21 NOVEMBER IN HISTORY 1789 – North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th US State. 1877 – Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound. 1962 – The Chinese People’s Liberation Army declares a unilateral cease-fire in the Sino-Indian War. 1969 – US President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Sato agree in Washington, DC on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. Under the terms of the agreement, the US is to retain its rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free. 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. 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. 2006 – Anti-Syrian Lebanese Minister and MP Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in suburban Beirut.
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