Page 6: Historical Events In November - 20
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
1936 Jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, Spanish Falange, executed on November - 20.
1938 On November - 20 documented anti-Semitic remarks are heard over US radio (by Father Coughlin)
1938 1st documented anti-semitic remarks over US radio (by Father Coughlin) on November - 20.
1939 On this day in history marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer, dies at 72
1940 On November - 20 hungary, Rumania, and Slovakia join Axis.
1940 On this day in history german air raid on Birmingham fails
1941 On November - 20 adm Nomura & Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note
1942 On this day in history operation Galvanic, under command of Vice Admiral Raymond Spruance, lands Navy, Marine, and Army forces on Tarawa and Makin.
1942 26th Russian Armoured Corps recaptures Perelazovski on November - 20.
1943 On this day in history uS forces land on Tarawa and Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Island
1943 On this day in history u-538 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
1944 1st Japanse suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol, Carolines) on this day in history.
1944 On November - 20 sekio Nishina, Japanese inventor (kaiten-suicide submarine), dies at 21
1945 24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg, Germany on November - 20.
1945 On this day in history the International Military Tribunal begins trying German war criminals at Nuremberg
1945 On this day in history the Nuremburg war crimes tribunal begins hearings with 24 Nazi leaders, including Hess and Goering, on trial
1946 On November - 20 lillian Hellman's "Another Part of the Forest," premieres in NYC
1947 On this day in history "Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC
1947 Britain's Princess Elizabeth, marries Duke Philip Mountbatten on November - 20.
1947 The first permanent TV installed on seagoing vessel (The New Jersey) on November - 20.
1947 UN General assembly begins debate on printing their own stamps on this day in history.
1948 On this day in history uS balloon reaches height of 42.7 km (record)
1949 Jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000 on November - 20.
1950 On November - 20 in the Korean war advancing allied troops reach the Manchurian Chinese border
1950 Francesco Cilea, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.
1951 Snowdonia becomes a National Park on November - 20.
1952 Cubs slugger Hank Sauer wins NL MVP on November - 20.
1952 Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher (La Critica), dies at 86 on November - 20.
1953 On this day in history scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, first to break Mach 2 (1300 MPH)
1953 On November - 20 scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, 1st to break Mach 2 (1,300 MPH)
1954 KTRK TV channel 13 in Houston, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting on November - 20.
1955 On this day in history kripal Singh scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, India v NZ
1957 On November - 20 newly appointed Secretary of Defense Neil McElroy, while testifing before Congress said that he would set up an agency to manage all defense research. Despite objections by some of the military, the research agency, known as ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) was created in early 1958. ARPA developed ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, in 1969.
1957 On this day in history weldon Hart, composer, dies at 46
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