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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/284" title="284">284</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocletian" title="Diocletian">Diocletian</a></b> became <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_emperor" title="Roman emperor">Roman emperor</a>, eventually establishing reforms that ended the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_of_the_Third_Century" title="Crisis of the Third Century">Crisis of the Third Century</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1739" title="1739">1739</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Jenkins%27_Ear" title="War of Jenkins' Ear">War of Jenkins' Ear</a>: A British naval force <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Porto_Bello_(1739)" title="Battle of Porto Bello (1739)">arrived at the settlement</a></b> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portobelo,_Col%C3%B3n" title="Portobelo, Colón">Portobello</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Main" title="Spanish Main">Spanish Main</a>, capturing it the next day.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1902" title="1902">1902</a> – While discussing how to promote the newspaper <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C3%89quipe" title="L'Équipe">L'Auto</a></i>, sports journalist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9o_Lef%C3%A8vre" title="Géo Lefèvre">Géo Lefèvre</a> came up with the idea of holding a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_bicycle_racing" title="Road bicycle racing">cycling race</a> that later became known as the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_de_France" title="Tour de France">Tour de France</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979" title="1979">1979</a> – A group of armed insurgents <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Mosque_seizure" title="Grand Mosque seizure">attacked and took over</a></b> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_al-Haram" title="Masjid al-Haram">Masjid al-Haram</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca" title="Mecca">Mecca</a>, declaring that one of their leaders was the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdi" title="Mahdi">Mahdi</a>, the prophesied redeemer of Islam.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991" title="1991">1991</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="First Nagorno-Karabakh War">First Nagorno-Karabakh War</a>: An Azerbaijani military helicopter carrying a peacekeeping mission team <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Azerbaijani_Mil_Mi-8_shootdown" title="1991 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown">was shot down</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Nagorno-Karabakh">Nagorno-Karabakh</a>, disrupting ongoing peace talks.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Chatterton" title="Thomas Chatterton">Thomas Chatterton</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1752); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cri-Zelda_Brits" title="Cri-Zelda Brits">Cri-Zelda Brits</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1983); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancel_Keys" title="Ancel Keys">Ancel Keys</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2004)</p>
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