Unix Timestamp: 1036972800
Monday, November 11. 2002, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Stormy conditions also spread across Ireland. //www.rte.ie/news/2010/1111/weather.html (RTÉ) //www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/1111/breaking4.html?via=mr ("The Irish Times")

World leaders gather in Seoul, South Korea, for the G-20 summit. //english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/11/20101111145320565845.html (Al Jazeera) //www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0911933720101111 (Reuters) //english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2010/11/11/96/0301000000AEN20101111009200315F.HTML (Yonhap)

Cuba – United States relations: A Cuban website questions the release of "Call of Duty: Black Ops", an American shooter video game in which United States forces try to murder Fidel Castro. //www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11731120 (BBC)

November 12 ndash The G-20 summit is held in Seoul, South Korea. Korea becomes the first non-G8 nation to host a G-20 leaders summit.

The RMS "Queen Elizabeth 2" sets sail on her final voyage before she is refurbished and turned into a hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. //news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hshire/7723073.stm (BBC News)

Mohamed Nasheed is sworn in as the new President of the Maldives. //edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/11/maldives.president/index.html?eref=edition_asia (CNN)

Peter Eastgate of Denmark wins the 2008 World Series of Poker main event, the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em World Chionship, winning over US$9.1 million. //sports.espn.go.com/espn/poker/columns/story?columnist=wise_garyid=3697842 (ESPN)

The RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her last voyage from Southton, UK to Dubai, UAE. She will become a floating hotel at Palm Jumeirah.

War on Terrorism: An Arab magazine claims to have received an e-mail from a member of the Al Qaeda group claiming responsibility for Saturday's bombing in Riyadh that killed 17 people and injured over 100. //www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,102733,00.html

Pornographer Larry Flynt states that he has bought topless photos of famous Iraq war soldier Jessica Lynch and was planning to publish them in January 2004 later, he says he bought them to prevent them from ever being published. The photos reportedly show Lynch frolicking with male soldiers prior to her deployment to Iraq. //www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/10513.htm//www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,102736,00.html//www.nydailynews.com/front/story/135799p-120870c.html

Kaprun disaster, Austria: A funicular fire in an Alpine tunnel kills 155 skiers and snowboarders.

Kaprun disaster, Austria, where 155 skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel.

Mary McAleese is elected the 8th President of Ireland in succession to Mary Robinson, the first time in the world that one woman has succeeded another as elected head of state.

The government of Peru announces it has arrested a small group of army officers who were plotting the assassination of President Alberto Fujimori.

The Church of England votes to allow women to become priests.

A report by the World Meteorological Organization reports an unprecedented level of ozone depletion in both the Arctic and Antarctic.

Boxer Riddick Bowe defeats Evander Holyfield to become undisputed heavyweight chion.

Louie Espinoza inaugurated as WBO World Featherweight Chion.

In Sacramento, California, police find a body buried in the lawn of 60-year-old boardinghouse landlady Dorothea Puente (7 bodies are eventually found and Puente is convicted of 3 murders and sentenced to life in prison).

Sperry Rand and Burroughs merge to form Unisys, becoming the second largest computer company.

Ronald Reagan becomes the first U.S. President to address the Diet, Japan's national legislature.

Egypt and Israel sign a United States-sponsored cease-fire accord.

Vietnam War – Vietnamization: The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.

Vietnam War: In a propaganda ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 3 United States prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong and turned over to New Left antiwar activist Tom Hayden.

A Curtiss Reid Flying Services plane crashes while enroute to Paris from Rome, killing all 52 on board.

The Mattachine Society is founded in Los Angeles as the first gay-liberation organization.

Colonel Carlos Delgado Chalbaud is kidnapped and murdered in Caracas.

Celal Bayar forms the new government of Turkey. (10 th government Celal Bayar had served twice as a prime minister)

The Kogushi sulfur mine collapse, in western Gunma, Japan, kills at least 245 people.

Dust Bowl: In South Dakota, a very strong dust storm strips topsoil from desiccated farmlands (one of a series of disastrous dust storms that year).

The United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations.

President of Brazil Getulio Vargas names himself dictator.

The Balfour Declaration is approved by the 1926 Imperial Conference, making the Commonwealth dominions equal and independent.

The "NBC" radio network opens with 24 stations (formed by Westinghouse, General Electric and RCA).

Sri Aurobindo retires, leaving "The Mother" to run the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India.

The village of Rocquebillier in the French Riviera is almost destroyed in a massive hailstorm.

"U.S. Route 66" is established.

The Unknown Warrior is buried in Westminster Abbey.

The Centralia Massacre in Centralia, Washington results in the deaths of four members of the American Legion, and the lynching of a local leader of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).

World War I ndash The Battle of Kolubara begins: Serbian forces engaged by Austro-Hungarian forces.

A year after being created by passage of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens for business.

24 ndash World War I ndash The Battle of Basra results in British Empire forces taking Basra from the Ottoman Empire.

The Jindandao Incident breaks out in the Juu Uda League, Inner Mongolia, massacred tens of thousands of Mongols before being suppressed by government troops in late December.

Washington is admitted as the 42nd U.S. state.

August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer, George Engel, Michael Schwab, and Samuel Fielden are hanged for inciting riot and murder in the Haymarket Riot of May 4, 1886.

Heinrich Hertz verifies at the University of Karlsruhe the existence of the electromagnetic waves.

The Clarkson Memorial in Wisbech is completed and unveiled to the public.

Australian bushranger and bank robber Ned Kelly is hanged in Melbourne.

The Gamma Phi Betasorority is founded at Syracuse University. This is the first women's Greek letter organization to be called a sorority.

U.S. government geologist Clarence King reveals the diamond hoax in Wyoming.

Taiping Rebellion: Shi Dakai arrives at the Heavenly Capital once more with 100,000 men and demands that Wei Changhui and Qin Rigang be executed. Shi subsequently becomes head of the government.

The new Palace of Westminster opens in Britain.

The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia.

Anglo-Chinese College is founded by Robert Morrison in Malacca (later renamed Ying Wa College).

War of 1812 ndash Battle of Crysler's Farm: the Americans are defeated by the British.

Napoleonic Wars ndash Battle of Dürenstein: 8,000 French troops attempt to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force.

A riot breaks out in Lhasa, Tibet, after the murder of the regent of Tibet.

Shah Mahmud Hotaki of Afghanistan goes insane.

Longman, the oldest publishing house in England, is founded.

The Austrian Netherlands agree to the Pragmatic Sanction.

China expels foreign missionaries.

Willem Mons, lover of Catherine I of Russia, is executed and his head preserved in alcohol.

Joseph Blake (alias Blueskin), highwayman, is hanged in London.

Blenheim Palace construction is completed. It is presented as a gift to the Duke of Marlborough for his involvement in the Battle of Blenheim in 1704.

Jack Sheppard is hanged in London.

Polish and Lithuanian military units under the command of soon-to-be-king Jan Sobieski defeat the Turkish army in the Battle of Khotyn. In this battle, rockets of Kazimierz Siemienowicz are successfully used.

France and the Netherlands agree to divide the Caribbean island of Saint Martin between them.

The Treaty of Polianovska is defined.

Suspecting that Patriarch Afonso Mendes played a part in the Portuguese assault on Mombasa, Emperor Fasilides expels him and several Jesuit missionaries from Ethiopia.

In Maryland, the Jesuits Andrew White, John Altham Gravenor, and Thomas Gervase arrived with Lord Leonard Calvert on March 25, 1634, and in that year established an institution of higher learning at St. Mary\'s which later became known as Georgetown University, North America's oldest university.

In Maryland, the Jesuits Andrew White, John Altham Gravenor, and Thomas Gervase arrived with Lord Leonard Calvert on March 25, 1634, and in that year established an institution of higher learning at St. Mary's which later became known as Georgetown University, North America's oldest university.

The English establish a settlement at Cochin (now Kochi) on the Malabar Coast.

Jean Nicolet becomes the first European to set foot in Wisconsin. He is in search of a water-route to the Pacific when he lands at Green Bay, most likely in August 1634.

The Irish House of Commons passes an Act for the Punishment of the Vice of Buggery

The first meeting of the "Académie française" occurs.

Curaçao is captured by the Dutch.

In England, Oxford University Press receives its charter and becomes the second of the privileged presses.

Moses Amyraut's "Traite de la predestination" is published.

Covent Garden Market opens in London.

The German Brewery Paulaner is established.

The first decennial performance of the Oberammergau Passion Plays is held.

The ship "Fortune" arrives at Plymouth Colony, with 35 more settlers.

Peace of Zsitvatorok between the Ottoman and Holy Roman Empires. The independence of Transylvania is recognized by both sides and Austria's annual tribute to the Ottomans is abolished.

Treaty of Granada: Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon agree to divide the Kingdom of Naples between them.

The use of street lighting is first recorded in London, when Sir Henry Barton, the mayor, orders lanterns with lights to be hung out on the winter evenings between Hallowtide and Candlemas.

Pope Martin V succeeds Pope Gregory XII (who abdicated in 1415) as the 206th pope.

The Basilica of Maxentius is constructed, the largest building in the Roman Forum.

Kingdom of Xiongnu established in northern China.

The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Maxentius a public enemy and Licinius is proclaimed Augustus, while rival contender Constantine I is declared Caesar of Britain and Gaul.

Under Constantine I, the Romans defeat the Germans along the Rhine frontier.

Domitius Alexander is acclaimed emperor (against Maxentius) in Carthage, the African provinces come under his rule. This is a dangerous situation, because Rome depends on the grain supply.