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What happened in history on this day: November 20?
On November 20 in ...
- 1789 - New Jersey becomes first state to ratify Bill of Rights.
- 1866 - First US national convention of Grand Army of the Republic (veterans' organization).
- 1866 - Howard University, Washington DC, is founded.
- 1894 - US intervenes in Bluefields, Nicaragua.
- 1914 - US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports.
- 1919 - First municipally-owned airport in US opens in Tucson, Arizona.
- 1923 - Garrett Morgan invents and patents the traffic signal.
- 1938 - First documented anti-Semitic remarks over US radio (by Father Coughlin).
- 1943 - US forces land on Tarawa and Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Islanda.
- 1953 - Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, first to break Mach 2 (1300mph).
- 1962 - US lifts blockade of Cuba.
- 1967 - At 11 AM, Census Clock at US Department of Commerce ticks past 200 million.
- 1969 - In Southern West Virginia, a magnitude 4.5 earthquake occurs. This is the largest known historical earthquake in West Virginia.
- 1974 - The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T, which leads to the break up of AT&T and its Bell System.
- 1983 - In the U.S., 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.
- 1984 - SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) is founded.
- 1985 - Microsoft ships Microsoft Windows for the IBM PC, for US$100. It is delivered two years after the initial announcement of the product.
- 2005 - The Washington Post rebukes journalist Bob Woodward over his conduct in the US Central Intelligence Agency leak probe.
- 2006 - Lee High School bus crash kills four students in Huntsville, Alabama.
Births on November 20
- 1869 - Birth of Clark Griffith in Missouri, USA; baseball player/manager (New York Yankees).
- 1873 - Birth of Daniel Gregory Mason in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA; composer (Chanticker).
- 1884 - Birth of Norman Thomas in Marion, Ohio, USA; socialist (presidential candidate 1928-48).
- 1907 - Birth of Fran Allison in LaPorte City, Iowa, USA; actress (Kukla, Fran and Ollie).
- 1916 - Birth of Judy Canova in Jacksonville, Florida, USA; comedienne/actress (Cannonball).
- 1916 - Birth of Robert A Bruce in Maryland, USA; pioneer (exercise cardiology).
- 1920 - Birth of Douglas Dick in Charlestown, West Virginia, USA; actor (Carl - Waterfront).
- 1920 - Birth of Gene Tierney in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Laura, Razor's Edge, Ghost and Mrs Muir) (dies 1991).
- 1921 - Birth of Phyllis Thaxter in Portland, Maine, USA; actress (Nora, Fort Worth).
- 1923 - Birth of Beryl Sprinkel in Missouri, USA; economist (Council of Economic Advisers).
- 1925 - Birth of Robert Francis Kennedy in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA; (Democrat, Senator, New York) Attorney-General; assassinated in 1968.
- 1926 - Birth of Kaye Ballard in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actress/comedienne (Kaye - Mothers-in-Law).
- 1927 - Birth of Estelle Parsons in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Rachel Rachel, Bonnie and Clyde).
- 1928 - Birth of Franklin Cover in Cleveland, USA; actor (Tom - The Jeffersons).
- 1929 - Birth of Kenneth DeWitt Schermerhorn in Schenectady, New York, USA; conductor (American Ballet).
- 1934 - Birth of Valentine J Peter in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; priest (Boy's Town 1985-).
- 1937 - Birth of Jack Linkletter in San Francisco, California, USA; TV host (Haggis Baggis, Hootenanny).
- 1939 - Birth of Dick Smothers in New York City, New York, USA; comedian (Smother Brothers' Show).
- 1940 - Birth of Bob Einstein in Los Angeles, California, USA; comedian (Officer Judy, Super Dave Osborne).
- 1941 - Birth of Gary Karr in Los Angeles, California, USA; double-bassist (Oslo Philharmonic).
- 1942 - Birth of Norman Greenbaum in Massachusetts, USA; folk singer ("Spirit in the Sky").
- 1943 - Birth of Veronica Hamel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Joyce - Hill Street Blues, 79 Park Ave).
- 1947 - Birth of Joe Walsh in Wichita, Kansas, USA; guitarist/rocker (Eagles - "Take it Easy").
- 1948 - Birth of Richard Masur in New York City, New York, USA; actor (David - One Day at a Time).
- 1948 - Birth of Samuel E Wright in Camden, South Carolina, USA; actor (Enos, Ball Four).
- 1949 - Birth of Ray Vitte in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Doc, Cody - Quest).
- 1952 - Birth of Robert Lipton in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Tom - The Survivors, As the World Turns).
- 1954 - Birth of Steve Dahl in California, USA; Chicago's anti-disco DJ (WLS-FM).
- 1956 - Birth of Bo Derek in Long Beach, California, USA; actress (10, Tarzan the Ape Man).
- 1959 - Birth of Sean Young in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; actress (Dune, Young Doctors in Love).
- 1967 - Birth of Jeff Cotler in Long Beach, California, USA; actor (Brian - Struck by Lightning).
Deaths on November 20
- 1962 - Jasper McLevy, socialist mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, dies.
- 2013 - Death of Joseph Paul Franklin, American murderer (born 1950).
- 2022 - Death of Mickey Kuhn at age 90 in Naples, Florida, USA; actor (Gone With the Wind movie (1939)).
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