Based on a US Congress amendment passed on June 1, 1954, this is the first observance of "Veterans Day", replacing the name "Armistice Day" in the United States. President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued a proclamation in October 1954 acknowledging that the United States had been engaged in two wars since Armistice Day was first observed.
A TAM Peru Douglas DC-3 (registration FAP403) on a domestic flight in Peru from Pucallpa Airport in Pucallpa to Limatambo Airport in Lima crashes into an ice wall near Jirishanga at an altitude of 18,000 feet (5,500 meters), killing all 24 people on board. The wreckage is not found until December 4.[9]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rises 3.27 points, or 0.86 percent, closing at an all-time high of 382.74. More significantly, this is the first time the Dow has surpassed its peak level reached just before the Wall Street Crash of 1929.
In Sylacauga, Alabama, USA, a four-kilogram piece of the Hodges Meteorite crashes through the roof of a house and badly bruises a napping woman, in the first documented case of an object from outer space hitting a person.
British cargo ship Tresillian founders in St George's Channel, 44 nautical miles (81 km) off Cork, Ireland with the loss of 24 of her 40 crew. Sixteen survivors are rescued by SS Liparus and transferred to the Irish navy ship Maev and land at Cobh.[14]
^"Floods On East Coast After High Tides". The Times. No. 53088. London. 13 November 1954. col A, p. 6.
^Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN0-475-11200-8.
^"Chinese Nationalist Warship Sunk". The Times. No. 53089. London. 15 November 1954. col D, p. 8.