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What are the important events that happened on November 21? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
November 21: Facts & Myths About This Day
November 21 is the 326th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 40 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 8, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,732,147,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectaicosahexagon’ day.
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Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 69 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,353 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 21 Historical Events
- 1894 –Port Arthur, Manchuria falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War, after which Japanese troops massacre the remaining inhabitants of the city.
- 1918 –A pogrom takes place in Lwów (now Lviv); over three days, at least 50 Jews and 270 Ukrainian Christians are killed by Poles.
- 1920 –Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as “Bloody Sunday”. This included fourteen British informants, fourteen Irish civilians and three Irish Republican Army prisoners.
- 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 Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
- 1996 –Antonio Salinass in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 33.
Who were born on November 21?
- 1870 –Alexander Berkman, American anarchist and writer (d. 1936)
- 1965 –Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (d. 1993)
- 1968 –Sean Schemmel, American voice actor
- 1983 –Nicole Garcia, American professional wrestler
- 1984 –Jena Malone, American actress
Who died on November 21?
- 1899 –Garret Hobart, 24th Vice President of the United States (b. 1844)
- 1945 –Al Davis, American boxer (b. 1920)
- 1974 –John B. Gambling, American radio talk show host (b. 1897)
- 2007 –Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director and playwright (b. 1921)
- 2009 –Konstantin Feoktistov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1926)
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