo, taken by a camera trap in a forest in central Vietnam in September, of one of earth’s rarest mammals, the saola, which hadn’t been seen in 15 years. (The Washington Post)
November 14, 2013, Series Premiere of Ground Floor
November 14, 2013,
November 14, 2013,
November 15, 2013, Release of The Best Man Holiday
November 15, 2013, Release of Nebraska
November 15, 2013,
November 15, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan: The United Nations tallies the death toll to around 4,400. The Red Cross estimates that around 20,000 are still missing, many of whom are feared dead. This is contrary to a previous estimate by Benigno Aquino III, who put the death toll to a low 2,000. (NBC News)
November 15, 2013, A San Diego, California family of four, who disappeared in 2010, is found buried in the desert; local authorities are now treating the case as multiple homicides. (CBS News)
November 15, 2013, Release of Playstation 4
November 7, 2013,
November 7, 2013,
November 8, 2013, Release of Best Man Down
November 8, 2013, Release of The Book Thief
November 8, 2013, Release of Lady Gaga album Artpop
November 8, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones in recorded history to make landfall, hits the Visayas in the Philippines, with at least three people dead. (BBC News)
November 8, 2013,
November 8, 2013, UNESCO suspends the voting rights of the United States and Israel after both countries refused to pay their dues as a protest to the membership of the State of Palestine. (BBC)
November 9, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines: The Red Cross says that more than 1,200 people are confirmed dead. It reported that at least 1,000 had been killed in Tacloban and 200 in Samar province. (RT)
November 9, 2013,
November 9, 2013, Venezuelan television presenter María Gabriela Isler is crowned Miss Universe 2013 in Moscow, Russia. (AFP via Yahoo News)
November 9, 2013, The United States Navy christened the USS Gerald R. Ford - the $15.5 billion aircraft carrier is the most technologically advanced ship ever built. (FOX News)
November 10, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan: A Philippines police official estimates that 10,000 people have died in that country - the storm next bears down on Vietnam. (Weatherzone Australia)
November 10, 2013,
November 11, 2013, An international aid effort is underway to help the Philippines cope with the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan. (ABC News Online)
November 11, 2013,
November 11, 2013,
November 11, 2013, Three members of the Iranian rock band The Yellow Dogs are shot and killed in Brooklyn, New York by a member of a different band. The shooter then commits suicide. (CNN)
November 12, 2013, Hawaii becomes the 15th state in the United States to legalize same-sex marriage. (Washington Post)
November 12, 2013,
November 13, 2013, The United States Government announces that 106,185 people signed up for health insurance through the Health Insurance Marketplace as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act during its first month of release on October. (The New York Times)
November 13, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan: The official death toll in the Philippines is actually reported that 2,500 people were killed.. (Newsinfo)
-The total international aid for the typhoon victims reaches over $140 million. (CNN)
November 13, 2013, Francis Bacon's painting of his friend Lucian Freud, Three Studies of Lucian Freud (1969), is sold for $142.4 million. (BBC)
November 13, 2013, A 14.82-Carat Orange Diamond sets a world record after it is sold at a Christie's auction in Geneva for $35.5 million. (Forbes)
November 13, 2013, One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in the United States. (CNN)
November 13, 2013, Poppy farmers in Afghanistan report record yields for their opium crops. (The Guardian)
November 13, 2013, China, Russia, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Algeria are elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council. (The Washington Post))
November 13, 2013, Wikileaks publishes a secret draft chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. (The Guardian)
November 13, 2013, WWF releases a photo, taken by a camera trap in a forest in central Vietnam in September, of one of earth’s rarest mammals, the saola, which hadn’t been seen in 15 years. (The Washington Post)
November 14, 2013, Series Premiere of Ground Floor
November 14, 2013,
November 14, 2013,
November 15, 2013, Release of The Best Man Holiday
November 15, 2013, Release of Nebraska
November 15, 2013,
November 15, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan: The United Nations tallies the death toll to around 4,400. The Red Cross estimates that around 20,000 are still missing, many of whom are feared dead. This is contrary to a previous estimate by Benigno Aquino III, who put the death toll to a low 2,000. (NBC News)
November 15, 2013, A San Diego, California family of four, who disappeared in 2010, is found buried in the desert; local authorities are now treating the case as multiple homicides. (CBS News)
November 15, 2013, Release of Playstation 4
November 16, 2013,
November 17, 2013, Series Premiere of Almost Human
November 17, 2013, Several midwestern states in the United States are placed under multiple tornado watches, with multiple tornadoes touching down, causing at least four deaths and up to 50 injured in the area; one leveled parts of a suburb of Peoria, Illinois. (Peoria Journal Star)
November 17, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan: The number of people displaced reaches 1.9 million people. Numbers vary between 1,000-20,000 for estimates about missing people. (NPR)
November 17, 2013, Sony announces they sold one million PlayStation 4 units in the first day. (Joystiq)
November 18, 2013, NASA successfully launches its MAVEN space probe on a mission to study Mars' atmosphere. (The Verge)
November 19, 2013, Release of Need For Speed Rivals
November 19, 2013, The United States commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. (Sydney Morning Herald)
November 19, 2013, Virginia State Senator Creigh Deeds was stabbed multiple times at his home by his son Austin "Gus" Deeds. His son, Gus was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the home. (ABC News)
November 19, 2013, George Zimmerman is accused of felony aggravated assault and other charges for interactions with his current girlfriend. (BBC News)
November 19, 2013,
November 19, 2013,
November 19, 2013,
November 19, 2013, Cyclone Cleopatra: At least 18 people are dead after Cyclone Cleopatra hits the Italian island of Sardinia, causing heavy floods. (BBC)
November 19, 2013, U.S. Representative Trey Radel was arrested and charged with cocaine possession. He later pleaded guilty on the following day. (CBS News)
November 19, 2013, Release of Xbox One
November 20, 2013,
November 20, 2013,
November 20, 2013,
November 20, 2013,
November 20, 2013,
November 20, 2013, The General Synod of the Church of England votes in favour of legislation to allow the ordination of women bishops by 2014. (BBC)
November 21, 2013, Metropolitan Police arrested two suspects after three women are rescued from a residential address in Lambeth, South London, after thirty years of captivity. (BBC)
November 21, 2013,
November 21, 2013, 2013 Riga Maxima superstore collapse: At least six people are killed and 35 injured as a Maxima superstore collapses in the Latvian capital Riga. (AFP via ABC Online)
November 21, 2013, 2013 global surveillance disclosures: Indonesian protesters gather outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta and protesters burn Australian flags to protest alleged bugging of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's phone. (AAP via Weekly Times)
November 22, 2013, Release of Hunger Games: Catching Fire
November 22, 2013, Release of Frozen
November 22, 2013, Release of Delivery Man
November 22, 2013, The United States commemorates the 50th anniversary of the day when John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. (ABC Online)
November 22, 2013,
November 22, 2013,
November 22, 2013,
November 22, 2013, 2013 global surveillance disclosures: The United States has snooped on the Netherlands since 1946, according to files published in NRC Handelsblad. (HLN)
November 22, 2013, Crystal Mangum, the accuser in the 2006 Duke lacrosse case, is convicted of second-degree murder by a North Carolina jury in the 2011 stabbing death of her boyfriend, and is sentenced to serve between 14 and 18 years in prison. (AP via Fox News)
November 22, 2013, World Chess Championship 2013: Magnus Carlsen of Norway defeats defending champion Viswanathan Anand of India 6½–3½ in a series played in Chennai. (Reuters via SBS)
November 23, 2013, "The Day of the Doctor" premieres in 94 countries simultaneously to celebrate the 50th anniversary of British science-fiction show Doctor Who. (BBC News)
November 23, 2013, P5+1 foreign ministers meet in Geneva for talks on Iran's nuclear program. (RIA Novosti)
November 24, 2013, Nuclear program of Iran: Iran signs an interim agreement with the P5+1 countries limiting its nuclear program in exchange for reduced sanctions. (CNN)
November 24, 2013,
November 24, 2013, Ban of Islam in Angola: Angola becomes the first modern country to outlaw Islam, along with other religions unapproved by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. Mosques are being destroyed. (International Business Times)
November 25, 2013, Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: The official intermediate report on the shooting is released online, totaling 48 pages, and detailing no clear motive for the shooting. It states that perpetrator Adam Lanza had had an obsession with shootings like Columbine, had a strained and non-communicative relationship with his murdered mother Nancy, and had planned the shooting and the details in advance. It does say he had mental health issues, but does not indicate they were causative factors. (CNN)
November 25, 2013, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announces that four Steubenville, Ohio City Schools employees, including Superintendent Michael McVey, have been indicted on felony and/or misdemeanor charges (obstruction, making false statements, etc.) relating to the 2012 Steubenville rape case. (CNN)
November 25, 2013,
November 25, 2013, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire becomes the biggest November film release, grossing $161 million in the U.S. over its first weekend. (CBS News)
November 26, 2013, An archaeological site is discovered in Nepal dating to 550 BC which is claimed to be a Buddhist shrine. If true, the birthday of the Buddha would be pushed back. However, not all experts agree on the significance of the site. (National Geographic)
November 26, 2013, The U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear certain major religious freedom cases that will decide whether a company that is for-profit (including family-run ones)- and other entities who are not themselves churches- can refuse to provide contraceptive coverage that would otherwise be required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; lower courts are split. (NBC)
November 26, 2013, 2012 Benghazi attack: CBS suspends Lara Logan and her producer after she admitted that portions of her 60 Minutes report on the death of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens were false. (BBC)
November 27, 2013, Release of Black Nativity
November 27, 2013, Release of Homefront
November 27, 2013, Release of OldBoy
November 27, 2013,
November 27, 2013,
November 27, 2013, Three girls (two of whom eventually fled to a neighbor's house to escape their knife-wielding stepfather and notified police) held captive for several months or more in extremely dirty conditions (possibly up to two years), subjected to long barrages of loud music or static, fed only once a day and having gone up to four months without a bath, are rescued in Tucson, Arizona. (CNN)
November 27, 2013, Greece is the first developed market to be demoted into an emerging market by the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. (The Wall Street Journal)
November 27, 2013, The price of Bitcoin breaks above $1,000 for the first time and marks a rise of over 7,600 percent so far this year. (CNBC)
November 27, 2013, Two people die after a crane collapses in the Arena Corinthians in the Brazilian city Sao Paulo which is due to host the opening ceremony of the 2014 World Cup. Parts of the grandstands also collapse. (BBC)
November 27, 2013, Japan's self-driving Nissan Leaf car finishes the very first public road test on a highway in Japan.(engadget)
November 28, 2013,
November 28, 2013,
November 28, 2013, In the United States the holidays of Thanksgiving and the first day of Hanukkah occur on the same day. The event, dubbed Thanksgivukkah last happened in 1888, and will not occur again for another 70,000+ years.(Time)
November 28, 2013, 2013 Pacific typhoon season: The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Haiyan reaches 5,560. (ABS-CBN)
November 28, 2013, China's first lunar vehicle is named 'YuTu' (Chinese:"玉兔", a pet rabbit of Moon goddess in Chinese myth see Jade rabbit), which is planned to launch from Xichang Satellite Launch Center before December 10, 2013. (NetEase)
November 29, 2013, At least part of Comet C/2012 S1 (also known as Comet Ison) emerged from behind the Sun's corona. (CNN)
November 29, 2013, At least 8 people are feared dead and scores of people have been injured as a result of a police helicopter that crashed into a pub on the north bank of the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland. (BBC)
November 29, 2013,
November 29, 2013, Three previously unpublished short stories by J. D. Salinger are leaked online against the late author's wishes. (BBC)
November 30, 2013, Paul Walker (The Fast and the Furious franchise) is killed in a car accident after attending a charity event in Santa Clarita, California. (CNN)
November 30, 2013, 2013 Glasgow helicopter crash: Eight people are confirmed dead following Friday's crash, with a further 14 seriously injured. (Sky News)
November 30, 2013,
November 17, 2013, Series Premiere of Almost Human
November 17, 2013, Several midwestern states in the United States are placed under multiple tornado watches, with multiple tornadoes touching down, causing at least four deaths and up to 50 injured in the area; one leveled parts of a suburb of Peoria, Illinois. (Peoria Journal Star)
November 17, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan: The number of people displaced reaches 1.9 million people. Numbers vary between 1,000-20,000 for estimates about missing people. (NPR)
November 17, 2013, Sony announces they sold one million PlayStation 4 units in the first day. (Joystiq)
November 18, 2013, NASA successfully launches its MAVEN space probe on a mission to study Mars' atmosphere. (The Verge)
November 19, 2013, Release of Need For Speed Rivals
November 19, 2013, The United States commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. (Sydney Morning Herald)
November 19, 2013, Virginia State Senator Creigh Deeds was stabbed multiple times at his home by his son Austin "Gus" Deeds. His son, Gus was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the home. (ABC News)
November 19, 2013, George Zimmerman is accused of felony aggravated assault and other charges for interactions with his current girlfriend. (BBC News)
November 19, 2013,
November 19, 2013,
November 19, 2013,
November 19, 2013, Cyclone Cleopatra: At least 18 people are dead after Cyclone Cleopatra hits the Italian island of Sardinia, causing heavy floods. (BBC)
November 19, 2013, U.S. Representative Trey Radel was arrested and charged with cocaine possession. He later pleaded guilty on the following day. (CBS News)
November 19, 2013, Release of Xbox One
November 20, 2013,
November 20, 2013,
November 20, 2013,
November 20, 2013,
November 20, 2013,
November 20, 2013, The General Synod of the Church of England votes in favour of legislation to allow the ordination of women bishops by 2014. (BBC)
November 21, 2013, Metropolitan Police arrested two suspects after three women are rescued from a residential address in Lambeth, South London, after thirty years of captivity. (BBC)
November 21, 2013,
November 21, 2013, 2013 Riga Maxima superstore collapse: At least six people are killed and 35 injured as a Maxima superstore collapses in the Latvian capital Riga. (AFP via ABC Online)
November 21, 2013, 2013 global surveillance disclosures: Indonesian protesters gather outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta and protesters burn Australian flags to protest alleged bugging of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's phone. (AAP via Weekly Times)
November 22, 2013, Release of Hunger Games: Catching Fire
November 22, 2013, Release of Frozen
November 22, 2013, Release of Delivery Man
November 22, 2013, The United States commemorates the 50th anniversary of the day when John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. (ABC Online)
November 22, 2013,
November 22, 2013,
November 22, 2013,
November 22, 2013, 2013 global surveillance disclosures: The United States has snooped on the Netherlands since 1946, according to files published in NRC Handelsblad. (HLN)
November 22, 2013, Crystal Mangum, the accuser in the 2006 Duke lacrosse case, is convicted of second-degree murder by a North Carolina jury in the 2011 stabbing death of her boyfriend, and is sentenced to serve between 14 and 18 years in prison. (AP via Fox News)
November 22, 2013, World Chess Championship 2013: Magnus Carlsen of Norway defeats defending champion Viswanathan Anand of India 6½–3½ in a series played in Chennai. (Reuters via SBS)
November 23, 2013, "The Day of the Doctor" premieres in 94 countries simultaneously to celebrate the 50th anniversary of British science-fiction show Doctor Who. (BBC News)
November 23, 2013, P5+1 foreign ministers meet in Geneva for talks on Iran's nuclear program. (RIA Novosti)
November 24, 2013, Nuclear program of Iran: Iran signs an interim agreement with the P5+1 countries limiting its nuclear program in exchange for reduced sanctions. (CNN)
November 24, 2013,
November 24, 2013, Ban of Islam in Angola: Angola becomes the first modern country to outlaw Islam, along with other religions unapproved by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. Mosques are being destroyed. (International Business Times)
November 25, 2013, Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: The official intermediate report on the shooting is released online, totaling 48 pages, and detailing no clear motive for the shooting. It states that perpetrator Adam Lanza had had an obsession with shootings like Columbine, had a strained and non-communicative relationship with his murdered mother Nancy, and had planned the shooting and the details in advance. It does say he had mental health issues, but does not indicate they were causative factors. (CNN)
November 25, 2013, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announces that four Steubenville, Ohio City Schools employees, including Superintendent Michael McVey, have been indicted on felony and/or misdemeanor charges (obstruction, making false statements, etc.) relating to the 2012 Steubenville rape case. (CNN)
November 25, 2013,
November 25, 2013, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire becomes the biggest November film release, grossing $161 million in the U.S. over its first weekend. (CBS News)
November 26, 2013, An archaeological site is discovered in Nepal dating to 550 BC which is claimed to be a Buddhist shrine. If true, the birthday of the Buddha would be pushed back. However, not all experts agree on the significance of the site. (National Geographic)
November 26, 2013, The U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear certain major religious freedom cases that will decide whether a company that is for-profit (including family-run ones)- and other entities who are not themselves churches- can refuse to provide contraceptive coverage that would otherwise be required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; lower courts are split. (NBC)
November 26, 2013, 2012 Benghazi attack: CBS suspends Lara Logan and her producer after she admitted that portions of her 60 Minutes report on the death of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens were false. (BBC)
November 27, 2013, Release of Black Nativity
November 27, 2013, Release of Homefront
November 27, 2013, Release of OldBoy
November 27, 2013,
November 27, 2013,
November 27, 2013, Three girls (two of whom eventually fled to a neighbor's house to escape their knife-wielding stepfather and notified police) held captive for several months or more in extremely dirty conditions (possibly up to two years), subjected to long barrages of loud music or static, fed only once a day and having gone up to four months without a bath, are rescued in Tucson, Arizona. (CNN)
November 27, 2013, Greece is the first developed market to be demoted into an emerging market by the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. (The Wall Street Journal)
November 27, 2013, The price of Bitcoin breaks above $1,000 for the first time and marks a rise of over 7,600 percent so far this year. (CNBC)
November 27, 2013, Two people die after a crane collapses in the Arena Corinthians in the Brazilian city Sao Paulo which is due to host the opening ceremony of the 2014 World Cup. Parts of the grandstands also collapse. (BBC)
November 27, 2013, Japan's self-driving Nissan Leaf car finishes the very first public road test on a highway in Japan.(engadget)
November 28, 2013,
November 28, 2013,
November 28, 2013, In the United States the holidays of Thanksgiving and the first day of Hanukkah occur on the same day. The event, dubbed Thanksgivukkah last happened in 1888, and will not occur again for another 70,000+ years.(Time)
November 28, 2013, 2013 Pacific typhoon season: The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Haiyan reaches 5,560. (ABS-CBN)
November 28, 2013, China's first lunar vehicle is named 'YuTu' (Chinese:"玉兔", a pet rabbit of Moon goddess in Chinese myth see Jade rabbit), which is planned to launch from Xichang Satellite Launch Center before December 10, 2013. (NetEase)
November 29, 2013, At least part of Comet C/2012 S1 (also known as Comet Ison) emerged from behind the Sun's corona. (CNN)
November 29, 2013, At least 8 people are feared dead and scores of people have been injured as a result of a police helicopter that crashed into a pub on the north bank of the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland. (BBC)
November 29, 2013,
November 29, 2013, Three previously unpublished short stories by J. D. Salinger are leaked online against the late author's wishes. (BBC)
November 30, 2013, Paul Walker (The Fast and the Furious franchise) is killed in a car accident after attending a charity event in Santa Clarita, California. (CNN)
November 30, 2013, 2013 Glasgow helicopter crash: Eight people are confirmed dead following Friday's crash, with a further 14 seriously injured. (Sky News)
November 30, 2013,
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