Page 5: 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 November - 20.   

1917  Ukrainian Republic declared on November - 20.   

1917  USS Kanawha, Noma and Wakiva sink German sub off France on November - 20.   

1917  On November - 20 1st tank battle (Britain breaks through German lines)   

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 November - 20.   

1919  First municipally owned airport in US opens in Tucson, Az on November - 20.   

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

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

1920  On this day in history nobel Peace Prize awarded to US president W Wilson   

1920  Armin Schibler, composer on this day in history.   

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

1922  Zoe Akins' "Texas Nightingale," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1923  Garrett Morgan invents & patents traffic signal on this day in history.   

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

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

1925  On this day in history american politician Robert F. Kennedy is born   

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  The birth of Robert Kennedy, American politician on this day in history.   

1925  Judy Woodruff, news analyst & commentator on this day in history.   

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

1927  On November - 20 karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer, composer, dies at 56   

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

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

1931  On November - 20 commercial teletype service begins   

1931  The first commercial teletype service was inaugurated on this day on November - 20.   

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

1932  On this day in history 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  Eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's HR, Japan beats US 1-0 on this day in history.   

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  Maximinus, Roman Emperor (d. 313) was born on this day in history.   

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

1620  On November - 20 birth of peregrine White, son of Wm & Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower   

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

1625  On this day in history birth of artus II Quellinus "the Young", Flemish sculptor, baptised   

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

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

1529  Death of Karl von Miltitz, papal nuncio on November - 20.