The king brown snake (Pseudechis australis) is a species of highly venomous snake of the family Elapidae, native to northern, western, and Central Australia. Despite its common name, it is a member of the genus Pseudechis (black snakes) and only distantly related to true brown snakes. First described by the English zoologist John Edward Gray in 1842, it is a robust snake up to 3.3 m (11 ft) long. It is variable in appearance, with individuals from northern Australia having tan upperparts, while those from southern Australia are dark brown to blackish. The dorsal scales are two-toned, sometimes giving the snake a patterned appearance. Its underside is cream or white, often with orange splotches. The snake is considered to be a least-concern species. Its venomous bites often produce extensive pain and swelling, and deaths have been recorded, most recently in 1969. Its victims are treated with black-snake (not brown-snake) antivenom. ( Full article...)

Alma John

• ... that after working to desegregate nursing in the US, Alma John (pictured) produced the 1970s television show Black Pride, interviewing prominent figures like Rosa Parks and Ella Fitzgerald?
• ... that Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! is the first boys' love series published in English by Square Enix?
• ... that Saadet İkesus Altan studied music in Berlin, performed as a mezzo-soprano in Germany, and became the first female vocal coach and opera director in Turkey after her return home in 1941?
• ... that in a speech after the 1901 FA Cup Final, General Sir Redvers Buller compared football to the Army by saying that the winning side is usually the one best practised at shooting?
• ... that the World Health Organization's Weekly Epidemiological Record reports on neglected tropical diseases?
• ... that linguistics professor and environmentalist Winfred P. Lehmann donated 160 acres (65 ha) of land in Travis County, Texas, to The Nature Conservancy?
• ... that two of the British Type 42 destroyers from the 1982 Exercise Spring Train would be sunk later that year in the Falklands War?
• ... that the company responsible for the Miss Spider children's series also produced Sex by Madonna?

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

• Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, (both pictured) win the United States presidential election.
• Hurricane Eta makes landfall in Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane, killing more than 200 people.
• In Afghanistan, a shooting at Kabul University's campus leaves 35 people dead and 50 others injured.
• Typhoon Goni makes landfall in the Philippines as a super typhoon, killing at least 26 people.

November 8

Engraving of the Stockholm Bloodbath

• 1520 – Following a successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces under Christian II, scores of Swedish leaders in Stockholm were imprisoned and later executed (depicted) despite Christian's promise of general amnesty.
• 1644 – The Shunzhi Emperor, the third emperor of the Qing dynasty, was enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the Ming dynasty as the first Qing emperor to rule over China.
• 1940 – The Italian invasion of Greece failed as outnumbered Greek units repulsed the Italians at the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.
• 1987 – A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb exploded during a Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, killing 12 people and injuring 63 others.