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| ; '''[[Constitution of Thailand|Constitution Day]]''' in Thailand ([[1932]])
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| [[1799]] – France became the first country to '''[[History of the metric system|adopt]]''' the [[metric system]] as its system for weights and measures.
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| [[1868]] – The first '''[[traffic light]]s''' were installed outside the [[Palace of Westminster|Houses of Parliament]] in London, resembling [[railway signal]]s with [[Railway semaphore signal|semaphore]] arms and red and green gas lamps for night use.
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| [[1896]] – [[Alfred Jarry]]'s play '''''[[Ubu Roi]]''''' made its only performance in Paris at the [[Théâtre de l'Œuvre]], infamously causing a riotous response in the audience.
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| [[1909]] – Swedish author '''[[Selma Lagerlöf]]''' became the first woman to be awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]].
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| [[1948]] – The [[United Nations General Assembly]] adopted the '''[[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]''', representing the first global expression of [[human rights|rights]] to which all human beings are inherently entitled.
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| [[1968]] – Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "'''[[300 million yen robbery|{{nowrap|300 million}} yen robbery]]'''", occurred in Tokyo.
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| [[1978]] – Starring [[Christopher Reeve]] in the title role, '''''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]''''', the first big-budget [[Superman in film|''Superman'' film]], premiered in [[Washington, D.C.]]
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| '''[[Melvil Dewey]]''' |b|1851|
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==Eligible==
* [[1508]] – The [[Papal States]], [[Kingdom of France|France]], [[Aragon]] and the [[Holy Roman Empire]] formed the '''[[War of the League of Cambrai|League of Cambrai]]''', an alliance against the [[Republic of Venice]].
* [[1861]] – Militia forces led by '''[[Nguyễn Trung Trực]]''', an anti-colonial leader in southern Vietnam, sank the French [[Lorcha (boat)|lorcha]] ''L'Esperance''.
* [[1884]] – '''''[[Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]''''' by American author [[Mark Twain]] was first published in the United Kingdom and Canada, two months earlier than in the US.
* [[1898]] – The [[Spanish–American War]] ended with the signing of the '''[[Treaty of Paris (1898)|Treaty of Paris]]''', with Spain recognizing the independence of Cuba and ceding Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico to the United States.
* [[1901]] – The first '''[[Nobel Prize]]s''' were awarded, on the anniversary of the 1896 death of their founder, Swedish chemist and industrialist [[Alfred Nobel]].
* [[1911]] – '''[[Calbraith Perry Rodgers]]''' completed the first transcontinental flight across the United States.
* [[1936]] – [[Edward VIII|Edward VIII]], desiring to marry the American socialite [[Wallis Simpson]] against widespread British opposition, '''[[Abdication of Edward VIII|signed the instrument of abdication]]''' to renounce the throne in favour of his brother [[George VI|George VI]].
* [[1942]] – [[Edward Bernard Raczyński|Edward Raczyński]] of the [[Polish government-in-exile]] issued '''[[Raczyński's Note|a note]]''' that was the first official report on [[the Holocaust]].
* [[1983]] – '''[[Raúl Alfonsín]]''' became the first democratically elected [[president of Argentina]] to take office after [[National Reorganization Process|more than seven years of military dictatorship]].
* [[1989]] – At the first open pro-democracy demonstration in Mongolia, journalist '''[[Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj]]''' announced the formation of the [[Democratic Union Coalition (1996–2000)|Mongolian Democratic Union]], which would be instrumental in [[Mongolian Revolution of 1990|ending communist rule four months later]].
* Born/died this day: | '''[[Michael IV the Paphlagonian|Michael IV the Paphlagonian]]''' |d|1041| '''[[Nikephoros III Botaneiates|{{nowrap|Nikephoros III}} Botaneiates]]''' |d|1081| '''[[Stede Bonnet]]''' |d|1718| '''[[María Bibiana Benítez]]''' |b|1783| '''[[Caroline Mehitable Fisher Sawyer]]''' |b|1812| '''[[C. Rajagopalachari|C. Rajagopalachari]]''' |b|1878| '''[[Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis]]''' |b|1891| '''[[Ann Gloag]]''' |b|1942| '''[[Diane Schuur]]''' |b|1953| '''[[Abdullah Yusuf Ali]]''' |d|1953| '''[[Sultan Kösen]]'''|b|1982| '''[[Vladimir Teplyakov]]''' |d|2009| '''[[Ziad Abu Ein]]''' |d|2014

==Notes==
* [[1983 Argentine general election]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 30|October 30]], so Raúl Alfonsín should not appear in the same year
* [[Alfred Nobel]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 27|November 27]], so Nobel Prize should not appear in the same year
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'''[[December 10]]''': '''[[Human Rights Day]]'''; '''[[Nobel Banquet]]''' in Stockholm, Sweden
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* [[1684]] – [[Edmond Halley]] presented the paper '''''[[De motu corporum in gyrum]]''''', containing [[Isaac Newton]]'s derivation of [[Kepler's laws of planetary motion|Kepler's laws]] from his theory of [[gravity]], to the [[Royal Society]].
* [[1768]] – [[Encyclopædia Britannica First Edition|The first edition]] of the '''''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]''''' [[History of the Encyclopædia Britannica|was released]] in Edinburgh.
* [[1907]] – During the '''[[Brown Dog affair]]''', protesters marched through London and then clashed with police officers in [[Trafalgar Square]] over the existence of a memorial ''(pictured)'' for animals that had been [[Vivisection|vivisected]].
* [[1941]] – [[World War II|Second World War]]: [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] torpedo bombers '''[[Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse|sank]]''' the [[Royal Navy]] capital ships {{HMS|Prince of Wales|53|6}} and {{HMS|Repulse|1916|6}} east of [[Peninsular Malaysia|Malaya]].
* [[1979]] – The [[Kuomintang]] dictatorship of Taiwan '''[[Kaohsiung Incident|arrested]]''' a large number of opposition leaders who had organized pro-democracy demonstrations, an incident credited with ending the party's rule in 2000.
{{Born and died list| '''[[Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo]]''' |d|1454| '''[[Isaac Beeckman]]'''|b|1588| '''[[Jasuben Shilpi]]''' |b|1948}}
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