November 10

On the night of November 30, 1942, off Tassafaronga Point on Guadalcanal, a small Japanese destroyer force using Type 93 "Long Lance" torpedoes ambushed a U.S. cruiser-destroyer interception group; the clash left one heavy cruiser sunk, several others badly damaged, and lessons about radar, torpedoes, and night tactics painfully reforged.

On November 17, 1939, Nazi authorities in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia closed Czech universities, arrested roughly 1,200 students, executed nine student leaders and deepened a campaign to erase Czech academic life. The crackdown followed the October shooting and November death of student Jan Opletal and the mass funeral on November 15, and it was later commemorated internationally as International Students’ Day.

On the night of November 21, 1950, two trains collided head‑on on the Canadian Pacific Railway main line near Canoe River, British Columbia. The crash—caused by conflicting train orders on a single‑track mountain route—killed about 21 people, injured many more, and helped push Canadian railways toward clearer procedures and wider use of radio communications.