Page 5: Historical Events In November - 20

1916  On this day in history ferdinand AM van der Ham, Dutch WW II resistance fighter   

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

1917  On this day in history ukrainian Republic declared   

1917  USS Kanawha, Noma and Wakiva sink German sub off France on November - 20.   

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

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

1918  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 on this day in history.   

1918  Dora Ratjen, Germany, man possing as woman high jumper (Oly-4th-1936) on this day in history.   

1919  On November - 20 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  On this day in history nobel Peace Prize awarded to US president W Wilson   

1920  On November - 20 armin Schibler, composer   

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

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  American politician Robert F. Kennedy is born on this day in history.   

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

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

1931  Commercial teletype service begins on November - 20.   

1931  The first commercial teletype service was inaugurated on this day on November - 20.   

1931  Commercial teletype service begins (AT&T) on November - 20.   

1932  Earthquake at Uden Netherlands on November - 20.   

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  Eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's HR, Japan beats US 1-0 on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history birth of peregrine White, son of Wm & Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower   

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

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

1625  On November - 20 birth of paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654)   

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  On November - 20 death of thomas Langley, bishop of Durham, cardinal and lord chancellor (b. 1363)   

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

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.