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===November=== {{Main|November 1920}} * [[November 2]] ** [[1920 United States presidential election]]: Republican [[United States Senator|U.S. senator]] [[Warren G. Harding]] defeats [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] governor of [[Ohio]] [[James M. Cox]] and Socialist [[Eugene V. Debs]], in the first national U.S. election in which women have the right to vote. ** In the United States, [[KDKA (AM)|KDKA AM]] of [[Pittsburgh]] (owned by [[Westinghouse Electric (1886)|Westinghouse]]) starts broadcasting as a commercial [[radio broadcasting|radio station]]. The first broadcast is the results of the [[1920 United States presidential election|presidential election]]. ** [[Meiji Shrine]], one of many landmark spots in [[Tokyo]], is officially built in [[Japan]].<ref>[[:ja:明治神宮#沿革]] '''(Japanese language)''' Retrieved January 15, 2016.</ref> * [[November 11]] – In London, [[The Cenotaph]] is unveiled and [[The Unknown Warrior]] is buried in [[Westminster Abbey]]; while in Paris the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is consecrated beneath the [[Arc de Triomphe]]. * [[November 12]] – Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes sign the [[Treaty of Rapallo (1920)|Treaty of Rapallo]]. * [[November 13]] – The [[White Army]]'s last units and civilian refugees are evacuated from the [[Crimea]] onboard 126 ships, "[[Wrangel's fleet]]" (the remnants of the Imperial Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet), to [[Turkey]], [[Tunisia]] and the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]], accompanied by wide-scale civilian massacres. The total number of evacuees amounts to approximately 150,000 people, of which 20% are civilians. * [[November 14]] – The [[Edmonton Symphony Orchestra]] holds its first concert, in Alberta. * [[November 15]] – In [[Geneva]], the first assembly of the [[League of Nations]] is held. * [[November 16]] – Queensland and Northern Territory Aviation Services (''[[Qantas]]'') is founded by [[Hudson Fysh]] and [[Paul McGinness]]. * [[November 17]] – The council of the [[League of Nations]] accepts the [[constitution]] for the [[Free City of Danzig]]. * [[November 20]] – [[Prince Arthur of Connaught]] is appointed the 3rd [[Governor-General of South Africa]]. * [[November 21]] – [[Irish War of Independence]]: [[Bloody Sunday (1920)|Bloody Sunday]] – The [[Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)|Irish Republican Army]] (IRA), on the instructions of [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]], shoot dead the "Cairo gang", 14 British undercover agents in [[Dublin]], most in their homes. Later this day in retaliation, the [[Auxiliary Division]] of the [[Royal Irish Constabulary]] open fire on a crowd at a [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] football match in [[Croke Park]], resulting in 14 deaths with 60 wounded.<ref name=Cottrell/><ref name="Cassell's Chronology">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/488 488–490]}}</ref> Three men are shot this night in [[Dublin Castle]] "while trying to escape". * [[November 28]] ** [[Irish War of Independence]]: [[Kilmichael Ambush]] – The flying column of the [[3rd Cork Brigade]] of the [[Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)|Irish Republican Army]], led by [[Tom Barry (Irish republican)|Tom Barry]], ambushes two lorries carrying men of the [[Auxiliary Division]] of the [[Royal Irish Constabulary]] at [[Kilmichael, County Cork]], killing 17 (with 3 of its own men also dying), which leads to official reprisals.<ref name=Cottrell/> ** [[FIDAC]] (French: '''''F'''édération '''I'''nteralliée '''d'''es '''A'''nciens '''C'''ombattants'', English: ''The Interallied Federation of War Veterans Organisations'') is established in Paris at the initiative of veterans from [[World War I]], predominantly [[Pacifism|pacifists]], joined by associations of veterans from France, the United Kingdom, United States, Belgium, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Italy and Serbia.<ref name=":0">''F.I.D.A.C. (Fédération Interalliée des Anciens Combattants) – Historique. Statuts. Règlement intérieur. Carte d’Identité FIDAC. La Médaille Scolaire FIDAC | History. Constitution. By-Laws. FIDAC Identity Card. FIDAC Educational Medal; Paris'', 1933, p. 2-3</ref>
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