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What Happened on November 21st This Day in History

Year	Name
2021	An SUV plows through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, killing six and injuring 62.
2019	Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is indicted on charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust.
2019	Tesla launches the SUV Cybertruck. A gaffe occurs during the launch event when its "unbreakable" windows shatter during demonstration.
2017	Robert Mugabe formally resigns as President of Zimbabwe, after thirty-seven years in office.
2015	The government of Belgium imposes a security lockdown on Brussels, including the closure of shops, schools, and public transportation, due to potential terrorist attacks.
2014	A stampede in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe caused by the police firing tear gas kills at least eleven people and injures 40 others.
2013	Fifty-four people are killed when the roof of a shopping center collapses in Riga, Latvia.
2013	Massive protests start in Ukraine after President Viktor Yanukovych suspended signing the Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement.
2012	At least 28 are wounded after a bomb is thrown onto a bus in Tel Aviv.
2009	A mine explosion in Heilongjiang, China kills 108.
2006	Anti-Syrian Lebanese politician and government minister Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in suburban Beirut.
2004	The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity.
2004	Dominica is hit by the most destructive earthquake in its history. The northern half of the island sustains the most damage, especially the town of Portsmouth. In neighboring Guadeloupe, one person is killed.
2004	The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to $100 billion) of Iraq's external debt.
2002	NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.
2002	Arturo Guzmán Decena, founder of Los Zetas and high-member of the Gulf Cartel, is killed in a shoot-out with the Mexican Army and the police.
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.
1996	Humberto Vidal explosion: Thirty-three people die when a Humberto Vidal shoe shop in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico explodes.
1995	The Dayton Agreement is initialed at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, ending three and a half years of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1992	A major tornado strikes the Houston, Texas area during the afternoon. Over the next two days the largest tornado outbreak ever to occur in the US during November spawns over 100 tornadoes.
1990	Bangkok Airways Flight 125 crashes on approach to Samui Airport, killing 38.
1986	National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents allegedly implicating them in the Iran–Contra affair.
1985	United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison.
1980	A deadly fire breaks out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Paradise, Nevada (now Bally's Las Vegas). Eighty-five people are killed and more than 650 are injured in the worst disaster in Nevada history.
1979	The United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, is attacked by a mob and set on fire, killing four.
1977	Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and "God Defend New Zealand".
1974	The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but subsequently acquitted.
1972	Voters in South Korea overwhelmingly approve a new constitution, giving legitimacy to Park Chung-hee and the Fourth Republic.
1971	Indian troops, partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas), defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur.
1970	Vietnam War: Operation Ivory Coast: A joint United States Air Force and Army team raids the Sơn Tây prisoner-of-war camp in an attempt to free American prisoners of war thought to be held there.
1969	U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Satō agree on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. The U.S. retains rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free.
1969	The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.
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."
1964	The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opens to traffic. At the time it is the world's longest bridge span.
1964	Second Vatican Council: The third session of the Roman Catholic Church's ecumenical council closes.
1962	The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.
1961	The "La Ronde" opens in Honolulu, first revolving restaurant in the United States.
1959	American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term "rock and roll" and music of that style, is fired from WABC radio over allegations he had participated in the payola scandal.
1953	The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.
1950	Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.
1945	The United Auto Workers strike 92 General Motors plants in 50 cities to back up worker demands for a 30-percent raise.
1944	World War II: American submarine USS Sealion sinks the Japanese battleship Kongō and Japanese destroyer Urakaze in the Formosa Strait.
1942	The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway is not usable by standard road vehicles until 1943).
1927	Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.
1922	Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator.
1920	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.
1918	The Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as the national flag of the Republic of Estonia.
1918	The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 is passed, allowing women to stand for Parliament in the UK.
1918	A pogrom takes place in Lwów (now Lviv); over three days, at least 50 Jews and 270 Ukrainian Christians are killed by Poles.
1916	Mines from SM U-73 sink HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.
1910	Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).
1905	Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E = mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik.
1902	The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeat the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first-ever professional American football night game.
1900	Claude Monet's paintings shown at Gallery Durand-Ruel in Paris.
1894	Port Arthur, China, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants.
1877	Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
1861	American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin Secretary of War.
1851	Mutineers take control of the Chilean penal colony of Punta Arenas in the Strait of Magellan.
1789	North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.
1783	In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes make the first untethered hot air balloon flight.
1676	The Danish astronomer Ole Rømer presents the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.
1620	Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact (November 11, O.S.)
1386	Timur of Samarkand captures and sacks the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, taking King Bagrat V of Georgia captive.
235	Pope Anterus succeeds Pontian as the nineteenth pope.
164	Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, rededicates the Temple in Jerusalem, an event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah. (25 Kislev 3597 in the Hebrew calendar.)

Famous People Born on November 21

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Year	Name
1966	Troy Aikman, American football player and sportscaster
1994	Saúl Ñíguez, Spanish footballer
1929	Laurier LaPierre, Canadian historian, journalist, and politician (d. 2012)
1979	Stromile Swift, American basketball player
1919	Paul Bogart, American director and producer (d. 2012)
1970	Justin Langer, Australian cricketer and coach
1631	Catharina Questiers, Dutch poet (d. 1669)
1952	Janne Kristiansen, Norwegian lawyer and jurist
1984	Álvaro Bautista, Spanish motorcycle racer
1979	Vincenzo Iaquinta, Italian footballer

Famous People Deaths On November 21

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on November 21. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1941	Henrietta Vinton Davis, American actress and playwright (b. 1860)
1870	Karel Jaromír Erben, Czech historian and poet (b. 1811)
1986	Jerry Colonna, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
1984	Ben Wilson, American basketball player (b. 1967)
1987	Jim Folsom, American politician and 42nd Governor of Alabama (b. 1908)
1136	William de Corbeil, English archbishop (b. 1070)
1982	John Hargrave, English activist and author (b. 1894)
1942	Count Leopold Berchtold, Austrian-Hungarian politician, Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary (b. 1863)
1999	Quentin Crisp, English actor, author, and illustrator (b. 1908)
1325	Yury of Moscow, Prince of Moscow and Vladimir