Talk:November 21

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November 21: 1272 – Edward I (statue pictured) became King of England, succeeding his father Henry III who died five days earlier. 1783 – Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes made the first successful untethered flight by humans in a hot air balloon, which was constructed by the Montgolfier brothers. 1920 – Irish War of Independence: On Bloody Sunday in Dublin, the Irish Republican Army killed more than a dozen British intelligence officers known as the Cairo Gang, and the Auxiliaries of the Royal Irish Constabulary opened fire on players and spectators at a Gaelic football match in Croke Park. 1962 – The Sino-Indian War ended after the Chinese People's Liberation Army declared a unilateral ceasefire and withdrew to the prewar Line of Actual Control, returning all the territory they had captured during the conflict. 1977 – God Defend New Zealand became New Zealand's second national anthem, on equal standing with God Save the Queen, which had been the traditional one since 1840. More events: November 20 – November 21 – November 22 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 02:38, June 11, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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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...

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Removed:

• 1995 - Chris Balzer, American future pro sport player. ColinCameron (talk) 15:22, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

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:

• 1794 - Honolulu Harbor discovered.

Could not be confirmed outside of 'this day in history'-type websites (very bad source). --mav 02:21, 21 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Moved:

• 1620 - The Mayflower reaches Cape Cod.

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)

[edit] Ninjas...

removed bogus birth:

• 1989 - Noel Mc Glynn, Highly influential ninja diplomat