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November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common November 2007 is the eleventh month of that year It began on a Thursday and 30 days later ended on a Friday PortalCurrent events News collections and sources See WikipediaNews collections and sources. November 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September November 20, 2003 November 2003 - please do not remove or delink the the date header November 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - November 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - November 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 41 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. Events By Place Roman Empire November 20 — Diocletian becomes Emperor. Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus ( ca. December 22 244 The modern historian Timothy Barnes takes December 22 as his birthdate The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC
• 762 - Bögü, Khan of the Uyghurs, conquers Lo-Yang, capital of the Chinese Empire. Events By Place Asia Abbasid caliph Al-Mansur founds a new capital at Baghdad, Iraq. Khan, alternately spelled lowercase as khan, qāān for their chief between 283 - 289 and was used as a state title by the Rouran confederation The Uyghur (also spelled Uygur, Uighur, Uigur, Uyghur: ئۇيغۇر) are a Turkic people of Central Asia. Luoyang ( is a Prefecture-level city in western Henan province, People's Republic of China.
• 1194 - Palermo is conquered by Emperor Henry VI. Palermo ( Sicilian: Palermu, Greek: Panormus, al-Madinah during Muslim rule is a historic City in Henry VI (November 1165 – 28 September 1197) was King of Germany from 1190 to 1197 Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 to 1197 and King
• 1407 - A truce between John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans is agreed under the auspices of John, Duke of Berry. John the Fearless (Jean sans Peur also John II Duke of Burgundy, known as John of Valois and John of Burgundy ( May 28 1371 Duke of Burgundy was a title borne by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, a small portion of traditional lands of Burgundians west of river Saône which Louis of Valois ( March 13 1372 &ndash November 23 1407) was Duke of Orléans from 1392 to his death John of Valois, the Magnificent, ( November 30 1340 &ndash March 15 1416) was Duke of Berry and Auvergne Orléans would be assassinated three days later by Burgundy.
• 1695 - Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil, is executed. Zumbi also known as Zumbi dos Palmares ( 1655 - November 20, 1695, pronounced 'zoombee' was the last of the leaders of the Quilombo dos Palmares, or Quilombo dos Palmares, was a collaboration of around ten Quilombos (or Mocambos) that grew from 1605 onwards in colonial |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld
• 1700 - Great Northern War: Battle of Narva - King Charles XII of Sweden defeats the army of Tsar Peter the Great at Narva. The Great Northern War (1700-21 was fought between Russia and Sweden for supremacy in the Baltic Sea. Tsar csar and tzar redirect here For other uses see Tsar (disambiguation. Narva is the third largest City in Estonia. It is located at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, by the Russian border on the Narva
• 1789 - New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights. Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government In the United States the Bill of Rights is the name by which the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are known
• 1820 - An 80-ton sperm whale attacks the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts) 2,000 miles from the western coast of South America (Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick was in part inspired by this story). Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Sperm Whale ( Physeter macrocephalus or Physeter catodon) is the largest of all Toothed whales and largest living toothed animal Whaling is the hunting of Whales and dates back to at least 6000 BC South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a Herman Melville (August 1 1819 &ndash September 28 1891 was an American novelist Short story writer Essayist and poet Moby-Dick is an 1851 Novel by Herman Melville. The story tells the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whaleship
• 1861 - Secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America.
• 1910 - Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero issues the Plan de San Luis Potosi, denouncing President Porfirio Díaz, declaring himself president, and calling for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico, effectively starting the Mexican Revolution. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Mexican Revolution (Revolución Mexicana was a major armed struggle that started with an uprising led by Francisco I Francisco Indalecio Madero González ( October 30, 1873 &ndash February 22, 1913) was a politician writer and Revolutionary who served José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori was a Mexican politician ( September 15, 1830 – 2 July 1915) that would later become the president of Mexico The United Mexican States are a federal presidential representative democratic Republic whose government' is
• 1917 - World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins - British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Battle of Cambrai ( 20 November - 3 December 1917) was a British campaign of World War I. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
• 1917 - Ukraine is declared a republic. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe.
• 1923 - Rentenmark replaces the Papiermark as the official currency of Germany at the exchange rate of one Rentenmark to One Trillion (One Billion on the long scale) Papiermark
• 1936 - Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange is killed by a republican execution squad. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Rentenmark (literally " Security Mark" ( RM) was a Currency issued on 15 November 1923 to stop the Hyperinflation The name Papiermark (paper mark is applied to the German currency from the point in 1914 when the link between the Mark and gold was abandoned due to the outbreak Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. José Antonio Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia 3rd Marquis of Estella ( April 24 1903, Madrid November 20 1936, Alicante This article is about the Spanish political party For the Lebanese Phalange see the Kataeb Party.
• 1936 - The levee of a pond fails at Mitsubishi Osarizawa mine, Kazuno, northeastern Akita, Japan, killing at least 362. The, Mitsubishi Group of Companies, or Mitsubishi Companies is a Japanese conglomerate consisting of a range of autonomous businesses which share the Mitsubishi Kazuno (鹿角市 -shi is a city located in Akita, Japan. As of 2003 the city has an estimated Population of 38006 and the WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region of northern Japan For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
• 1940 - World War II: Hungary, Romania and Slovakia join the Axis Powers. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million The Axis powers also known as the Axis alliance Axis nations Axis countries or sometimes just the Axis were those Countries
• 1943 - World War II: Battle of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic) begins - United States Marines land on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tarawa is an Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, previously the capital of the former British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
• 1945 - Nuremberg Trials: Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals start at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The Nuremberg Trials were a series of trials most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political military and economic leadership of Nazi Germany after Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German War crimes are "violations of the laws or customs of war" including but not limited to "murder the ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied
• 1947 - The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey in London. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a large mainly Gothic church London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
• 1952 - Slánský trials - a series of Stalinist and anti-Semitic show trials in Czechoslovakia. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Slánský trial (officially Proces s protistátním spikleneckým centrem Rudolfa Slánského meaning "Trial of anti-state conspiracy centered around Rudolf Slánský"
• 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States, the Soviet Union, and Cuba during the Cold War. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation. John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting
• 1968 - Vietnam War: Eleven men comprising a Long Range Patrol team from F Company, 58th Infantry, 101st Airborne are surrounded and nearly wiped out by North Vietnamese army regulars from the 4th and 5th Regiment. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia The Vietnam People's Army ( VPA) (Quân Đội Nhân Dân Việt Nam is the official name of the Armed forces of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The seven wounded survivors are rescued after several hours by an impromptu force made of other men from their unit.
• 1969 - Vietnam War: The Cleveland Plain Dealer publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai massacre in Vietnam. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia The Plain Dealer is the major daily Newspaper of Cleveland Ohio. The My Lai Massacre ( approximately) (thảm sát Mỹ Lai was the Mass murder of 347 to 504 unarmed citizens of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam almost Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially
• 1974 - The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. For animal rights group see Justice Department (JD The United States Department of Justice ( DOJ) is a Cabinet department Before proposing a merge request please see Talk and see if the merger you propose has recently been made and This suit later leads to the break up of AT&T and its Bell System. The Bell System which was named for Alexander Graham Bell, the technologist popularly credited with the invention of the Telephone, was a Trademark and
• 1975 - Francisco Franco, Caudillo of Spain dies after 36 years in power. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde (born December 4, 1892 in Ferrol, died November 20, 1975 in Madrid Caudillo is a Spanish ( caudilho in Portuguese word usually used to designate "a political-military leader at the head of an authoritarian power Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. He died on the 39th anniversary of the death of Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera. José Antonio Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia 3rd Marquis of Estella ( April 24 1903, Madrid November 20 1936, Alicante
• 1979 - Grand Mosque Seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6000 hostages in the Kaaba. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) The Grand Mosque Seizure on November 20, 1979, was an armed attack and takeover by armed Islamic fundamentalist Dissidents of the Al-Masjid The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi The Kaaba ( Arabic: ar الكعبة; 'kɑʕbɑ or 'kæʕbæ "Cube" is a Cuboidal building in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and is the Mecca ˈmɛkə also spelled Makkah ˈmækə (in full Makkah Al-Mukarramah (Arabic mækːæ(t ælmʊkarˑamæ مكّة المكرمة, literally Honored The Saudi government received help from French special forces to put down the uprising. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
• 1983 - An estimated 100 million people watch the controversial made-for-television movie The Day After, depicting a nuclear war and its effects on the United States. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic The Day After is an American Television movie which aired on November 20 1983, on the ABC Television Network
• 1984 - SETI is founded. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence ( SETI) is the collective name for a number of activities to detect intelligent Extraterrestrial life.
• 1985 - Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer Windows 10 was a 16-bit graphical Operating environment released on 20 November 1985
• 1989 - Velvet Revolution: The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The " Velvet Revolution " (sametová revoluce nežná revolúcia ( November 16 &ndash December 29 1989) refers to a non-violent Prague (ˈprɑːg Praha (ˈpraɦa see also other names) is the Capital and Largest city of the Czech Republic. Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
• 1992 - In England, a fire breaks out in the Private Chapel of Windsor Castle, rages for 15 hours, and seriously damages the northwest side of the building (an investigation found that the fire was ignited after a spotlight came into contact with a curtain over an extended period). Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Windsor Castle, in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, is the largest inhabited Castle in the world and dating back to the time of Stage lighting instruments are used in Stage lighting to illuminate theatrical productions rock Concerts
• 1993 - Savings and Loan scandal: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The savings and loan crisis of the 1980s and 1990s (commonly referred to as the S&L crisis) was the failure of 747 Savings and loan associations (S&Ls in the The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Alan MacGregor Cranston ( June 19 1914 – December 31 2000) was an American Journalist and Democratic Senator Charles Humphrey Keating Jr (born December 4 1923 in Cincinnati Ohio) is a retired American lawyer politician and banker best known for his involvement in the
• 1993 - An Avioimpex Yak 42D crashes near Ohrid, Macedonia. Ohrid (Охрид) is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. The Republic of Macedonia (Република The aircraft was on a flight from Geneva, Switzerland to Skopje, but had been diverted to Ohrid due to poor weather conditions at the Skopje airport. Geneva (Genève is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French -speaking Skopje (Скопје; Shkup or Shkupi is the Capital and largest city in the Republic of Macedonia, with more than a quarter of the population Ohrid (Охрид) is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. On landing the aircraft crashed into Mount Trojani near Ohrid. All eight crew members and 115 of the 116 passengers were killed.
• 1994 - The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war (localized fighting resumed the next year). Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (República de Angola Pronounced ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɨ ɐ̃ˈgɔlɐ Repubilika ya Ngola is a country in south-central The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola) is the second-largest Political party in Angola. The Lusaka Protocol, signed in Lusaka, Zambia on October 31, 1994, attempted to end the Angolan Civil War by integrating and disarming The Republic of Zambia (ˈzæmbɪə is a Landlocked country in Southern Africa. A civil war is a War between a State and domestic political actors that are in control of some part of the territory claimed by the state
• 1998 - A court in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan declares accused terrorist Osama bin Laden "a man without a sin" in regard to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The Taliban ( طالبان, also anglicised as Taleban; translation "students" is a Sunni Islamist, predominately Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, Osama bin Laden, with some spelling variations is the name used in English to refer to (أسامة بن محمد بن عوض بن لادن born 10 March In the 1998 US Embassy bombings ( August 7, 1998) hundreds of people were killed in simultaneous Car bomb explosions at the United States The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south Tanzania ˌtænzəˈniːə officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya
• 1998 - The first module of the International Space Station, Zarya, is launched. Zarya (Заря́ lit  dawn) also known as the Functional Cargo Block or the FGB (the Russian acronym for "ru функционально-грузовой
• 2001 - In Washington, D.C., U. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D S. President George W. Bush dedicates the United States Department of Justice headquarters building as the Robert F. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. For animal rights group see Justice Department (JD The United States Department of Justice ( DOJ) is a Cabinet department Kennedy Justice Building, honoring the late Robert F. Kennedy on what would have been his 76th birthday. Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy (November 20 1925 – June 6 1968 also called RFK, was the United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 and a
• 2003 - After the November 15 bombings, a second day of the 2003 Istanbul Bombings occurs in Istanbul, Turkey, destroying the Turkish head office of HSBC Bank AS and the British consulate. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. The 2003 Istanbul bombings were four truck bomb attacks carried out on November 15, 2003 and November 20, 2003, in Istanbul, Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other Names of Istanbul) is the largest city of Turkey HSBC Bank AŞ, the Turkey subsidiary of the HSBC Group, is a bank with its head office in Istanbul. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located

Births

• 270 - Maximinus, Roman Emperor (d. Events By Place Roman Empire Quintillus briefly holds power over the Roman Empire and is succeeded by Aurelian. This article deals with 4th century Roman Emperor For other uses of the name see Maximin. The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC 313)
• 1602 - Otto von Guericke, German physicist (d. Events By Place Roman Empire February — Conference at Milan Constantine issues the Edict of Milan, ending all persecution Otto von Guericke (originally spelled Gericke ˈgeːʁɪkə ( November 20, 1602 &ndash May 11, 1686 ( Julian calendar) 1686)
• 1620 - Peregrine White, first English child born in the Plymouth Colony (d. Peregrine White ( November 20 1620 - July 20, 1704) was the first English child born to the Pilgrims in the New World 1704)
• 1621 - Avvakum, Russian priest and writer (d. Year 1704 ( MDCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Avvakum Petrov (Kondratiev (Аввакум Петров (Кондратьев ( November 20, 1620 or 1621 - April 14, 1682) was a 1682)
• 1625 - Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. Paulus Potter (1625–1654 was a Dutch painter, specialized in animals in landscapes 1654)
• 1660 - Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (d. Daniel Ernst Jablonski ( November 20, 1660 Nassenhuben - May 25, 1741 Berlin German theologian, and Reformer 1741)
• 1750 - Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (d. Year 1741 ( MDCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1750 ( MDCCL) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a 1799)
• 1761 - Pope Pius VIII (d. Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1761 ( MDCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Pope Pius VIII ( November 20, 1761 &ndash December 1, 1830) born Francesco Saverio Castiglioni, was Pope in 1829 and 1830 1830)
• 1762 - Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (d. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Year 1762 ( MDCCLXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Pierre André Latreille ( November 20, 1762 - February 6, 1833) was a French entomologist. 1833)
• 1765 - Sir Thomas Fremantle, British naval captain (d. Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1765 ( MDCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle GCB GCH RN ( 20 November 1765 &ndash 19 December 1819 1819)
• 1781 - Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German jurist (d. Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Karl Friedrich Eichhorn ( November 20, 1781 - July 4, 1854) was a German Jurist. 1854)
• 1839 - Christian Wilberg, German painter (d. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Christian Wilberg ( November 20, 1839 in Havelberg – June 3, 1882 in Paris) was a German painter 1882)
• 1841 - Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician (d. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Victor D’Hondt (20 November 1841 - 30 May 1901 was a Belgian Lawyer, Professor of civil law at Ghent University, and Mathematician 1901)
• 1841 - Wilfrid Laurier, seventh Prime Minister of Canada (d. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus 1919)
• 1851 - Queen Margherita of Italy (d. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Margherita Maria Teresa Giovanna di Savoia or Margaret of Savoy (born 20 November 1851 in Turin, died 4 January 1926 in Bordighera) was the Queen 1926)
• 1858 - Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common / sèlˈma ʊ̀tiːlɪa lʊ̀viˈsa lɑ̀ːgərˈløːv / (20 November 1858&ndash16 March 1940 was a Swedish Author and the first woman writer to win the The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1940)
• 1864 - Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish writer (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Erik Axel Karlfeldt ( July 20, 1864 — April 8, 1931) was a Swedish Poet whose highly symbolist Poetry masquerading 1931)
• 1866 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American judge (d. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Kenesaw Mountain Landis ( November 20 1866 &ndash November 25 1944) was an American Jurist who served as a federal 1944)
• 1869 - Clark Griffith, Baseball manager (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Clark Calvin Griffith ( November 20, 1869 - October 27, 1955) nicknamed "the Old Fox" was a Major League Baseball 1955)
• 1874 - James Michael Curley, 53^rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common James Michael Curley ( November 20, 1874 - November 12, 1958) was an American Politician who served in the The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. 1958)
• 1880 - George McBride, baseball player (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year For the US Senator see George W McBride George Florian "Pinch" McBride ( November 20, 1880 - July 1973)
• 1882 - Andy Coakley, baseball player and long-time coach at Columbia University (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Andrew James "Andy" Coakley ( November 20, 1882 - September 27, 1963) born in Providence Rhode Island was a Pitcher Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. 1963)
• 1884 - Norman Thomas, American social reformer (d. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Norman Mattoon Thomas ( November 20, 1884 &ndash December 19, 1968) was a leading American socialist, pacifist 1968)
• 1886 - Karl von Frisch, Austrian zoologist, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Karl Ritter von Frisch ( November 20 1886 &ndash June 12 1982) was an Austrian ethologist who received the Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1982)
• 1889 - Edwin Hubble, American astronomer (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Edwin Powell Hubble ( November 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953) was an American astronomer. 1953)
• 1896 - Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (d. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Yevgenia Ginzburg ( November 20, 1904 Communist Party]] member Ginzburg continued her successful career as educator journalist and administrator 1977)
• 1900 - Chester Gould, creator of comic strips (Dick Tracy) (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Chester Gould ( November 20, 1900 &ndash May 11, 1985) was a U Dick Tracy is a long-running Comic strip featuring a popular and familiar character in American Pop culture. 1985)
• 1903 - Alexandra Danilova, Russian ballerina (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Aleksandra Dionisyevna Danilova ( November 20, 1903 - July 13, 1997) was a Russian-born Prima ballerina assoluta who became an American 1997)
• 1903 - Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and educationist (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Prof Dr Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi SP, HI ( اﺸﺘﻴﺎﻖ حسين قریشی) was a noted Litterateur, Historian, Educationist 1981)
• 1907 - Fran Allison, American , early television personality, (Kukla, Fran and Ollie) (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Fran Allison ( 20 November 1907 &ndash 13 June 1989) was a television comedian and singer Kukla Fran and Ollie was an early Television show using Puppets originally created for children but soon watched by more adults than children 1989)
• 1907 - Henri-Georges Clouzot, French film director (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Henri-Georges Clouzot ( November 20, 1907 - January 12, 1977) was a French Film director, Screenwriter and 1977)
• 1908 - Alistair Cooke, British-born journalist (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Alistair Cooke should not be confused with Alastair Cook, English cricketer 2004)
• 1910 - Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch physicist (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Willem Jacob van Stockum ( November 20 1910 - June 10 1944) was a physicist who made an important contribution to the early development of 1944)
• 1912 - Otto von Habsburg, Austrian-German nobleman, head of the Habsburg house
• 1913 - Judy Canova, American actress (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Otto von Habsburg (born 20 November, 1912 as Archduke Franz Joseph Otto Robert Maria Anton Karl Max Heinrich Sixtus Xaver Felix Renatus Ludwig Gaetan Pius Ignatius Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Judy Canova ( November 20, 1913 &ndash August 5, 1983) was an American comedienne actress singer and radio personality 1983)
• 1914 - Emilio Pucci, Italian fashion designer (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Emilio Pucci, Marchese di Barsento ( November 20 1914 &ndash 29 November 1992) was an Italian fashion designer and politician 1992)
• 1915 - Kon Ichikawa, iconic Japanese film director
• 1916 - Evelyn Keyes, American actress
• 1917 - Robert Byrd, American politician
• 1917 - Bobby Locke, South African golfer (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year was a prominent Japanese Film director. Early career In the 1930s Ichikawa attended a technical school in Osaka. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Evelyn Keyes ( November 20 1916 &ndash July 4 2008) was an American Film actress. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Robert Carlyle Byrd (born November 20 1917 is the senior United States Senator from West Virginia and a member of the Democratic Party. For the baseball player see Bobby Locke (baseball Arthur D'Arcy "Bobby" Locke ( 20 November 1917 &ndash 9 March 1987 1987)
• 1921 - Jim Garrison, American district attorney and judge (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Earling Carothers "Jim" Garrison ( November 20, 1921 - October 21, 1992) &mdash who changed his first name to Jim in the 1992)
• 1921 - Phyllis Thaxter, American actress
• 1923 - Nadine Gordimer, South African writer, Nobel laureate
• 1924 - Benoît Mandelbrot, Polish-born French mathematician
• 1925 - Robert F. Kennedy, American politician (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Phyllis Thaxter (born Phyllis St Felix Thaxter November 20, 1921 in Portland Maine) is an actress Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nadine Gordimer (born 20 November 1923 is a South African Writer, Political activist and Nobel laureate. The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Benoît B Mandelbrot (born 20 November 1924 is a French mathematician, best known as the father of fractal geometry. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy (November 20 1925 – June 6 1968 also called RFK, was the United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 and a 1968)
• 1925 - Maya Plisetskaya, Russian ballet dancer
• 1926 - Kaye Ballard, American comic actress
• 1926 - Terry Hall, English ventriloquist (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya (Майя Михайловна Плисецкая born November 20, 1925) is a retired Russian Ballet dancer Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kaye Ballard, also credited as "Kay Ballard" born Catherine Gloria Balotta on November 20, 1925, in Cleveland Ohio, to an Italian Terry Hall ( 20 November 1926 – 4 April 2007) born Terence Hall, was an English Ventriloquist. 2007)
• 1926 - Andrzej W. Schally, Polish-born endocrinologist, Nobel laureate
• 1927 - Estelle Parsons, American actress
• 1928 - Aleksey Batalov, Russian actor
• 1928 - John Disley, Welsh athlete
• 1929 - Don January, American professional golfer
• 1932 - Richard Dawson, British actor and game show host
• 1936 - Don DeLillo, American author
• 1937 - René Kollo, German tenor
• 1937 - Ruth Laredo, American pianist (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Andrzej Viktor Schally (born November 30, 1926) is an Polish Endocrinologist and Nobel Prize laureate (1977 in medicine The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Estelle Margaret Parsons (born November 20, 1927) is an Academy Award -winning American Theatre, Film and Television Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Aleksey Vladimirovich Batalov is a Russian actor who has been acclaimed for his portrayal of noble and positive characters John Ivor Disley (born 20 November, 1928) was a Welsh athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metres Steeple chase. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Donald Ray January (born November 20, 1929) is an American professional Golfer January was born in Plainview Texas, and graduated Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Dawson aka 'The Kissing Bandit'(born November 20, 1932) is a British - American Actor, Comedian, Game show Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Don DeLillo (born November 20 1936 is an American author best known for his Novels which paint detailed portraits of American life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. René Kollo (born November 20, 1937) is a German Tenor. He was born René Kollodzieyski in Berlin and grew up in Wyk auf Ruth Laredo (nee Meckler November 20, 1937, Detroit, Michigan - May 26, 2005, New York, New York 2005)
• 1937 - Eero Mäntyranta, Finnish cross-country skier
• 1937 - Viktoriya Tokareva, Russian playwright
• 1939 - Dick Smothers, American comedian
• 1940 - Bob Einstein, American actor
• 1941 - Haseena Moin, Pakistani television drama writer and Urdu playwright
• 1942 - Joe Biden, American politician
• 1942 - Norman Greenbaum, American singer
• 1942 - Meredith Monk, American composer, performer, director, vocalist, film-maker, and choreographer
• 1943 - Veronica Hamel, American actress
• 1944 - Louie Dampier, American basketball player
• 1945 - Rick Monday, Major League Baseball player
• 1945 - Nanette Workman, American-born Canadian singer and actress
• 1946 - Duane Allman, American guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band) (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eero Antero Mäntyranta (born November 20 1937 in Turtola (cur Viktoriya Samoilovna Tokareva (Виктория Самойловна Токарева (born November 20 1937) is a Russian Screenwriter and short Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Remick “Dick” Smothers (born November 20, 1939) is an American Comedian, Composer and Musician. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert "Bob" Einstein (born November 20, 1942, in Los Angeles California) is an American Actor and comedy Writer Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Haseena Moin (born November 20, 1941) is a renowned Pakistani dramatist playwright and writer for radio and television. Urdu ( ur '''{{Nastaliq اردو}}''' trans Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is a Central Indo-Aryan language Urdu is a standardised Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Norman Greenbaum (born on November 20, 1942 in Malden Massachusetts) is a Singer-songwriter. Meredith Jane Monk (born November 20, 1942, in New York) is an American Composer, performer director vocalist film-maker Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Veronica Hamel (born November 20, 1943, in Philadelphia) is an American actress. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Louis "Louie" Dampier (born November 20, 1944) is a retired American professional Basketball player Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Rick Monday (born Robert James Monday Jr on November 20, 1945 in Batesville Arkansas) is a former Center fielder in Major Nanette Joan Workman (born 20 November 1945 in Brooklyn New York) is a Singer-songwriter and actress. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Howard Duane Allman (November 20 1946 – October 29 1971 was an American, Lead guitarist of the Southern rock group The Allman Brothers Band The Allman Brothers Band is a Southern rock band based in Macon, Georgia. 1971)
• 1946 - Greg Cook, American football player
• 1946 - Judy Woodruff, American TV anchor
• 1947 - Joe Walsh, American musician
• 1948 - John R. Bolton, American ambassador
• 1948 - Barbara Hendricks, American-born singer
• 1948 - Richard Masur, American actor
• 1949 - Thelma Drake, American politician
• 1951 - David Walters, American politician
• 1952 - John Van Boxmeer, National Hockey League player
• 1954 - Frank Marino, Canadian Guitarist (Rock, Blues, Jazz)
• 1954 - Berit Andnor, Swedish politician
• 1954 - Steve Dahl, American radio personality
• 1956 - Bo Derek, American actress
• 1956 - Mark Gastineau, American football player
• 1957 - Stefan Bellof, German race car driver (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Gregory Lynn Cook (born November 20, 1946 in Dayton Ohio) is a retired American football Quarterback. Judy Woodruff (born November 20, 1946) is an American television News anchor and Journalist. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph Fidler "Joe" Walsh (born November 20, 1947) is an American Guitarist, songwriter and Rock musician He has been a Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Robert Bolton (born November 20, 1948) is an American public servant who has served in several Republican presidential administrations Barbara Hendricks (born 20 November 1948) is an American-born operatic Soprano and concert singer Richard D Masur (born November 20 1948) is an American actor who has appeared in over 80 movies during his career Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thelma D Drake (born November 20 1949 in Elyria Ohio) is a member of the Republican party from the state of Virginia. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January For the swimmer see David Walters (swimmer. David Lee Walters (born November 20, 1951) was the Democratic Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Van Boxmeer (born November 20, 1952 in Petrolia Ontario) is a retired former professional Ice hockey player who has also served as a coach The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) This article refers to rock guitarist Frank Marino. For a female impersonator see Frank Marino (female impersonator. Berit Andnor (born November 20, 1954) is a Swedish Social Democratic Politician. Steve Dahl (born November 20 1954 in Pasadena, California) has been an American Radio personality for over thirty years A radio personality (also known as a radio host or a radio presenter) is a person with an on-air position in radio broadcasting Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bo Derek (born Mary Cathleen Collins on November 20 1956 Long Beach California, U Marcus Dell Gastineau (born November 20, 1956) is a former American football player who was a leading defensive end for the New York Jets Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Stefan Bellof (born in Gießen, Germany on November 20, 1957 – died in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium on September 1985)
• 1957 - Mike Craven, former English professional footballer
• 1958 - Rickson Gracie, Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist
• 1959 - James P. McGovern, American politician
• 1959 - Sean Young, American actress
• 1960 - Marc Labrèche, Canadian actor and television host
• 1961 - Tim Harvey, British racing driver
• 1961 - Larry Karaszewski, American screenwriter
• 1961 - Dave Watson, English footballer
• 1963 - Timothy Gowers, British mathematician
• 1963 - Ming-Na Wen, Macau-born actress
• 1965 - Mike D, American musician (Beastie Boys)
• 1965 - Sen Dog, Cuban rapper (Cypress Hill)
• 1965 - Yoshiki Hayashi, Japanese musician (X Japan)
• 1966 - Kevin Gilbert, American musician (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Mike Craven (born 20 November 1957, Birkenhead) is a former English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rickson Gracie (pronounced Hickson, hɪksn ɡɹeɪsi born November 20, 1958) is a Brazilian Martial artist and professional The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James P "Jim" McGovern (born November 20, 1959) an American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States Sean Young (born November 20, 1959) is an American actress. Early life Young was born as Mary Sean Young in Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marc Labrèche (born November 20, 1960 in Montreal Quebec) is a Quebec Actor, Comedian and host. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tim Harvey (born 20 November 1961 in Farnborough London) is a racing driver from England. Scott Alexander (b June 16 1963, Los Angeles California) and Larry Karaszewski (b David "Dave" Watson (born 20 November 1961 in Liverpool, Merseyside) is an English former professional footballer who made 12 appearances Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Timothy Gowers FRS (born 20 November 1963, Wiltshire) is a British mathematician Ming-Na Wen ( born November 20, 1963) is a Chinese -born American Actress. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Macau topics. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Michael L Diamond, also known as Mike D (born November 20[[ 965]] is a founding member of New York hip hop trio the Beastie Boys. Sen Dog (born Senen Reyes in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban Rapper, and member of rap group Cypress Hill Cypress Hill is an American hip hop group from Los Angeles California. is a Musician, Songwriter and producer. Throughout his professional career usually referred to by his Given name only he is primarily known for co-founding is a Japanese band founded in 1982 by Toshimitsu "Toshi" Deyama and Yoshiki Hayashi. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Kevin Gilbert ( November 20, 1966 - May 17, 1996) was an American songwriter Musician, composer producer and collaborator 1996)
• 1967 - Chris Childs, American basketball player
• 1967 - Teoman, Turkish rock singer
• 1969 - Callie Thorne, American actor
• 1970 - Matt Blunt, American politician
• 1970 - Delia Gonzalez, American boxer
• 1970 - Geoffrey Keezer, American jazz pianist
• 1970 - Joe Zaso, American actor
• 1971 - Joey Galloway, American football wide receiver
• 1971 - Joel McHale, American actor and comedian
• 1972 - Sheema Kalbasi, Iranian born poet
• 1975 - Dierks Bentley, American singer
• 1975 - J. D. Drew, American baseball player
• 1975 - Davey Havok, singer (AFI)
• 1975 - Timea Margot, Hungarian erotic star
• 1976 - Dominique Dawes, American gymnast
• 1976 - Theodoros Velkos, badminton player
• 1977 - Rudy Charles, American professional wrestling referee
• 1977 - Josh Turner, American singer
• 1978 - Ryan Leslie, American singer/songwriter
• 1978 - Freya Lin, Taiwanese singer
• 1978 - Nadine Velazquez, American actress and model
• 1979 - Ericson Alexander Molano, Colombian gospel singer
• 1980 - James Chambers, English footballer
• 1981 - Carlos Boozer, American basketball player
• 1981 - Kimberley Walsh, English singer (Girls Aloud)
• 1982 - Margo Stilley, American actress
• 1984 - Ferdinando Monfardini, Italian racing driver
• 1985 - Juan Cruz Álvarez, Argentine racing driver
• 1985 - Dan Byrd, American actor
• 1986 - Aaron Yan, Taiwanese singer and actor
• 1989 - Cody Linley, American actor
• 1989 - Tyga, American rapper
• 1990 - Sam Burton, English footballer
• 1999 - Princess Sofia of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family
• 1999 - Prince Umberto of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family
• 2000 - Connie Talbot, English singer

Deaths

• 870 - King Edmund of East Anglia
• 1316 - King John I of France (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Chris Childs may refer to Chris Childs (basketball Chris Childs (bassist Chris Childs (politician Fazlı Teoman Yakupoğlu ( 20 November 1967, Giresun, Turkey) using the stage name Teoman, is a popular Turkish Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Calliope "Callie" Thorne (born November 20 1969 in New York City, New York) is an American Actress of British Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Matthew Roy "Matt" Blunt (born November 20, 1970) was elected Governor of Missouri on November 2, 2004. Delia 'Chikita' Gonzalez is one of today's best flyweights in the sport of Women's boxing. Geoffrey Keezer, born in Eau Claire Wisconsin, USA on November 20, 1970, is a Jazz pianist. Joseph Zaso (born on November 20, 1970 in Queens New York) is an American actor and filmmaker Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Joseph Scott "Joey" Galloway (born November 20, 1971 in Bellaire Ohio) is an American football Wide receiver for the American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football Joel Edward McHale (born November 20, 1971) is an American Television host best known as the host of The Soup on Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sheema Kalbasi ( born November 1972 in Tehran, Iran) is a human right advocate an award winning poet and literary translator Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dierks Bentley (born November 20, 1975, in Phoenix Arizona) is an American Country music artist David Jonathan "J D" Drew (born November 20 1975 in Valdosta Georgia) is a Major League Baseball Right fielder for the Boston Red Sox David AFI (abbreviated from A F ire I nside and formerly A sking F or i t A bunch of F ucking I Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dominique Margaux Dawes (born November 20, 1976, in Silver Spring Maryland) is a retired United States artistic gymnast. Theodoros Velkos (born November 20, 1976) is a male Badminton player from Greece. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Daniel Engler (born November 20, 1977 in Evansville Indiana) is an American Professional wrestling Referee, better Joshua Otis "Josh" Turner, (born November 20, 1977) is an American Country music Singer-songwriter. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Anthony Ryan Leslie (born on September 25, 1978, in Washington D Freya Lim ( (born November 20, 1979) also known as Freya Lin, is a Taiwanese singer Nadine Velazquez (born November 20, 1978) is an American actress and model Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Ericson Alexander Molano (born November 20 1979 is a Gospel Christian singer Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) James Ashley Chambers (born 20 November 1980) is an English footballer. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Carlos Austin Boozer Jr (born November 20 1981 is an American professional Basketball player and an Olympic Gold medalist Kimberley Jane Walsh (born 20 November 1981 is an English singer and member of pop group Girls Aloud. Girls Aloud are a British Girl group created by ITV1 Talent show Popstars The Rivals in 2002 Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Margo Stilley (born November 20, 1982) is an American Actress and former model. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Ferdinando Monfardini is a Race car driver born in Isola della Scala, Italy on November 20 1984. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Juan Cruz Álvarez (born November 20 1985 in Arrecifes, Argentina) is a Race car driver. Daniel Byrd (born November 20, 1985) is an American Actor, who professionally goes by the name Dan Byrd. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Aaron Yan ( is a Taiwanese Singer, Commercial model and Actor. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Cody Martin Linley (born November 20 1989 is an American Actor. Michael Stevenson, better known by his Stage name Tyga, is a Pop rap artist signed in late 2007 by Young Money Entertainment and Decaydance Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Sam Burton (born November 10, 1926) is a former professional football player Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Prince Konstantin-Assen of Bulgaria Prince of Vidin (born December 5, 1967) is the fourth son of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria and his wife Prince Konstantin-Assen of Bulgaria Prince of Vidin (born December 5, 1967) is the fourth son of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria and his wife 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Connie Talbot (born 20 November 2000 is an English Child singer from Streetly, Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands. Events By Place Europe Prague Castle is founded The Great Summer Army invades England and conquers For the 13th century Archbishop see St Edmund of Abingdon. Edmund the Martyr (841&ndash 20 November 869) was a John I ( 15 November 1316 &ndash 20 November 1316) called the Posthumous, was King of France and Navarre 1316)
• 1437 - Thomas Langley, bishop of Durham, cardinal and lord chancellor (b. Thomas Cardinal Langley (1363 &ndash 20 November 1437 was a Dean of York, Bishop of Durham (1406-1437 and Lord Chancellor of England two times See also List of Bishops of Durham The Bishop of Durham is the Anglican Bishop responsible for the Diocese of Durham in 1363)
• 1518 - Marmaduke Constable, English soldier
• 1518 - Pierre de La Rue, Flemish composer
• 1529 - Karl von Miltitz, papal nuncio
• 1591 - Christopher Hatton, English politician (b. Marmaduke Constable (c 1455 &ndash November 20, 1518) English Soldier, was descended from a certain Robert (d Pierre de La Rue (c 1452 &ndash November 20, 1518) called Piersson, was a Franco-Flemish composer and singer of the Renaissance Karl von Miltitz (c 1490 &ndash November 20, 1529) was a papal Nuncio and a Mainz Cathedral canon. Sir Christopher Hatton (1540 &ndash November 20, 1591) was an English politician the lord chancellor of England and according to speculation 1540)
• 1612 - John Harington, English writer (b. 1561)
• 1651 - Mikołaj Potocki, Polish soldier (b. 1595)
• 1662 - Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria ( Wiener Neustadt January 5 1614 - Vienna November 20 1662) was a military commander 1614)
• 1695 - Zumbi, Brazilian runaway slave
• 1704 - Charles Plumier, French botanist (b. Zumbi also known as Zumbi dos Palmares ( 1655 - November 20, 1695, pronounced 'zoombee' was the last of the leaders of the Quilombo dos Year 1704 ( MDCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Charles Plumier ( April 20, 1646 - November 20, 1704) was a French botanist, after whom the genus Plumeria, or 1646)
• 1737 - Caroline of Ansbach, Queen of George II of Great Britain (b. Year 1737 ( MDCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a George II (George Augustus 10 November 1683 &ndash 25 October 1760 was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ( 1683)
• 1742 - Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat (b. Year 1742 ( MDCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Melchior de Polignac ( October 11 1661 &ndash November 20 1742) was a French diplomat Roman Catholic cardinal 1661)
• 1758 - Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer (b. Year 1758 ( MDCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Johan Helmich Roman ( October 26, 1694 in Stockholm - November 20, 1758 at Haraldsmala in the parish of Ryssby near the city of Kalmar 1694)
• 1764 - Christian Goldbach, Prussian mathematician (b. Year 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Christian Goldbach ( March 18, 1690 &ndash November 20, 1764) was a Prussian Mathematician who also studied Law 1690)
• 1778 - Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit scientist (b. Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Francesco Cetti ( August 9, 1726 &ndash November 20, 1778) was an Italian Jesuit priest Zoologist and 1726)
• 1856 - Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (b. Year 1726 ( MDCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Farkas Bolyai ( February 9, 1775 - November 20, 1856, also known as Wolfgang Bolyai in Germany was a Hungarian mathematician 1775)
• 1894 - Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist and composer (b. Year 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This article is about the 19th century Russian pianist and composer 1829)
• 1908 - Georgy Voronoy, Russian mathematician (b. For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Georgy Feodosevich Voronoy (Георгий Феодосьевич Вороной 28 April 1868 &ndash 20 November 1908) was a famous Russian 1868)
• 1910 - Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Russian novelist (b. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Leo Tolstoy, or Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy ( –) (Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й, was a Russian Writer widely regarded 1828)
• 1925 - Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (b. The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alexandra of Denmark (Alexandra Carolina Marie Charlotte Louise Julia 1 December 1844 – 20 November 1925 was Queen Consort to Edward VII of the United Kingdom 1844)
• 1934 - Willem de Sitter, Dutch scientist (b. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Willem de Sitter ( May 6 1872 &ndash November 20 1934) was a Dutch mathematician physicist and astronomer 1872)
• 1936 - Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchist (b. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Buenaventura Durruti Dumange ( July 14, 1896 &ndash November 20, 1936) was a central figure of Spanish anarchism during the period 1896)
• 1936 - Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, Founder of the Falange. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year José Antonio Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia 3rd Marquis of Estella ( April 24 1903, Madrid November 20 1936, Alicante This article is about the Spanish political party For the Lebanese Phalange see the Kataeb Party. Executed by firing squad. (b. 1903)
• 1938 - Enzo Matsunaga, Japanese writer (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. was a Japanese author. He was born in Yokohama. His works include 夢を喰ふ人 See also: Japanese literature 1895)
• 1945 - Francis William Aston, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Francis William Aston ( September 1 1877 &ndash November 20 1945) was a British Chemist and Physicist who won the The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1877)
• 1950 - Francesco Cilea, Italian composer (b. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Francesco Cilea (also Cilèa ( July 23, 1866 &ndash November 20, 1950) was an Italian Composer. 1866)
• 1954 - Clyde Vernon Cessna, aviation pioneer (Cessna) (b. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Clyde Vernon Cessna ( 5 December 1879 - 20 November 1954) was an American Aircraft Designer, Aviator The Cessna Aircraft Company is an airplane manufacturing corporation headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. 1879)
• 1957 - Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian artist (d. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky or Dobujinsky Mstislavas Dobužinskis ( 2 August, 1875, Novgorod — 20 November, 1957 1875)
• 1973 - Allan Sherman, American comedian (b. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Allan Sherman (November 30 1924 – November 20 1973 was an American Musician, parodist, satirist, and Television producer 1924)
• 1975 - Francisco Franco, Head of State of Spain (1936-1975) (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde (born December 4, 1892 in Ferrol, died November 20, 1975 in Madrid 1892)
• 1976 - Trofim Lysenko, Stalinist biologist (b. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Trofim Denisovich Lysenko (Трофи́м Дени́сович Лысе́нко ( September 29, 1898 &ndash November 20, 1976) was an agronomist 1898)
• 1978 - Vasilisk Gnedov, Russian poet (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Vasilisk Gnedov (Василиск Гнедов born Vasily Ivanovich Gnedov; 3 March 1890 — November 20 1978) was one of the most 1890)
• 1980 - John McEwen, eighteenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Sir John "Black Jack" McEwen, GCMG, CH (29 March 1900 &ndash 20 November 1980 was an Australian politician and 18th Prime Minister of Australia The Prime Minister of Australia is the Head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. 1900)
• 1983 - Marcel Dalio, French actor (b. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Marcel Dalio, born Israel Moshe Blauschild ( 17 July 1900 in Paris, France &ndash 20 November 1983 in Paris 1900)
• 1994 - John Lucarotti, TV writer (b. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) John Lucarotti ( May 20, 1926 in Aldershot, Hampshire &mdash November 20, 1994) was a British-born Canadian Screenwriter 1926)
• 1995 - Sergei Grinkov, Russian Olympic and World Figure Skating Champion (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Sergei Mikhailovich Grinkov ( February 4, 1967 - November 20, 1995) was an Olympic and World Figure skating 1967)
• 1997 - Dick Littlefield, baseball player (b. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Richard Bernard "Dick" Littlefield ( March 18 1926 – November 20 1997) was an American left-handed Pitcher in 1926)
• 1998 - Galina Starovoitova, Russian politician (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Galina Vasilyevna Starovoitova (Галина Васильевна Старовойтова ( 17 May 1946, Chelyabinsk - November 20, 1998 1946)
• 1999 - Amintore Fanfani, Italian politician and prime minister (b. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Amintore Fanfani ( February 6 1908 - November 20, 1999) was an Italian career Politician and former interim President 1908)
• 2000 - Mike Muuss, American computer programmer (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Michael John Muuss (October 16 1958 - November 20 2000 was the author of the Freeware network tool Ping. 1958)
• 2000 - Kalle Päätalo, Finnish writer (b. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kaarlo (Kalle Alvar Päätalo ( November 11, 1919 - November 20, 2000) was a Finnish Novelist, the most popular Finnish 1919)
• 2003 - Robert Addie, British actor (cancer) (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Alastair Addie ( 10 February 1960 &ndash 20 November 2003) was an English Actor who was best known for playing 1960)
• 2003 - Loris Azzaro, French fashion designer (b. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Loris Azzaro ( February 9, 1933 - November 20, 2003) was a French Fashion designer. 1933)
• 2003 - David Dacko, first President of the Central African Republic (b. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Dacko ( March 24, 1930 &ndash November 20, 2003) was the first President of the Central African Republic (CAR from August This is a complete list of the heads of state of the Central African Republic and Central African Empire. 1930)
• 2003 - Eugene Kleiner, American entrepreneur (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eugene Kleiner ( May 12, 1923 &ndash 20 November 2003) was one of the original founders of Kleiner Perkins the Silicon Valley 1923)
• 2003 - Roger Short, British Consulate General (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roger Short MVO ( December 9, 1944 &ndash November 20, 2003) was a veteran British Diplomat who was killed in 1944)
• 2003 - Jim Siedow, American actor (b. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jim Nash Siedow ( June 12, 1920 - November 20, 2003) was an American Actor, best known for his role in The Texas 1920)
• 2003 - Kerem Yilmazer, Turkish actor (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Kerem Yılmazer ( February 2, 1945, Denizli - November 20, 2003, Istanbul) was a Turkish actor who was killed 1945)
• 2004 - David Grierson, Canadian radio host (b. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " David Grierson ( February 19, 1955 - November 20, 2004) was a Vancouver Island radio host for CBC Radio. 1955)
• 2004 - Jenny Ross, English musician (Section 25) (b. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Jenny Ross, also known by her married name Jennifer Cassidy was a member of the English Post-punk band Section 25 are an English Post-punk band best known for their classic Techno single "Looking from a Hilltop 1962)
• 2005 - Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian poet (b. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Manouchehr Atashi ( ( September 25, 1931 - November 20, 2005 born in 1931 in Dashtestan, Bushehr province was a Persian 1931)
• 2005 - Sheldon Gardner, American psychologist (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sheldon Frank Garner (1934-2005 was an American Psychologist who worked in the tradition of Sigmund Freud. 1934)
• 2005 - James King, American singer (b. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James King ( May 22 1925 &ndash November 20 2005) was widely regarded as the finest American Heldentenor of the post-war 1925)
• 2005 - Chris Whitley, American musician (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Christopher Becker Whitley ( August 31 1960 &ndash November 20 2005) was an iconic American Singer, Songwriter 1960)
• 2006 - Robert Altman, American film director (b. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Bernard Altman (February 20 1925 – November 20 2006 was an American Film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with 1925)
• 2006 - Zoia Ceauşescu, Romanian mathematician (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Zoia Ceauşescu ( March 1, 1949 &ndash November 20, 2006) was a Romanian Mathematician, the daughter of Communist 1950)
• 2006 - Andre Waters, American football player (b. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Andre Waters ( March 10 1962 – November 20 2006) was an American football Defensive back in the National Football 1962)
• 2007 - Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia (b. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Ian Douglas Smith GCLM ID ( 8 April 1919 &ndash 20 November 2007) served as the Prime Minister of the British The Prime Minister of Rhodesia (until 1964 Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia was the Head of government in the Colony of Rhodesia. 1919)

Holidays and observances

• Church of England - Edmund the Martyr
• Brazil - Zumbi Day (since 1978)
• Brazil - Dia da Consciência Negra (Afro-Brazilian's Conscience Day)
• United Kingdom - wedding day of Queen Elizabeth II (1947), official flag day
• Mexico - Anniversary of the Revolution (1910)
• UNICEF - Universal Children's Day
• Vietnam - Teacher's Day (Ngày nhà giáo Việt Nam)
• Transgender Day of Remembrance

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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