Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 20

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  Zarya, the first module of the International Space Station
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  Francisco I. Madero
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  Bust of Diocletian
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  British invasion of New Jersey
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  José Antonio Primo de Rivera
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  Philip Mountbatten and Princess Elizabeth (1950)
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  Graffiti from the occupation of Alcatraz

• 284 – Diocletian (bust pictured) became Roman emperor, eventually establishing reforms that ended the Crisis of the Third Century.
• 1739 – War of Jenkins' Ear: A British naval force arrived at the settlement of Portobello in the Spanish Main, capturing it the next day.
• 1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Lee saw the invasion of New Jersey by British and Hessian forces and the subsequent general retreat of the Continental Army.
• 1902 – While discussing how to promote the newspaper L'Auto, sports journalist Géo Lefèvre came up with the idea of holding a cycling race that later became known as the Tour de France.
• 1917 – First World War: The Battle of Cambrai began with British forces having initial success over Germany's Hindenburg Line.
• 1969 – A group of Native American activists began a 19-month occupation of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.
• 1979 – A group of armed insurgents attacked and took over the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, declaring that one of their leaders was the Mahdi, the prophesied redeemer of Islam.
• 1991 – First Nagorno-Karabakh War: An Azerbaijani military helicopter carrying a peacekeeping mission team was shot down in Nagorno-Karabakh, disrupting ongoing peace talks.
• 1994 – In accordance with the Lusaka Protocol, the Angolan government signed a ceasefire with UNITA rebels in a failed attempt to end the Angolan Civil War.

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