Page 5: Historical Events In November - 20

1916  Ferdinand AM van der Ham, Dutch WW II resistance fighter on November - 20.   

1917  Lt. Harcus Strahan (The Fort Garry Horse - Cdn.) wins the Victoria Cross at Masnières, France on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history ukrainian Republic declared   

1917  USS Kanawha, Noma and Wakiva sink German sub off France on this day in history.   

1917  1st tank battle (Britain breaks through German lines) on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history max Georg Baumann, composer   

1918  On this day in history by order in Council P.C. 2854 the management of the Canadian Government Railways is entrusted to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Northern Railway Co. On the same day the Government takes over the Canadian Northern Railway and appoints a new Board of Directors.   

1918  Dora Ratjen, Germany, man possing as woman high jumper (Oly-4th-1936) on November - 20.   

1919  On this day in history first municipally owned airport in US opens in Tucson, Az   

1919  On November - 20 1st municipally owned airport in US opens (Tucson Az)   

1919  On November - 20 dulcie Gray, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, actress (Mine Own Executioner)   

1920  On November - 20 nobel Peace Prize awarded to US president W Wilson   

1920  Armin Schibler, composer on this day in history.   

1921  Phyllis Thaxter, Portland Maine, actress (Nora, Ft Worth) on November - 20.   

1922  Zoe Akins' "Texas Nightingale," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1923  On November - 20 garrett Morgan invents & patents traffic signal   

1923  Beryl Sprinkel, Missouri, economist (Council of Economic Advisers) on November - 20.   

1924  On November - 20 benoit Mandelbrot, Warsaw Poland, mathematician (proved Zipf's law)   

1925  On this day in history american politician Robert F. Kennedy is born   

1925  On this day in history queen Alexandra, widow of King Edward VII and mother of King George V dies in England   

1925  The birth of Maya Plisetskaya, Russian Ballerina on this day in history.   

1925  The birth of Robert Kennedy, American politician on this day in history.   

1925  On November - 20 judy Woodruff, news analyst & commentator   

1925  Alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1927  Karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer, composer, dies at 56 on November - 20.   

1928  On November - 20 boston Gardens opens, Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0   

1929  On this day in history 1st broadcast of "Goldbergs" on US radio   

1931  On this day in history commercial teletype service begins   

1931  On this day in history the first commercial teletype service was inaugurated on this day   

1931  Commercial teletype service begins (AT&T) on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history earthquake at Uden Netherlands   

1933  Navy crew (LCDR Thomas G. W. Settle, USN, and MAJ Chester I. Fordney, USMC) sets a world altitude record in balloon (62,237 ft.) in flight into stratosphere on November - 20.   

1934  On November - 20 eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's HR, Japan beats US 1-0   

1936  Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange is killed by a republican execution squad on this day in history.   

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0270  Maximinus, Roman Emperor (d. 313) was born on this day in history.   

1327  On this day in history birth of bassui Tokusho, Zen founder (Kogakuji monastery in Nakamura Japan)   

1602  On this day in history birth of otto von Guericke, inventor (air pump)   

1606  Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian was born on this day in history.   

1620  Peregrine White, son of Wm & Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower was born on this day in history.   

1621  Avvakum, Russian priest and writer (d. 1682) was born on November - 20.   

1625  Artus II Quellinus "the Young", Flemish sculptor, baptised was born on November - 20.   

1625  Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.   

0869  Death of King Edmund of East Anglia on November - 20.   

0967  Aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of liederen), dies on November - 20.   

1347  On November - 20 stefano Colonna, Roman senator, dies in battle   

1437  Death of Thomas Langley, bishop of Durham, cardinal and lord chancellor (b. 1363) on November - 20.   

1480  On November - 20 eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies   

1518  Pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies on this day in history.   

1527  Death of Wendelmoet "Weyntjen" Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic on November - 20.   

1529  On November - 20 death of karl von Miltitz, papal nuncio