November 20
People born on this day are Scorpio.
- 1989
Velvet Revolution: The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia, swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.
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Andrei Chikatilo, one of the Soviet Union's most prolific serial killers, is arrested; he eventually confesses to 56 killings.
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An Azerbaijani MI-8 helicopter carrying 19 peacekeeping mission team with officials and journalists from Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan is shot down by Armenian military forces in Khojavend District of Azerbaijan.
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Savings and loan crisis: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.
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North Macedonia's deadliest aviation disaster occurs when Avioimpex Flight 110, a Yakovlev Yak-42, crashes near Ohrid Airport, killing all 116 people on board.
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The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war. (Localized fighting resumes the next year.)
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A fire breaks out in an office building in Hong Kong, killing 41 people and injuring 81.
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A court in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan declares accused terrorist Osama bin Laden "a man without a sin" in regard to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.
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The first space station module component, Zarya, for the International Space Station is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Following a hostage siege, at least 19 people are killed in Bamako, Mali.
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Jimmie Johnson wins his seventh NASCAR Cup Series championship to tie Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for the most all-time.
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The 2022 FIFA World Cup begins in Qatar. This is the first time the tournament was held in the Middle East.
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2002Madisyn Shipman, American actress
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2001Caty McNally, American tennis player
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2001Adrien Truffert, French footballer
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2000Connie Talbot, English singer-songwriter
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1997Levi García, Trinidadian footballer
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1996Blaž Janc, Slovenian handballer
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1996Denis Zakaria, Swiss footballer
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1995Timothy Cheruiyot, Kenyan athlete
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1995Shaolin Sándor Liu, Hungarian short track speed skater
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1995Kyle Snyder, American wrestler
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1993Anna Prugova, Russian ice hockey player
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1992Amit Guluzade, Azerbaijani footballer
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