November 2001

Friday 02:

Monsters, Inc. debuts with the best ticket sales ever for an animated film.

Sunday 04:

2001 - The Police Service of Northern Ireland is established.

Tuesday 06:

David Trimble is re-elected prime minister of Northern Ireland

Wednesday 07:

2001 - The supersonic commercial aircraft Concorde resumes flying after a 15-month break.

Monday 12:

2001 Attack on Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.

Tuesday 13:

War on Terrorism: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against any foreigners suspected of having connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.

Wednesday 14:

Attack on Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters takeover the capital Kabul.

Thursday 15:

The Microsoft Xbox video game console launches in North America, along with the game .

Friday 16:

The first Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, is released, becoming the second highest grossing film around the world of all time.

Sunday 18:

The Nintendo GameCube is released in North America

Tuesday 20:

In Washington, DC, US President George W. Bush dedicates the United States Department of Justice headquarters building as the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building, honoring the late Robert F. Kennedy on what would have been his 76th birthday.

Tuesday 27:

A hydrogen atmosphere was discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.