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November 21 in recent years ... (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... "Historical Events on November 21". OnThisDay.com.
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September 10: Storm Daniel becomes the deadliest Mediterranean storm in history, with over 4000 deaths in Libya. September 19 – 20: 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh. October 3: Kevin McCarthy's expulsion via a motion introduced by Matt Gaetz is the first ousting of a Speaker of the United States House of Representatives in history.
1950 – Two trains collided near Valemount, Canada, killing 21 people; the subsequent trial brought future prime minister John Diefenbaker (pictured) to greater political attention. 1970 – Vietnam War : American forces raided the North Vietnamese Sơn Tây prison camp in an attempt to rescue 61 American POWs who were thought to be held there.
November 21: Armed Forces Day in Bangladesh Alan Freed 1894 – First Sino-Japanese War : After capturing the Chinese city of Port Arthur , the Japanese army began a massacre of the city's soldiers and civilians .
Armed conflicts and attacks. 2021 Jerusalem shooting. A Hamas gunman opens fire in the alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City, killing an Israeli man and wounding three others, before being shot and killed by Israeli forces.
1974 – Bombs exploded in two pubs in central Birmingham, England, killing 21 people and leading to the imprisonment of six people who were later exonerated. 2009 – An explosion in a coal mine in Heilongjiang, China, killed 108 miners.
November 2020 Afghanistan attacks. A rocket attack on residential areas in the Afghan capital Kabul kills at least eight people and injures 31 others. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack. Afghanistan–United States relations, Afghan peace process