Historical Events In November - 20

1916  Ferdinand AM van der Ham, Dutch WW II resistance fighter on November - 20.   

1917  On November - 20 lt. Harcus Strahan (The Fort Garry Horse - Cdn.) wins the Victoria Cross at Masnières, France   

1917  On November - 20 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 this day in history.   

1918  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 on November - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 November - 20 armin Schibler, composer   

1921  Phyllis Thaxter, Portland Maine, actress (Nora, Ft Worth) on this day in history.   

1922  Zoe Akins' "Texas Nightingale," premieres in NYC on November - 20.   

1923  On November - 20 garrett Morgan invents & patents traffic signal   

1923  On this day in history beryl Sprinkel, Missouri, economist (Council of Economic Advisers)   

1924  On this day in history benoit Mandelbrot, Warsaw Poland, mathematician (proved Zipf's law)   

1925  American politician Robert F. Kennedy is born on November - 20.   

1925  Queen Alexandra, widow of King Edward VII and mother of King George V dies in England on November - 20.   

1925  The birth of Maya Plisetskaya, Russian Ballerina on November - 20.   

1925  The birth of Robert Kennedy, American politician on November - 20.   

1925  Judy Woodruff, news analyst & commentator on November - 20.   

1925  On this day in history alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain, dies at 80   

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 this day in history.   

1929  1st broadcast of "Goldbergs" on US radio on November - 20.   

1931  On November - 20 commercial teletype service begins   

1931  On November - 20 the first commercial teletype service was inaugurated on this day   

1931  Commercial teletype service begins (AT&T) on November - 20.   

1932  On November - 20 earthquake at Uden Netherlands   

1933  On this day in history 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.   

1934  On November - 20 eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's HR, Japan beats US 1-0   

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  On this day in history birth of maximinus, Roman Emperor (d. 313)   

1327  On this day in history birth of bassui Tokusho, Zen founder (Kogakuji monastery in Nakamura Japan)   

1602  On November - 20 birth of otto von Guericke, inventor (air pump)   

1606  Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian was born on November - 20.   

1620  Peregrine White, son of Wm & Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower was born on November - 20.   

1621  Avvakum, Russian priest and writer (d. 1682) was born on November - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

0967  On this day in history aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of liederen), dies   

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

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

1480  Eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies on this day in history.   

1518  On November - 20 pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies   

1527  Death of Wendelmoet "Weyntjen" Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic on November - 20.   

1529  Death of Karl von Miltitz, papal nuncio on this day in history.