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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
1991 October 18: Azerbaijan Independence Day
1953 October 22: Laos Independence Day
1956 October 23 – November 10: Hungarian Uprising
1964 October 24: Zambia Independence Day
1955 October 26: Austrian National Day
2014 October 26: Hong Kong Umbrella Movement begins
2017 October 27: Catalan Declaration of Independence
1979 October 27: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Independence Day
1918 October 28: Independent Czechoslovak State Day
1923 October 29: Turkey Republic Day
1981 November 1: Antigua and Barbuda Independence Day
November is National Native American Heritage Month in the US
1984 November 1: Anti-Sikh Riots
1978 November 3: Dominica Independence Day
1903 November 3: Panama Independence Day
2018 November 4: New Caledonian independence referendum
November 5: International Romani Language Day
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