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* [[1620]] – The ””'[[Mayflower]]””’ ”(depicted)”, which brought the [[Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)|Pilgrims]] from England to the New World, sighted [[Cape Cod]].

* [[1794]] – The United States and Great Britain signed the ”'[[Jay Treaty]]”’, the basis for ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations.

* [[1794]] – The United States and Great Britain signed the ”'[[Jay Treaty]]”’, the basis for ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations.

* [[1824]] – [[Temenggong Abdul Rahman]] of [[Johor]] and [[Sultan]] [[Hussein Shah of Johor]] ceded the ”'[[government of Singapore|governance of Singapore]]”’ to the [[East India Company|British East India Company]].

* [[1824]] – [[Temenggong Abdul Rahman]] of [[Johor]] and [[Sultan]] [[Hussein Shah of Johor]] ceded the ”'[[government of Singapore|governance of Singapore]]”’ to the [[East India Company|British East India Company]].

* [[1969]] – Playing for [[Santos FC|Santos]] against [[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]] in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian footballer ”'[[Pelé]]”’ ”(pictured)” scored his thousandth goal.
* [[1991]] – Mexican singer [[Luis Miguel]] released the album ””'[[Romance (Luis Miguel album)|Romance]]””’, which led to a revival of interest in [[bolero]] music.
* [[2002]] – The Greek oil tanker ”[[MV Prestige|Prestige]]” ”'[[Prestige oil spill|split in two and sank]]”’ off the coast of [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] after spilling 420 thousand [[Barrel (unit)#Oil barrel|barrels]] (17.8 million US gallons) of oil, in the worst environmental disaster in Spanish and Portuguese history.
* [[1620]] – The ””'[[Mayflower]]””’ ”(depicted)”, which brought the [[Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)|Pilgrims]] from England to the New World, sighted [[Cape Cod]].

* [[1863]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Confederate States Army|Confederate forces]] began the ”'[[Siege of Knoxville]]”’ against [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] fortifications, surrounding most of the city.

* [[1863]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Confederate States Army|Confederate forces]] began the ”'[[Siege of Knoxville]]”’ against [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] fortifications, surrounding most of the city.

* [[1933]] – The Union of the Right, a coalition of right-wing parties, won the majority of seats in the ”'[[1933 Spanish general election]]”’, the first election in the country with suffrage extended to women.

* [[1933]] – The Union of the Right, a coalition of right-wing parties, won the majority of seats in the ”'[[1933 Spanish general election]]”’, the first election in the country with suffrage extended to women.

* [[1941]] – [[World War II]]: The Australian light cruiser {{HMAS|Sydney|D48|6}} and the German auxiliary cruiser ”[[German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran|Kormoran]]” ”'[[Sinking of HMAS Sydney|destroyed each other]]”’ in the Indian Ocean.

* [[1941]] – [[World War II]]: The Australian light cruiser {{HMAS|Sydney|D48|6}} and the German auxiliary cruiser ”[[German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran|Kormoran]]” ”'[[Sinking of HMAS Sydney|destroyed each other]]”’ in the Indian Ocean.

* [[1969]] – Playing for [[Santos FC|Santos]] against [[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]] in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian footballer ”'[[Pelé]]”’ ”(pictured)” scored his thousandth goal.
* [[1991]] – Mexican singer [[Luis Miguel]] released the album ””'[[Romance (Luis Miguel album)|Romance]]””’, which led to a revival of interest in [[bolero]] music.
* [[2002]] – The Greek oil tanker ”[[MV Prestige|Prestige]]” ”'[[Prestige oil spill|split in two and sank]]”’ off the coast of [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] after spilling 420 thousand [[Barrel (unit)#Oil barrel|barrels]] (17.8 million US gallons) of oil, in the worst environmental disaster in Spanish and Portuguese history.

* [[2013]] – ”'[[2013 Iranian embassy bombing in Beirut|A double suicide bombing]]”’ at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killed 23 people and injured at least 160 others.

* [[2013]] – ”'[[2013 Iranian embassy bombing in Beirut|A double suicide bombing]]”’ at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killed 23 people and injured at least 160 others.

* Born/died: | ”'[[C. X. Larrabee|C.&nbsp;X. Larrabee]]”'<!–American businessman–> |b|1843| ”'[[John O’Reily]]”'<!–Australian bishop–> |b|1846| ”'[[Billy Sunday]]”'<!–American evangelist–> |b|1862| ”'[[Xu Zhimo]]”'<!–Chinese poet, male–> |d|1931| ”'[[Larry King]]”'<!–American TV & radio host–> |b|1933| ”'[[Adam Driver]]”'<!–American actor–> |b|1983| ”'[[Tove Styrke]]”'<!–Swedish singer–> |b|1992| ”'[[Ted Fujita]]”'<!–American meteoroogist–> |d|1998|

* Born/died: | ”'[[C. X. Larrabee|C.&nbsp;X. Larrabee]]”'<!–American businessman–> |b|1843| ”'[[John O’Reily]]”'<!–Australian bishop–> |b|1846| ”'[[Billy Sunday]]”'<!–American evangelist–> |b|1862| ”'[[Xu Zhimo]]”'<!–Chinese poet, male–> |d|1931| ”'[[Larry King]]”'<!–American TV & radio host–> |b|1933| ”'[[Adam Driver]]”'<!–American actor–> |b|1983| ”'[[Tove Styrke]]”'<!–Swedish singer–> |b|1992| ”'[[Ted Fujita]]”'<!–American meteoroogist–> |d|1998|

”'[[Jane Freilicher]]”'<!–American painter–> |b|1924| ”'[[Margaret Turner-Warwick]]”’ <!–British doctor–> |b|1924| ”'[[James Ensor]]”'<!–Belgian painter–> |d|1949| ”'[[Erika Alexander]]”’ <!–American actress–> |b|1969|

==Notes==

==Notes==

* [[Mayflower Compact]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 21|November 21]], so Mayflower should not appear in the same year.

* [[Mayflower Compact]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 21|November 21]], so Mayflower should not appear in the same year.

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1095Council of Clermont Moved to November 27
1493Christopher Columbus became the first European to land on Puerto Rico, naming it San Juan Bautista after John the Baptist. too long, refimprove section
1816 – The University of Warsaw, the largest university in Poland, was established as Congress Poland found itself a territory without a university. unreferenced section
1943The Holocaust: Inmates at the Janowska concentration camp near what is now Lviv, Ukraine, staged a failed uprising, after which the SS liquidated the camp, resulting in at least 6,000 deaths. Citation needed section
1955 – The National Review, one of the most widely read and influential American conservative magazines, was first published. refimprove section
1977TAP Air Portugal Flight 425 crashed while attempting to land at Madeira Airport in Funchal, Madeira, killing more than 130 people on board. multiple issues
1979 – The first line of the Bucharest Metro, the M1 Line, opened from Timpuri Noi to Semănătoarea in Bucharest, Romania. unreferenced sections
1994 – The first National Lottery draw in the United Kingdom was held, with seven winners sharing a prize of £5,874,778. refimprove
1999Shenzhou 1, China’s first unmanned test flight of the Shenzhou spacecraft, was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Lach Center in Alxa League, Inner Mongolia. stubby, no footnotes
2004Malice at the Palace, A fight that broke out between fans and players at basketball game that saw the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons play eachother. Too much uncited, actively undergoing a good article reassessment.
Eustache Le Sueur |b|1617| Birthday not cited
Leopold Auenbrugger |b|1722| Too much uncited
Sun Li-jen |d|1990| Deathday not cited

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November 19: International Men’s Day; World Toilet Day; Liberation Day in Mali (1968)

Ronald Reagan (left) and Mikhail Gorbachev in Geneva

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