November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 41 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Wednesday or Thursday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Saturday (56).
1789 — New Jersey is the first state to ratify the Constitution's Bill of Rights.
1820 — The American whaler Essex, which hailed from Nantucket, Massachusetts, is attacked by an 80-ton sperm whale 2,000 miles from the western coast of South America.
1910 — Revolution broke out in Mexico with an uprising led by Francisco I. Madero.
1945 — Twenty-four high-ranking Nazis go on trial in Nuremberg, Germany, for atrocities committed during World War II.
1820 — The American whaler Essex, which hailed from Nantucket, Massachusetts, is attacked by an 80-ton sperm whale 2,000 miles from the western coast of South America.
1910 — Revolution broke out in Mexico with an uprising led by Francisco I. Madero.
1945 — Twenty-four high-ranking Nazis go on trial in Nuremberg, Germany, for atrocities committed during World War II.
1947 — In a lavish wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London, Princess Elizabeth marries her distant cousin, Philip Mountbatten, a dashing former prince of Greece and Denmark who renounced his titles in order to marry the English princess. In five years her father, George VI, will die and Elizabeth becomes Queen Elizabeth II.
1949 — After two years of existence, the Jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000 (8.1 million in 2013).
1955 — Born Ellas Otha Bates in McComb, Mississippi, in 1928, the man better known as Bo Diddley introduced himself and his namesake beat to the world on his television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1949 — After two years of existence, the Jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000 (8.1 million in 2013).
1955 — Born Ellas Otha Bates in McComb, Mississippi, in 1928, the man better known as Bo Diddley introduced himself and his namesake beat to the world on his television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1962 — The USSR agrees to remove bombers from Cuba and President Kennedy lifts the blockade, ending the 13-day Cuban Missile Crisis.
1967 — At 11 AM, the Census Clock at the Department of Commerce ticks past 200 million for the U.S. population.
1968 — Methane gas explosions in a West Virginia coal mine (Farmington No. 9) killed 78 men on this day in 1968. The damage to the mine was so extensive that it had to be sealed with the bodies of the men still inside.
1967 — At 11 AM, the Census Clock at the Department of Commerce ticks past 200 million for the U.S. population.
1968 — Methane gas explosions in a West Virginia coal mine (Farmington No. 9) killed 78 men on this day in 1968. The damage to the mine was so extensive that it had to be sealed with the bodies of the men still inside.
1982 — The University of California beats Stanford on the final play of their game as the Stanford Band takes the field as the play in in progress.
1985 — Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.
1985 — Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.
2001 In Washington, D.C., U.S. President George W. Bush dedicates the United States Department of Justice headquarters building as the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building, honoring the late Robert F. Kennedy on what would have been his 76th birthday.
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.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
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.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1924 – Benoit Mandelbrot, Polish-American mathematician and economist (d. 2010)
1925 – Robert F. Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th United States Attorney General (d. 1968)
1942 – Joe Biden, American lawyer and politician, 47th Vice President of the United States
1948 – John R. Bolton, American lawyer and diplomat, 25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
1942 – Joe Biden, American lawyer and politician, 47th Vice President of the United States
1948 – John R. Bolton, American lawyer and diplomat, 25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
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