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Historical Events on November 21

  • North Carolina

    1789

    North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.

  • American Civil War

    1861

    American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin Secretary of War.

  • Albert Einstein

    1905

    Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass-energy equivalence formula, E = mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik.

  • Irish War of Independence

    1920

    Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".

  • People's Liberation Army

    1962

    The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.

  • Vietnam War

    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."

  • Richard Nixon

    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.

  • Jonathan Pollard

    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.

  • Euromaidan

    2013

    The first of to become massive protests start in Ukraine after President Viktor Yanukovych suspended signing the Ukraine-European Union Association Agreement.

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