Page 5: Historical Events In November - 20

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

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

1917  Ukrainian Republic declared on November - 20.   

1917  On this day in history 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  On November - 20 max Georg Baumann, composer   

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

1919  On November - 20 first municipally owned airport in US opens in Tucson, Az   

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

1920  Armin Schibler, composer on this day in history.   

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  On November - 20 garrett Morgan invents & patents traffic signal   

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

1925  Queen Alexandra, widow of King Edward VII and mother of King George V dies in England on this day in history.   

1925  On November - 20 the birth of Maya Plisetskaya, Russian Ballerina   

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

1925  On this day in history 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 this day in history boston Gardens opens, Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0   

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

1931  On November - 20 commercial teletype service begins   

1931  The first commercial teletype service was inaugurated on this day on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history commercial teletype service begins (AT&T)   

1932  Earthquake at Uden Netherlands on November - 20.   

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 November - 20.   

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 November - 20.   

1327  Bassui Tokusho, Zen founder (Kogakuji monastery in Nakamura Japan) was born on November - 20.   

1602  On November - 20 birth of otto von Guericke, inventor (air pump)   

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

1620  On this day in history birth of peregrine White, son of Wm & Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower   

1621  On November - 20 birth of avvakum, Russian priest and writer (d. 1682)   

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 November - 20.   

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  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 November - 20.   

1480  On November - 20 eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies   

1518  Pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies on this day in history.   

1527  Death of Wendelmoet "Weyntjen" Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic on this day in history.   

1529  On this day in history death of karl von Miltitz, papal nuncio