Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 20

November 20: Zumbi Day in Brazil, Revolution Day in Mexico, Teacher's Day in Vietnam.

Francisco I. Madero

• 284 - Diocletian became Roman Emperor.

• 1700 - Great Northern War: Forces led by King Charles XII of Sweden defeated the Russian army of Tsar Peter the Great in the Battle of Narva.

• 1910 - Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero (pictured) promulgated the San Luis Plan, starting a revolt against President Porfirio Díaz.

• 1945 - The Nuremberg Trials against 24 leading Nazis involved in the Holocaust and various war crimes during World War II began in Nuremberg, Germany.

• 1998 - Zarya, the first module of the International Space Station, was launched on a Proton rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

Recent days: November 19 – November 18 – November 17

More anniversaries:

• October 31
• November 1
• November 2