Historical Events In November - 20

1916  On this day in history ferdinand AM van der Ham, Dutch WW II resistance fighter   

1917  Lt. Harcus Strahan (The Fort Garry Horse - Cdn.) wins the Victoria Cross at Masnières, France on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history dora Ratjen, Germany, man possing as woman high jumper (Oly-4th-1936)   

1919  On this day in history first municipally owned airport in US opens in Tucson, Az   

1919  On November - 20 1st municipally owned airport in US opens (Tucson Az)   

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

1920  Nobel Peace Prize awarded to US president W Wilson on November - 20.   

1920  Armin Schibler, composer on November - 20.   

1921  Phyllis Thaxter, Portland Maine, actress (Nora, Ft Worth) on November - 20.   

1922  On this day in history zoe Akins' "Texas Nightingale," premieres in NYC   

1923  Garrett Morgan invents & patents traffic signal on November - 20.   

1923  Beryl Sprinkel, Missouri, economist (Council of Economic Advisers) on November - 20.   

1924  Benoit Mandelbrot, Warsaw Poland, mathematician (proved Zipf's law) on this day in history.   

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

1925  On November - 20 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 November - 20.   

1925  On this day in history the birth of Robert Kennedy, American politician   

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

1925  On November - 20 alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain, dies at 80   

1927  Karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer, composer, dies at 56 on November - 20.   

1928  Boston Gardens opens, Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0 on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history commercial teletype service begins (AT&T)   

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  Bassui Tokusho, Zen founder (Kogakuji monastery in Nakamura Japan) was born on this day in history.   

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

1625  Artus II Quellinus "the Young", Flemish sculptor, baptised was born on November - 20.   

1625  On this day in history birth of paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654)   

0869  Death of King Edmund of East Anglia on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies   

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

1527  On this day in history death of wendelmoet "Weyntjen" Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic   

1529  On November - 20 death of karl von Miltitz, papal nuncio