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Birthday November 20, 1602 Otto von Guericke, invented air pump |
Birthday November 20, 1620 Peregrine White, son of William & Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower |
Birthday November 20, 1726 Oliver Wolcott, governor of Conn., signer of Declaration of Indep |
Birthday November 20, 1781 Andres Bello, Venezuelan diplomat, author, humanist |
Birthday November 20, 1841 Sir Wilfrid Laurier, (L), 7th Canadian prime minister (1896-1911) |
Birthday November 20, 1858 Selma Lagerlof, Swedish novelist (Tales of a Manor) (Nobel 1909) |
Birthday November 20, 1866 Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge, 1st commissioner of baseball |
Birthday November 20, 1886 Karl von Frisch, zoologist, bee expert (Nobel 1973) |
Birthday November 20, 1889 Edwin Hubble, US astronomer, discoverer of galaxies, red shift |
Birthday November 20, 1900 Chester Gould, cartoonist (gave Dick Tracy a job) |
Birthday November 20, 1908 Alistair Cooke, raconteur (Masterpiece Theatre) |
Birthday November 20, 1914 Emilio Pucci, fashion designer |
Birthday November 20, 1916 Robert A. Bruce, pioneer in exercise cardiology |
Birthday November 20, 1916 Judy Canova, in Fla |
Birthday November 20, 1917 Robert Byrd, (D-Sen-WV) majority leader |
Birthday November 20, 1919 Evelyn Keyes, Actress |
Birthday November 20, 1920 Gene Tierney, Actress (Laura, Razor's Edge) |
Birthday November 20, 1921 Phyllis Thaxter, in Portland Maine |
Birthday November 20, 1923 Nadine Gordimer, South African writer (Lying Days) |
Birthday November 20, 1925 Maya Plisetkaya, prima ballerina |
Birthday November 20, 1925 Robert Kennedy, in Brookline, Mass (D-Sen-NY) AG; assassinated |
Birthday November 20, 1926 Kaye Ballard, in Ohio Actress-comedian |
Birthday November 20, 1927 Estelle Parsons, Actress (Rachel, Rachel, Bonnie and Clyde) |
Birthday November 20, 1932 Richard Dawson, (Family Feud, Hogan's Heroes) |
Birthday November 20, 1939 Dick Smothers, comedian |
Birthday November 20, 1942 Joseph R. Biden Jr., (D-Sen-Del) |
Birthday November 20, 1943 Veronica Hamill, Phila (Hill Street Blues) |
Birthday November 20, 1946 Judy Woodruff, newscaster |
Birthday November 20, 1949 Ahmad Rashad, NFL wide receiver (Minnesota), sportscaster |
Birthday November 20, 1956 Bo Derek, Long Beach Cal (10, Tarzan, Ape Man) |
History November 20, 1780 Britain declares war against Holland |
History November 20, 1789 NJ became 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights. |
History November 20, 1789 New Jersey ratifies the Bill of Rights |
History November 20, 1820 American vessel sunk by sperm whale |
History November 20, 1843 Blacksnake Hills trading post is renamed St. Joseph |
History November 20, 1864 Sherman on the move |
History November 20, 1875 Henry James' first novel is published |
History November 20, 1888 William Bundy invents 1st timecard clock |
History November 20, 1894 US intervenes in Bluefields Nicaragua |
History November 20, 1910 Revolution broke out in Mexico led by Francisco I. Madero. |
History November 20, 1914 US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports |
History November 20, 1917 British launch surprise tank attack at Cambrai |
History November 20, 1923 Garrett Morgan patents three-position traffic signal |
History November 20, 1931 Commercial teletype service began |
History November 20, 1942 NHL abolishes regular season overtime |
History November 20, 1943 American forces land on Tarawa & Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Is. |
History November 20, 1945 24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg Germany. |
History November 20, 1945 Nuremberg war-crimes trials begin |
History November 20, 1945 Trials open at Nuremberg |
History November 20, 1947 Princess Elizabeth marries Philip Mountbatten |
History November 20, 1947 Meet the Press makes network TV debut on NBC. |
History November 20, 1947 UN General assembly looks into printing their own stamps |
History November 20, 1947 Britain's Princess Elizabeth marries Duke Philip Mountbatten |
History November 20, 1948 American consul in China held hostage by communists |
History November 20, 1953 1st airplane to exceed 1300 mph - Scott Crossfield |
History November 20, 1955 Bo Diddley makes his national television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show |
History November 20, 1962 Kennedy announces fair housing legislation |
History November 20, 1967 Students Demonstrate Against Dow Chemical Company |
History November 20, 1967 At 11 AM Census Clock at Dept of Commerce ticks past 200 million. |
History November 20, 1968 Explosions rock West Virginia coal mine |
History November 20, 1969 Seymour Hersh files follow-up to My Lai story |
History November 20, 1975 Spain's Gen. Francisco Franco dies in Madrid at 82 |
History November 20, 1977 Egyptian Pres Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israel Knesset |
History November 20, 1977 Walter Payton of Bears rushes for NFL-record 275 yards |
History November 20, 1980 Billy Martin named AL Manager of the Year (Oakland A's) |
History November 20, 1980 UA withdraws $44 million movie `Heaven's Gate' for reediting. |
History November 20, 1980 Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes 1st solar-powered flight |
History November 20, 1981 Anatoly Karpov USSR retains world chess championship |
History November 20, 1982 Cal beats Stanford as band blocks field |
History November 20, 1983 100 million watch ABC-TV movie `The Day After' |
History November 20, 1985 Yankee Don Mattingly named AL MVP |
History November 20, 1986 UN's WHO announces 1st global effort to combat AIDS |
History November 20, 2003 Music producer Phil Spector indicted for murder of actress |