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November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 41 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 284 – Diocletian is chosen as Roman emperor. [1] 762 – During the An Shi Rebellion, the Tang dynasty, with the help of Huihe tribe, recaptures Luoyang from the rebels.
Armistice Day, later known as Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth and Veterans Day in the United States, is commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, at 5:45 am [1] for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect ...
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The common British, Canadian, South African, and ANZAC tradition includes a one- or two-minute silenceat the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month (11:00 am, 11 November), as that marks the time (in the United Kingdom) when the armistice became effective. The Service of Remembrance in many Commonwealth countries generally includes...
Alongside Commonwealth countries, several other countries also commemorate their war dead on 11 November, the anniversary of the Armistice of Compiègne. Several other countries observe the anniversary of other notable events in World War I to commemorate the war dead from that conflict, such as the date of the Armistice of Villa Giusti, which went ...
Croatia
In Croatia, Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Homeland War and Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Vukovar and Škabrnja is a national public holiday and a non-working day in memory of all victims of the Homeland War in Croatia. The holiday is celebrated on November 18, the day of the fall of the city of Vukovar in the 1991 Homeland War, when the Yugoslav People's Army and Serbian paramilitaries committed the two most massive crimes in Croatia during the Croatian War of Independence...
Denmark
In 2009 the Danish government established Veterans' Day with early events on 5 September where past and present members of the armed forces, who have done service in armed conflict, are remembered.
Germany
The German national day of mourning is the secular public holiday of Volkstrauertag, which since 1952 has been observed two Sundays before the first Sunday of Advent;in practice this is the Sunday closest to 16 November. The anniversary of the Armistice itself is not observed in Germany.
Marshall Islands
In the Marshall Islands, Nuclear Victims' Day and Nuclear Survivors' Day occurs on March 1 and is a national holiday. The day honours the victims and survivors of nuclear testing done in the area in the 1950s.
Commemoration – Red poppies ArchivedHistorical events for the 20th of November. See what famous, interesting and notable events happened throughout history on November 20.
British launch surprise tank attack at Cambrai. Discover what happened on November 20 with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
In the west, the German Army’s imminent collapse led Germany to pursue an armistice. The Allied delegation, led by Supreme Allied Commander Marshal Ferdinand Foch, largely ignored United States President Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points for Peace and left no room for negotiation.
Today in history – which major historical events happened on November 20? Who was born on this date, who died? In which year did the birth or death occur?
