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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/1620" title="1620">1620</a> – The <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower" title="Mayflower">Mayflower</a></b></i> <i>(depicted)</i>, which brought the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrims_(Plymouth_Colony)" title="Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)">Pilgrims</a> from England to the New World, sighted <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Cod" title="Cape Cod">Cape Cod</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941" title="1941">1941</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: The Australian light cruiser <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Sydney_(D48)" title="HMAS Sydney (D48)">HMAS <i>Sydney</i></a> and the German auxiliary cruiser <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_auxiliary_cruiser_Kormoran" title="German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran">Kormoran</a></i> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_HMAS_Sydney" title="Sinking of HMAS Sydney">destroyed each other</a></b> in the Indian Ocean.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969" title="1969">1969</a> – Playing for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santos_FC" title="Santos FC">Santos</a> against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CR_Vasco_da_Gama" title="CR Vasco da Gama">Vasco da Gama</a> in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian footballer <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pel%C3%A9" title="Pelé">Pelé</a></b> scored his thousandth goal.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991" title="1991">1991</a> – Mexican singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Miguel" title="Luis Miguel">Luis Miguel</a> released the album <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_(Luis_Miguel_album)" title="Romance (Luis Miguel album)">Romance</a></b></i>, which led to a revival of interest in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolero" title="Bolero">bolero</a> music.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a> – During an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a> game between the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malice_at_the_Palace" title="Malice at the Palace">a brawl between players</a></b> spilled into the crowd when <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metta_Sandiford-Artest" title="Metta Sandiford-Artest">Ron Artest</a> attacked a fan.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Kalinin" title="Mikhail Kalinin">Mikhail Kalinin</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1875); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Zhimo" title="Xu Zhimo">Xu Zhimo</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1931); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Fujita" title="Ted Fujita">Ted Fujita</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1998)</p>