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 this day in history.   

1917  On November - 20 ukrainian Republic declared   

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  On this day in history max Georg Baumann, composer   

1918  On November - 20 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  First municipally owned airport in US opens in Tucson, Az on this day in history.   

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 November - 20.   

1920  Nobel Peace Prize awarded to US president W Wilson on this day in history.   

1920  On November - 20 armin Schibler, composer   

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

1922  On November - 20 zoe Akins' "Texas Nightingale," premieres in NYC   

1923  Garrett Morgan invents & patents traffic signal on November - 20.   

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

1924  Benoit Mandelbrot, Warsaw Poland, mathematician (proved Zipf's law) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1925  The birth of Maya Plisetskaya, Russian Ballerina on November - 20.   

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

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

1925  On this day in history alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain, dies at 80   

1927  On November - 20 karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer, composer, dies at 56   

1928  Boston Gardens opens, Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0 on November - 20.   

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

1931  On November - 20 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 November - 20.   

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 November - 20.   

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

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

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0270  On this day in history birth of maximinus, Roman Emperor (d. 313)   

1327  Bassui Tokusho, Zen founder (Kogakuji monastery in Nakamura Japan) was born on this day in history.   

1602  On November - 20 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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 November - 20.   

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

1527  On this day in history death of wendelmoet "Weyntjen" Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic   

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