THE DAY IN HISTORY · NOVEMBER 21
November 21 in history
What happened on November 21: 3 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1962, 1977 and 1979, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Sino-Indian War
20 Oct – 21 Nov 1962 — China’s army overran the Indian posts below Thag La, took Tawang, and in November broke the defence of the Se La pass and Bomdila, reaching the edge of the Assam plain. Then it declared a ceasefire and withdrew behind the McMahon Line, keeping Aksai Chin.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE INDIAN INDEPENDENCE & PARTITION MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
— National Women’s Conference
18–21 Nov 1977 — About 2,000 elected delegates and tens of thousands of observers meet at the federally funded National Women’s Conference and pass a plan backing the ERA and a minority women’s plank, while Schlafly’s Pro-Family Rally fills the Astro Arena across the city.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE PROTEST AND CHANGE MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
— Khao-I-Dang refugee camp
21 Nov 1979 — A month after Thailand opens its border to Cambodians, UNHCR opens a camp at the foot of a hill near Aranyaprathet. Within four months it holds about 140,000 people, for a time one of the largest Cambodian settlements in the world.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE UPROOTED MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
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