Famous Birthdays In November - 20

1866  Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/1st commissioner of baseball was born on this day in history.   

1867  On this day in history birth of vicente Ripolles, composer   

1869  On this day in history birth of clark Griffith, Mo, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees)   

1871  William H Kilpatrick, US mathematician/philosopher/educator was born on November - 20.   

1873  Daniel Gregory Mason, Brookline Mass, composer (Chanticker) was born on this day in history.   

1874  On November - 20 birth of james Michael Curley, 53rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)   

1879  Franz Pfemfert, writer was born on November - 20.   

1880  On this day in history birth of george McBride, baseball player (d. 1973)   

1882  Andy Coakley, baseball player and long-time coach at Columbia University (d. 1963) was born on November - 20.   

1884  On November - 20 birth of norman Thomas, Marion Ohio, socialist (Pres Candidate 1928-48)   

1886  On this day in history birth of karl von Frisch, zoologist/bee expert (Nobel 1973)   

1889  On this day in history birth of edwin Hubble, astronomer (discoverer of galaxies, red shift)   

1890  On November - 20 birth of jean-Jacques Gailliard, Belgian painter   

1890  Robert Armstrong, Saginaw MI, actor (Mighty Joe Young, King Kong) was born on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history birth of leon Cadore, pitcher (pitched all of 26 inning game)   

1891  Reginald Denny Richmond England, actor (Rebecca, Cat Ballou, Batman) was born on this day in history.   

1892  James B Collip, Canadian biochemist/physiologist (insulin) was born on this day in history.   

1894  Carl Mayer, Graz, actor (Dreaming Lips, Ariane, Sunrise) was born on November - 20.   

1896  On this day in history birth of mykhaylo Verikivsky, composer   

1896  Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (d. 1977) was born on November - 20.   

1897  On this day in history birth of lores Bonney, aviator   

1897  Margaret Sutherland, composer was born on November - 20.   

1899  On November - 20 birth of juan Vicente Lecuna, composer   

1900  On November - 20 birth of chester Gould, cartoonist (Dick Tracy)   

1902  Wolfgang Kunkel, German law historian was born on November - 20.   

1903  On this day in history birth of ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and educationist (d. 1981)   

1904  On this day in history birth of alexandra Danilova, ballet great   

1907  Fran Allison, LaPorte City Iowa, actress (Kukla, Fran & Ollie) was born on this day in history.   

1907  Henri-Georges Clouzot, France, director (Le salaire de la peur) was born on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history birth of alistair Cooke, Manchester England, TV host (Masterpiece Theatre)   

1909  Alan Bible, (Sen-D-Nev, 1954-74) was born on November - 20.   

1910  On this day in history birth of pauli Murray, famous African   

1910  On November - 20 birth of willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch physicist (d. 1944)   

1911  Jean Shiley, US, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1932) was born on November - 20.   

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

0967  Aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of liederen), dies on November - 20.   

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

1437  Death of Thomas Langley, bishop of Durham, cardinal and lord chancellor (b. 1363) on this day in history.   

1480  On November - 20 eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies   

1518  Pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies on November - 20.   

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