What happened on November 21?

133 sourced historical events are currently published for November 21. Browse the chronology below or filter this date by place and event type. This collection is expanding, not an exhaustive account of the day.

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The published November 21 chronology runs from 235 to 2024, a span of 1,789 years. It contains 133 sourced records across 40 countries and 8 event categories. These figures describe the current collection, not all events that occurred on this date.

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  • War & conflict · 42 records
  • Politics & society · 40 records
  • Sport · 17 records
  • Disasters · 12 records

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  • United States · 25 records
  • China · 7 records
  • Canada · 6 records
  • People's Republic of China · 6 records
  • Australia · 4 records

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November 21 historical events

235 — Pope Anterus succeeds Pontian as the nineteenth pope

Pope Anterus (Latin: Anterus, Classical Greek: Ανθηρός, romanized: Antheros) was the bishop of Rome from 21 November 235 until his death on 3 January 236.

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1402 — Battle of Tripolje

The Battle of Tripolje (Serbian Cyrillic: битка код Трипоља/бој на Трипољу), also known as the Battle of Gračanica (Грачаничка битка), was fought in November 1402 between the Serbian Despotate, ruled by the Lazarević dynasty, and the Branković family, aided by the Ottoman Empire. Following the Ottoman defeat at Ankara in 1402, Serbian ruler Stefan Lazarević saw an opportunity to free himself of Ottoman overlordship. Awarded the high honorary title of despot by Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos, Lazarević began to wield increasing autonomy in his political decision making. Following a quarrel said to have arisen because of his nephew Đurađ Branković's intent to join forces with the new Ottoman sultan, Lazarević had Branković imprisoned. Freed by a friend, Branković joined the Ottoman ranks and was set to fight Lazarević. Buoyed by Ottoman reinforcements, Branković set up in Kosovo, along the route through which Lazarević would return from the Adriatic coast to the Serbian interior. The two sides clashed at the field of Tripolje (near Gračanica) on 21 November 1402.

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1618 — Siege of Pilsen

The Siege of Pilsen, 19 September to 21 November 1618, was the first significant action of the Thirty Years' War. Following the Bohemian Revolt, a Bohemian army under Ernst von Mansfeld captured Plzeň.

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1641 — Siege of Drogheda (1641)

The siege of Drogheda took place from 21 November 1641 to February 1642 during the Irish Rebellion of 1641. A Catholic force under Féilim Ó Néill laid siege to the town but failed to wrest the garrison from the Royalists. During the siege, the Irish rebels made three attempts to break into and capture the town. All three attempts failed and the town was ultimately relieved by English forces.

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1708 — Battle of Koniecpol

The Battle of Koniecpol was an encounter in November 1708 during the Great Northern War.

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1759 — The blockade of the Vilaine begins after Quiberon Bay

The blockade of the Vilaine followed the Battle of Quiberon Bay on 20 November 1759. French ships took refuge in the Vilaine estuary on the coast of Brittany, France, and were watched by British forces. The blockade lasted from 21 November 1759 to 25 April 1762.

November 21 records the blockade’s start. November 20 is the preceding Battle of Quiberon Bay.

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1783 — Two balloonists make the first untethered hot-air balloon flight

Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d’Arlandes crossed part of Paris in a hot-air balloon built by the Montgolfier brothers.

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1789 — North Carolina ratifies the U.S. Constitution

North Carolina ratified the U.S. Constitution on 21 November 1789, becoming the twelfth state to do so.

This records ratification of the Constitution.

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1812 — Battle of Borisov

The Battle of Borisov, a meeting engagement that took place on 21 November 1812, between parts of the French army and parts of the Russian armies. The Russian vanguard under Charles de Lambert eliminated the Franco-Polish force under Dombrowsky.

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1831 — San Sabá fight (1831)

The San Sabá fight was an armed encounter between a heavily outnumbered group of American prospectors led by James Bowie and a band of Tawakoni, Waco and Caddo Indians, which took place on the San Saba River in Mexican Texas, on November 21, 1831.

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1836 — Battle of Constantine

The aim of the 1836 Battle of Constantine to conquer the Algerian city of Constantine involved an attack that was a French failure. It was a part of the siege of Constantine.

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1836 — Battle of Wahoo Swamp

The Battle of Wahoo Swamp was an extended military engagement of the Second Seminole War fought in November 1836 in the Wahoo Swamp, approximately 50 miles northeast of Fort Brooke in Tampa and 35 miles south of Fort King in Ocala in modern Sumter County, Florida.

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1856 — Battle of Port Gamble

The Battle of Port Gamble was an isolated engagement between the United States and the Tlingit on 21 November 1856. It occurred during, but was not a part of, the Yakima War. Though a minor incident, it is historically notable for the first U.S. Navy battle death in the Pacific Ocean.

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1863 — Battle of Rangiriri

The Battle of Rangiriri was a major engagement in the invasion of Waikato, which took place on 20–21 November 1863 during the New Zealand Wars. More than 1400 British troops defeated about 500 warriors of the Kingitanga (Māori King Movement), which was resisting the expansion of British settlement and colonial rule in the North Island.

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1867 — The Qing court appoints Anson Burlingame as its envoy

The Qing court appointed Anson Burlingame, the outgoing United States minister in Beijing, to represent China before countries with which it had treaties. His mission later visited the United States and Europe.

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1870 — Battle of Bretoncelles

The Battle of Bretoncelles was an event in the Franco-Prussian War. It occurred on 21 November 1870, in Bretoncelles, Orne, France. This engagement ended with the defeat of the French army, when the Prussian army under the command of Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin forced the French to retreat. The Battle of Bretoncelles was one of the most important battles in the advance of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg in late 1870.

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1878 — Battle of Ali Masjid

The Battle of Ali Masjid, which took place on 21 November 1878, was the opening battle in the Second Anglo-Afghan War between the British forces, under Lieutenant-General Sir Samuel James Browne, and the Afghan forces, under Ghulam Haider Khan. The perceived offence of an Afghan general's refusal to allow a British envoy entrance to the country was used as an excuse to attack the fortress of Ali Masjid, as the opening battle in the war. Despite numerous setbacks, including half the troops getting lost or delayed and missing the battle entirely, the British were lucky that the Afghans abandoned their position overnight.

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1878 — Second Anglo-Afghan War

The Second Anglo-Afghan War was a military conflict fought between the British Raj and the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1878 to 1880, when the latter was ruled by Sher Ali Khan of the Barakzai dynasty, the son of former Emir Dost Mohammad Khan. The war was part of the Great Game between the British and Russian empires.

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1894 — Battle of Lüshunkou

The Battle of Lüshunkou (Chinese: 旅順口之戰; Japanese: Ryojunkō-no-tatakai (旅順口の戦い)) was a land battle of the First Sino-Japanese War. It took place on 21 November 1894, in Lüshunkou, Manchuria (later called Port Arthur, in present-day Liaoning Province, China) between the forces of the Empire of Japan and the Qing dynasty. It is sometimes referred to archaically in western sources as the Battle of Port Arthur (that name is now primarily used for the opening battle of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904).

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1894 — Port Arthur massacre (China)

The Port Arthur massacre (Chinese: 旅順大屠殺) took place during the First Sino-Japanese War from 21 November 1894 for three days, in the Chinese coastal city of Port Arthur (now Lüshunkou District of Dalian, Liaoning), when advance elements of the First Division of the Japanese Second Army under the command of General Yamaji Motoharu (1841–1897) killed somewhere between 2,600 civilians and 20,000 people including Chinese soldiers, although one eyewitness reporter estimated a total death toll of 60,000, including civilians, soldiers, and residents of the outlying rural district.

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1902 — The Philadelphia Athletics win an early professional football night game

The Philadelphia Athletics defeated Elmira's Kanaweola Athletic Club 39–0 on a lighted field in Elmira, New York. The Pro Football Hall of Fame lists it as the first professional football night game.

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1905 — Einstein publishes a paper on the relationship between mass and energy

Annalen der Physik published Albert Einstein’s paper arguing that a body’s mass changes when it emits energy. The result became associated with the equation E = mc².

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1912 — Battle of Kaliakra (1912)

The Battle of Kaliakra, usually known as the Attack of the Drazki (Bulgarian: Атаката на Дръзки) in Bulgaria, was a maritime action between four Bulgarian torpedo boats and the Ottoman cruiser Hamidiye in the Black Sea. It took place on 21 November 1912 at 32 miles off Bulgaria's primary port of Varna. During the course of the First Balkan War, the Ottoman Empire's supplies were dangerously limited after the battles in Kirk Kilisse and Lule Burgas and the sea route from the Romanian port Constanţa to Istanbul became vital for the Ottomans.

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1914 — Bergmann Offensive

The Bergmann Offensive (Turkish: Bergmann Taaruzu; in Turkish literature Köprüköy ve Azap Muharebeleri, "Battles of Köprüköy and Azap"; in Russian literature Кёприкейская операция—"Köprüköy operation") was the first engagement of the Caucasus campaign. The first battle after the Russians took Bayazıt during World War I. General Georgy Bergmann, commander of the 1st Caucasus Army Corps, took the initiative against the Ottoman Empire.

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1918 — Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918

The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 47) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It gave women over 21 the right to stand for election as a Member of Parliament. At 41 words, it is the shortest UK statute.

The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 is passed, allowing women to stand for Parliament in the UK.

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1918 — Estonia’s Provisional Government approves the blue, black and white flag

Estonia’s Provisional Government approved the blue, black and white tricolor as the state flag. Parliament passed a State Flag Act in 1922.

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1919 — Battle of Jelgava (1919)

The Battle of Jelgava was an operation of the Latvian Army from 15 to 21 November 1919 during the Latvian War of Independence against the Western Russian Volunteer army. Throughout the summer and autumn months the city of Jelgava was the headquarters of the paramilitary German-Russian forces under Colonel Prince Bermondt-Avalov.

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1920 — Gaelic football

Gaelic football (Irish: peil Ghaelach; short name peil), commonly known in Ireland as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kicking or palming the ball into the other team's goal (3 points) or between two upright posts above the goal and over a crossbar 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) above the ground (1 point).

Irish War of Independence: On "Bloody Sunday" in Dublin, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) assassinated a group of British Intelligence agents, and British forces killed 14 civilians at a Gaelic football match at Croke Park.

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1920 — Battle of Giedraičiai

The Battle of Giedraičiai (Lithuanian: Giedraičių mūšis) was fought on November 17–21, 1920, between the Lithuanian Army and a part of the Polish Army led by Lucjan Żeligowski, which called itself the Army of Central Lithuania.

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1920 — Bloody Sunday in Dublin

Bloody Sunday took place in Dublin on 21 November 1920 during the Irish War of Independence. IRA attacks on British personnel in the morning were followed by security forces firing on spectators at a Gaelic football match in Croke Park later that day.

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1922 — Burmese general election, 1922

Legislative Council elections were held in Burma on 21 November 1922, the first in the country's history.

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1922 — 1922 Labour Party leadership election (UK)

The 1922 Labour Party leadership election was the first leadership election for the posts of chairman and leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party. Previously the position had been simply the "Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party". The election took place when the incumbent chairman J. R. Clynes was challenged by the former leader Ramsay MacDonald. MacDonald opposed the way Clynes led the party.

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1922 — Rebecca Latimer Felton takes the U.S. Senate oath

Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia took the oath in the Senate chamber, becoming the first woman sworn in as a U.S. senator. She had been appointed the previous month to fill a vacancy.

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1927 — Columbine Mine massacre

The Columbine Mine massacre occurred in 1927, in the town of Serene, Colorado. In the midst of the 1927–1928 Colorado Coal Strike across the state, workers had been picketing one of the few remaining operating mines, in Serene. A fight broke out between Colorado state militia and a group of striking coal miners, during which the unarmed miners were attacked with firearms.

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1934 — 1934 Calgary municipal election

The 1934 Calgary municipal election was held on November 21, 1934 to elect six Aldermen to sit on Calgary City Council. Along with positions on Calgary City Council, a Commissioner, three trustees for the Public School Board, and two trustees for the Separate School Board. Nominations closed on November 5, 1934. Calgary City Council governed under "Initiative, Referendum and Recall" which is composed of a Mayor, Commissioner and twelve Aldermen all elected to staggered two year terms.

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1941 — Battle of Culqualber

The Battle of Culqualber was fought near Culqualber Pass, Ethiopia, from 6 August to 21 November 1941, between Italian and colonial forces and British Commonwealth forces. Along with the Battle of Gondar, it marked the end of conventional warfare in the East Africa Campaign.

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1943 — Convoy SL 139/MKS 30

Convoys SL 139/MKS 30 were two Allied convoys which ran during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. SL 139 was one of the SL convoys from the South Atlantic to Britain, and MKS 30 one of the MKS convoys between Britain and the Mediterranean. They were sailing together on the Gibraltar homeward route, having made a rendezvous off Gibraltar in November 1943.

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1944 — USS Sealion sinks Kongō and Urakaze in the Taiwan Strait

On 21 November 1944, the U.S. submarine Sealion sank the Japanese battleship Kongō and destroyer Urakaze in the Taiwan Strait during World War II.

The action took place at sea. The ships’ nationalities do not establish a land location.

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1945 — 1945–1946 General Motors strike

From November 21, 1945, to March 13, 1946 (113 days), CIO's United Automobile Workers (UAW), organized "320,000 hourly workers" to form a nationwide strike against General Motors, workers used the tactic of the sit down strike. It was "the longest strike against a major manufacturer" that the UAW had yet seen, and it was also "the longest national GM strike in its history".

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1947 — 1947 Chinese National Assembly election

National Assembly elections were held between 21 and 23 November 1947 in China. They were the first elections under the newly ratified 1947 constitution. Under this constitution, the National Assembly was a constitutional convention and presidential electoral college. A total of 2,961 delegates were elected from across the country.

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1950 — Canoe River train crash

The Canoe River train crash occurred on November 21, 1950, near Valemount in eastern British Columbia, Canada, when a westbound troop train and the eastbound Canadian National Railway (CNR) Continental Limited collided head-on. The collision killed 21 people: 17 Canadian soldiers en route to the Korean War and the two-man locomotive crew of each train. The post-crash investigation found that the order given to the troop train differed from the intended message. Crucial words were missing, causing the troop train to proceed on its way rather than halt on a siding, resulting in the collision.

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1953 — News of the Piltdown fossil forgery is published in Britain

The Times reported that researchers had exposed the Piltdown fossil as a forgery. Tests showed that the remains presented as an early human ancestor had been assembled from different specimens.

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1954 — People's Action Party, an eventual dominative political party in Singapore, was established

The People's Action Party (PAP) is a major conservative political party in Singapore and is the contemporary governing political party represented in the Parliament of Singapore, followed by the opposition Workers' Party (WP). The PAP was established in 1954 as a conventional centre-left party. Following its initial electoral success in 1959, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew sought to reposition the party ideologically toward the centre.

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1955 — Battle of Famagusta

The Battle of Famagusta was a military engagement during the Cyprus Emergency. It involved a battle between British troops and members of EOKA.

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1959 — 1959 Auckland City mayoral election

The 1959 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1959, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including twenty-one city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

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1959 — 1959 Christchurch mayoral election

The 1959 Christchurch mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1959, election were held for the Mayor of Christchurch plus other local government positions. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

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1959 — 1959 Dunedin mayoral election

The 1959 Dunedin mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1959, elections were held for the Mayor of Dunedin plus other local government positions including twelve city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method. Len Wright, the incumbent Mayor, declined to run for a fourth term.

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1961 — "La Ronde" opens in Honolulu, the first revolving restaurant in the United States

La Ronde was a restaurant in Honolulu, Hawaii. Built in 1961 and designed by John Graham, it was the first revolving restaurant in the United States (preceding the "Eye of the Needle" restaurant in Seattle) and the third of its kind (after the Florian Tower and the Cairo Tower) in the world. The restaurant is now closed.

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1962 — Sino-Indian War

The Sino-Indian War, also known as the China–India War or the Indo-China War, was an armed conflict between China and India that took place from October to November 1962. It was a military escalation of the Sino-Indian border dispute. The fighting was concentrated in two locations along the India-China border, the North-East Frontier Agency (NESA), and the Aksai Chin region, which were roughly 1,000 km (620 mi) apart.

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1963 — Japanese general election, 1963

General elections were held in Japan on 21 November 1963. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 283 of the 467 seats. Voter turnout was 71.1%.

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1964 — The Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge opens to traffic

On 21 November 1964, the Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge opened to traffic in New York City, United States. The bridge connected Brooklyn and Staten Island across the Narrows.

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1965 — Battle of Bau

The Battle of Bau, or the Battle of Gunong Tepoi, was an engagement that occurred on 21 November 1965 in the border area of Sarawak in Borneo between British and Indonesian forces. It was part of the wider Indonesian–Malaysian confrontation, that consisted of a series of small-scale engagements involving Indonesia, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, and which took place over the course of 1962–66. The engagement involved an attack by a 16-man advance squad of British Army Gurkhas on a company-sized Indonesian position. The Gurkhas were then supported by the 104 men in the rest of the company which resulted in the last Indonesians withdrawing after having virtually been destroyed.

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1965 — The Australia Cup final between Hakoah and APIA goes to a replay

Sydney Hakoah and APIA Leichhardt drew 1–1 after extra time at Wentworth Park. The teams agreed to replay the Australia Cup final after the penalty shootout failed to separate them before the light faded.

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1969 — The UCLA–SRI ARPANET link is firmly established

On 21 November 1969, the ARPANET link between UCLA and the Stanford Research Institute was firmly established. This followed the first host-to-host communication in October and preceded the completion of the initial four-node network in December.

This is the established UCLA–SRI link, rather than the first October message or the later four-node network.

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1969 — The United States and Japan announce a plan to return Okinawa

After talks in Washington, Richard Nixon and Eisaku Satō issued a joint statement setting out their intention to return Okinawa and other U.S.-administered Ryukyu Islands to Japan in 1972.

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1970 — Australian Senate election, 1970

(Main article: Australian federal election, 1969) Half-senate elections were held in Australia on 21 November 1970. This was the last time a Senate election was held with no accompanying election to the House of Representatives; the two election cycles had been out of synchronisation since 1963. The governing Coalition and the opposition Australian Labor Party won 26 seats each, while the Democratic Labor Party and three independents (two newly elected) held the remaining seats.

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1970 — Operation Ivory Coast

Operation Ivory Coast was a mission conducted by United States Special Operations Forces and other American military elements to rescue U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. It was also the first joint military operation in United States history conducted under the direct control of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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1971 — Battle of Garibpur

The Battle of Garibpur was fought between the Indian forces and Pakistani forces for the control of the village of Garibpur, now in Bangladesh. On 20 November 1971, Indian troops of the 14th Battalion of the Punjab Regiment with 14 supporting PT-76 tanks from the 45 Cavalry moved in to capture the areas around Garibpur in Pakistani territory. The battle started by Pakistani troops counterattacking the next day to recapture Garibpur.

Indian troops, partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas), defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur.

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1972 — Operation Black Lion V

Operation Black Lion V (21 November 1972–22 February 1973) was the final Royal Lao Government offensive of the Laotian Civil War. Launched as a followup to Operation Black Lion and Operation Black Lion III, it too was aimed at regaining control of the Bolovens Plateau, which overlooked the Ho Chi Minh trail.

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1974 — Birmingham pub bombings

The Birmingham pub bombings (also known as the Birmingham bombings) occurred on 21 November 1974, when bombs exploded in two public houses in central Birmingham, England. The explosions killed 21 people and injured 182 others. The Provisional Irish Republican Army have never officially admitted responsibility for the Birmingham pub bombings, but a former senior officer of the organisation confessed to their involvement in 2014, with an admission the Birmingham pub bombings "went against everything we [the Provisional Irish Republican Army] claimed to stand for". Six Irishmen were arrested within hours of the blasts, and in 1975 sentenced to life imprisonment for the bombings.

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1977 — New Zealand announces two national anthems of equal status

A supplement to the New Zealand Gazette announced that God Defend New Zealand would have the same status as God Save the Queen. The notice also gave guidance on when each anthem was appropriate.

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1979 — Belizean general election, 1979

General elections were held in Belize on 21 November 1979. The result was a victory for the ruling People's United Party, which won 13 of the 18 seats. Voter turnout was 89.9%.

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1980 — MGM Grand fire

The MGM Grand fire occurred on November 21, 1980 at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino (now Bally's Las Vegas) in Paradise, Nevada, USA. The fire killed 87 people, most through smoke inhalation. The tragedy remains the worst disaster in Nevada history, and the third-worst hotel fire in modern U.S. history, after the 1946 Winecoff Hotel fire in Atlanta that killed 119 people and the Dupont Plaza Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico fire on December 31, 1986, in which 97 perished.

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1981 — 1981 Millner by-election

A by-election for the seat of Millner in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was held on 21 November 1981. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labor member and Leader of the Opposition Jon Isaacs. Labor candidate and future Leader of the Opposition Terry Smith won the election against CLP candidate John Robinson.

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1981 — Fire destroys homes in Lam Tin

A No. 5 alarm fire swept through the hillside settlements of Lam Tin in Hong Kong. The fire destroyed homes in three villages and left about 7,000 people without shelter.

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1984 — The China Science and Technology Museum holds its groundbreaking ceremony

The China Science and Technology Museum held a groundbreaking ceremony for its first phase near Beijing’s North Third Ring Road. The museum was designed to bring science to the public through exhibitions, experiments and lectures. The first phase opened in 1988.

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1985 — Hong Kong announces plans to replace structurally unsound public housing

Hong Kong’s Housing Department announced plans to demolish 22 public housing blocks with structural defects. Including four blocks already scheduled for demolition at Kwai Fong Estate, the redevelopment programme covered 26 blocks.

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1986 — The evening bell rings again at Hangzhou’s Jingci Temple

A dedication ceremony marked the return of the evening bell at Jingci Temple beside West Lake. Japanese Buddhist supporters had helped fund the replacement bell.

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1987 — 1987 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election

The 1987 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 21, 1987, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Louisiana. Former Republican Secretary of State of Louisiana Paul Hardy defeated incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Robert Louis Freeman Sr. in the Runoff election, thereby becoming the first Republican to have been elected lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana since Reconstruction.

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1987 — An Ariane rocket launches Germany's TV-SAT 1 satellite

An Ariane 2 rocket launched Germany's direct-broadcast satellite TV-SAT 1 from Kourou. A solar panel later failed to deploy, preventing the satellite from providing television broadcasts.

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1988 — Canadian federal election, 1988

The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 34th Parliament of Canada. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Incumbent Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, had signed the agreement. The Liberal Party, led by John Turner, was opposed to the agreement, as was the New Democratic Party led by Ed Broadbent. The Conservatives went into the election suffering from a number of scandals. Despite winning a large majority only four years before, they looked vulnerable at the outset.

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1989 — Aeroflot Flight 37577 crashes near Sovetsky Airport

On 21 November 1989, Aeroflot Flight 37577, an Antonov An-24B registered CCCP-46335, struck trees and crashed while approaching Sovetsky Airport in the Soviet Union, at a site now in Russia.

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1990 — Bangkok Airways Flight 125

Bangkok Airways Flight 125 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Bangkok to Koh Samui, Thailand. On 21 November 1990, the de Havilland Canada Dash 8-100 operating the flight was on approach to Samui Airport in bad weather when the pilots decided to go around after not seeing the runway.

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1993 — 1993 Vancouver municipal election

The 1993 Vancouver municipal election was held on November 21, 1993, the same day as other municipalities and regional districts in British Columbia selected their new municipal governments. Voters elected a mayor, 10 city councillors, 7 park board commissioners, and 9 school board trustees through plurality-at-large voting.

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1993 — 1993 Rome municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Rome on 21 November and 5 December 1993 to elect the Mayor of Rome and 60 members of the City Council. For the first time under a new local electoral law, enacted on 25 March 1993, citizens could vote to directly elect the Mayor.

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1994 — Airstrike on Udbina Air Base

On 21 November 1994, NATO aircraft taking part of Operation Deny Flight carried out an airstrike on the airbase of Udbina, Croatia, then part of the self-proclaimed Serbian Republic of Krajina. The Serbian Army of Krajina, through its 105th Aviation Brigade, had been launching air attacks on neighbour Bosnia and Herzegovina from the base in support of allied Serbian forces there, especially during the siege of Bihać.

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1995 — Dayton Agreement

The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Agreement or the Dayton Accords (Serbo-Croatian: Dejtonski mirovni sporazum / Дејтонски мировни споразум), and colloquially known as the Dayton (Serbo-Croatian: Dejton / Дејтон), is the peace agreement ending the three-and-a-half-year-long Bosnian War, an armed conflict part of the larger Yugoslav Wars. It was signed on 21 November 1995 in Dayton, Ohio, United States, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. It was re-signed ceremonially in Paris, France, on 14 December 1995.

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1996 — Humberto Vidal explosion

The Humberto Vidal explosion was a propane gas explosion in Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, on 21 November 1996. It killed 33 people and injured 69 others.

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1996 — Death of Liu Pang-yu

Liu Pang-yu (Chinese: 劉邦友; pinyin: Liú Bāngyǒu, 30 November 1942 – 21 November 1996) was a Taiwanese politician. He served as the Magistrate of Taoyuan County from 1989 until his death in 1996. Taoyuan County is now Taoyuan City, and the office of the Magistrate is now the office of the Mayor.

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1998 — Finnish satanist Jarno Elg kills a 23-year-old man and performs a ritual-like cutting and eating of body parts in Hyvinkää, Finland

Jarno Sebastian Elg (born 1975) is a Finnish Satanist and murderer. He was sentenced to life in prison for murdering a 23-year-old man in Hyvinkää, Finland on 21 November 1998, eating some of the body parts and instigating others to participate in a Satanistic ritual that included torturing the victim. The case has been described as the most gruesome homicide in Finnish history.

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1999 — Mayhem (1999)

The 1999 Mayhem was the inaugural Mayhem professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW), presented by Electronic Arts (in which the event was named after the EA-published video game of the same name). The event took place on November 21, 1999 from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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1999 — 1999 Scottish Challenge Cup final

The 1999 Scottish Challenge Cup final, also known as the Bell's Challenge Cup final for sponsorship reasons, was a football match between Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Alloa Athletic on 21 November 1999 at Excelsior Stadium in Airdrie. It was the ninth final of the Scottish Challenge Cup since it was first organised in 1990 to celebrate the centenary of the Scottish Football League.

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1999 — MLS Cup 1999

MLS Cup 1999 was the fourth edition of the MLS Cup, the championship match of Major League Soccer (MLS), the top-level soccer league of the United States. It took place on November 21, 1999, at Foxboro Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, and was contested by D.C. United and the Los Angeles Galaxy in a rematch of the inaugural 1996 final that had been played at the same venue.

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1999 — Shenzhou 1 lands after China’s first spacecraft test flight

The Shenzhou 1 return capsule landed in central Inner Mongolia at 3:41 a.m. Beijing time. The uncrewed spacecraft had spent about 21 hours in orbit testing systems for China’s human spaceflight program.

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2002 — Chinese researchers publish the sequence of rice chromosome 4

A team led by researchers in Shanghai published a high-accuracy sequence of chromosome 4 in Asian rice. The results were also announced in Shanghai that day.

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2003 — UFC 45

UFC 45: Revolution was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 21, 2003, at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States, and later released on DVD.

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2004 — China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210

China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210 (CES5210, MU5210) was a flight from Baotou Erliban Airport, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, Shanghai, China with planned stopover in Beijing Capital International Airport, Beijing, China. On November 21, 2004 it crashed into a park shortly after take off, killing all 53 passengers on board and two more people on the ground.

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2005 — 2005 Hezbollah cross-border raid

The 2005 Hezbollah cross-border raid was a failed attempt by Hezbollah to abduct Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers. It was the largest operation of this type mounted prior to the 2006 Lebanon War.

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2008 — Strikeforce: Destruction

Strikeforce: Destruction was a mixed martial arts event held on November 21, 2008. The event was held by Strikeforce and took place at the HP Pavilion at San Jose in San Jose, California. This event aired live and free on HDNet.

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2009 — 2009 Heilongjiang mine explosion

The 2009 Heilongjiang mine explosion (Chinese: 鹤岗新兴煤矿爆炸事故; pinyin: Hègǎng Xīnxīng méikuàng bàozhà shìgù) was a mining accident that occurred on November 21, 2009, near Hegang in the Heilongjiang, northeastern China, which killed 108 people. A further 29 people were hospitalised. The explosion occurred in the Xinxing coal mine shortly before dawn, at 02:30 CST, when 528 people were believed to be in the pit.

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2009 — Battle of Los Angeles (2009)

Battle of Los Angeles (2009) was the fifth Battle of Los Angeles professional wrestling tournament produced by Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). It was a two-night event which took place on November 20 and November 21, 2009 at the American Legion Post No. 308 in Reseda, Los Angeles, California.

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2009 — UFC 106

UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on November 21, 2009, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.

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2009 — A gas explosion kills 108 people at Hegang’s Xinxing coal mine

A gas explosion struck the Xinxing coal mine in Hegang, Heilongjiang, killing 108 people. The official investigation found that a coal and gas outburst had preceded the explosion.

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2010 — Survivor Series (2010)

Survivor Series (2010) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and presented by WowWee's Paper Jamz, that took place on November 21, 2010, at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. It was the 24th annual Survivor Series event and eight matches took place. The Survivor Series chronology was originally set to end with the 2009 event when during a press conference held on February 11, 2010, WWE chairman, Vince McMahon announced that WWE would drop the Survivor Series name and rebrand the event.

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2010 — Burkinabé presidential election, 2010

Presidential elections were held in Burkina Faso on 21 November 2010. Incumbent president Blaise Compaoré was re-elected with 80% of the vote. The elections were marred by claims of widespread fraud.

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2010 — MLS Cup 2010

MLS Cup 2010 was the 15th edition of the MLS Cup, the championship match of Major League Soccer (MLS), the top-flight soccer league in the United States and Canada. The match took place on November 21, 2010, at BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario, the first Canadian city to host the league's championship. It was contested by the Colorado Rapids and FC Dallas, both from the Western Conference, to determine the champion of the 2010 season.

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2010 — 2010 Polish local elections

The 2010 Polish local elections were held in two parts, with its first round on 21 November and the second on 5 December. The first round included elections of deputies to provincial voivodeship sejmiks, as well for gmina and powiat councilors. The second round of elections were marked for mayors, borough leaders, and other positions decided by runoff elections.

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2011 — Marshallese general election, 2011

A general election was held in the Marshall Islands on 21 November 2011. The general election is held every four years. An estimated 36,000 Marshallese voted in the election. Final results were not known until after 5 December 2011, when overseas ballots were due. Unofficial results indicate the incumbent president may have the same one-vote majority in parliament he had before the election. Health minister Amenta Matthew and former foreign minister Gerald Zackios lost reelection due to postal ballots. A tie in the race for the Ujae Atoll seat was only broken after a recount.

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2012 — 2012 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election

Election of the President of the Senate of the Czech Republic was held on 21 November 2012. Milan Štěch was reelected for his second term.

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2012 — 2012 Tel Aviv bus bombing

The 2012 Tel Aviv bus bombing was a mass-injury terror attack carried out on November 21, 2012, on a crowded passenger bus driving in the center of Tel Aviv's business district. The attack was carried out by an Israeli citizen of Arab descent, who remotely detonated an explosive device, which he had hid on the bus in advance.

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2012 — Ceasefire takes effect in the 2012 Gaza War

An Egyptian-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas authorities in Gaza took effect at 9 p.m. on November 21, 2012. It ended eight days of hostilities in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel. The conflict had begun on November 14.

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2013 — TNA Turning Point (2013)

The 2013 Turning Point (also known as Impact Wrestling: Turning Point) was the tenth Turning Point professional wrestling event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It took place on November 21, 2013 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. Unlike the previous events, this event was not aired on pay-per-view (PPV); instead, like Destination X, Hardcore Justice and No Surrender, it was featured as a special edition of TNA's weekly broadcast of Impact Wrestling.

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2013 — A supermarket roof collapses in Riga, killing 54 people

The roof of a Maxima supermarket collapsed in Riga’s Zolitūde neighborhood. The Latvian Parliament investigated the disaster.

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2014 — Islamic State forces attack government positions in Ramadi

On November 21, 2014, Islamic State fighters attacked Iraqi government positions in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province. The offensive struck the city centre and outlying areas. Fighting for the city continued into 2015.

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2015 — WSOF Global Championship 1: China

World Series of Fighting Global Championship 1: China was a mixed martial arts event held November 21, 2015 in Haikou, China.

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2015 — 2015 Louisiana gubernatorial election

The 2015 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on November 21, 2015, to elect the governor of Louisiana. Incumbent Republican governor Bobby Jindal was not eligible to run for re-election to a third term because of term limits established by the Louisiana Constitution. Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates appeared on the same ballot, regardless of party and voters may vote for any candidate regardless of their party affiliation.

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2015 — 2015 Kazakhstan Cup final

The 2015 Kazakhstan Cup final was the 24th final of the Kazakhstan Cup. The match was contested by Astana and Kairat at Astana Arena in Astana. The match was played on 21 November 2015 and was the final match of the competition.

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2015 — 2015 Kogi State gubernatorial election

The 2015 Kogi State Gubernatorial election was held on 21 November 2015 to elect a governor for Kogi State. The last Kogi state gubernatorial election was held in 2011. The incumbent governor, Captain Idris Wada, ran for re-election against the former governor, Prince Abubakar Audu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress. Kogi State has a different governorship election calendar from other states of the Nigerian Federation.

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2015 — 2015 Brussels lockdown

From 21 to 25 November 2015, the government of Belgium imposed a security lockdown on Brussels, including the closure of shops, schools, public transportation, due to information about potential terrorist attacks in the wake of the series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on 13 November. One of the perpetrators of the attack, Belgian-born French national Salah Abdeslam, was thought to be hiding in the city.

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2015 — 2015 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election

The 2015 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election took place on October 24, 2015, to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, with a runoff election held on November 21, 2015. Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne did not run for re-election to a second full term in office. He instead ran for governor.

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2015 — 2015 Louisiana Attorney General election

The 2015 Louisiana Attorney General election took place on October 24, 2015, to elect the Attorney General of the U.S. state of Louisiana, with a runoff election, held on November 21, 2015. Incumbent Buddy Caldwell, a former Democrat who joined the Republican Party in February 2011, sought re-election to a third term in office, but was defeated by fellow Republican Jeff Landry.

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2017 — 2017 FFA Cup final

The 2017 FFA Cup final was the fourth final of the FFA Cup (now known as the Australia Cup), the premier soccer knockout cup competition in Australia. The match was held at Allianz Stadium, as determined by Football Federation Australia (FFA), making it the first FFA Cup Final hosted in Sydney. Melbourne City were the defending champions, however they were defeated 2–0 by Sydney FC in the quarter-finals.

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2017 — The 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état was a bloodless military coup that took place in Zimbabwe on 14 to 21 November 2017, when Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe was removed as president and party leader of ZANU–PF and was replaced by Emmerson Mnangagwa

The 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état was a bloodless military coup that took place in Zimbabwe on 14 to 21 November 2017, when Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe was removed as president and party leader of ZANU–PF and was replaced by Emmerson Mnangagwa. On the evening of 14 November 2017, elements of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) gathered around Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, and seized control of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation and key areas of the city.

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2017 — Long March 6 makes its first commercial launch

A Long March 6 rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi, carrying three Jilin-1 video imaging satellites into orbit. It was the rocket’s first commercial mission and its second flight overall.

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2019 — Israel's attorney general announces a decision to indict Benjamin Netanyahu

On November 21, 2019, Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced his decision to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in three corruption cases. The announcement outlined alleged bribery and breach of trust. The formal filing and the start of Netanyahu's trial came later; the November event was the announcement of the decision.

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2020 — 2020 Leinster Senior Football Championship final

The 2020 Leinster Senior Football Championship final was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 21 November 2020. It was contested by Dublin and Meath. Dublin won a tenth consecutive title.

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2020 — UFC 255

UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on November 21, 2020 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.

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2020 — 2019 Algerian Super Cup

The 2019 Algerian Super Cup was the 13rd edition of the Algerian Super Cup, a football match contested by the winners of the 2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and 2018–19 Algerian Cup competitions. It was known as the Mobilis Supercoupe d'Algérie 2019 due to the start of a sponsorship deal with Mobilis ATM. The match was played on November 21, 2020, at Stade du 5 Juillet in Algiers, between 2018–19 Ligue 1 winners USM Alger and 2018–19 Algerian Cup winners CR Belouizdad.

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2020 — 2020 Georgian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on 31 October and 21 November 2020 to elect the 150 members of Parliament. The ruling Georgian Dream party led by Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia won re-election for a third term in office, making it the first party in Georgian history to do so. The elections also saw a record number of opposition parties elected to parliament.

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2021 — Waukesha Christmas parade attack

On November 21, 2021, Darrell Edward Brooks Jr. drove a sport utility vehicle (SUV) through the annual Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States, killing six people and injuring 62 others. The parade was live-streamed, and other attendees captured the incident on videos later posted to social media. Brooks, who had been reportedly diagnosed with bipolar disorder as a child, had an extensive criminal record, including several charges of sex crimes and domestic violence. He pleaded not guilty to six counts of first-degree intentional homicide and 70 additional charges. He chose to represent himself at his trial, which began on October 3, 2022.

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2021 — 2021 Venezuelan regional elections

Regional and municipal elections were held in Venezuela on 21 November 2021. In the elections, all executive and legislative positions of the 23 federal entities, as well as that of the 335 municipalities of the country, were renewed. The pro-government majority National Assembly repealed the Law of Regularization of State and Municipal Powers which prevented regional and municipal elections taking place simultaneously, allowing to convene joint elections of governors and mayors the same year.

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2021 — Survivor Series (2021)

The 2021 Survivor Series was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE, held for wrestlers from the promotion's main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown. It was the 35th annual Survivor Series and took place on November 21, 2021, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

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2021 — 2021 Canadian Championship final

The 2021 Canadian Championship final was a soccer match played between CF Montréal and Toronto FC at Saputo Stadium on November 21, 2021. The match determined the winner of the 2021 Canadian Championship, Canada's primary men's domestic cup competition. It was the 14th final in the competition's history, although it was played before the 2020 final, which was delayed over a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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2021 — 2021 FAI Women's Cup final

The 2021 FAI Women's Cup final (known as The EVOKE.ie FAI Women's Cup Final for sponsorship reasons) was the final match of the 2021 FAI Women's Cup, the national association football Cup of the Republic of Ireland. The match took place on 21 November 2021 at Tallaght Stadium in Dublin. Wexford Youths and Shelbourne contested the match.

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2021 — 2021 Stockholm International Film Festival

The 32nd Stockholm International Film Festival took place on 10–21 November 2021 in Stockholm, Sweden. Ukrainian crime drama film Rhino won the Bronze Horse, most prestigious award. Kenneth Branagh's Belfast won the Audience Award.

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2021 — 68th Sydney Film Festival

The 68th annual Sydney Film Festival was held from 3 to 21 November 2021. The festival, which traditionally takes place in June, was postponed to August 2021 and eventually rescheduled to be held in November due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film screenings were staged as a "hybrid" of in-person and digital. It marked as the first major festival following the lifting of the lockdown in New South Wales.

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2021 — 2021 Sudanese coup d'état

On 25 October 2021, the Sudanese military, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, took control of the Government of Sudan in a military coup. At least five senior government figures were initially detained. Civilian Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok refused to declare support for the coup and on 25 October called for popular resistance; he was confined to house arrest on 26 October. Internet outages were reported.

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2021 — 2021 Jakarta Film Week

The inaugural edition of Jakarta Film Week was held on 18 to 21 November 2021 by the Tourism and Creative Economy Department of Jakarta as an effort to support the revival of film industry post the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia. The festival was held in-person and virtual around Central Jakarta at the CGV Grand Indonesia, Metropole XXI, and Ashley Hotel, also through streaming service Vidio.

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2022 — 2022 West Java earthquake

On 21 November 2022, at 13:21 WIB (UTC+07:00), a Mww 5.6 earthquake struck near Cianjur in West Java, Indonesia. The strike-slip earthquake occurred with a focal depth of 11 km (6.8 mi). Between 335 and 635 people died, 7,729 were injured and five remain missing. More than 62,628 homes were damaged across 16 districts in Cianjur Regency and the surrounding region.

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2023 — 2023 Utah's 2nd congressional district special election

The 2023 Utah's 2nd congressional district special election was held on November 21, 2023, to choose a new member of the U.S. House of Representatives. The seat became vacant following Republican representative Chris Stewart's resignation on September 15, 2023, due to his wife's ongoing health issues. On June 7, 2023, Utah governor Spencer Cox declared that the special election would be held on November 21, 2023, with the primary being held on September 5, 2023.

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2023 — 2023 Salt Lake City mayoral election

The 2023 Salt Lake City mayoral election took place on November 21, 2023, to elect the mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah. The election was officially nonpartisan. Incumbent mayor Erin Mendenhall won reelection to a second term in office, defeating former mayor Rocky Anderson and filmmaker Michael Valentine. This was the first mayoral election in the city's history to utilize ranked-choice voting, although Mendenhall won a majority of votes in the initial round, so no ranked-choice tabulation was necessary.

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2023 — 2023 United States House of Representatives elections

There were three special elections to the United States House of Representatives in 2023 during the 118th United States Congress.

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2024 — Ngape clashes

The Ngape clashes were a series of military engagements during the 2021 Myanmar civil war that started on 21 November 2024. Frequent clashes were reported in mountainous areas along the Ann-Padan Road on the border between Rakhine State and Magway Region, as local resistance groups attempted to prevent junta reinforcements and supplies from reaching Ann town where the Arakan Army (AA) was besieging the town during the Battle of Ann.

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