Notable Historical Events on November 20th
November 20th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
284 |
Diocletian is proclaimed Roman Emperor by his soldiers in the army of the east |
762 |
Bögü, Khan of the Uyghurs, conquers Lo-Yang, capital of the Chinese Empire. |
1168 |
Giovanni di Struma elected anti-Pope |
1194 |
Palermo is conquered by Emperor Henry VI. |
1272 |
Edward I proclaimed King of England |
1342 |
Pope Clemens VI names John IV of Arkel as bishop of Utrecht |
1347 |
Coke di Rienzo, later Roman Tribunal, addressess a meeting of on the Capitol during people's revolt in Rome |
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. Orléans would be assassinated three days later by Burgundy. |
1431 |
First meeting of Order of the Golden Fleece |
1520 |
Friesland hit by heavy hail storm |
1521 |
Arabs attribute shortage of water in Jerusalem to Jews making wine |
1583 |
Duke of Parma conquerors Aalst |
1616 |
Bishop Richelieu becomes French minister of Foreign affairs/War |
1637 |
Peter Minuit & 1st Swedish immigrants to Delaware sail from Sweden |
1695 |
Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil and ex-slave, is executed. |
1719 |
Sweden & Hannover sign peace Treaty of Stockholm |
1755 |
English minister William Pitt Sr resigns |
1759 |
-22] Battle in Bay of Quiberon, British beat French |
1789 |
New Jersey is 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights |
1795 |
Curacao government forbids slave work on Sunday |
1805 |
Beethoven's "Fidelio," premieres in Vienna |
1815 |
2nd Peace of Paris: France & allies after 2nd defeat and abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte. |
1815 |
Russia, Prussia, Austria & England signs Alliance "for the maintenance of peace in Europe" same day as Treaty of Paris |
1817 |
First Seminole War begins in Florida |
1829 |
Jews expelled from Nikolayev & Sevastopol Russia |
1833 |
Charles Darwin reaches Punta Gorda, sees Rio Uruguay |
1852 |
Charles Reade/Tom Taylor's "Masks & Faces" premieres in London |
1861 |
Secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government. |
1862 |
Confederate armies of Mississippi and Kentucky merge as Army of Tennessee, under General Braxton Bragg |
1866 |
First national convention of Grand Army of Republic (veterans' org) |
1866 |
Howard University founded (Washington DC) |
1866 |
Pierre Lalemont patents rotary crank bicycle |
1873 |
Rival cities of Buda & Pest unite to form the capital of Hungary |
1888 |
Willard Bundy patents timecard clock |
1889 |
Gustav Mahler's 1st Symphony |
1890 |
Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Slavery in the Missions" |
1894 |
US intervenes in Bluefields, Nicaragua |
1901 |
Opera "Grisélidis" is produced (Paris) |
1902 |
Geo Lefevre & Henri Desgrange create Tour de France bicycle race |
1906 |
George Bernard Shaw's "Doctor's Dilemma" premieres in London |
1909 |
Jack Williams of Ottawa Rough Riders kicks 9 singles in a game |
1910 |
Revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero |
1911 |
Gustav Mahler's "Das Lied von der Erde" (Song of the Earth) premieres in Munich |
1911 |
The funeral of Paul and Laura (daughter of Karl Marx) Lafargue in Paris is attended by Lenin; the two socialists died in a suicide pact in the belief that their political usefulness was at an end |
1914 |
US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports |
1915 |
7th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Rowing, 13-7 |
1917 |
First successful tank use in battle (Britain breaks through German lines) at Battle of Cambrai WWI |
1917 |
Ukrainian Republic declared |
1919 |
1st municipally owned airport in US opens (Tucson Az) |
1920 |
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to US president W Wilson |
1922 |
Zoe Akins' "Texas Nightingale" premieres in NYC |
1923 |
Garrett Morgan invents & patents traffic signal |
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 |
1928 |
Boston Gardens opens, Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0 |
1928 |
WGH-AM in Newport News VA begins radio transmissions |
1929 |
First broadcast of "Goldbergs" on US radio |
1929 |
Salvador Dali's first one-man show |
1931 |
Commercial teletype service begins (AT&T) |
1932 |
Earthquake at Uden Netherlands |
1934 |
Eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's HR, US beats Japan 1-0 |
1934 |
Lillian Hellman's "Children's Hour" premieres in NYC |
1934 |
New Belgian government of Theunis, Francqui & Gutt (3 bankers) |
1934 |
Tornoto Maple Leaf Harvey Jackson is 1st to score 4 goals in 1 period |
1936 |
Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange is killed by a republican execution squad. |
1938 |
1st documented anti-semitic remarks over US radio (by Father Coughlin) |
1940 |
German air raid on Birmingham fails |
1940 |
Hungary joins 3 Power pact |
1940 |
World War II: Hungary, Romania and Slovakia join the Axis Powers. |
1941 |
Adm Nomura & Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note |
1941 |
German Q/pirate ship Kormoran sinks near Australia |
1942 |
26th Russian Armoured Corps recaptures Perelazovski |
1942 |
British 8th Army recaptures Benghazi, Libya |
1942 |
NHL abolishes regular season OT until WW II is over |
1942 |
Soviet army offensive during WWII, 1 million Russians breach German lines |
1943 |
U-538 sinks in Atlantic Ocean |
1943 |
US forces land on Tarawa & Makin Atoll in Gilbert Island |
1944 |
1st Japanse suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol, Carolines) |
1944 |
Amsterdam: Vondelpark closed because of kappen of trees |
1944 |
Prince Bernhard establishes staff in Breda |
1945 |
24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg, Germany |
1945 |
Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 9th Symphony under J Mravinski premieres |
1945 |
Queen Wilhelmina opens parliament in Hague |
1946 |
Lillian Hellman's "Another Part of the Forest" premieres in NYC |
1947 |
"Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC |
1947 |
1st permanent TV installed on seagoing vessel (New Jersey) |
1947 |
Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mediator Dei |
1947 |
UN General assembly begins debate on printing their own stamps |
1948 |
US balloon reaches height of 42.7 km (record) |
1949 |
Jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000 |
1951 |
Snowdonia becomes a British National Park |
1952 |
Cubs slugger Hank Sauer wins NL MVP |
1952 |
George Axelrod's "Seven Year Itch" premieres in NYC |
1952 |
Slánský trials begin - a series of Stalinist and anti-Semitic show trials in Czechoslovakia. |
1953 |
Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, 1st to break Mach 2 (1,300 MPH) |
1954 |
KTRK TV channel 13 in Houston, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting |
1955 |
Kripal Singh scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, India v NZ |
1955 |
Polly Umrigar scores India's 1st Test Cricket double century, 223 v NZ |
1957 |
Morton Wishengrad's "Rope Dancers" premieres in NYC |
1959 |
UN adopts Universal Declaration of Children's Rights |
1959 |
WABC fires Alan Freed over payola scandal |
1961 |
WPLG TV channel 10 in Miami, FL (ABC) begins broadcasting |
1962 |
Mickey Mantle wins AL MVP |
1962 |
USSR agrees to remove bombers from Cuba, & US lifts blockade |
1964 |
Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 9th/10th String Quartet premiers in Moscow |
1965 |
"Pickwick" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 56 performances |
1965 |
UN Security council calls for boycott of Rhodesia |
1965 |
WCNY TV channel 24 in Syracuse, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting |
1966 |
"Cabaret" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 1166 performances |
1966 |
Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Success Golf Open |
1966 |
Dallas sacks Pittsburgh QBs an NFL record 12 times |
1966 |
Men in Zurich vote against female suffrage |
1967 |
At 11 AM, Census Clock at Dept of Commerce ticks past 200 million |
1967 |
Mets pitcher Tom Seaver (16-12) is named NL Rookie of Year |
1968 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1968 |
2nd Country Music Association Award: Glen Campbell & Tammy Wynette wins |
1969 |
Alcatraz Island off SF, is seized by militant Native Americans |
1969 |
Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut v Australia Kanpur |
1969 |
Pele scores his 1,000th soccer goal |
1969 |
SF Giant Willie McCovey edges Tom Seaver as NL MVP |
1970 |
UN General Assembly accepts membership of China PR |
1971 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1972 |
2 British soldiers are killed in a booby trap bomb in Cullyhanna, County Armagh |
1974 |
Rangers' Jeff Burroughs wins AL MVP |
1974 |
The US files antitrust suit to break-up AT&T |
1975 |
Ronald Reagan announces candidacy for Republican nomination for US President |
1976 |
George Harrison appears on Saturday Night Live |
1976 |
Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate-Hong Kong Golf Open |
1977 |
Egyptian Pres Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset |
1977 |
Steve Largent begins NFL streak of 177 consecutive game receptions |
1977 |
Walter Payton (Bears) rushes for NFL-record 275 yards |
1979 |
Sji'ieten occupies great mosque of Mecca, 100s killed |
1979 |
US's 1st artificial blood transfusion occurs at U of Minn Hospital |
1980 |
Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (Oakland A's) |
1980 |
Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes 1st solar-powered flight |
1980 |
UA withdraws $44 million movie "Heaven's Gate" for re-editing |
1980 |
United Nations Gulf War mediator Olof Palme makes first unsuccessful peace shuttle between Tehran and Baghdad |
1981 |
Anatoly Karpov, USSR retains world chess championship |
1981 |
Burundia adopts its constitution |
1981 |
El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "limited offensive" |
1981 |
Ringo releases "Stop & Smell Roses" album |
1982 |
Drew Barrymore at age 7 hosts Saturday Night Live |
1983 |
"Marilyn: An American Fable" opens at Minskoff NYC for 16 perfs |
1983 |
100 million watch ABC-TV movie "Day After" about nuclear war |
1983 |
Cleveland Browns shutout Patriots 30-0 |
1983 |
NY Giants Butch Woolfolk ties NFL record of 43 attempts rushing |
1984 |
McDonald's made its 50 billionth hamburger |
1984 |
Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden wins NL Rookie of Year |
1984 |
SETI is founded. |
1985 |
NY Yankee Don Mattingly easily wins AL MVP |
1985 |
Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released. |
1986 |
Afghanistan President Babrak Karmal flees |
1986 |
World Health Organisation announces first global effort to combat AIDS |
1988 |
"Les Miserables" opens a Bus & Truck tour in Tampa |
1989 |
Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Robin Yount wins AL MVP |
1990 |
Soviet Union shows reluctance to endorse the use of force against Iraq |
1990 |
Oakland's Rickey Henderson wins AL MVP |
1990 |
Sacramento Kings last NBA win on the road for over a year |
1990 |
Thatcher fails to defeat Heseltine's bid for party leadership |
1990 |
US 68th manned space mission STS 38 (Atlantis 7) returns from space |
1990 |
Saddam Hussein announces plans to release German hostages |
1991 |
Atlanta Braves Terry Pendleton wins NL MVP |
1992 |
Queen Elizabeth's home Windsor Castle catches fire |
1993 |
Jakovlev-42 crashes into mountain at Ohrid Macedonia, 116 killed |
1993 |
Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Robin Romeo |
1993 |
Winnie Mandela's driver/bodyguard murdered in Johannesburg |
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. |
1994 |
"Flying Karamzov Brothers..." opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 50 perfs |
1994 |
"Shadow Box" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 49 performances |
1994 |
Kosmos 2294/2295/2296 launches |
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). |
1995 |
"Beatles' Anthology, Vol 1" released |
1995 |
"Racing Demon" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 48 perfs |
1995 |
FDA approves new therapy for use as an initial AIDS treatment, 3TC |
1995 |
Diana, Pricess of Wales, admits she cheated on Prince Charles in a TV interview |
1995 |
STS 74 (Atlantis 15), lands |
1997 |
"Ivanov" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 51 performances |
1997 |
Flyers Eric Lindros tries to bite San Jose defenseman Marty McSorley |
1997 |
Last original Florida Marlin, Jeff Conine, traded to KC Royals |
1997 |
Mavericks' A C Green sets NBA record of 907 consecutive games played |
1997 |
NY Islanders lose, beginning a 10 game losing streak |
1997 |
Yohannes Haile-Selassie discovers the partial skull of a 2.5 million year old human ancestor, confirming and establishing the new species Australopithecus garhi, in Bouri, Middle Awash, Ethiopia |
1997 |
Iraq's Revolution Command Council formally endorses an agreement, arranged by Russia, that enables UN weapons inspection teams to resume operations in Iraq |
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. |
1998 |
The first module of the International Space Station, Zarya, is launched. |
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. |
2001 |
Josh Groban releases his debut album "Josh Groban" |
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. |
2006 |
Moises Alou signs a one year-contract with the New York Mets worth $7.5 million |
2008 |
After critical failures in the US financial system began to build up after mid-September, the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level since 1997. |
2009 |
The Mexican government declares its economy technically out of recession after 2.93% GDP growth in the third quarter of 2009; Mexico had been in a severe economic crisis for over a year prior to its economic rebound |
2011 |
38th American Music Award: Adele, Bruno Mars & Taylor Swift win |
2012 |
Toshiba unveils a robot designed to help in nuclear disasters |
2014 |
Nearly 5 million illegal migrants in the US will have the threat of deportation deferred, after President Barack Obama announces sweeping immigration changes |
2015 |
Convicted Israel spy Jonathan Pollard being released after 30 years |
2015 |
American student among 3 killed in West Bank assault |
2016 |
Train in Northern India Derails, Killing at Least 45 People |
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