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  Ukrainian Republic declared on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1918  On November - 20 dora Ratjen, Germany, man possing as woman high jumper (Oly-4th-1936)  

1919  On this day in history first municipally owned airport in US opens in Tucson, Az  

1919  1st municipally owned airport in US opens (Tucson Az) on November - 20.  

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1919  On this day in history dulcie Gray, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, actress (Mine Own Executioner)  

1920  On November - 20 nobel Peace Prize awarded to US president W Wilson  

1920  Armin Schibler, composer on November - 20.  

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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  The birth of Robert Kennedy, American politician on November - 20.  

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

1929  On November - 20 1st broadcast of "Goldbergs" on US radio  

1931  Commercial teletype service begins on November - 20.  

1931  On November - 20 the first commercial teletype service was inaugurated on this day  

1931  Commercial teletype service begins (AT&T) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 November - 20.  

1620  Peregrine White, son of Wm & Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower was born on November - 20.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies  

1527  Death of Wendelmoet "Weyntjen" Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic on this day in history.  

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