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  Ukrainian Republic declared on this day in history.  

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 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)  

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1919  Dulcie Gray, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, actress (Mine Own Executioner) on November - 20.  

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

1923  On November - 20 beryl Sprinkel, Missouri, economist (Council of Economic Advisers)  

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  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  On this day in history the birth of Robert Kennedy, American politician  

1925  On November - 20 judy Woodruff, news analyst & commentator  

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  Boston Gardens opens, Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0 on this day in history.  

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

1931  Commercial teletype service begins on this day in history.  

1931  On this day in history the first commercial teletype service was inaugurated on this day  

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

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

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  Otto von Guericke, inventor (air pump) was born on November - 20.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1625  Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1527  On November - 20 death of wendelmoet "Weyntjen" Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic  

1529  On this day in history death of karl von Miltitz, papal nuncio