Hisdates•ComPage 6: Historical Events In November - 20
Sunday, 30 March 2025
1936 Jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, Spanish Falange, executed on this day in history. 
1938 On November - 20 documented anti-Semitic remarks are heard over US radio (by Father Coughlin)
1938 1st documented anti-semitic remarks over US radio (by Father Coughlin) on November - 20.
1939 Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.
1940 Hungary, Rumania, and Slovakia join Axis on November - 20.
1940 On November - 20 german air raid on Birmingham fails
1941 On this day in history adm Nomura & Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note
1942 On this day in history operation Galvanic, under command of Vice Admiral Raymond Spruance, lands Navy, Marine, and Army forces on Tarawa and Makin.
1942 On November - 20 26th Russian Armoured Corps recaptures Perelazovski
1943 US forces land on Tarawa and Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Island on November - 20.
1943 U-538 sinks in Atlantic Ocean on November - 20.
1944 On this day in history 1st Japanse suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol, Carolines)
1944 Sekio Nishina, Japanese inventor (kaiten-suicide submarine), dies at 21 on this day in history.
1945 On November - 20 24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg, Germany
1945 On November - 20 the International Military Tribunal begins trying German war criminals at Nuremberg
1945 On this day in history the Nuremburg war crimes tribunal begins hearings with 24 Nazi leaders, including Hess and Goering, on trial
1946 On this day in history lillian Hellman's "Another Part of the Forest," premieres in NYC
1947 "Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC on this day in history.
1947 Britain's Princess Elizabeth, marries Duke Philip Mountbatten on November - 20.
1947 On this day in history the first permanent TV installed on seagoing vessel (The New Jersey)
1947 On November - 20 uN General assembly begins debate on printing their own stamps
1948 US balloon reaches height of 42.7 km (record) on this day in history.
1949 Jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000 on November - 20.
1950 On this day in history in the Korean war advancing allied troops reach the Manchurian Chinese border
1950 Francesco Cilea, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.
1951 On November - 20 snowdonia becomes a National Park
1952 Cubs slugger Hank Sauer wins NL MVP on November - 20.
1952 On this day in history benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher (La Critica), dies at 86
1953 Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, first to break Mach 2 (1300 MPH) on this day in history.
1953 Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, 1st to break Mach 2 (1,300 MPH) on this day in history.
1954 On November - 20 kTRK TV channel 13 in Houston, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 On November - 20 kripal Singh scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, India v NZ
1957 On this day in history newly appointed Secretary of Defense Neil McElroy, while testifing before Congress said that he would set up an agency to manage all defense research. Despite objections by some of the military, the research agency, known as ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) was created in early 1958. ARPA developed ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, in 1969.
1957 Weldon Hart, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.
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