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, 481,152 hours 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.
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
164 BC –
Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. This event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah.
235 –
Pope Anterus succeeds Pontian as the nineteenth pope. During the persecutions of emperor Maximinus Thrax he is martyred.
1861 –
American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin secretary of war.
1942 –
The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway is not usable by general vehicles until 1943).
1959 –
American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term “rock and roll” and music of that style, is fired from WABC-AM radio for refusing to deny allegations that he had participated in the payola scandal.
1962 –
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army declares a unilateral cease-fire in the Sino-Indian 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.”
1969 –
The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.
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 the poem “God Defend New Zealand”, written by Thomas Bracken, as set to music by John Joseph Woods, both being of equal status as national anthems appropriate to the occasion.
1995 –
The Dayton Peace 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. The agreement is formally ratified in Paris, on December 14 that same year.
Who were born on November 21?
1567 –
Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (d. 1621)
1787 –
Samuel Cunard, Canadian-born shipping magnate (d. 1865)
1818 –
Lewis H. Morgan, American anthropologist (d. 1881)
1908 –
Elizabeth George Speare, American author (d. 1994)
1944 –
Richard Durbin, American politician
1970 –
Justin Langer, Australian cricketer
1976 –
Dasha, Czech adult actress
1980 –
Elaine Yiu, Hong Kong actress
1982 –
Ryan Starr, American singer
1988 –
Len Väljas, Canadian cross-country skier
Who died on November 21?
1150 –
García Ramírez, King of Navarre
1907 –
Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter (b. 1876)
1973 –
Thomas Pelly, American politician (b. 1902)
1975 –
Gunnar Gunnarsson, Icelandic writer (b. 1889)
1982 –
John Hargrave, British Social Credit advocate (b. 1894)
1986 –
Jerry Colonna, American comic (b. 1904)
1988 –
Pál Kalmár, Hungarian singer (b. 1900)
1994 –
Willem Jacob Luyten, Dutch American astronomer (b. 1899)
2006 –
Robert Lockwood, Jr., American blues guitarist (b. 1915)
2007 –
Noel McGregor, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1931)
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