By Mitchell Smith
November 1, 1512: Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City were first exhibited.
November 2, 1889: North Dakota and South Dakota were admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
November 3, 1957: Laika, a Soviet space dog, became the first animal to orbit the Earth aboard Sputnik 2.
November 4, 1922: Howard Carter discovered the entrance to the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings.
November 5, 1605: The Gunpowder Plot to blow up the English Parliament and King James I was thwarted.
November 6, 1860: Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th President of the United States.
November 7, 1917: The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, seized power in the October Revolution, which took place in November according to the Julian calendar.
November 8, 1895: Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X-rays while experimenting with cathode rays.
November 9, 1989: The Berlin Wall, separating East and West Berlin, was opened after 28 years, leading to the reunification of Germany.
November 10, 1775: The United States Marine Corps was established.
November 11, 1918: World War I ended with the signing of the Armistice, now commemorated as Veterans Day in the United States.
November 12, 1927: Joseph Stalin became the leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Vladimir Lenin.
November 13, 1982: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., was dedicated.
November 14, 1851: Herman Melville's novel "Moby-Dick" was published in the United States.
November 15, 1867: The first stock ticker machine was unveiled in New York City.
November 16, 1532: Spanish conquistadors led by Francisco Pizarro captured the Inca Emperor Atahualpa at the Battle of Cajamarca.
November 17, 1558: Elizabeth I ascended to the English throne after the death of her sister Mary I.
November 18, 1883: The United States adopted Standard Time and introduced time zones.
November 19, 1863: Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address during the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Pennsylvania.
November 20, 1945: The Nuremberg Trials began, prosecuting prominent leaders of Nazi Germany for war crimes.
November 21, 1620: The Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower signed the Mayflower Compact in what is now Provincetown Harbor.
November 22, 1963: President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
November 23, 1889: The first jukebox was installed at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
November 24, 1859: Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" was published.
November 25, 1867: Alfred Nobel patented dynamite.
November 26, 1922: The archaeologist Howard Carter and his team entered the burial chamber of King Tutankhamun.
November 27, 1095: Pope Urban II called for the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont.
November 28, 1520: Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after navigating the strait that now bears his name.
November 29, 1947: The United Nations approved the partition plan for Palestine.
November 30, 1872: The first-ever international football match took place between Scotland and England.