November 1986

Monday 03:

Iran-Contra Affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been selling weapons to Iran in secret in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.

Sunday 09:

Romania: Ellection of Patriarch Teoctist Ar?pa?u/Theoctist

Tuesday 11:

Sperry Rand and Burroughs merge to form Unisys, becoming the second largest computer company.

Friday 21:

Iran-Contra Affair: National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents implicating them in the sale of weapons to Iran and channeling the proceeds to help fund the Contras rebels in Nicaragua.

Saturday 22:

Mike Tyson knocks-out Trevor Berbick in a round 2 fight, becoming the youngest world heavyweight-boxing champion (20 years, 4 months old).

Tuesday 25:

Iran Contra Affair: US Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

Wednesday 26:

The New Yorker publishes Susan Sontag's AIDS short story, "The Way We Live Now"