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  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  On November - 20 max Georg Baumann, composer   

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 November - 20.   

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

1919  On this day in history dulcie Gray, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, actress (Mine Own Executioner)   

1920  Nobel Peace Prize awarded to US president W Wilson on this day in history.   

1920  Armin Schibler, composer on this day in history.   

1921  On November - 20 phyllis Thaxter, Portland Maine, actress (Nora, Ft Worth)   

1922  On November - 20 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 November - 20.   

1925  On November - 20 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 November - 20.   

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

1925  Alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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

1928  Boston Gardens opens, Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0 on November - 20.   

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

1931  Commercial teletype service begins on this day in history.   

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  Earthquake at Uden Netherlands on November - 20.   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

1621  Avvakum, Russian priest and writer (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.   

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 November - 20.   

0869  On this day in history death of king Edmund of East Anglia   

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

1347  On this day in history stefano Colonna, Roman senator, dies in battle   

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

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