HISTORY AT GLANCE
TODAY is Monday, November 21, the 325th day of 2016. There are 40 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date:
1962 – The Chinese People’s Liberation Army declares a
unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War. 1969 – The first permanent ARPANET link is established
between UCLA and SRI. 1970 – Vietnam War: Operation Ivory Coast: A joint United States Air Force and Army team raids the Son Tây prisoner-of-war camp in an attempt to free American prisoners of war thought to be held there. 1971 – Indian troops, partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas), defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur. 1972 – Voters in South Korea overwhelmingly approve a new constitution, giving legitimacy to Park Chung-hee and the Fourth Republic. 1985 – United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison. 1995 – The Dayton Peace Agreement is initialed at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, ending three and a half years of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The agreement is formally ratified in Paris, on December 14 that same year. 1996 – Humberto Vidal explosion: Thirty-three people die
when a Humberto Vidal shoe shop explodes. 2002 – NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,
Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members. 2004 – The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election’s integrity. 2004 – The island of Dominica is hit by the most destructive earthquake in its history. The northern half of the island sustains the most damage, especially the town of Portsmouth. It is also felt in neighbouring Guadeloupe, where one person is killed. 2004 – The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to $100
billion) of Iraq’s external debt. 2006 – Anti-Syrian Lebanese Minister and MP Pierre Gemayel
is assassinated in suburban Beirut. 2009 – A mine explosion in Heilongjiang province,
northeastern China, kills 108. 2012 – At least 28 are wounded after a bomb is thrown onto a
bus in Tel Aviv.