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31 October
Saturday Hijri 20 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH
By the Gregorian calendar 31 October
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By the Hijri calendar 20 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH
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Upcoming anniversaries
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20201 November
First pilgrims from abroad arrive for Umrah after the pandemic halt
On 1 November 2020, the third phase of the Umrah resumption began, and the first pilgrims from abroad in about seven months landed at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah. The first flight, from Pakistan, carried 38 pilgrims; the second, from Indonesia, carried 224.
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19083 November
Arabic-Turkish newspaper "Hijaz" printed in Mecca
After the Second Constitutional Era began, "Hijaz", the first official weekly newspaper published in Arabic and Turkish, was printed at the Provincial Press (Vilayet Matbaası) in Mecca on 3 November 1908. It was followed on 16 February 1909 by the weekly Shams al-Haqiqa.
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197920 November
Armed militants seize Masjid al-Haram
On 20 November 1979, the first day of the Hijri year 1400, an armed group led by Juhayman al-Otaybi seized Masjid al-Haram after the dawn prayer. The siege lasted about two weeks and ended in early December 1979, when Saudi forces regained control of the mosque.