Historical Events In November - 20

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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  On this day in history dora Ratjen, Germany, man possing as woman high jumper (Oly-4th-1936)  

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

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

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

1923  On this day in history garrett Morgan invents & patents traffic signal  

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

1925  The birth of Robert Kennedy, American politician on this day in history.  

1925  On this day in history judy Woodruff, news analyst & commentator  

1925  Alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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

1928  On November - 20 boston Gardens opens, Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0  

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  On this day in history earthquake at Uden Netherlands  

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 November - 20.  

1936  Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange is killed by a republican execution squad on this day in history.  

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0270  On November - 20 birth of maximinus, Roman Emperor (d. 313)  

1327  On November - 20 birth of bassui Tokusho, Zen founder (Kogakuji monastery in Nakamura Japan)  

1602  Otto von Guericke, inventor (air pump) was born on this day in history.  

1606  On November - 20 birth of abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian  

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

1625  Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654) was born on November - 20.  

0869  On this day in history death of king Edmund of East Anglia  

0967  On November - 20 aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of liederen), dies  

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 November - 20.  

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 this day in history.