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Day Of The Week: November 21
November 21, 2025 is the 325th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 40 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Scorpio is your zodiac sign. Topaz is your modern birthstone. Pearl is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: November 21
- 1783 –In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, Marquis d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight.
- 1920 –Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as “Bloody Sunday”. This included fourteen British informants, fourteen Irish civilians and three Irish Republican Army prisoners.
- 1950 –Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash. Twenty-one people are killed, seventeen of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.
- 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.
- 1964 –Second Vatican Council: The third session of the Roman Catholic Church’s ecumenical council closes.
- 1964 –The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opens to traffic (at the time it is the world’s longest suspension bridge).
- 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.”
- 1971 –Indian troops, partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas), defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur.
- 1985 –United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison.
- 2004 –The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election’s integrity.
Who were born on November 21?
- 1495 –John Bale, English churchman (d. 1563)
- 1866 –Sigbjørn Obstfelder, Norwegian writer (d. 1900)
- 1899 –Jobyna Ralston, American actress (d. 1967)
- 1916 –Sid Luckman, American football player (d. 1998)
- 1943 –Viktor Sidjak, Russian fencer
- 1964 –Shane Douglas, American wrestler
- 1965 –Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (d. 1993)
- 1973 –Brook Kerr, American actress
- 1975 –Chris Moneymaker, American poker player
- 1977 –Tobias Sammet, German singer (Edguy)
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