Page 5: Historical Events In November - 20

1916  Ferdinand AM van der Ham, Dutch WW II resistance fighter on this day in history.   

1917  Lt. Harcus Strahan (The Fort Garry Horse - Cdn.) wins the Victoria Cross at Masnières, France on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history ukrainian Republic declared   

1917  On November - 20 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 November - 20.   

1918  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1919  On November - 20 dulcie Gray, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, actress (Mine Own Executioner)   

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

1920  On this day in history armin Schibler, composer   

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

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 November - 20.   

1925  On November - 20 the birth of Maya Plisetskaya, Russian Ballerina   

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

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

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

1927  On this day in history karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer, composer, dies at 56   

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

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

1931  On November - 20 commercial teletype service begins   

1931  The first commercial teletype service was inaugurated on this day on November - 20.   

1931  On November - 20 commercial teletype service begins (AT&T)   

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 November - 20.   

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

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  Maximinus, Roman Emperor (d. 313) was born on this day in history.   

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  Peregrine White, son of Wm & Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower was born on this day in history.   

1621  On November - 20 birth of avvakum, Russian priest and writer (d. 1682)   

1625  On November - 20 birth of artus II Quellinus "the Young", Flemish sculptor, baptised   

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

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

0967  Aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of liederen), dies on this day in history.   

1347  On this day in history stefano Colonna, Roman senator, dies in battle   

1437  On November - 20 death of thomas Langley, bishop of Durham, cardinal and lord chancellor (b. 1363)   

1480  On this day in history 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  Death of Karl von Miltitz, papal nuncio on this day in history.