November 21: World Hello Day; Armed Forces Day in Bangladesh
Pierre Amine Gemayel
- 1386 – Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur captured and sacked the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, forcing King Bagrat V to convert to Islam.
- 1894 – First Sino-Japanese War: After capturing the city of Lüshunkou, the Japanese Second Army killed more than 1,000 Chinese servicemen and civilians.
- 1950 – Two trains collided near Valemount, British Columbia, Canada; the subsequent trial catapulted future Prime Minister of Canada John Diefenbaker into the political limelight.
- 1996 – A propane explosion at the Humberto Vidal shoe store in Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, killed 33 people and wounded 69 others when the building collapsed.
- 2006 – Lebanese politician Pierre Amine Gemayel (pictured), a vocal critic of Syria's military presence in and political domination of Lebanon, was assassinated in Jdeideh.
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