On November 5
On November 5, the Human Saga records one pivotal event: Donald Trump wins the 2024 US presidential election (2024).
On this day
Donald Trump defeated Vice-President Kamala Harris to win a second, non-consecutive term as US president, becoming the 47th president-elect alongside Republican gains in Congress.
Also this week in history (Nov 2 – Nov 8)
On 2 November 1834 the ship Atlas reached Mauritius from Calcutta carrying thirty-six Indian labourers, the pioneer cohort of what became the modern indentured labour system.
On 3 November 1839 the young Sultan Abdülmecid I proclaimed the Hatt-i Sharif of Gülhane (the Noble Edict of the Rose Garden), opening the Tanzimat or 'Reorganisation' era of the Ottoman Empire.
On 2 November 1917 British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour sent a letter to Lord Walter Rothschild, for transmission to the Zionist Federation, stating that the British government viewed 'with favour the establishment in Palestine of a…
On 2 November 1920, Westinghouse station KDKA in Pittsburgh transmitted returns from the Harding-Cox presidential election, an event widely cited as the first scheduled broadcast by a licensed commercial radio station.
On 2 November 1936 the British Broadcasting Corporation began the world's first regular, public, high-definition television service from studios at Alexandra Palace in north London.
On 8 November 2016 Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in the United States presidential election, winning the Electoral College 304 to 227 despite losing the national popular vote by about 2.8 million ballots.
On 8 November 1620, outside Prague, a Catholic imperial and Catholic League army under Count Tilly and Bucquoy routed the Protestant forces of Frederick V of the Palatinate in barely an hour at the Battle of White Mountain.