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November 9 - Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6-3 not to hear a case by the state of Massachusetts, about the constitutionality of a state law granting Massachusetts residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war.
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November 10 - Vietnam War: Vietnamization - For the first time in 5 years, an entire week ends with no reports of United States combat fatalities in Southeast Asia.
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November 12 - Soviet author Andrei Amalrik is sentenced to 3 years for 'anti-Soviet' writings.
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November 13 - Hafez al-Assad comes to power in Syria, following a military coup.
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November 13 - 1970 Bhola cyclone: A 120-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people (considered the 20th century's worst cyclone disaster).
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November 14 - A fatal airplane accident in Wayne County, West Virginia, Southern Airlines Flight 932, claims the lives of all 75 onboard, including 37 players and 5 coaches from the Marshall University football team.
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November 17 - Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai massacre.
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November 18 - U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for US$155 million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government (US$85 million is for military assistance to prevent the overthrow of the government of Premier Lon Nol by the Khmer Rouge and North Vietnam).
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November 18 - The United Nations Security Council demands that no government recognize Rhodesia.
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November 19 - European Economic Community prime ministers meet in Munich.
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