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November 8: Intersex Day of Remembrance

Shunzhi Emperor

• 1644 – The Shunzhi Emperor (portrait shown), the third emperor of the Qing dynasty, was enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the Ming dynasty as the first Qing emperor to rule over China.
• 1965 – Vietnam War: In the Battle of Gang Toi, one of the earliest battles between the two sides, Viet Cong forces repelled an Australian attack.
• 1966 – Former Massachusetts attorney general Edward Brooke became the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.
• 1974 – British peer Lord Lucan disappeared without a trace, a day after allegedly murdering Sandra Rivett, his children's nanny.
• 2006 – Israeli artillery shelled a row of houses in the Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun, killing at least 19 Palestinians and wounding more than 40 others.

• Thomas Bewick (d. 1828)
• Hermann Rorschach (b. 1884)
• Rhea Seddon (b. 1947)
• Johannes Latuharhary (d. 1959)

More anniversaries:

• November 7
• November 8
• November 9

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November 8, 2024 (2024-11-08) (Friday)

Disasters and accidents

• Qantas flight QF520 performs an emergency landing after an contained engine failure. (Qantas)

Law and crime

• November 2024 Amsterdam attacks
  • Fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. are attacked by unknown assailants in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with at least ten people injured. At least 30 people have been arrested. (CNN)
• Former Prime Minister of Fiji Frank Bainimarama is released from prison early after serving six months for perverting justice. (RNZ)

November 7, 2024 (2024-11-07) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Siege of North Gaza
      • At least twelve Palestinians are killed and several others are injured in Israeli airstrikes on a school used to shelter displaced people in the Al-Shati refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
  • Military aid to Israel during the Israel–Hamas war, Israel–United States military relations
    • The Israeli Ministry of Defence announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire 25 F-15EX fighter jets from Boeing as part of a $5.2 billion aid package from the U.S. government. At least four jets will be delivered annually beginning in 2031. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Zaporizhzhia strikes
    • Four people are killed and 33 others are injured when Russian guided bombs hit residences, an apartment building, and a medical center in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. (Reuters)
• Sudanese civil war
  • 2024 eastern Gezira State massacres
    • At least 73 people from the village of al-Hilaliya, Gezira State, Sudan, are killed by unknown causes during a siege of the village by Rapid Support Forces militants. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Hezbollah launches drones at the Israeli Defense Forces base in Kfar Bilu and the Haifa naval base in Haifa, Israel. No casualties are reported. (Al Jazeera) (Saba News Agency)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023–2024 South American drought
  • The United Nations reports that almost a half million children in the Amazon are currently experiencing significant food and water scarcity due to prolonged droughts. (The Guardian)
• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, 2024 Cuba blackouts
  • Cuba experiences a nationwide blackout as Hurricane Rafael makes landfall in Artemisa Province. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• Russia–United Kingdom relations
  • International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • The British government announces 56 sanctions on individuals and entities based in countries including China and Turkey, as well as on the Africa Corps mercenary group, in order to target Russia's military-industrial complex and restrict the supply of military equipment to Russia. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
• France–Israel relations
  • Israel Police forcibly enter the French-administered Church of Eleona compound in Jerusalem and detain two French consulate employees. French foreigh minister Jean-Noël Barrot cancels his visit to the site while the French government summons the Israeli ambassador in response. (Le Monde) (AP)

Law and crime

• Chinese intelligence activity abroad
  • Germany arrests an American citizen suspected of spying on the U.S. military for China while working at a U.S. military installation in Germany. (Al Jazeera)
• Police in Argentina charge three people in the death of One Direction singer Liam Payne. (Sky News) (People)

Politics and elections

• 2024 German government crisis
  • Volker Wissing, Germany's transport minister and the former Free Democratic Party (FDP) general secretary, announces that he will leave the FDP but will remain in the Scholz cabinet. (SZ)
• Second presidential transition of Donald Trump
  • U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announces Susie Wiles as his White House Chief of Staff, the first woman to serve in this position. (ABC News)

November 6, 2024 (2024-11-06) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • 2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes
      • Israeli airstrikes in the Beqaa Valley in eastern Lebanon kill 55 people and injure 59 others. (L'Orient le Jour)
  • Hezbollah fires rockets at Tel Aviv, Israel, with a rocket striking Ben Gurion Airport. (Yedioth Ahronoth)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • U.S. President Joe Biden announces the expedited granting of more than US$6 billion in military aid to Ukraine prior to president-elect Donald Trump's inauguration in January. (Reuters)
• Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
  • Twelve Jaish ul-Adl militants are killed, including the group's leader Salahuddin Farooqui, in a joint operation by Iran and Pakistan. (Tehran Times) (Sedaye Bourse)

Business and economy

• The Institute of International Finance cautions that if U.S. president-elect Donald Trump follows through with the tariffs that he campaigned on, this will result in a renewal of inflation and higher U.S. banking loan interest rates. (CNBC)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Rafael approaches the southern coast of Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane, triggering mass evacuations amid warnings of life-threatening flash flooding and storm surges. (Reuters)
• 2024 California wildfires
  • Amid extreme fire weather conditions and a particularly dangerous situation red flag warning, the Mountain Fire in Ventura County, California, U.S., develops and grows to 10,400 acres (42 km²) in less than eight hours. (CBS News)
• A Honda HA-420 HondaJet crashes into a vehicle during take off from Falcon Field in Mesa, Arizona, U.S., killing five people. (CBS News)

Law and crime

• Protests against Donald Trump
  • Just Stop Oil protesters spray orange paint on the outside of the American Embassy in London, United Kingdom, following Donald Trump's re-election in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. (The Independent)
  • U.S. protesters gather in San Jose, Berkeley, Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York City to protest following the re-election of Donald Trump. (Mercury News) (Newsweek)
• Human trafficking in Greece
  • Four people are killed and 25 others are rescued after human traffickers force them from their boat into the water off the coast of Rhodes, Greece, and abandon them. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• 2024 U.S. elections
  • 2024 U.S. presidential election, Second presidency of Donald Trump
    • Republican candidate and former 45th U.S. president Donald Trump is elected as the 47th U.S. President. Trump will become the first person since Grover Cleveland in 1892 to serve non-consecutive presidential terms, as well as the oldest presidency candidate and convicted felon to be elected president. (The Washington Post) (AP) (BBC News) (The New York Times) (AP 2)
    • James David Vance is elected as the 50th U.S. Vice President, becoming the first millennial to be elected vice president. (DW)
  • 2024 U.S. Senate elections
    • The Republican Party wins a majority in the U.S. Senate. (Reuters)
  • Second presidential transition of Donald Trump
    • U.S. Vice President and Democratic Party candidate Kamala Harris concedes defeat to Donald Trump in a speech at Howard University in Washington, D.C., stating that she and U.S. President Joe Biden will commit to a peaceful transition of power. (Time)
• 2024 German government crisis
  • In Germany, the Scholz cabinet loses its majority following the dismissal of finance minister Christian Lindner and the resignation of all remaining Free Democratic Party members. (Reuters)

November 5, 2024 (2024-11-05) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Refugee camp airstrikes in the Israel–Hamas war
      • At least 29 Palestinians are killed in Israeli airstrikes on several refugee camps across the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Zaporizhzhian strikes
    • Six people are killed and at least 20 others are injured in a Russian missile strike on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. (Reuters)
  • The Ukrainian Defense Ministry claims that its troops has engaged with North Korean units recently deployed to help Russia for the first time. (DW)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Thirty people are killed after an Israeli airstrike against a residential building in Barja, Lebanon. (AP) (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 European floods
  • 2024 Spanish floods
    • Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez announces a €10.6 billion (US$11.5 billion) aid package to families affected by the flooding in the country, primarily in the Valencian Community, including a package of €5 billion (US$5.5 billion) in state-guaranteed loans. (Al Jazeera) (La Nación)
• At least five people, including two election poll workers are killed by flash flooding in the U.S. state of Missouri, caused by torrential rain. (CBS News)
• Two Egyptian Air Force officers are killed when a helicopter crashes during a training exercise in Suez Governorate, Egypt. (Al Arabiya) (Egypt Independent)

International relations

• Somalia–United States relations
  • The United States and Somalia reaches an agreement to write off over $1.1 billion of Somalian debt. (Al Arabiya) (The EastAfrican)

Law and crime

• English Channel migrant crossings
  • A court in Lille, France, convicts 18 people, including nine in absentia, for participating in an international human smuggling network that transported migrants across the English Channel. The sentences range from two to fifteen years in prison. (Al Jazeera)
• Seven men from the Saxonian Separatists group are arrested in Germany and another is arrested in Poland for plotting ethnic cleansing terrorist attacks and for plotting to take control of several areas of Saxony. (Al Jazeera)
• Railway workers launch an eight-hour strike in Italy after a train manager was stabbed and critically injured on a train near Rivarolo Ligure, Genoa, yesterday. Several trains are canceled, with only 30% of services guaranteed. (Ansa)
• Equatoguinean vice-president Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue warns that politicians caught having sex in their offices could face harsh consequences after a civil servant was caught having sex with multiple women while on the job. (BBC News)
• The Personal Information Protection Commission of South Korea fines Meta Platforms ₩21.6 billion (US$15 million) for illegally collecting personal information on Facebook users and sharing it with advertisers. (AP)
• French and Dutch police raid Netflix offices in Paris and Amsterdam as part of an investigation into tax fraud and unreported employment practices. (BBC News) (Deadline)
• A Swedish court sentences Danish-Swedish politican Rasmus Paludan to four months in jail for inciting hatred against Muslims at two protests in 2022. (The Guardian)
• Two Chinese nationals are shot by a security guard at a textile mill in Karachi, Pakistan. (ABC News)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States elections
  • 2024 United States ballot measures
    • Voters in several U.S. states vote on abortion rights on the ballot. Amendments are passed in Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, and New York. (KCRA) (LGBT Nation)
  • 2024 United States presidential election
    • U.S. citizens vote in federal, state and local elections, including the presidential election. (CNN) (USA Today)
    • Multiple hoax bomb threats linked to Russian email domains target polling places in U.S. battleground states. (Reuters)
  • 2024 United States Senate elections
    • In New Jersey, Democrat Andy Kim defeats Republican Curtis Bashaw to replace former Senator Bob Menendez, making him the first Korean American to be elected to the Senate. (NBC News)
    • The Republican Party is projected to regain control of the U.S. Senate. (The Guardian)
• 2024 Boeing machinists strike
  • Boeing machinists vote to end the 53-day labor strike, agreeing to a 38% pay increase over four years. (The Seattle Times) (Reuters)
• 2024 Palauan general election
  • Citizens of Palau vote for a President and members of the National Congress. (RNZ)
• 2024 Qatari constitutional referendum
  • Qataris hold a referendum to amend the 2004 constitution, voting to strengthen the emir's political power and to abolish elections for members of the Consultative Assembly. (AP) (QNA)
• Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse
  • Thousands of protesters demonstrate in Novi Sad, Serbia, to protest the deadly collapse of a railway station canopy on Friday, leading to violent confrontations with police and vandalism of the city hall. (Reuters)
• Protests against the firing of Yoav Gallant
  • Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu dismisses defense minister Yoav Gallant following disagreements over the execution of the war in the Gaza Strip which subsequently results in nationwide protests. (The New York Times)

Science and technology

• Fukushima nuclear accident
  • A remote-controlled robot retrieves a piece of melted fuel from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the first time a piece of melted fuel has been retrieved from a nuclear meltdown. (AP)
• Researchers at Kyoto University in Japan launch LignoSat, the world's first wooden satellite constructed without screws or glue, into space. It will orbit Earth for six months. (DW)

November 4, 2024 (2024-11-04) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Attacks on health facilities during the Israel–Hamas war
    • Kamal Adwan Hospital sieges
      • At least twelve Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, including seven at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, North Gaza Governorate. (Al Jazeera)
  • 2024 Israeli secret document leak scandal
    • Israel Police arrest a top aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after opponents accused the aide of leaking allegedly false classified intelligence to prevent a potential Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal. (CNN) (BBC News) (The Times of Israel)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • At least three people are killed in an Israeli attack on residential buildings in Ghazieh and Sidon, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2024 Kursk offensive
    • Ukraine says that its forces have engaged North Korean troops for the first time in Kursk Oblast, Russia. (The Independent)

Arts and culture

• The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet, an unidentified song recorded from a German Norddeutscher Rundfunk station in 1984, is identified as "Subways of Your Mind" by the band FEX. (404 Media)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Almora bus accident
  • At least 36 people are killed and 27 others are injured when a bus plunges into a gorge near Marchula, Uttarakhand, India. (The Indian Express) (ABC News)
• At least ten people are killed in the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Lakilaki in Flores, Indonesia. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• Indonesia–Russia relations
  • The Indonesian Navy and the Russian Navy begin their first ever joint military exercise in the Java Sea. (DW)

Law and crime

• Women's rights in Iran
  • The science and research girl
    • Amnesty International demands the release of Iranian university student Ahoo Daryaei, who was arrested after stripping to her underwear and marching through the Islamic Azad University campus in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday. (Sky News)
• Four teenagers are injured, two critically, in a fight involving an axe on a RER train at the Ozoir-la-Ferrière station in Seine-et-Marne, France. The main suspect is later arrested at his home. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse
  • Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Goran Vesić resigns and accepts responsibility for the deadly canopy collapse at the Novi Sad railway station on Friday. (DW)

November 3, 2024 (2024-11-03) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Siege of North Gaza
      • More than 50 children are killed in Israeli airstrikes in Jabalia in northern Gaza in the past two days. (Al Jazeera)
    • At least 31 people are killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, primarily in northern Gaza, according to Palestinian medics. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Pokrovsk offensive
      • The Russian Ministry of Defense and Ukrainian military news site DeepStateUA report that Russia has captured the settlement of Vyshneve in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, with Russian troops advancing towards Hryhorivka to the west. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes
    • Dozens of people are killed in a series of Israeli airstrikes on over two dozen settlements in the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
  • Three people are killed and nine others are injured in Israeli airstrikes in Sidon, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
• Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
  • At least eleven people are injured in a grenade explosion caused by an unknown militant group in a flea market in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (Reuters)
  • Three rebels are killed and four security personnel are injured during two separate shootouts in Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (AP)
• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
  • Two police officers are injured in a stabbing attack by Naxalite insurgents in Sukma, Chhattisgarh, India, with their weapons being stolen. (Indian Express)
• Somali Civil War
  • Three people are killed and several others are injured when Al-Shabaab fires several mortar shells into the Halane base camp in Mogadishu, Somalia. (The Eastleigh Voice) (Horseed Media)

Disasters and accidents

• Fourteen people are killed and 34 others are injured in a lightning strike at the Palabek Refugee Settlement in Lamwo District, Uganda. (AP)
• A truck plunges into a ravine in Morona-Santiago Province, Ecuador, killing ten people. A 3-year-old girl is the sole survivor of the crash, according to police. (AP)

Health and environment

• Air pollution in Lahore
  • The air pollution in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, reaches a record-high air quality index score of 1,900, with the Punjab government ordering a mandatory closure of all primary schools for one week, blaming stubble burning for the poor air quality. (BBC News) (Geo News) (NDTV)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Moldovan presidential election
  • Moldovans vote for a President in the second round of the presidential election. (The Guardian)
  • Incumbent President Maia Sandu wins reelection, defeating former Prosecutor General Alexandr Stoianoglo amid allegations of Russian interference. (Euronews) (Reuters)
• Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse
  • Hundreds of activists engage in demonstrations in Belgrade, Serbia, to protest state corruption and negligence by Serbian officials which lead to the deadly collapse of a canopy at the Novi Sad railway station on Friday. (Reuters)
• 2024 Spain floods
  • Protestors pelt the King and Queen of Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, and Valencian President Carlos Mazón with objects and mud and boo them as "murderers" during their visit to Paiporta, Valencia. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is evacuated from the area after being hit with a shovel. (Levante) (AP) (BBC News)

Sports

• 2024 Japan Series
  • In baseball, the Yokohama DeNA BayStars defeat the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to win the Japan Series in six games, capturing their third championship and their first since 1998. (NHK)
• 2024 New York City Marathon
  • Somali-Dutch distance runner Abdi Nageeye wins the 53rd New York City Marathon men's race with a time of 2:07:39. Kenyan distance runner Sheila Chepkirui wins the women's race with a time of 2:24:35. (The New York Times)

November 2, 2024 (2024-11-02) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • 2024 Gaza Strip polio epidemic
      • Six people are injured, including two children, in an Israeli strike on a polio vaccination centre in northern Gaza as the World Health Organization vaccination campaign resumes with its second phase. (Al Jazeera)
• Safety of journalists
  • UNESCO reports that the killings of journalists worldwide increased by 38% in 2022–2023, compared to the two previous years, equating to one journalist killed every four days. (DW)
• Somali Civil War
  • At least two people are killed and several others are injured in fights between two Somali security factions in Hodan District, Mogadishu, Somalia. (Caasimadda Online) (Hiiraan Online)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 European floods
  • 2024 Spain floods
    • The death toll from the flooding in Spain, primarily in the Valencian Community, increases to 214, with dozens still missing. The Spanish government deploys an additional 5,000 soldiers and 5,000 police officers, making this the country's largest deployment of army and security personnel in peacetime. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
• Four people are killed and 17 others are injured when a truck crashes into several stopped vehicles on Interstate 96 near Webberville, Michigan, United States. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Bolivia protests
  • The government of Bolivia accuses supporters of former President Evo Morales of detaining and holding more than 200 soldiers hostage during protests against the sitting Luis Arce government. (El Diario) (DW)
• 2024 Conservative Party leadership election
  • Kemi Badenoch is elected leader of the United Kingdom's Conservative Party, following the resignation of Rishi Sunak. (The Guardian)
• 2024 Mozambican general election
  • The death toll from police gunfire during crackdowns on protests of the October 9 election increases to eleven. (Al Jazeera)

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