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November 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Earliest day on which the Feast of Christ the King can fall, while November 26 is the latest; celebrated on the last Sunday before Advent. (Roman Catholic Church) National Sovereignty Day ( Argentina) Day of the Mexican Revolution ( Mexico) Royal Thai Navy Day ( Thailand) Saint Verhaegen ( Brussels)
November 25: Evacuation Day in New York City ( 1783 ) Moraine Lake at Banff National Park. 1034 – After Malcolm II of Scotland died at Glamis, Duncan, the son of his second daughter, rather than Macbeth, the son of his eldest daughter, inherited the throne to become the King of Scots. 1491 – Reconquista: The Granada War was effectively ...
Events 1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba , U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation. 1969 – Occupation of Alcatraz : Native American activists seize control of Alcatraz Island until being ousted by the U.S. Government on June 11 , 1971 .
November 20. 1602 – Birth of Otto von Guericke, German physicist (d. 1686) 1704 – Death of Charles Plumier, French botanist (b. 1646) 1764 – Death of Christian Goldbach, Prussian mathematician (b. 1690) 1778 – Death of Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit scientist (b. 1726) 1841 – Birth of Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician (d. 1901)
Wigbert. August 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Central African Republic from France in 1960. International Lefthanders Day ( International) Women's Day, commemorates the enaction of Tunisian Code of Personal Status in 1956.
June 10 is the 161st day of the year (162nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 204 days remain until the end of the year.
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2001 – In Washington, D.C., U.S. President George W. Bush dedicates the United States Department of Justice headquarters building as the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building, honoring the late Robert F. Kennedy on what would have been his 76th birthday. 2008 – After critical failures in the US financial system began to build up after mid ...