The Mother Goose Parade is scheduled to take place in El Cajon, California, with organizers expecting a crowd of 250,000 nursery-rhyme lovers. Belarus votes on referendum on changing constitution to expand presidential powers and extend term in office. Arab League to hold a meeting to organize campaign to raise money for Muslim historic and holy sites in Jerusalem. On the horizon On Monday, November 25, U.S. President Bill Clinton is scheduled to visit Thailand. On Tuesday, November 26, the Independent World Commission on Oceans conference is scheduled to open at Rotterdam's World Trade Center.
Topics are to include ecological measures to protect marine life, and other associated topics.
On Wednesday, November 27, the second ministerial conference on the management of fish stocks in the Mediterranean Sea is to be held in Venice, Italy. On Thursday, November 28, Greece's main GSEE labor confederation is scheduled to stage a one-day strike to protest economic austerity. On this day In 1572, Scottish Protestant reformer John Knox died. In 1642, Abel Tasman discovered Van Diemen's land, named after his captain and later renamed Tasmania. In 1655, Charles XI, King of Sweden who created an absolute monarchy which ruled until 1718, was born.