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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_21" title="November 21">November 21</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_Day_(Bangladesh)" title="Armed Forces Day (Bangladesh)">Armed Forces Day</a></b> in Bangladesh
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1922" title="1922">1922</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Latimer_Felton" title="Rebecca Latimer Felton">Rebecca Latimer Felton</a></b> became the first woman to serve in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>, albeit for only one day.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945" title="1945">1945</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manzanar" title="Manzanar">Manzanar</a></b>, a camp in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans" title="Internment of Japanese Americans">internment of Japanese Americans</a> during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, was closed.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964" title="1964">1964</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verrazzano-Narrows_Bridge" title="Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge">Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge</a></b>, connecting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staten_Island" title="Staten Island">Staten Island</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a> in New York City, opened to traffic as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_suspension_bridge_spans" title="List of longest suspension bridge spans">longest suspension bridge in the world</a> at the time.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970" title="1970">1970</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>: American forces <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ivory_Coast" title="Operation Ivory Coast">raided</a></b> the North Vietnamese <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C6%A1n_T%C3%A2y_prison_camp" title="Sơn Tây prison camp">Sơn Tây prison camp</a> in an attempt to rescue 61 American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner_of_war" title="Prisoner of war">POWs</a> who were thought to be held there.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Purcell" title="Henry Purcell">Henry Purcell</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1695); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetty_Green" title="Hetty Green">Hetty Green</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1834); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Berchtold" title="Leopold Berchtold">Leopold Berchtold</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1942)</p>