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Tuesday, 26 August 2025
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 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 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 Dora Ratjen, Germany, man possing as woman high jumper (Oly-4th-1936) on this day in history.
1919 On this day in history first municipally owned airport in US opens in Tucson, Az
1919 1st municipally owned airport in US opens (Tucson Az) on this day in history.
1919 On this day in history dulcie Gray, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, actress (Mine Own Executioner)
1920 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to US president W Wilson on November - 20.
1920 On this day in history armin Schibler, composer
1921 Phyllis Thaxter, Portland Maine, actress (Nora, Ft Worth) on this day in history.
1922 Zoe Akins' "Texas Nightingale," premieres in NYC on this day in history.
1923 Garrett Morgan invents & patents traffic signal on November - 20.
1923 On this day in history beryl Sprinkel, Missouri, economist (Council of Economic Advisers)
1924 Benoit Mandelbrot, Warsaw Poland, mathematician (proved Zipf's law) on November - 20.
1925 American politician Robert F. Kennedy is born on November - 20.
1925 Queen Alexandra, widow of King Edward VII and mother of King George V dies in England on this day in history.
1925 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1925 On this day in history alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain, dies at 80
1927 Karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer, composer, dies at 56 on November - 20.
1928 On this day in history boston Gardens opens, Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0
1929 On November - 20 1st broadcast of "Goldbergs" on US radio
1931 On November - 20 commercial teletype service begins
1931 The first commercial teletype service was inaugurated on this day on November - 20.
1931 On November - 20 commercial teletype service begins (AT&T)
1932 Earthquake at Uden Netherlands on November - 20.
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 this day in history.
1934 Eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's HR, Japan beats US 1-0 on this day in history.
1936 Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange is killed by a republican execution squad on November - 20.
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