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This is a list of selected November 20 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
; Transgender Day of Remembrance multiple issues
Black Awareness Day in Brazil; stub
; Teachers' Day in Vietnam refimprove
Revolution Day in Mexico; refimprove
1695Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil, was executed. needs more footnotes
1820 – The American whaleship Essex sank 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) west of the western coast of South America after it was attacked by a sperm whale, an event which inspired Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick. unreferenced section
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. expansion
1910Francisco I. Madero promulgated the San Luis Plan, starting a revolt against President Porfirio Díaz that marked the beginning of the Mexican Revolution. refimprove section
1943World War II: The Battle of Tarawa began with American forces landing on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffering heavy fire from the Japanese. unreferenced section
1998 – The assembly of the International Space Station began when Zarya, its first module, was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

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2003 – Suicide bombers blew up the British Consulate and the headquarters of HSBC Bank, killing consul general Roger Short as well as actor Kerem Yılmazer. refimprove section

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November 20: Universal Children's Day

Nuremberg trial defendants
Nuremberg trial defendants
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