Portal:Czech Republic/Selected anniversaries/November
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- 14 November 1960 – The deadliest rail disaster in Czech history takes place in Eastern Bohemia, resulting in 118 deaths
- 14 November 1918 – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (pictured) becomes the first President of Czechoslovakia
- 17 November 1939 – Nazi Germany storms Czech universities, executing nine students and professors, later commemorated as International Students' Day
- 17 November 1989 – The Velvet Revolution starts in Prague, culminating in the end of 41 years of Communist rule in Czechoslovakia
- 24 November 1966 – The deadliest air disaster in Czechoslovakia takes place near Bratislava, killing all 82 on board