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Sunday, 06 July 2025
1936 Jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, Spanish Falange, executed on this day in history. 
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 this day in history.
1939 Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.
1940 Hungary, Rumania, and Slovakia join Axis on this day in history.
1940 German air raid on Birmingham fails on November - 20.
1941 Adm Nomura & Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note on November - 20.
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 On this day in history 26th Russian Armoured Corps recaptures Perelazovski
1943 US forces land on Tarawa and Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Island on this day in history.
1943 On November - 20 u-538 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
1944 On this day in history 1st Japanse suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol, Carolines)
1944 On this day in history sekio Nishina, Japanese inventor (kaiten-suicide submarine), dies at 21
1945 On November - 20 24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg, Germany
1945 The International Military Tribunal begins trying German war criminals at Nuremberg on this day in history.
1945 On this day in history the Nuremburg war crimes tribunal begins hearings with 24 Nazi leaders, including Hess and Goering, on trial
1946 Lillian Hellman's "Another Part of the Forest," premieres in NYC on this day in history.
1947 On this day in history "Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC
1947 On November - 20 britain's Princess Elizabeth, marries Duke Philip Mountbatten
1947 On this day in history the first permanent TV installed on seagoing vessel (The New Jersey)
1947 UN General assembly begins debate on printing their own stamps on November - 20.
1948 On November - 20 uS balloon reaches height of 42.7 km (record)
1949 Jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000 on this day in history.
1950 In the Korean war advancing allied troops reach the Manchurian Chinese border on November - 20.
1950 On November - 20 francesco Cilea, composer, dies at 84
1951 Snowdonia becomes a National Park on this day in history.
1952 On this day in history cubs slugger Hank Sauer wins NL MVP
1952 On November - 20 benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher (La Critica), dies at 86
1953 Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, first to break Mach 2 (1300 MPH) on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1955 Kripal Singh scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, India v NZ on this day in history.
1957 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 on this day in history.
1957 Weldon Hart, composer, dies at 46 on November - 20.
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