Page 5: Historical Events In November - 20

1916  On November - 20 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 November - 20.   

1917  Ukrainian Republic declared on this day in history.   

1917  USS Kanawha, Noma and Wakiva sink German sub off France on this day in history.   

1917  1st tank battle (Britain breaks through German lines) on this day in history.   

1917  Max Georg Baumann, composer on this day in history.   

1918  On November - 20 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  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  On this day in history dulcie Gray, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, actress (Mine Own Executioner)   

1920  On November - 20 nobel Peace Prize awarded to US president W Wilson   

1920  On this day in history armin Schibler, composer   

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

1922  On November - 20 zoe Akins' "Texas Nightingale," premieres in NYC   

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 November - 20 benoit Mandelbrot, Warsaw Poland, mathematician (proved Zipf's law)   

1925  American politician Robert F. Kennedy is born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1925  On November - 20 judy Woodruff, news analyst & commentator   

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

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

1928  On November - 20 boston Gardens opens, Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0   

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

1931  On this day in history commercial teletype service begins   

1931  On November - 20 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  On November - 20 eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's HR, Japan beats US 1-0   

1936  On this day in history 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 November - 20.   

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

1602  On this day in history birth of otto von Guericke, inventor (air pump)   

1606  On this day in history birth of abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian   

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

1621  On this day in history birth of avvakum, Russian priest and writer (d. 1682)   

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

1625  Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.   

0869  On November - 20 death of king Edmund of East Anglia   

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

1347  Stefano Colonna, Roman senator, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies   

1527  On November - 20 death of wendelmoet "Weyntjen" Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic   

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