- October 14
- Stack's auctions the Reed Hawn Collection; the Mickley specimen of the Class I US 1804 Draped Bust dollar sells for $475,000. The Reed Hawn US 1913 Liberty Head 5-cent coin sells for $875,000. [488.60] [525.78] [560.22] [686.18]
- October 23
- In Canada, one person wins a Canadian record (for a single winner) CDN$15 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot. [40.82]
- October 25
- Canadian federal election: Jean Chrétien and his Liberal Party defeat the governing Progressive Conservative Party. [31]
- November 1
- The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union. [1] [31] [37]
- November 3
- In Geneva, Switzerland, David Feldman sells at auction:
- Mauritius 1847 1-penny "Post Office" stamp and 1847 2-pence "Post Office" stamp on an 1848 cover for US$3,829,500, a world record for a philatelic item;
- Mauritius 1847 2-pence "Post Office" stamp for US$1,148,850.
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- November 4
- Jean Chrétien becomes the 20th Prime Minister of Canada. [31]
- November 9
- Bosnian Croat forces destroy the Stari most, or Old Bridge of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, by tank fire. [31]
- Voters of Palau approve establishment of a Compact of Free Association with the USA. [1005.46]
- November 11
- Disney announces plans to build a 150-acre amusement park called Disney's America with a history theme in Piedmont, Virginia. The 3,000 acre, US$650 million development would also include a campground, golf course, 2500 homes, and two million square feet of office/commercial space. [6]
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- November 17
- A teacher and ten children, all from Hagley RC High School near Birmingham, United Kingdom, are killed in a minibus crash on the M40 in Warwickshire. [31]
- US Congress votes for NAFTA. [1]
- November 18
- In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution. [31]
- November 20
- An Avioimpex Yak 42D crashes into Mount Trojani near Ohrid, Macedonia. The aircraft was on a flight from Geneva, Switzerland to Skopje, but had been diverted to Ohrid due to poor weather conditions at the Skopje airport. All eight crew members and 115 of the 116 passengers are killed. [31]
- November 24
- In the United Kingdom, 11-year-olds Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are convicted of the child murder of 2-year-old James Bulger of Liverpool. [31]
- November 28
- The Observer reveals a channel of communications has existed between the Irish Republican Army and the British government, despite the government's persistent denials. [31]
- November 30
- U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) into law. [31]
- December 1
- Northwest Airlink plane crashes in Minnesota, killing 18. [1]
- December 2
- Dow Jones Industrial Average hits record 3702.11. [1]
- Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, head of the Medellín Cartel, is gunned down in Medellín when police try to arrest him. [1] [31]
- NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission (STS-61) to repair an optical flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope. [1] [31]
- December 5
- Astronauts begin repair of Hubble telescope in space. [1]
- Rafael Caldera elected President of Venezuela. [1]
- December 6
- Rouaz Lakhdar, Algerian supreme court justice, murdered. [1]
- December 7
- Henri Konan Bédié names himself President of Ivory Coast. [1]
- Thirty-two member Transitional Executive Committee holds its first meeting in Cape Town, marking the first meeting of an official government body in South Africa with black members. [1] [31]
- December 8
- 30 killed at religious rebellion in Algeria. [1]
- Storm hits West Europe, 11 killed in England. [1]
- December 9
- Ivory Coast Premier Ouattara resigns. [1]
- Muhammad Reza Golpayegani, ayatollah of Iran, dies. [1]
- At Harrah's Reno casino, in Las Vegas, Lola Bailey wins a world record US$955,132 nickel jackpot on a Nevada Nickels state-wide progressive slot machine, using less than 40 nickels. [1006.50]
- December 10
- id Software releases the Doom game for MS-DOS to the public, via the ftp site on the University of Wisconsin's computer system. The game's name was inspired by a scene in the movie The Color of Money. [4]
- December 11
- Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle wins the election for President of Chile with 58 percent of the vote. [1] [31]
- A block of the Highland Towers collapses near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, killing 148. [31]
- December 12
- Ultra-Nationalists make strong gains in Russian elections. [1]
- December 13
- Fire in textile factory in Fuzjou China, 60 killed. [1]
- Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell resigns as head of the Conservative Party to be succeeded by Jean Charest. [31]
- Kazakhstan parliament approves nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and agrees to dismantle more than 100 missiles. [31]
- A U-2 spyplane crashes on a local training flight at Beale Air Force Base in California; US Air Force pilot Captain Richard Schneider is killed. [31]
- December 14
- Muslim fundamentalists murder 12 Kroates/Bosnians in Algeria. [1]
- December 15
- British premier major/Irish premier Reynolds signs Downing Street Declaration concerning Northern Ireland self-determination. [1] [31]
- C-130 flies into a Philippines hill and explodes, 16 killed. [1]
- Uruguay Round of GATT talks reach successful conclusion after seven years. [1] [31]
- Haitian premier Robert Malval resigns. [1]
- Y-12 crashes at Phonesavanh, Laos: 18 killed. [1]
- December 16
- Bentri Seddik, Algerian court judge, murdered at age 46. [1]
- Brazil's Supreme Court rules that former President Fernando Collor de Mello may not hold elected office again until 2000 due to corruption. [31]
- December 17
- Bangladesh Muslims call for murder of feminist Taslima Nasrin. [1]
- December 18
- Omar Bongo is re-elected as President of Gabon in the country's first ever multiparty elections. [31]
- December 19
- Guinee General Lansana re-elected president. [1]
- December 20
- United Nations General Assembly votes unanimously to appoint a United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. [31]
- December 22
- Interim South Africa constitution approved by parliament in a 237-45 vote. [31]
- December 23
- Yugoslavia issues 500-billion dinar paper money notes, setting a world record for most zeros (eleven) printed on a note. [605.160]
- December 26
- Antonov-26 plane crashes at Gyumri, Armenia, 36 killed. [1]
- December 28
- Dutch Antilles government of Yandi Paula forms. [1]
- December 29
- Argentina passes a measure allowing President Carlos Saul Menem and all future presidents to run for a second term. It also shortens presidential terms to four years and removes the requirement for the president to be Roman Catholic. [31]
- December 30
- Israel and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations. [1] [31]
- Congress Party gains a parliamentary majority in India after the defection of ten Janata Dal party lawmakers. [31]
- December 31
- Zviad Gamsachurdia, first President of Georgia SSR (1991-1993), dies of suicide at age 54 (born 1939). [1] [31]
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