Page 5: Historical Events In November - 20

1916  On November - 20 ferdinand AM van der Ham, Dutch WW II resistance fighter   

1917  Lt. Harcus Strahan (The Fort Garry Horse - Cdn.) wins the Victoria Cross at Masnières, France on November - 20.   

1917  Ukrainian Republic declared on this day in history.   

1917  On November - 20 uSS Kanawha, Noma and Wakiva sink German sub off France.   

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

1917  Max Georg Baumann, composer on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history dora Ratjen, Germany, man possing as woman high jumper (Oly-4th-1936)   

1919  On November - 20 first municipally owned airport in US opens in Tucson, Az   

1919  On this day in history 1st municipally owned airport in US opens (Tucson Az)   

1919  Dulcie Gray, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, actress (Mine Own Executioner) on this day in history.   

1920  Nobel Peace Prize awarded to US president W Wilson on November - 20.   

1920  Armin Schibler, composer on this day in history.   

1921  On November - 20 phyllis Thaxter, Portland Maine, actress (Nora, Ft Worth)   

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

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

1923  On this day in history beryl Sprinkel, Missouri, economist (Council of Economic Advisers)   

1924  On this day in history benoit Mandelbrot, Warsaw Poland, mathematician (proved Zipf's law)   

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

1925  On November - 20 queen Alexandra, widow of King Edward VII and mother of King George V dies in England   

1925  On November - 20 the birth of Maya Plisetskaya, Russian Ballerina   

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

1925  Judy Woodruff, news analyst & commentator on November - 20.   

1925  On November - 20 alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain, dies at 80   

1927  On this day in history karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer, composer, dies at 56   

1928  On this day in history boston Gardens opens, Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0   

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

1931  Commercial teletype service begins on November - 20.   

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  Earthquake at Uden Netherlands on this day in history.   

1933  On November - 20 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.   

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

1936  On November - 20 jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange is killed by a republican execution squad.   

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0270  On November - 20 birth of maximinus, Roman Emperor (d. 313)   

1327  Bassui Tokusho, Zen founder (Kogakuji monastery in Nakamura Japan) was born on November - 20.   

1602  Otto von Guericke, inventor (air pump) was born on November - 20.   

1606  On November - 20 birth of abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian   

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

1621  On November - 20 birth of avvakum, Russian priest and writer (d. 1682)   

1625  On this day in history birth of artus II Quellinus "the Young", Flemish sculptor, baptised   

1625  On this day in history birth of paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654)   

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

0967  On this day in history aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of liederen), dies   

1347  Stefano Colonna, Roman senator, dies in battle on November - 20.   

1437  On this day in history death of thomas Langley, bishop of Durham, cardinal and lord chancellor (b. 1363)   

1480  Eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies on November - 20.   

1518  Pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies on November - 20.   

1527  Death of Wendelmoet "Weyntjen" Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic on this day in history.   

1529  Death of Karl von Miltitz, papal nuncio on this day in history.