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On this day...
1272 Edward I proclaimed King of England
1637 Peter Minuit & First Swedish immigrants to Delaware sail from Sweden
1780 Britain declares war on Holland
1789 New Jersey becomes First state to ratify Bill of Rights
1805 The opera "Fidelio" is produced (Vienna)
1829 Jews are expelled from Russia's Nikolayev & Sevastopol
1862 Confederate army of Tennessee organizes under General Braxton Bragg
1866 First National convention of Grand Army of the Republic
1866 Howard University founded (Washington, DC)
1866 Pierre Lalemont patents rotary crank bicycle
1888 William Bundy patents the timecard clock
1894 US intervenes in Bluefields, Nicaragua
1901 The opera "Gris‚ lidis" is produced (Paris)
1910 Revolution breaks out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero
1914 US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports
1917 Ukrainian Republic declared
1919 First municipally owned airport in US opens in Tucson, Arizona
1931 Commercial teletype service begins
1938 First documented anti-semetic remarks over US radio (by Father Coughlin)
1942 NHL abolishes regular season OT until WW II is over
1943 US forces land on Tarawa & Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Island
1945 24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg, Germany
1947 "Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC
1947 First permanent TV installed on seagoing vessel (The New Jersey)
1947 Britain's Princess Elizabeth marries Duke Philip Mountbatten
1947 UN General assembly begins debate on printing their own stamps
1953 Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket is first to break Mach 2 (1300 MPH)
1959 UN adopts the declaration of children's rights
1962 US lifts blockade of Cuba
1966 Dallas sacks Pittsburgh quarterbacks an NFL record 12 times
1967 At 11 AM, Census Clock at Dept. of Commerce ticks past 200 million
1969 Pele scores his 1,000th soccer goal
1977 Egyptian President Sadat became First Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset
1977 Walter Payton (Bears) rushes for NFL-record 275 yards
1980 Billy Martin named AL Manager of the Year (Oakland A's)
1980 Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes first solar-powered flight
1980 UA withdraws $44 million movie "Heaven's Gate" for reediting
1981 Anatoly Karpov, USSR, retains world chess championship
1983 100 million watch ABC-TV movie "The Day After," about nuclear war
1983 Cleveland Browns shutout Patriots 30-0
1983 NY Giants Butch Woolfolk ties NFL record of 43 attempts rushing
1985 Yankee Don Mattingly named American League MVP
1986 UN's WHO announces First global effort to combat AIDS
1990 Margaret Thatcher fails to defeat Heseltine's bid for party leadership
Birthdays
which occurred on November 20th:
1602 Otto von Guericke, inventor (air pump)
1726 Oliver Wolcott, (Ct-Gov), signed Declaration of Independence
1752 Thomas Chatterton, English poet (Christabel)
1761 Pius VIII, 253rd Roman Catholic pope (1829-30)
1841 Sir Wilfrid Laurier, (L) 7th Canadian PM (1896-1911)
1866 Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/First commissioner of baseball
1869 Clark Griffith, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees)
1873 Daniel Gregory Mason, Brookline Massachusetts, composer (Chanticker)
1884 Norman Thomas, Marion Ohio, socialist (Pres Candidate 1928-48)
1886 Karl von Frisch, zoologist/bee expert (Nobel 1973)
1889 Edwin Hubble, astronomer (discoverer of galaxies, red shift)
1891 Leon Cadore, pitcher (pitched all of 26 inning game)
1900 Chester Gould, cartoonist (gave Dick Tracy a job)
1907 Fran Allison, LaPorte City Iowa, actress (Kukla, Fran & Ollie)
1908 Alistair Cooke, Manchester England, actor (Masterpiece Theatre)
1911 Jean Shiley, US, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1932)
1914 Emilio Pucci, Naples, fashion designer
1915 Kon Ichikawa, Japan, director (Matatabi, Money Talks)
1916 Judy Canova, Jacksonville Florida, comedienne/actress (Cannonball)
1916 Robert A. Bruce, MD, pioneer (exercise cardiology)
1917 Robert Byrd, US Senate Majority Leader
1918 Dora Ratjen, Germany, man possing as woman high jumper (Oly-4th-1936)
1919 Evelyn Keyes, actress (Adventure of Martin Eden)
1920 Douglas Dick, Charlestown WV, actor (Carl-Waterfront)
1920 Gene Tierney, Brooklyn, actress (Laura, Razor's Edge, Ghost & Mrs. Muir)
1921 Phyllis Thaxter, Portland Maine, actress (Nora, Fort Worth)
1923 Beryl Sprinkel, Missouri, economist (Council of Economic Advisers)
1923 Nadine Gordimer, South Africa, actress/writer (Lying Days)
1924 Benoit Mandelbrot, Warsaw Poland, mathematician (proved Zipf's law)
1925 Maya Plisetkaya, ballerina (Bolshoi Ballet)
1926 Kaye Ballard, Cleveland, actress/comedienne (Kaye-Mothers-in-Law)
1927 Estelle Parsons, Lynn Massachusetts, actress (Rachel Rachel, Bonnie & Clyde)
1928 Franklin Cover, Cleveland, actor (Tom-The Jeffersons)
1928 Rex Reason, Berlin Germany, actor (Man Without a Gun, Roaring 20s)
1929 Dick Clark, Mt. Vernon NY, TV host (American Bandstand)
1929 Kenneth DeWitt Schermerhorn, Schenectady NY, conductor (American Ballet)
1932 Richard Dawson, Hampshire England, actor (Hogan's Heroes, Family Feud)
1934 Valentine J. Peter, Omaha Nebraska, priest (Boy's Town)
1939 Dick Smothers, New York, comedian (Smothers Brothers' Show)
1940 Bob Einstein, Los Angeles, comedian (Officer Judy, Super Dave Osborne)
1941 Gary Karr, Los Angeles, double-bassist (Oslo Philharmonic)
1942 Joseph R. Biden, Jr., US Senator
1942 Norman Greenbaum, folk singer (Spirit in the Sky)
1943 Veronica Hamel, Philadelphia, actress (Joyce-Hill St. Blues)
1944 Anthea Stewart, Zimbabwe, field hockey coach/player (Olympic-1980)
1946 Duane Allman, rocker (Allman Brothers)
1946 Judy Woodruff, newscaster (McNeil Lehrer Report)
1947 Joe Walsh, Wichita Kansas, guitarist/rocker (Eagles)
1948 Samuel E. Wright, Camden SC, actor (Enos, Ball Four)
1949 Juha Mieto, Finland, 15KM skier (Olympic-silver-1980)
1949 Ray Vitte, actor (Doc, Cody-Quest)
1956 Bo Derek, Long Beach, actress (10)
1956 Mark Gastineau, NFL end (NY Jets, Pro Bowl 1981-85)
1959 Sean Young, Louisville, actress (Dune, Young Doctor in Love)
1962 Steve Alexander, rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret)
1964 Ned Vaughn, actor (The Rescuer)
1965 Mike D [Diamond], rocker (Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight)
1967 Jeff Cotler, Long Beach California, actor (Brian-Struck by Lightning)
1974 Marisa Ryan, actress (Major Dad)
Deaths which occurred on November 20th:
1910 Leo Tolstoy, Russia, author (Anna Karenina), dies at 82
1962 Jasper McLevy, socialist mayor of Bridgeport CT
1968 Cathy Lewis, actress (Deidre-Hazel), dies at 50
1973 Allan Sherman, songwriter ("Camp Granada")
1975 Gen Francisco Franco, Spain's dictator, dies in Madrid at 82
1983 Marcel Dalio, actor (Casablanca), dies at 83
1983 Richard Loo, actor, dies of cardio-pulmonary arrest
1985 Bill Scott, cartoon voice (Mr. Peabody, Bullwinkle), dies at 65
1995 Sergei Grinkov, Soviet ice skater (Olympic Gold 1988.1994) dies (heart attack) at 28
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