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1916 On this day in history 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 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 On November - 20 1st tank battle (Britain breaks through German lines)
1917 Max Georg Baumann, composer on November - 20.
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 November - 20.
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 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 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to US president W Wilson on November - 20.
1920 Armin Schibler, composer on this day in history.
1921 Phyllis Thaxter, Portland Maine, actress (Nora, Ft Worth) on this day in history.
1922 On November - 20 zoe Akins' "Texas Nightingale," premieres in NYC
1923 Garrett Morgan invents & patents traffic signal on this day in history.
1923 Beryl Sprinkel, Missouri, economist (Council of Economic Advisers) on this day in history.
1924 Benoit Mandelbrot, Warsaw Poland, mathematician (proved Zipf's law) on November - 20.
1925 On November - 20 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 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 November - 20.
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 this day in history.
1928 On this day in history boston Gardens opens, Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0
1929 1st broadcast of "Goldbergs" on US radio on November - 20.
1931 On this day in history commercial teletype service begins
1931 On November - 20 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 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 Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange is killed by a republican execution squad on November - 20.
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