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November 22, 2020 - November 28, 2020 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries for each day of the week. This week features Juan Carlos king of Spain, Brazil’s soccer team Flamengo, the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, the Warsaw Ghetto, president George W. Bush and the website WikiLeaks
November 22, 1975: Juan Carlos became king of Spain after the death of dictator General Franco. He abdicated in 2014 and left Spain in August 2020 following a series of scandals
November 23, 2019: Flamengo of Brazil became the first soccer team since 1963 to win the Copa Libertadores and the Brazilian league on the same weekend
November 24, 2019: Amid ongoing protests in Hong Kong, pro-democracy candidates won control of 17 of 18 district councils in local elections to leave the government reeling
November 25, 2005: Manchester Utd legend George Best died aged 59. He was one of football’s global superstars in the 1960s and 70s but addiction to alcohol led to his early death
November 26, 1940: The Warsaw Ghetto was walled off, sealing in more than 400,000 Jewish residents, many of whom were subsequently deported to Nazi extermination camps
November 27, 2000: George W. Bush claimed victory in the protracted U.S. presidential election as recounts in Florida put the Texas governor just 537 votes ahead of vice-president Al Gore
November 28, 2010: A third “mega-leak” in 2010 by the website WikiLeaks published confidential documents from the U.S. State Dept. to its diplomatic missions around the world