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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
November is National Native American Heritage Month in the US
1969 November 20: Occupation of Alcatraz
2013 November 21: Euromaidan, Ukraine
1943 November 22: Lebanese Independence Day
4th Saturday of November: Remembrance Day for the Victims of Holodomors in Ukraine
1975 November 25: Suriname Independence Day
1920 November 27: Belarus Heroes’ Day
1912 November 28: Albanian Flag Day/Declaration of Independence
1873 November 28: Hawaiian Independence Day
1960 November 28: Mauritania National Day
1821 November 28: Panama Independence Day
November 29: International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
1966 November 30: Barbados Independence Day
November 30: Saint Andrew’s Day, Scotland’s official national day
1967 November 30: Yemen Independence Day
1st Sunday of December: Sindhi Culture Day
1961 December 1: Global Flag Raising for West Papua, West Papua National Day
1971 December 2: United Arab Emirates National Day
December 3: International Day of the Basque Language
1917 December 6: Finland Independence Day
1961 December 9: Tanzania Independence Day
1948 December 10: Human Rights Day
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