November November 2 – 2004 United States presidential election: George W. Bush is re-elected President of the United States, defeating his Democratic challenger John Kerry. November 7 – The Second Battle of Fallujah starts. November 13 – The European Space Agency probe SMART-1 arrives at the Moon, becoming the first European satellite to fly to the Moon and orbit it. November 16 – NASA's hypersonic Scramjet breaks a record by reaching a velocity of about 7,000 mph (Mach 9.6) in an unpiloted experimental flight. November 21 – Nintendo releases the Nintendo DS, the best-selling handheld game console, in North America. November 22 – The Orange Revolution begins, following a disputed presidential election in Ukraine where Viktor Yanukovych won against Viktor Yushchenko amid accusations of electoral fraud. A revote results in Yushchenko being declared the winner. November 26 – The last known Po'ouli dies in captivity at the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Maui, Hawaii. November 30 – A McDonnell Douglas MD-82, operating as Lion Air Flight 538, overran the runway and crashed on a cemetery near Adisumarmo Airport, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, killing 25 people.
November November 2 – 2004 United States presidential election: George W. Bush is re-elected President of the United States, defeating his Democratic challenger John Kerry. November 7 – The Second Battle of Fallujah starts. November 13 – The European Space Agency probe SMART-1 arrives at the Moon, becoming the first European satellite to fly to the Moon and orbit it. November 16 – NASA's hypersonic Scramjet breaks a record by .reaching a velocity of about 7,000 mph (Mach 9.6) in an unpiloted experimental flight. November 21 – Nintendo releases the Nintendo DS, the best-selling handheld game console, in North America. November 22 – The Orange Revolution begins, following a disputed presidential election in Ukraine where Viktor Yanukovych won against Viktor Yushchenko amid accusations of electoral fraud. A revote results in Yushchenko being declared the winner. November 26 – The last known Po'ouli dies in captivity at the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Maui, Hawaii November 30 – A McDonnell Douglas MD-82, operating as Lion Air Flight 538, overran the runway and crashed on a cemetery near Adisumarmo Airport, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, killing 25 people.