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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.

  • Judah Benjamin

    1861

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

  • Phonograph

    1877

    Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.

  • Mass-energy equivalence

    1905

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

  • Bloody Sunday (1920)

    1920

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

  • Ecumenical council

    1964

    Second Vatican Council: The third session of the Roman Catholic Church's ecumenical council closes.

  • William Westmoreland

    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.

  • Ukraine-European Union Association Agreement

    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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