US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly killed 13 and wounded 30 at Fort Hood, Texas in the largest mass shooting ever at a US military installation.

China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1 goes into orbit around the Moon.

Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for the role in the massacre of the 148 Shi'as in 1982.

President of Pakistan Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly of Pakistan.

André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.

Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.

Govan Mbeki is released from custody after serving 24 years of a life sentence for terrorism and treason.

{{USS|Rentz|FFG-46|6}}, {{USS|Reeves|DLG-24|6}} and {{USS|Oldendorf|DD-972|6}} visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China — the first US Naval visit to China since 1949.

Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.

Vietnam War: The United States Military Assistance Command in Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).

United States presidential election, 1968: Republican Richard Nixon wins the American presidency, in what turned out to be a decades-long realignment election.

The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people. The survivors include Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees.

Colombia joins the United Nations.

The Second Battle of El Alamein is won by the British in El Alamein, Egypt.

Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected to a third term as President of the United States.

Adolf Hitler holds a secret meeting and states his plans for acquiring "living space" for the German people.

St. Tikhon of Moscow is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.

October Revolution: In Tallinn, Estonia, Communist leader Jaan Anvelt leads revolutionaries in overthrowing the Provisional Government (As Estonia and Russia are still using the Julian Calendar, subsequent period references show an October 23 date).

The Everett Massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.

The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of November 5th of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.

King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.

After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.

George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.

Women's suffrage: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.

Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to hang. 38 are ultimately executed and the others reprieved.

American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Union Army for the second and final time.

Crimean War: The Battle of Inkerman.

The Federal Republic of Central America begins to disintegrate when Nicaragua separates from the federation.

Nat Turner, American slave leader, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in Virginia.

French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.

Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.

Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.

Coordinated scientific observations of the transit of Mercury are organized by Joseph-Nicolas Delisle.

Glorious Revolution begins: William of Orange lands at Brixham.

Gunpowder Plot: A conspiracy led by Robert Catesby to blow up the English Houses of Parliament is thwarted when Sir Thomas Knyvet, a justice of the peace, finds Guy Fawkes in a cellar below the House of Lords.

The St. Felix's Flood destroys the city of Reimerswaal in the Netherlands.

Publication of the ''Catholicon'' in Tréguier (Brittany). This Breton-French-Latin dictionary was written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc. It is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary.