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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_19" title="November 19">November 19</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Men%27s_Day" title="International Men's Day">International Men's Day</a></b>; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Toilet_Day" title="World Toilet Day">World Toilet Day</a></b>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Day" title="Liberation Day">Liberation Day</a> in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali" title="Mali">Mali</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968" title="1968">1968</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1863" title="1863">1863</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_Army" title="Confederate States Army">Confederate forces</a> began the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Knoxville" title="Siege of Knoxville">Siege of Knoxville</a></b> against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a> fortifications, surrounding most of the city.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921" title="1921">1921</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Wales_riots" title="Prince of Wales riots">Rioting broke out</a></b> in Bombay, India, during the visit of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VIII" title="Edward VIII">Edward, Prince of Wales</a>, leading to at least 58 deaths.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933" title="1933">1933</a> – The Union of the Right, a coalition of right-wing parties, won the majority of seats in the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933_Spanish_general_election" title="1933 Spanish general election">1933 Spanish general election</a></b>, the first election in the country with suffrage extended to women.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985" title="1985">1985</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Summit_(1985)" title="Geneva Summit (1985)">first of five summits</a></b> between Soviet general secretary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev" title="Mikhail Gorbachev">Mikhail Gorbachev</a> and U.S. president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> began in Geneva.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Iranian_embassy_bombing_in_Beirut" title="2013 Iranian embassy bombing in Beirut">A double suicide bombing</a></b> at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killed 23 people and injured at least 160 others.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Poussin" title="Nicolas Poussin">Nicolas Poussin</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1665); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._X._Larrabee" title="C. X. Larrabee">C. X. Larrabee</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1843); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_O%27Reily" title="John O'Reily">John O'Reily</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1846); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_King" title="Larry King">Larry King</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1933)</p>