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20 Nov 1194
Palermo Sicily is conquered by Emperor Henry VI
20 Nov 1342
Pope Clemens VI names John IV of Arkel as bishop of Utrecht
20 Nov 1347
Coke di Rienzo later Roman Tribunal addressess a meeting of on the Capitol during peoples revolt in Rome
20 Nov 1407
A truce between John the Fearless Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois Duke of Orlans is agreed under the auspices of John Duke of Berry. Orlans would be assassinated three days later by Burgundy.
20 Nov 1521
Arabs attribute shortage of water in Jerusalem to Jews making wine
20 Nov 1616
Bishop Richelieu becomes French minister of Foreign affairsWar
20 Nov 1637
Peter Minuit & 1st Swedish immigrants to Delaware sail from Sweden
20 Nov 1695
Zumbi last leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil and ex-slave is executed
20 Nov 1719
Sweden & Hannover sign peace Treaty of Stockholm
20 Nov 1759
-22] Battle in Bay of Quiberon British beat French
20 Nov 1789
New Jersey is 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights
20 Nov 1795
Curacao government forbids slave work on Sunday
20 Nov 1815
Russia Prussia Austria and England signs Alliance for the maintenance of peace in Europe same day as Treaty of Paris
20 Nov 1829
Jews expelled from Nikolayev & Sevastopol Russia
20 Nov 1852
Charles ReadeTom Taylors Masks & Faces premieres in London
20 Nov 1861
Secession ordinance is filed by Kentuckys Confederate government.
20 Nov 1862
Confederate armies of Mississippi and Kentucky merge as Army of Tennessee under General Braxton Bragg
20 Nov 1866
First national convention of Grand Army of Republic (veterans org)
20 Nov 1873
Rival cities of Buda & Pest unite to form the capital of Hungary
20 Nov 1890
Pope Leo XIII encyclical On Slavery in the Missions
20 Nov 1902
Geo Lefevre and Henri Desgrange create Tour de France bicycle race
20 Nov 1909
Jack Williams of Ottawa Rough Riders kicks 9 singles in a game
20 Nov 1910
Revolution broke out in Mexico led by Francisco I Madero
20 Nov 1911
Gustav Mahlers Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth) premieres in Munich
20 Nov 1914
US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports
20 Nov 1915
7th CFL Grey Cup Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Rowing 13-7
20 Nov 1917
1st successful tank use in battle at the Battle of Cambrai in World War I as Britain uses the new technology to break through German lines
20 Nov 1919
1st municipally owned airport in US opens (Tucson Az)
20 Nov 1922
Zoe Akins Texas Nightingale premieres in NYC
20 Nov 1923
Garrett Morgan patents his traffic signal design an important development in automobile safety
20 Nov 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
20 Nov 1928
Boston Gardens opens Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 1-0
20 Nov 1928
WGH-AM in Newport News VA begins radio transmissions
20 Nov 1934
Lillian Hellmans Childrens Hour premieres in NYC
20 Nov 1934
New Belgian government of Theunis Francqui & Gutt (3 bankers)
20 Nov 1934
Toronto Maple Leaf Harvey Jackson is 1st to score 4 goals in a period
20 Nov 1936
Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera founder of the Falange is killed by a republican execution squad
20 Nov 1938
1st documented anti-semitic remarks over US radio (by Father Coughlin)
20 Nov 1940
World War II Hungary Romania and Slovakia join the Axis Powers
20 Nov 1941
Adm Nomura & Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note
20 Nov 1941
German auxiliary cruiser (armed merchant raider) Kormoran sinks near Australia
20 Nov 1942
26th Soviet Armoured Corps recaptures Perelazovski
20 Nov 1942
NHL abolishes regular season OT until WW II is over
20 Nov 1943
US forces land on Tarawa & Makin Atoll in Gilbert Island
20 Nov 1944
1st Japanese suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol Carolines)
20 Nov 1944
Amsterdam Vondelpark closed because of kappen of trees
20 Nov 1945
24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg Germany
20 Nov 1945
Queen Wilhelmina opens Dutch parliament in Hague
20 Nov 1946
Lillian Hellmans Another Part of the Forest premieres in NYC
20 Nov 1947
1st permanent TV installed on seagoing vessel (New Jersey)
20 Nov 1947
Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mediator Dei
20 Nov 1947
UN General assembly begins debate on printing their own stamps
20 Nov 1952
George Axelrods Seven Year Itch premieres in NYC
20 Nov 1953
Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket 1st to break Mach 2 (1300 MPH)
20 Nov 1954
KTRK TV channel 13 in Houston TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
20 Nov 1955
Kripal Singh scores 100 on Test Cricket debut India v NZ
20 Nov 1955
Polly Umrigar scores Indias 1st Test Cricket double century 223 v NZ
20 Nov 1957
Morton Wishengrads Rope Dancers premieres in NYC
20 Nov 1959
UN adopts Universal Declaration of Childrens Rights
20 Nov 1960
Australian driver Jack Brabham finishes 4th in season-ending US Grand Prix at Riverside Raceway to retain his World Championship of Drivers title by 9 points from Bruce McLaren of New Zealand
20 Nov 1961
WPLG TV channel 10 in Miami FL (ABC) begins broadcasting
20 Nov 1962
USSR agrees to remove bombers from Cuba & US lifts blockade
20 Nov 1964
Dmitri Shostakovichs 9th10th String Quartet premieres in Moscow
20 Nov 1965
Pickwick closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 56 performances
20 Nov 1965
UN Security council calls for boycott of Rhodesia
20 Nov 1965
WCNY TV channel 24 in Syracuse NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
20 Nov 1966
Cabaret opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 1166 performances
20 Nov 1966
Dallas sacks Pittsburgh QBs an NFL record 12 times
20 Nov 1967
At 11 AM Census Clock at Department of Commerce ticks past 200 million
20 Nov 1967
Mets pitcher Tom Seaver (16-12) is named NL Rookie of Year
20 Nov 1969
Alcatraz Island off SF is seized by militant Native Americans
20 Nov 1969
Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut v Australia Kanpur
20 Nov 1969
SF Giant Willie McCovey edges Tom Seaver as NL MVP
20 Nov 1970
UN General Assembly accepts membership of Peoples Republic of China
20 Nov 1972
2 British soldiers are killed in a booby trap bomb in Cullyhanna County Armagh
20 Nov 1977
Steve Largent begins NFL streak of 177 consecutive game receptions
20 Nov 1979
Sjiieten occupies great mosque of Mecca 100s killed
20 Nov 1979
USs 1st artificial blood transfusion occurs at University of Minnesota Hospital
20 Nov 1980
Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes 1st solar-powered flight
20 Nov 1980
United Artists withdraws 44 million movie Heavens Gate for re-editing
20 Nov 1980
United Nations Gulf War mediator Olof Palme makes first unsuccessful peace shuttle between Tehran and Baghdad
20 Nov 1981
Russian Anatoly Karpov retains world chess championship
20 Nov 1981
El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens limited offensive
20 Nov 1983
Marilyn An American Fable opens at Minskoff NYC for 16 performances
20 Nov 1983
100 million watch ABC TV movie The Day After about nuclear war
20 Nov 1983
NY Giants Butch Woolfolk ties NFL record of 43 attempts rushing
20 Nov 1984
Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden wins NL Rookie of Year
20 Nov 1984
SETI Institute (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence) is founded.
20 Nov 1986
World Health Organization announces first global effort to combat AIDS
20 Nov 1988
Boston College beats Army 38-24 in the Emerald isle Classic at Dublins Lansdowne Road Stadium the first NCAA American Football game to be played in Europe
20 Nov 1988
Les Miserables opens a Bus & Truck tour in Tampa
20 Nov 1988
Argentine tennis star Gabriela Sabatini beats Pam Shriver 75 62 62 to win her first WTA Tour Championship at Madison Square Garden NYC
20 Nov 1989
Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Robin Yount wins AL MVP
20 Nov 1990
Sacramento Kings last NBA win on the road for over a year
20 Nov 1990
US 68th manned space mission STS 38 (Atlantis 7) returns from space
20 Nov 1990
Soviet Union shows reluctance to endorse the use of force against Iraq
20 Nov 1992
Queen Elizabeths home Windsor Castle catches fire
20 Nov 1992
Home crowd favourite Boris Becker claims his 2nd ATP Tour World Championship tennis title beating American Jim Courier 64 63 75 in the final in Frankfurt Germany
20 Nov 1993
Jakovlev-42 crashes into mountain at Ohrid Macedonia 116 killed
20 Nov 1993
Sams Town Bowling Invitational won by Robin Romeo
20 Nov 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.
20 Nov 1994
Flying Karamzov Brothers... opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 50 performances
20 Nov 1994
Shadow Box opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 49 performances
20 Nov 1994
Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia ending 19 years of civil war
20 Nov 1994
Unseeded Argentine tennis star Gabriela Sabatini claims WTA Tour Championship with a 6-3 6-2 6-4 win over American Lindsay Davenport at Madison Square Garden NYC
20 Nov 1994
American tennis star Pete Sampras beats Boris Becker 46 63 75 64 to win his second ATP Tour World Championship title in Frankfurt Germany
20 Nov 1995
Racing Demon opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 48 performances
20 Nov 1995
FDA approves new therapy for use as an initial AIDS treatment 3TC
20 Nov 1997
Ivanov opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 51 performances
20 Nov 1997
Last original Florida Marlin Jeff Conine traded to KC Royals
20 Nov 1997
Mavericks A C Green sets NBA record of 907 consecutive games played
20 Nov 1997
NY Islanders lose beginning a 10 game losing streak
20 Nov 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
20 Nov 1997
Iraqs Revolution Command Council formally endorses an agreement arranged by Russia that enables UN weapons inspection teams to resume operations in Iraq
20 Nov 1998
First module of the International Space Station Zarya is launched
20 Nov 2003
After the November 15 bombings a second day of the Istanbul Bombings occurs in Istanbul Turkey destroying the Turkish head office of HSBC Bank AS and the British consulate.
20 Nov 2005
David Nalbandian of Argentina outlasts defending champion Roger Federer 67 67 62 61 76 in Shanghai China to win his only career season-ending Tennis Masters Cup title
20 Nov 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.
20 Nov 2009
The Mexican government declares its economy technically out of recession after 2.93% GDP growth in the third quarter of Mexico had been in a severe economic crisis for over a year prior to its economic rebound
20 Nov 2012
Toshiba unveils a robot designed to help in nuclear disasters
20 Nov 1347
Cola di Rienzo later Roman Tribunal addressess a meeting of on the Capitol during peoples revolt in Rome
20 Nov 1695
Zumbi the last King of the Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil and ex-slave is executed and decapitated his head displayed on a pike to dispel any legends of his immortality
20 Nov 1815
Russia Prussia Austria and England sign an Alliance for the maintenance of peace in Europe on the same day as the Treaty of Paris
20 Nov 1886
Sherlock Holmess first story A Study in Scarlet is accepted by publisher Ward and Lock with payment of 25
20 Nov 1915
CFL Grey Cup Varsity Stadium Toronto Hamilton Tigers win 2nd title beat Toronto Rowing Association 13-7
20 Nov 1960
Australian driver Jack Brabham finishes 4th in season-ending US Grand Prix at Riverside Raceway to retain his F1 World Drivers Championship by 9 points from Bruce McLaren of New Zealand
20 Nov 1347
Cola di Rienzo later Roman Tribunal addresses a meeting of on the Capitol during peoples revolt in Rome
20 Nov 1461
Astronomer Regiomontanus returns with Cardinal Basilios Bessarions to his house in Rome home to one of largest libraries in Europe
20 Nov 1719
Sweden & Hannover sign for peace Treaty of Stockholm
20 Nov 1829
Jews expelled from Nikolayev & Sevastopol Russia
20 Nov 1852
Charles Reade and Tom Taylors historical comedy play Masks & Faces premieres in London
20 Nov 1866
French inventor Pierre Lallement patents rotary crank bicycle
20 Nov 1889
Gustav Mahlers 1st Symphony premieres in Budapest and is not well received
20 Nov 1901
Opera Grislidis by Jules Massenet Armand Silvestre and Eugne Morand premieres in Paris
20 Nov 1909
Jack Williams of Canadian football team Ottawa Rough Riders kicks 9 singles in a game
20 Nov 1910
Revolution breaks out in Mexico led by Francisco I. Madero
20 Nov 1919
1st municipally owned airport in US opens in Tucson Arizona
20 Nov 1922
Zoe Akins play Texas Nightingale premieres in NYC
20 Nov 1946
Lillian Hellmans play Another Part of the Forest premieres in NYC
20 Nov 1952
George Axelrods play Seven Year Itch premieres in NYC
20 Nov 1957
Morton Wishengrads play Rope Dancers premieres in NYC
20 Nov 1969
Alcatraz Island off San Francisco is seized by militant Native Americans
20 Nov 1994
Russian Kosmos satellites 2294 2295 and 2296 launch
20 Nov 1995
NASA Space Shuttle STS 74 (Atlantis 15) lands back at Kennedy Space Center
20 Nov 2011
Presidents Cup Golf Royal Melbourne GC Jim Furyk wins all 5 of his matches as US beats International team 19-15
20 Nov 1820
Whaling ship Essex attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in the southern Pacific only eight of the 20 crew men eventually survive (through cannibalism). Inspiration for the novel Moby-Dick
20 Nov 1944
Dutch Prince Bernhard establishes staff in Breda Netherlands
20 Nov 1952
Chicago Cubs slugging left fielder Hank Sauer wins NL MVP
20 Nov 1966
John Kander and Fred Ebbs Cabaret opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 1166 performances
20 Nov 1979
Islamic extremists led by Juhayman al-Otaybi occupy the Grand Mosque of Mecca declare the arrival of the Mahdi (the redeemer of Islam) in the form of Mohammed Abdullah al-Qahtani and call for the overthrow of the House of Saud. Siege lasts two weeks with 100s killed and sets Saudi Arabia on an ultra-conservative path. [1]
20 Nov 1759
Battle of Quiberon Bay begins British win crucial naval victory over the French thwarting a planned French invasion of Britain
20 Nov 1911
Gustav Mahlers Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth) premieres in Munich conducted by Bruno Walter
20 Nov 1934
Toronto Maple Leafs left wing Busher Jackson becomes first NHL player to score 4 goals in a period in 5-2 win over St. Louis Eagles at St. Louis Arena
20 Nov 1962
USSR agrees to remove remaining Ilyushin Il-28 bomber jets from Cuba US lifts blockade
20 Nov 1965
Cyril Ornadel and Leslie Bricusses musical Pickwick based on Charles Dickens novel The Pickwick Papers featuring Harry Secombe and Charlotte Rae closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 56 performances
20 Nov 1966
John Kander and Fred Ebbs Cabaret opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC runs for 1166 performances wins 8 Tony Awards
20 Nov 1983
Marilyn An American Fable opens at Minskoff Theater NYC runs for 17 performances
20 Nov 1194
Palermo Sicily is conquered by Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI
20 Nov 1616
Bishop Richelieu becomes French minister of Foreign affairs and War
20 Nov 1942
The Alaska Highway 2451km long from Dawson Creek British Columbia to Fairbanks Alaska first opens to military traffic [1]
20 Nov 1959
WABC fires Alan Freed over his refusal to swear innocence in payola scandal (accepting bribes from record companies)
20 Nov 1970
First Black woman to be crowned Miss World - Jennifer Hosten from Grenada at the Royal Albert Hall London the event interrupted by womens liberation activists [1]
20 Nov 1988
Les Miserables opens a Bus & Truck tour in Tampa Florida
20 Nov 1994
New Vaudevillian revue The Flying Karamazov Brothers Do the Impossible opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for a limited run of 50 performances
20 Nov 1994
Revival of Michael Cristofers Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning stage drama The Shadow Box starring Mary Alice opens at Circle in Square Theatre NYC runs for 49 performances
20 Nov 1995
David Hares stage drama Racing Demon set amongst clergy of the Church of England opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC runs for 48 performances
20 Nov 1342
Pope Clement VI names John IV of Arkel as bishop of Utrecht
20 Nov 1829
Jews expelled from Nikolayev and Sevastopol Russia
20 Nov 1923
American inventor Garrett Morgan patents his traffic signal design adding a caution between stop and go an important development in automobile safety [1]
20 Nov 1943
WWII German submarine U-536 sunk northeast of the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean by British and Canadian warships
20 Nov 1943
WWII US forces land on Tarawa & Makin Atoll in Gilbert Island
20 Nov 2015
More than half of all trees in Amazon forest at risk of extinction according to data published in journal Sciences Advances
20 Nov 2017
Atlantas Georgia Dome once the worlds largest covered stadium is destroyed in a controlled implosion
20 Nov 2017
Investment corporation Tencents market value hits 511 billion - first Asian company to join the 500 billion club
20 Nov 2018
Airbnb bans listings in Israeli settlements in the West Bank
20 Nov 2018
Mississippi 15 week abortion ban overturned by US judge saying it violated womens constitutional rights
20 Nov 2018
More than 40 religious scholars killed at event to mark birth of prophet Mohammed by a suicide bomber near the airport in Kabul Afghanistan
20 Nov 2018
Sell-off in technology stocks leads stock market losses wiping out all market gains
20 Nov 2019
Britains Prince Andrew announces he is stepping back from public duties after outcry from disastrous interview on his friendship with Jeffry Epstein
20 Nov 2019
Oxford Dictionaries word of the year is climate emergency
20 Nov 2019
Snakes lived with hind legs for 70 million years (Najash rionegrina) according to research from La Buitrera Palaeontological Area Argentina published in Science Advances
20 Nov 1461
Astronomer Regiomontanus returns with Cardinal Basilios Bessarion to his house in Rome home to one of largest libraries in Europe
20 Nov 1695
Zumbi the last King of the Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil and a former slave is executed and decapitated his head displayed on a pike to dispel any legends of his immortality
20 Nov 1914
The US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports
20 Nov 1917
First successful use of a tank in battle at the Battle of Cambrai in World War I as Britain uses the new technology to break through German lines
20 Nov 1948
A US balloon reaches a record height of 42.7 km
20 Nov 1952
Chicago Cubs slugging left fielder Hank Sauer wins National League MVP
20 Nov 1953
Scott Crossfield becomes the first person to break the Mach 2 barrier by flying the Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket at 1291 mph (2076 kmh)
20 Nov 1968
Farmington Mine Disaster 78 miners are killed in a coal mining explosion in West Virginia leading to the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 [1]
20 Nov 1969
Rookie Indian batsman Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut v Australia in Kanpur
20 Nov 1970
UN General Assembly votes on proposal to accept membership of Peoples Republic of China measure fails to get two-thirds necessary to pass
20 Nov 1972
2 British Army soldiers William Watson (28) and James Strothers (31) are killed by a booby trap bomb set by the Provisional IRA in Cullyhanna County Armagh Ireland
20 Nov 1974
Rangers Jeff Burroughs wins American League MVP
20 Nov 1979
First artificial blood transfusion occurs at the University of Minnesota Hospital in the US when a patient refuses a conventional blood transfusion due to religious beliefs and receives the blood substitute Fluosol
20 Nov 1980
Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes the first solar-powered flight
20 Nov 1991
Atlanta Braves Terry Pendleton wins National League MVP
20 Nov 2019
Oxford Dictionarys word of the year is climate emergency
20 Nov 2019
US Ambassador Gordon Sondland testifies in impeachment inquiry that We followed the presidents orders. and that everyone was in the loop over Ukraine dealings
20 Nov 2022
New York state activates the National Guard to assist with historic snow event around Buffalo with Orchard Park receiving almost 6 15 ft [1]
20 Nov 2022
UN COP27 summit agrees to establish fund to help poor and vulnerable countries with climate change with committee to be made up of representatives from 24 countries [1]
20 Nov 2022
Worlds longest-serving president authoritarian leader Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo 80 wins re-election in Equatorial Guinea extending his 43-year rule [1]
20 Nov 2023
Somalian authorities say 50 people have died in heavy rain and flooding and 687235 people displaced amid large downpours across the Horn of Africa linked to El Nino [1]
20 Nov 2024
Woman suspected to be Thailands worst-ever serial killer convicted and sentenced to death for poisoning a friend with cyanide the first of 14 trials [1]