How Many Days Until November 20?

This day in history: November 20

1. 1969

   A group of Native American activists began a 19-month occupation of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.

2. 1979

   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.

3. 1985

   Windows 1.0, the first version of Microsoft Windows available to the public, was released.

4. 1990

   Andrei Chikatilo, one of the Soviet Union's most prolific serial killers, was arrested in Novocherkassk.

5. 1991

   First Nagorno-Karabakh War: An Azerbaijani military helicopter carrying a peacekeeping mission team was shot down in Nagorno-Karabakh, disrupting ongoing peace talks.

6. 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.

7. 2003

   Suicide bombers blew up the British consulate and the headquarters of HSBC Bank in Istanbul, killing 31 people, including consul general Roger Short and actor Kerem Yılmazer.

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