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 this day in history 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  On November - 20 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 this day in history.   

1919  First municipally owned airport in US opens in Tucson, Az on November - 20.   

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

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

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

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 November - 20.   

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 November - 20 american politician Robert F. Kennedy is born   

1925  Queen Alexandra, widow of King Edward VII and mother of King George V dies in England on November - 20.   

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

1925  On November - 20 the birth of Robert Kennedy, American politician   

1925  Judy Woodruff, news analyst & commentator on this day in history.   

1925  Alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain, dies at 80 on November - 20.   

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

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

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 November - 20.   

1932  On this day in history earthquake at Uden Netherlands   

1933  On this day in history 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  On this day in history eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's HR, Japan beats US 1-0   

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

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  Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian was born on November - 20.   

1620  Peregrine White, son of Wm & Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower was born on November - 20.   

1621  On this day in history 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  Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654) was born on November - 20.   

0869  Death of King Edmund of East Anglia on this day in history.   

0967  Aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of liederen), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1480  Eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies on this day in history.   

1518  On November - 20 pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies   

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

1529  Death of Karl von Miltitz, papal nuncio on November - 20.