November 2: United States presidential election, 1948: Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman defeats Republican Thomas E. Dewey and "Dixiecrat" Strom Thurmond.

November 12: In Tokyo, an international war crimes tribunal sentences seven Japanese military and government officials to death, including General Hideki Tojo, for their roles in World War II.

November 15: Louis Stephen St. Laurent becomes Canada's 12th prime minister.

November 16: Operation Magic Carpet to transport Jews from Yemen to Israel begins. - The University of the Andes (Universidad de los Andes) is founded in Bogota, Colombia.

November 17: Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi divorces his second wife, the former Princess Fawzia of Egypt. - Whittaker Chambers produces secret government papers handwritten and typewritten by Alger Hiss during pretrial examination.

November 20: Geoffrey B. Orbell rediscovers the Takahe, last seen 50 years previously, near Lake Te Anau, New Zealand.

November 24: In Venezuela, president Romulo Gallegos is ousted by a military junta.

November 27: The Calgary Stampeders defeat the Ottawa Rough Riders 12-7 before 20,013 fans at Toronto's Varsity Stadium to capture their first Grey Cup and complete the only perfect season to date in Canadian Football. (source: Wikipedia)