Page 5: Historical Events In November - 20

1916  On November - 20 ferdinand AM van der Ham, Dutch WW II resistance fighter   

1917  On this day in history 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  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 November - 20 max Georg Baumann, composer   

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 November - 20.   

1919  On November - 20 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 November - 20.   

1920  Armin Schibler, composer on November - 20.   

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

1922  On this day in history zoe Akins' "Texas Nightingale," premieres in NYC   

1923  On November - 20 garrett Morgan invents & patents traffic signal   

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

1924  On November - 20 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 November - 20.   

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

1927  On November - 20 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  1st broadcast of "Goldbergs" on US radio on November - 20.   

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  On November - 20 commercial teletype service begins (AT&T)   

1932  On November - 20 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 November - 20.   

1934  On this day in history eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's HR, Japan beats US 1-0   

1936  On this day in history 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 November - 20.   

1327  Bassui Tokusho, Zen founder (Kogakuji monastery in Nakamura Japan) was born on November - 20.   

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  Avvakum, Russian priest and writer (d. 1682) was born on November - 20.   

1625  On this day in history birth of artus II Quellinus "the Young", Flemish sculptor, baptised   

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

0869  Death of King Edmund of East Anglia on November - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

1518  Pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies on November - 20.   

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

1529  Death of Karl von Miltitz, papal nuncio on this day in history.