Talk:November 21
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Selected anniversaries entry for this day. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before editing this entry. --mav 00:50, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- 1272 - Edward I became King of England, succeeding his father Henry III who died five days earlier.
- 1783 - The first successful untethered flight by humans was made in a hot air balloon constructed by the Montgolfier brothers (pictured).
- 1920 - Anglo-Irish War: The Irish Republican Army killed more than a dozen British intelligence officers known as the Cairo Gang.
- 1920 - Anglo-Irish War: Paramilitary forces of the Royal Irish Constabulary opened fire on players and spectators at a Gaelic football match in Dublin on Bloody Sunday.
- 1977 - God Defend New Zealand became one of the national anthems of New Zealand.
Recent days: November 20 – November 19 – November 18
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Goldie Hawn is sometimes reported as born in 1945 and sometimes in 1946 ! Both in famous and serious sources. If someone could get this information from the source, it would be nice...
Removed:
- 1990 - The Super Famicom is released in Japan.
- 1992 - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is released for the Sega Mega Drive in Japan
- 1994 - Donkey Kong Country is released for the Super Nintendo in the United States
Trivial. --mav 02:21, 21 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Removed:
Could not be confirmed outside of 'this day in history'-type websites (very bad source). --mav 02:21, 21 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Moved:
Nope - it was November 11 since the Julian calendar was being used at that time.
[edit] ARPANET link
Although this page states the first link as going live on November 21st, the Arpanet page states "The first ARPANET link was established on 29 October 1969, between the IMP at UCLA and the IMP at SRI.". Someone is wrong! --AlisonW 10:20, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
