November 21
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November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 40 days remaining.
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Events
- 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Events commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah.
- 235 - Anterus is elected Pope.
- 1272 - Following Henry III of England's death on November 16, his son Prince Edward becomes King of England.
- 1783 - In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, Marquis d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight.
- 1789 - North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.
- 1791 - Colonel Napoléon Bonaparte is promoted to full general and appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of the French Republic.
- 1861 - American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin secretary of war.
- 1877 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.
- 1898 – René Magritte (surrealist artist) was born in Lessines, Belgium.
- 1916 - The HMHS Britannic sinks in the Aegean Sea after an explosion from an unknown object, killing 30 people.
- 1920 - Bloody Sunday during the Anglo-Irish War
- 1922 - Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first woman United States Senator.
- 1927 - Columbine Mine Massacre: Striking coal miners were allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.
- 1934 - Cricket: The MCC alters the lbw rule so a batsman can be lbw to a ball pitching outside off stump. The change is later blamed for many problems developing during the 1950s - primarily negative bowling outside leg stump to a field of short-leg fieldsmen.
- 1941 - The radio program King Biscuit Time is broadcast for the first time (it would later become the longest running daily radio broadcast in history and the most famous live blues radio program).
- 1942 - The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (the highway was not usable by general vehicles until 1943, however).
- 1953 - Authorities at the British Natural History Museum announce that the "Piltdown Man" skull, held to be one of the most famous fossil skulls in the world, was a hoax.
- 1962 - The Chinese People's Liberation Army declared a unilateral cease-fire in the Sino-Indian War.
- 1964 - The Verrazano Narrows Bridge opens to traffic (at the time it was the world's longest suspension bridge).
- 1964 - Second Vatican Council: The third session of the Roman Catholic Church's ecumenical council closes.
- 1967 - Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing."
- 1969 - The first ARPANET link is established.
- 1969 - US President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Sato agree in Washington, DC on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. Under terms of the agreement, the US is to retain its rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free.
- 1970 - Vietnam War: Operation Ivory Coast - A joint Air Force and Army team raids the Son Tay prison camp in an attempt to free American POWs thought to be held there (there were zero Americans killed, but the prisoners had already moved to another camp; All US POWs were moved to a handful of central prison complexes as a result of this raid).
- 1971 - Indian troops partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas) defeated the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur.
- 1974 - The Birmingham Pub Bombings by the IRA killed 21 people. The Birmingham Six were sentenced to life in prison for this and subsequently acquitted.
- 1974 - George W. Bush is discharged from the US Air Force Reserve.
- 1977 - Minister of Internal Affairs Hon D A Highet announced that 'the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem 'God Save The Queen' and the poem 'God Defend New Zealand', written by Thomas Bracken, as set to music by John Joseph Woods, both being of equal status as national anthems appropriate to the occasion'.
- 1979 - The United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan is attacked by a mob and set alight, killing four. (see: Foreign relations of Pakistan)
- 1980 - A deadly fire breaks out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada (now Bally's Las Vegas). 87 people are killed and more than 650 are injured in the worst disaster in Nevada history.
- 1980 - Lake Peigneur drained into an underlying salt deposit. A misplaced Texaco oil probe drilled into the Diamond crystal salt mine; water flowing down into the mine eroded the edges of the hole. The whirlpool created sucked the drilling platform, several barges, houses and trees thousands of feet, to the bottom of the dissolving salt deposit.
- 1980 - The Dallas Episode "Who Done It?" aired on US television (Network: CBS) with the revelation that Sue Ellen's sister Kristin, shot J.R. Ewing in a fit of anger. It was one of the highest-rated episodes of a TV show ever aired. During this episode, commercials cost $500,000 per minute.
- 1985 - United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Jay Pollard is arrested for spying (he was caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations and was eventually sentenced to life in prison).
- 1986 - Iran-Contra Affair: National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents implicating them in the sale of weapons to Iran and channeling the proceeds to help fund the Contras rebels in Nicaragua.
- 1990 - Charter of Paris for a New Europe refocusses the efforts of the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europeon post-Cold War issues.
- 1995 - The Dayton Peace Agreement was initialled in the Wright Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, ending three and a half years of civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The agreement was formally ratified in Paris, on December 14 that same year.
- 1995 - Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.
- 1995 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 5,000 (5,023.55) for the first time.
- 2002 - NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.
- 2004 - The Nintendo DS is released in North America.
- 2004 - The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, unleashing massive protests and controversy with regards to the election's integrity.
- 2005 - The Georgia Aquarium, the largest in the world, opens to season ticketholders in Atlanta.
- 2005 - The Florida Marlins agree to trade 2003 World Series MVP Josh Beckett, as well as third baseman Mike Lowell to the Boston Red Sox for prospects Anibal Sanchez, Hanley Ramirez, and Jesus Delgado.
Births
- 1495 - John Bale, English churchman (d. 1563)
- 1567 - Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (d. 1621)
- 1692 - Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (d. 1768)
- 1694 - Voltaire, French philosopher (d. 1778)
- 1761 - Dorothy Jordan, British actress and royal mistress (d. 1816)
- 1768 - Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1834)
- 1787 - Samuel Cunard, Canadian-born shipping magnate (d. 1865)
- 1835 - Hetty Green, American businesswoman (d. 1916)
- 1854 - Pope Benedict XV (d. 1922)
- 1860 - Tom Horn, American hitman (d. 1903)
- 1870 - Sigfrid Edström, Swedish sports official
- 1878 - Gustav Radbruch, German law professor (d. 1949)
- 1898 - René Magritte, Belgian painter (d. 1967)
- 1902 - Foster Hewitt, Canadian radio pioneer (d. 1985)
- 1904 - Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist (d. 1969)
- 1912 - Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (d. 1983)
- 1913 - Roy Boulting, British film director and producer (d. 2001)
- 1916 - Sid Luckman, American football player (d. 1998)
- 1920 - Stan Musial, baseball player
- 1921 - Joonas Kokkonen, Finnish composer (d. 1996)
- 1931 - Malcolm Williamson, Australian composer (d. 2003)
- 1933 - Joseph Campanella, American actor
- 1936 - Victor Chang, Australian physician
- 1938 - Marlo Thomas, American actress
- 1939 - Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician
- 1940 - Dr. John, American musician
- 1940 - Richard Marcinko, U.S. Navy SEAL team member and author
- 1941 - Juliet Mills, British actress
- 1941 - İdil Biret, Turkish pianist
- 1944 - Marcy Carsey, American television show producer
- 1944 - Dick Durbin, American politician
- 1944 - Earl Monroe, American basketball player
- 1944 - Harold Ramis, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, and producer
- 1945 - Goldie Hawn, American actress
- 1950 - Alberto Juantorena, Cuban athlete
- 1956 - Ed Kaz, American journalist
- 1962 - Steven Curtis Chapman, Contemporary Christian musician
- 1963 - Nicollette Sheridan, British actress
- 1964 - Shane Douglas, American professional wrestler
- 1965 - Björk, Icelandic singer, songwriter, and actress
- 1965 - Alexander Siddig, British actor
- 1966 - Troy Aikman, American football star
- 1969 - Ken Griffey, Jr., American baseball player
- 1971 - Michael Strahan, American football player
- 1972 - David Tua, Samoan boxer
- 1973 - Brooke Kerr, American actress
- 1976 - Dasha, Czech porn star
- 1977 - Jonas Jennings, American football player
- 1980 - Hank Blalock, baseball player
- 1982 - Ryan Starr, American singer
- 1984 - Jena Malone, American actress
Deaths
- 496 - Pope Gelasius I
- 1361 - Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (plague) (b. 1346)
- 1555 - Georg Agricola, German scientist (b. 1490)
- 1566 - Annibale Caro, Italian poet (b. 1507
- 1579 - Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier
- 1652 - Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (b. 1585)
- 1695 - Henry Purcell, English composer
- 1775 - John Hill, British writer
- 1811 - Heinrich von Kleist, German writer (b. 1777)
- 1844 - Ivan Krylov, Russian fabulist (b. 1769)
- 1881 - Ami Boué, Austrian geologist (b. 1794)
- 1899 - Garret Hobart, Vice President of the United States (b. 1844)
- 1916 - Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria (b. 1830)
- 1945 - Robert Benchley, American writer and actor (b. 1889)
- 1953 - Larry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (b. 1893)
- 1957 - Francis Burton Harrison, American political figure (b. 1873)
- 1959 - Max Baer, American boxer (b. 1909)
- 1970 - Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Indian physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
- 1974 - John B. Gambling, American radio talk show host (b. 1897)
- 1974 - Frank Martin, Swiss composer (b. 1890)
- 1988 - Carl Hubbell, baseball player (b. 1903)
- 1993 - Bill Bixby, American actor and director (b. 1934)
- 1995 - Peter Grant, British rock manager, actor (Led Zeppelin,Bad Company) (b. 1935)
- 1995 - Noel Jones, British diplomat (b. 1940)
- 1996 - Abdus Salam, Pakistani physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
- 1999 - Quentin Crisp, British writer, raconteur and actor. (b. 1908)
- 2000 - Emil Zátopek, Czech athlete (b. 1922)
- 2001 - Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj, King of Malaysia (b. 1926)
- 2002 - Hadda Brooks, American jazz singer, pianist, and composer (b. 1916)
- 2005 - Alfred Anderson, last British World War I veteran (b. 1896)
Holidays and observances
- R.C. Saints - Presentation of Mary
- Also see November 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Bangladesh - Armed Forces Day in Bangladesh
- World Television Day
- World Hello Day
External links
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