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Artemis program

Artemis Program: NASA launches Artemis 1 on the first flight of the Space Launch System, the start of the program's future missions to the moon.

Person born this day 2006

Mason Ramsey

Mason Ramsey, American singer

Fact 2004

On November 16, 2004, the world's first living cell with a synthetic genome was created by scientists at the J. Craig Venter Institute.

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"What we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

J.R.R. Tolkien

Changed the world 2020

Vega (rocket)

A Vega rocket carrying SEOSat-Ingenio and TARANIS fails after liftoff.

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J.R.R. Tolkien

"What we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

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Intergenerational Fairness Day

Intergenerational Fairness Day (International day of action for rights of younger and future generations)

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Statia Day

Statia Day in Sint Eustatius (Caribbean Netherlands)

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International Day for Tolerance

International Day for Tolerance (United Nations)

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Icelandic Language Day

Icelandic Language Day or Dagur íslenskrar tungu (Iceland)

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Volkstrauertag

Earliest day on which Day of Repentance and Prayer can fall, while November 22 is the latest; celebrated 11 days before Advent Sunday (Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist) and United Protestant churches, Saxony, Bavaria), and its related observance:
Volkstrauertag (Germany)