November 1, 2014,
November 1, 2014, At least four people are dead, one injured and several missing following a fire in a two apartment building near the University of Southern Maine campus in Portland. (AP via Yahoo News US)
November 2, 2014,
November 2, 2014,
November 2, 2014, Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant: Over 300 members of the Sunni Albu Nimr tribe are executed by ISIS militants in Anbar Province, western Iraq. (Reuters via Al Arabiya)
November 3, 2014, One World Trade Center reopens for business 13 years after 9/11 devastation. (FOXNews)
November 4, 2014, Release of video game Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
November 4, 2014, US Midterm Elections: The Republican Party is poised to retain control of the United States House of Representatives and to regain control of the United States Senate. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is expected to become Senate Majority Leader. (NBC News)
-Tim Scott, a Republican from South Carolina, becomes the first African American senator to be elected in the South since Reconstruction. (AP via Weekly Standard)
November 4, 2014, US Midterm Elections: The Republican Party is poised to retain control of the United States House of Representatives and to regain control of the United States Senate. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is expected to become Senate Majority Leader. (NBC News)
-Tim Scott, a Republican from South Carolina, becomes the first African American senator to be elected in the South since Reconstruction. (AP via Weekly Standard)
November 4, 2014,
November 4, 2014,
November 4, 2014,
November 4, 2014,
November 5, 2014, Release of Interstellar
November 5, 2014,
November 6, 2014, Release of A Most Violent Year
November 6, 2014, Season 6 Premiere of White Collar
November 6, 2014, The title of the seventh installment of the Star Wars film franchise is revealed to be The Force Awakens. (Reuters)
November 7, 2014, Release of The Big Hero 6
November 7, 2014, Release of Jessabelle
November 7, 2014, Release of Pink Floyd album Endless River
November 7, 2014,
November 7, 2014, 2014 military intervention against ISIS: United States President Barack Obama orders 1500 more troops into Iraq. (The New York Times)
November 7, 2014, The Philippines commemorates the anniversary of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) which destroyed much of the city of Tacloban. (CNN)
November 7, 2014, Marysville Pilchuck High School shooting: The death toll in the shooting rises to five. (King5)
November 8, 2014,
November 8, 2014, North Korea releases American detainees Kenneth Bae and Matthew Todd Miller. (CNN)
November 9, 2014, Season 2 Premiere of The Comeback
November 9, 2014, Season3 Premiere of The Newsroom
November 9, 2014, Tens of thousands of people gather in Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate to mark the 25th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. (BBC News)
November 9, 2014,
November 9, 2014,
November 9, 2014, Nine people die after a light plane crashes on an approach to the island of Grand Bahama. The dead include preacher Myles Munroe. (AP via Fox News)
November 9, 2014, The Catalan people vote in a referendum on whether and how they should exercise self-determination. The unionist government in Madrid does not recognise the authority of the vote. (BBC)
November 10, 2014, Release of Queen album Queen Forever
November 10, 2014, Release of Foo Fighters album Sonic Highways
November 10, 2014,
November 10, 2014, APEC China 2014: Members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum gather in Beijing. (BBC)
November 11, 2014, Release of American Sniper
November 11, 2014, Release of Selma
November 10, 2014, Release of Queen album Queen Forever
November 10, 2014, Release of Foo Fighters album Sonic Highways
November 10, 2014,
November 10, 2014, APEC China 2014: Members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum gather in Beijing. (BBC)
November 11, 2014, Release of American Sniper
November 11, 2014, Release of Selma
November 11, 2014, Release of Big K.R.I.T album Cadillactica
November 11, 2014, Ebola virus cases in the United States: Dr. Craig Spencer, a Doctors Without Borders volunteer, was declared free of the Ebola virus and released from a New York City hospital. His was the last Ebola case being treated in the United States. (USA Today)
November 11, 2014, Umbrella Revolution: Following a court injunction authorising the clearance of protest sites, pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong are warned they could face arrest if they do not leave the sites. (Reuters)
November 11, 2014, Sinking of the MV Sewol: In South Korea, fifteen members of the crew of the MV Sewol are sentenced for criminal negligence in the ferry disaster with the captain sentenced to 36 years and the chief engineer sentenced to 30 years. (Fox News)
November 11, 2014, The first winter storm of the season hits the midwestern United States with at least four people dead in Minnesota. (NBC News)
November 11, 2014, The Bank of England fires Martin Mallett, once its chief foreign exchange dealer, due to evidence that he was in some degree complicit in market manipulation. (Telegraph)
November 11, 2014, Ebola virus cases in the United States: Dr. Craig Spencer, a Doctors Without Borders volunteer, was declared free of the Ebola virus and released from a New York City hospital. His was the last Ebola case being treated in the United States. (USA Today)
November 11, 2014, Umbrella Revolution: Following a court injunction authorising the clearance of protest sites, pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong are warned they could face arrest if they do not leave the sites. (Reuters)
November 11, 2014, Sinking of the MV Sewol: In South Korea, fifteen members of the crew of the MV Sewol are sentenced for criminal negligence in the ferry disaster with the captain sentenced to 36 years and the chief engineer sentenced to 30 years. (Fox News)
November 11, 2014, The first winter storm of the season hits the midwestern United States with at least four people dead in Minnesota. (NBC News)
November 11, 2014, The Bank of England fires Martin Mallett, once its chief foreign exchange dealer, due to evidence that he was in some degree complicit in market manipulation. (Telegraph)
November 12, 2014, The European Space Agency's Rosetta lands the Philae probe on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. (Washington Post)
November 12, 2014,
November 12, 2014,
November 12, 2014, The 25th ASEAN Summit is held in the city of Naypyidaw, the capital of Myanmar. (AP via Daily Mail)
-Chinese leader Xi Jinping and President of the United States Barack Obama reach a deal to limit greenhouse gases. (Washington Post)
November 12, 2014,
November 12, 2014,
November 12, 2014, The 25th ASEAN Summit is held in the city of Naypyidaw, the capital of Myanmar. (AP via Daily Mail)
-Chinese leader Xi Jinping and President of the United States Barack Obama reach a deal to limit greenhouse gases. (Washington Post)
November 13, 2014, Comet landing: The Philae
landing craft is now "stable" after bouncing hundreds of metres from
its initial touchdown, and is sending pictures from the surface of the
comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. (BBC)
November 13, 2014, A United States Secret Service report outlines numerous security failures that enabled Omar Gonzalez to enter the White House. (Washington Post)
November 13, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17: The investigation team extends its deadline by another nine months to August 2015 due to difficulties in accessing the crash site. (The Australian)
November 13, 2014, Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa: The World Health Organization reports that the death toll in the three worst affected countries in West Africa - Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone - has passed 5,000. (Reuters)
November 13, 2014, A United States Secret Service report outlines numerous security failures that enabled Omar Gonzalez to enter the White House. (Washington Post)
November 13, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17: The investigation team extends its deadline by another nine months to August 2015 due to difficulties in accessing the crash site. (The Australian)
November 13, 2014, Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa: The World Health Organization reports that the death toll in the three worst affected countries in West Africa - Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone - has passed 5,000. (Reuters)
November 14, 2014, Release of Dumb and Dumber To
November 14, 2014, Release of Beyond The Lights
November 14, 2014, Release of Beyond The Lights
November 14, 2014,
November 14, 2014, In Major League Baseball, the two MVPs are announced: In the National League, Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who had previously won the league's Cy Young Award as its most outstanding pitcher, becomes the first NL player to sweep both awards since Bob Gibson in 1968. (ESPN)
-In the American League, Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout wins the award in a unanimous vote. At age 23, he becomes the youngest player ever to be unanimously named MVP. (ESPN)
November 15, 2014, The Missing
November 15, 2014,
November 15, 2014,
November 15, 2014, A 7.1 magnitude earthquake occurs in waters off Kota Ternate in Indonesia with the potential to trigger a tsunami to hit Indonesia and the Philippines. (AP)
November 15, 2014, A chemical leak at a DuPont plant in LaPorte, Texas leaves four workers dead. (NBC News)
November 15, 2014, A 5.4 magnitude earthquake causes serious damage in the Lake Region of Kyrgyzstan. (Reuters)
November 15, 2014, The ninth G-20 summit gets underway in the Australian city of Brisbane. (AP via NBC News)
November 16, 2014, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: ISIL claims to have executed American hostage Abdul-Rahman Kassig. (BBC)
November 16, 2014,
November 17, 2014, Series Premiere of State of Affairs
November 17, 2014, Release of Nickelback album No Fixed Address
November 17, 2014, A large earthquake occurs off the coast of New Zealand. (New Zealand Herald)
November 17, 2014, The Church of England adopts legislation paving the way for the appointment of female bishops. (BBC)
November 18, 2014, Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Four rabbis (three American and one British) are killed, and eight other people wounded in a terrorist attack on a Jerusalem synagogue by two men armed with meat cleavers and guns. The two attackers were killed by police who arrived at the scene. One of the policemen died from his wounds. (BBC)
November 18, 2014,
November 18, 2014, UNESCO declares the Rizal Monument in Manila, Machu Picchu of Peru, Camino de Santiago of Spain, and the Dampier Archipelago of Australia as World Heritage Sites in Danger. (GMA News)
November 18, 2014, November 2014 North American cold wave: Lake effect snow pummels areas around the Great Lake states, including New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio, stranding hundreds of vehicles and causing Erie County, New York, to declare a state of emergency. (The Weather Channel)
November 18, 2014, The United States Senate narrowly defeats legislation on the Keystone XL Pipeline, intended to allow oil from the oil sands of Canada to flow to the Gulf Coast of Texas. (New York Times)
November 19, 2014, German-born American director and producer Mike Nichols (The Graduate) dies at age 83. (BBC)
November 19, 2014, A giant snowstorm covers half the United States causing at least eight deaths and causing widespread disruption of flights. Areas near the city of Buffalo in New York state are worst affected with at least six deaths. (AFP, Reuters via ABC News Australia)
November 20, 2014, The President of the United States Barack Obama announces executive orders to defer the deportations of a certain group of illegal immigrants: parents whose children are already U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents who have lived in the United States for five years or more. (Washington Post)
November 20, 2014, The American NBC television network scraps a project with comedian Bill Cosby after past sexual assault allegations resurface. (BBC)
November 20, 2014,
November 20, 2014,
November 20, 2014, Sinking of the MV Sewol: A South Korean court sentences Kim Han-sik, the chief executive of Chonghaejin Marine, operator of the MV Sewol, to ten years in jail for negligence and embezzlement. (Reuters)
November 20, 2014, Thousands of protestors gather in Mexico City for a national rally in memory of the 43 missing students. Demonstrators have also called for a nationwide strike. (BBC News)
November 17, 2014, A large earthquake occurs off the coast of New Zealand. (New Zealand Herald)
November 17, 2014, The Church of England adopts legislation paving the way for the appointment of female bishops. (BBC)
November 18, 2014, Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Four rabbis (three American and one British) are killed, and eight other people wounded in a terrorist attack on a Jerusalem synagogue by two men armed with meat cleavers and guns. The two attackers were killed by police who arrived at the scene. One of the policemen died from his wounds. (BBC)
November 18, 2014,
November 18, 2014, UNESCO declares the Rizal Monument in Manila, Machu Picchu of Peru, Camino de Santiago of Spain, and the Dampier Archipelago of Australia as World Heritage Sites in Danger. (GMA News)
November 18, 2014, November 2014 North American cold wave: Lake effect snow pummels areas around the Great Lake states, including New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio, stranding hundreds of vehicles and causing Erie County, New York, to declare a state of emergency. (The Weather Channel)
November 18, 2014, The United States Senate narrowly defeats legislation on the Keystone XL Pipeline, intended to allow oil from the oil sands of Canada to flow to the Gulf Coast of Texas. (New York Times)
November 19, 2014, German-born American director and producer Mike Nichols (The Graduate) dies at age 83. (BBC)
November 19, 2014, A giant snowstorm covers half the United States causing at least eight deaths and causing widespread disruption of flights. Areas near the city of Buffalo in New York state are worst affected with at least six deaths. (AFP, Reuters via ABC News Australia)
November 20, 2014, The President of the United States Barack Obama announces executive orders to defer the deportations of a certain group of illegal immigrants: parents whose children are already U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents who have lived in the United States for five years or more. (Washington Post)
November 20, 2014, The American NBC television network scraps a project with comedian Bill Cosby after past sexual assault allegations resurface. (BBC)
November 20, 2014,
November 20, 2014,
November 20, 2014, Sinking of the MV Sewol: A South Korean court sentences Kim Han-sik, the chief executive of Chonghaejin Marine, operator of the MV Sewol, to ten years in jail for negligence and embezzlement. (Reuters)
November 20, 2014, Thousands of protestors gather in Mexico City for a national rally in memory of the 43 missing students. Demonstrators have also called for a nationwide strike. (BBC News)
November 21, 2014,
November 21, 2014,
November 22, 2014, A 5.9 magnitude earthquake occurs near the town of Kangding in China's Sichuan province resulting at least two deaths and 54 injuries. (AP via Wall Street Journal)
November 22, 2014, In football, Argentinian Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona sets a new goal scoring record in La Liga of 253 goals. (Reuters via SBS)
November 23, 2014, The United States House of Representatives files a lawsuit against President Barack Obama for executive actions undertaken in relation to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. (NBC News)
November 23, 2014, A 6.8 magnitude earthquake occurs in Nagano Prefecture in Japan resulting in at 30 people being injured as several homes collapse. (Wires and ABC News Australia)
November 23, 2014, Tunisian presidential election, 2014: Voters in Tunisia go to the polls Sunday in the first free presidential election since the Arab Spring's Jasmine Revolution. (BBC)
November 23, 2014, The Cabinet of Israel approves legislation defining it as the nation state of the Jewish people. (AP)
November 23, 2014, World Chess Championship 2014: Norwegian chessplayer Magnus Carlsen defends his World Chess Championship title after defeating Vishy Anand of India in 11th game of their match in Sochi, Russia. (Deutsche Welle)
November 23, 2014, Britain's Lewis Hamilton wins the 2014 Formula One world title after finishing first in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. (BBC Sport)
November 23, 2014, Volcano eruption on Fogo island, Cape Verde is among the strongest ever recorded on the island and is forcing the evacuation of the Chã das Caldeiras village. (OceanPress)
November 24, 2014, Shooting of Michael Brown, 2014 Ferguson unrest: A grand jury in St. Louis County, Missouri decides not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in relation to the shooting of Michael Brown in the suburb of Ferguson. (USA Today)
-Protests turn violent following the announcement despite a request by the President of the United States Barack Obama and Brown's family for any protests to be peaceful. (CNN)
November 24, 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH17: The Dutch Safety Board reports that it has finished work on recovery of the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. (Irish Examiner)
November 24, 2014, Chuck Hagel will step down as the United States Secretary of Defense following a request from President Barack Obama to do so. (BBC)
November 25, 2014, Days after his hat-trick broke the Primera División's 59-year goal-scoring record, Barcelona striker Lionel Messi scores another hat-trick in Nicosia to become the UEFA Champions League all-time top scorer. (Guardian)
November 26, 2014, Release of Horrible Bosses 2
November 26, 2014, Release of Penguins of Madagascar
November 28, 2014, Release of Before I Disappear
November 28, 2014, Holy See–Turkey relations: Pope Francis visits Turkey, calling for interfaith dialogue and an end to Islamic extremism, and meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Bartholomew I of Constantinople. (AFP via The Times of India)
November 28, 2014, National Football League player conduct controversy: An independent arbitrator between the NFL and the NFL Players Association overturns the indefinite suspension levied upon free-agent running back Ray Rice by the NFL for assaulting his fiancee. (Bloomberg)
November 29, 2014, Shooting of Michael Brown: Ferguson PD officer Darren Wilson resigns following a grand jury decision not to indict him in the Michael Brown case. (AP)
November 29, 2014, A Cairo court clears former President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak on murder charges related to the death of hundreds of protesters in the 2011 Egyptian revolution. (AFP via Channel News Asia)
November 30, 2014, Season 7 Premiere of The Mentalist
November 30, 2014, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: Coalition forces launch over 30 airstrikes on Raqqa, the de facto capital of ISIL. (The Guardian)
November 30, 2014, Nazi war criminal Alois Brunner, former second-in-command to Adolf Eichmann, is presumed deceased by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. (Express)
November 30, 2014, Police in Columbus, Ohio, USA, discover the body of Ohio State University football player and wrestler Kosta Karageorge, who had been missing since November 26. He was found with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. (ESPN)
Three of the five victims of the Portland, Maine, fire have been identified. None of them are USM students. Named: Nikki Finlay, Ashley Thomas and David Bragdon Jr.
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