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Events on November 21

• 1783 The first manned free-flying hot-air balloon of the Montgolfier brothers, carrying passengers Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François d’Arlandes, takes off in Paris. The flight lasts 25 minutes and leads to the outskirts of Paris.
• 1806 The French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte imposes the Continental Blockade against Great Britain through the Berlin Decree.
• 1877 Inventor Thomas Alva Edison announces the phonograph, a device for recording and reproducing sound, which he demonstrates eight days later.
• 1936 The Schkeuditzer Kreuz is inaugurated as Europe's first motorway junction.
• 1947 The day after Wolfgang Borchert's death, his play “The Door Outside” is premiered at the Hamburger Kammerspiele.
• 1976 The boxing drama Rocky premieres in New York.
• 1987 After more than 23 years, ARD broadcasts the 82nd and final episode of the game show One Will Win (EWG), featuring Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff.
• 1990 Nintendo releases the SNES, then still called Super Famicom, in Japan.
• 1997 At a press conference by the German pop-rap group Tic Tac Toe in Munich, an open dispute breaks out: in front of running cameras, the three members accuse one another of lying and ultimately leave the podium in tears.
• 2004 The runoff in Ukraine's presidential election between Wiktor Juschtschenko and Wiktor Janukowytsch is accompanied by massive allegations of manipulation. The count lasts until 24 November. Mass protests begin (Orange Revolution).
• 2013 Political protests begin in Ukraine
• 2024 The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanjahu, Hamas leader Mohammed Deif and former Israeli Defence Minister Joaw Galant over the conduct of the war in the Gaza Strip.

Born on November 21

• 1854 Benedict XV., Pope
• 1866 Oskar Messter, German film pioneer
• 1880 Franz Hessel, German writer and translator
• 1897 Veza Canetti, Austrian writer
• 1951 Thomas Roth, German journalist
• 1952 Corny Littmann, German theatre impresario, actor and director
• 1953 René Weller, German boxer
• 1960 Rudolf Anschober, Austrian politician
• 1960 Silvan-Pierre Leirich, German actor
• 1984 Andreas Gabalier, Austrian singer

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „21. November“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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