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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_20" title="November 20">November 20</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1845" title="1845">1845</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-French_blockade_of_the_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata">Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_Confederation" title="Argentine Confederation">Argentine Confederation</a> was defeated in the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vuelta_de_Obligado" title="Battle of Vuelta de Obligado">Battle of Vuelta de Obligado</a></b>, but the losses ultimately made the United Kingdom and France give up the blockade.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945" title="1945">1945</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_trials" title="Nuremberg trials">Nuremberg trials</a></b> of 24 leading <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party" title="Nazi Party">Nazis</a> involved in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust" title="The Holocaust">the Holocaust</a> and various war crimes during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> began in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg" title="Nuremberg">Nuremberg</a>, Germany.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947" title="1947">1947</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Princess Elizabeth</a></b>, daughter of King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_VI" title="George VI"><span class="nowrap">George VI</span></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_of_Princess_Elizabeth_and_Philip_Mountbatten" title="Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten">married</a> Lieutenant <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh" title="Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh">Philip Mountbatten</a></b>, who was given the title <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Edinburgh" title="Duke of Edinburgh">Duke of Edinburgh</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990" title="1990">1990</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Chikatilo" title="Andrei Chikatilo">Andrei Chikatilo</a></b>, one of the Soviet Union's most prolific <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_killer" title="Serial killer">serial killers</a>, was arrested in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novocherkassk" title="Novocherkassk">Novocherkassk</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a> – Suicide bombers <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Istanbul_bombings" title="2003 Istanbul bombings">blew up</a></b> the British consulate and the headquarters of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSBC_Bank_(Turkey)" title="HSBC Bank (Turkey)">HSBC Bank</a> in Istanbul, killing 31 people, including consul general <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Short" title="Roger Short">Roger Short</a> and actor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerem_Y%C4%B1lmazer" title="Kerem Yılmazer">Kerem Yılmazer</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoktistos" title="Theoktistos">Theoktistos</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 855); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Axel_Arrhenius" title="Carl Axel Arrhenius">Carl Axel Arrhenius</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1824); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izz_ad-Din_al-Qassam" title="Izz ad-Din al-Qassam">Izz ad-Din al-Qassam</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1935); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Radcliffe_Bond" title="Ernest Radcliffe Bond">Commander X</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2003)</p>
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