Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested in Hamburg, Germany, after accusations of attempted arson.
29 November 1549
The papal conclave of 1549–50 following the the death of Pope Paul III begins.
28 November 1942
A fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, Massachusetts kills 492 people.
26 November 1789
President George Washington proclaims a national Thanksgiving Day at the request of Congress.
25 November 1947
The “Hollywood Ten” are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios during the so-called ‘Red Scare’.
22 November 1987
A fictional character, Max Headroom, hijacks two Chicago television stations.