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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
1988 November 15: Palestinian Declaration of Independence
November 16, 1988: Estonian Sovereignty Declaration
November 16: Icelandic Language Day
1989 November 17: Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia
1918 November 18: Proclamation of the Republic of Latvia
2013 November 21: Euromaidan, Ukraine
4th Saturday of November: Remembrance Day for the Victims of Holodomors in Ukraine
1920 November 27: Belarus Heroes’ Day
1912 November 28: Albanian Flag Day/Declaration of Independence
November 29: International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
November 30: Saint Andrew’s Day, Scotland’s official national day
December 3: International Day of the Basque Language
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