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Business and economy Toyota extends production cuts in Japan and Thailand due to parts shortages caused by the 2011 Thailand floods. (BBC) Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney is appointed chairman of the Financial Stability Board. (Globe and Mail) Disasters Rescuers are working to save 57 coal miners trapped in Sanmenxia in China's Henan province. (AP via Times of India) A 27-vehicle traffic ...
Business and economy A U.S. district court judge grants class certification to plaintiffs in a lawsuit against banks that helped underwrite securities from NovaStar, once a high-flying subprime lender, now defunct. (Reuters) Fox News apologizes to Hillary Clinton for reporting falsely of 'likely' Clinton indictment. (USA Today) Disasters and accidents The death toll from a boat accident near ...
2006 European blackout. Coordinates: 53°8′55″N 7°22′28″E. The 2006 European blackout was a major blackout which occurred on Saturday, November 4, 2006. More than 15 million clients of the Union for the Co-ordination of Transmission of Electricity (UCTE) did not have access to electricity during about two hours on this date.
November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 58 days remain until the end of the year. Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]
A significant late-season tornado outbreak took place on November 4, 2022, across Northeast Texas, southwestern Arkansas, southeastern Oklahoma, and northwestern Louisiana with multiple large, destructive tornadoes occurring over a span of several hours. Major damage was reported in Sulphur Springs, Powderly, Caviness, Paris, Cason ...
November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 59 days remain until the end of the year. Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]
November 28, 1933 (Tuesday) The largest Van de Graaff generator built, with two 15 foot diameter aluminum spheres, on 25 foot tall columns, was demonstrated at the MIT's Round Hill facility at Cambridge, Massachusetts. Professor Robert J. Van de Graaff wowed the crowd by sending seven million volts of electricity between the two spheres.
