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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is a 1998 action-adventure video game developed by nintendo's Entertainment Analysis and Development division for the nintendo 64 video game console. Originally developed for the nintendo 64DD peripheral, the game was instead released on a 32-megabyte cartridge, at the time the largest-capacity cartridge nintendo had produced. Ocarina of Time is the fifth game in The Legend of Zelda series in terms of release, but is set before the first four games. The player controls the series' trademark protagonist, Link, in the land of Hyrule. Link sets out on a quest to stop Ganondorf, King of the Gerudo, from obtaining the Triforce, a sacred relic that grants the wishes of its holder. Link travels through time and navigates several dungeons to awaken sages who have the power to seal Ganondorf. Music plays an important role—to progress, the player learns several songs for Link to play on his ocarina or the Ocarina of Time. The game received wide critical acclaim and commercial success. It won the Grand Prize in the Interactive Art division at the Japan Media Arts Festival, and won six honors at the 2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards. Despite a November 1998 release, it was the best-selling game of that year, and has sold over 7.6 million copies. (more...) Recently featured: Rokeby Venus – Greater Crested Tern – Congregation Beth Elohim Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously to reinforce MONUC, the largest peacekeeping force in the world, stationed in Nord-Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The first successful tracheal transplantation using a tissue-engineered organ created from the patient's own stem cells is performed in Spain. Somali pirates capture the oil tanker MV Sirius Star (pictured), the largest vessel to date to be hijacked, off the coast of the Horn of Africa. G-20 leaders meet at a summit in Washington, D.C. to discuss the current financial crisis. Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 successfully lands the Moon Impact Probe on the lunar south pole. Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events...
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November 21: World Hello Day; World Television Day; Armed Forces Day in Bangladesh 1272 – Edward I became King of England, succeeding his father Henry III who died five days earlier. 1783 – Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes made the first successful untethered flight by humans in a hot air balloon (pictured), which was constructed by the Montgolfier brothers. 1894 – First Sino-Japanese War: Advanced elements of the First Division of the Japanese Second Army killed an estimated 20,000 Chinese servicemen and civilians in the coastal city of Lüshunkou. 1920 – Irish War of Independence: On Bloody Sunday in Dublin, the Irish Republican Army killed more than a dozen British intelligence officers known as the Cairo Gang, and the Auxiliaries of the Royal Irish Constabulary opened fire on players and spectators at a Gaelic football match in Croke Park. 1977 – God Defend New Zealand became New Zealand's second national anthem, on equal standing with God Save the Queen, which had been the traditional one since 1840. More events: November 20 – November 21 – November 22 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 05:25, November 21, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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Astronaut Eugene Cernan makes a short test drive of the lunar rover (officially, Lunar Roving Vehicle or LRV) during the early part of the first Apollo 17 extravehicular activity. The LRV was only used in the last three Apollo missions, but it performed without any problems and allowed the astronauts to cover far more ground than in previous missions. All three LRVs were abandoned on the Moon.

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