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Events

• 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor.
• 1407 - A solemn truce between John, Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans is agreed under the auspicies of John, Duke of Berry. Orléans would be assassinated three days later by Burgundy.
• 1490 - Joanot Martorell's book Tirant lo Blanc is published for the first time.
• 1695 - Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil, was executed.
• 1700 - Great Northern War: Battle of Narva - King Charles XII of Sweden defeats the army of Tsar Peter the Great at Narva.
• 1789 - New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
• 1820 - An 80-ton sperm whale attacks the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts) 2,000 miles from the western coast of South America (Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick was in part inspired by this story).
• 1902 - Henri Desgrange and fellow journalist Géo Lefèvre dream up the idea of the Tour de France over lunch at the Café de Madrid in Paris.
• 1910 - Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero denounces President Porfirio Díaz, declares himself president, and calls for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico.
• 1917 - World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins - British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.
• 1917 - Ukraine is declared a republic.
• 1940 - World War II: Hungary, Romania and Slovakia join the Axis Powers.
• 1943 - World War II: Battle of Tarawa begins - United States Marines land on Tarawa atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns.
• 1945 - Nuremberg Trials: Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals start at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice.
• 1947 - The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey in London.
• 1952 - Prague Trials - a series of Stalinist and anti-Semitic show trials in Czechoslovakia.
• 1955 - Bo Diddley becomes the first African American performer to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. Apparently Sullivan was infuriated when Diddley sang his self-titled song instead of Tennessee Ernie Ford's hit, "Sixteen Tons".
• 1955 - RCA offers a $35,000 contract for Elvis Presley.
• 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union's agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation.
• 1966 - Cabaret opens at the Imperial Theatre, New York.
• 1968 - Vietnam War: Eleven men comprising a Long Range Patrol team from F Company, 58th Infantry, 101st Airborne are surrounded and nearly wiped out by North Vietnamese army regulars from the 4th and 5th Regiment. The seven wounded survivors are rescued after several hours by an impromptu force made of other men from their unit.
• 1969 - Vietnam War: The Cleveland Plain Dealer publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai massacre in Vietnam.
• 1974 - The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T. This suit later leads to the break up of AT&T and its Bell System.
• 1982 - Andy Kaufman was forever voted off of Saturday Night Live by a live phone poll.
• 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.
• 1989 - Velvet Revolution: The number of protestors assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.
• 1992 - In England, a fire breaks out in the Private Chapel room of Windsor Castle, rages for 15 hours, and seriously damages the northwest side of the building (an investigation found that the fire was ignited after a spotlight came into contact with a curtain over an extended period).
• 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 - The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war (in 1995 localized fighting resumed).
• 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, was 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.
• 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.
• 2003 - Michael Jackson is arrested by police on charges of child molestation.

For other uses, see number 284. ... Emperor Diocletian. ... Roman Emperor is the term historians use to refer to rulers of the Roman Empire, after the epoch conventionally named the Roman Republic. ... Events November 20 - A solemn truce between John, Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans is agreed under the auspicies of John, Duke of Berry. ... Duke John I aka Jean de Valois and Jean de Bourgogne (May 28, 1371, Dijon – September 10, 1419, on the bridge of Montereau), also known as the Fearless (French: sans peur) was Duke of Burgundy from 1404 to 1419. ... Louis de Valois (March 13, 1372 – November 23, 1407) was Duke of Orléans from 1392 to his death. ... John of Valois, the Magnificent, (November 30, 1340 – March 15, 1416) was Duke of Berry and Auvergne and Count of Poitiers and Montpensier. ... Events Tirant Lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell, Martí Joan De Galba is published. ... Joanot Martorell (1413–1468) was the Valencian author of the novel Tirant lo Blanch, which is written in Valencian (Catalan). ... A page from the beginning of the 1491 edition (The green coloring is not in the original). ... Events January 27 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed II to Mustafa II (1695-1703) July 17 - The Bank of Scotland is founded by an Act of Parliament of the old Scottish Parliament. ... Zumbi (1655 - November 20, 1695, pronounced: ) was the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares, in the present-day state of Alagoas, Brazil. ... Palmares, or Quilombo dos Palmares, was a quilombo, a settlement of runaway and free-born African slaves, founded around 1600 in the Serra da Barriga hills of northeastern Brazil. ... Events January 1 - Russia accepts Julian calendar. ... The Great Northern War was the war fought between a coalition of Russia, Denmark-Norway and Saxony-Poland (from 1715 also Prussia and Hanover) on one side and Sweden on the other side from 1700 to 1721. ... Three famous battles took place around Narva. ... Carl XII, Karl XII or Carolus Rex, (June 17, 1682 – November 30, 1718), the Alexander of the North, nicknamed in Turkish as DemirbaÅŸ Åžarl (Charles the Habitué), was a King of Sweden from 1697 until his death in 1718. ... Look up Tsar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary For the US community of Czar, see Czar, West Virginia. ... Portrait of Peter by Paul Delaroche Peter I (Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич or Pyotr I Alexeyevich)(Peter Alexeyevich Romanov) (10 June 1672–8 February 1725 [30 May 1672– 28 January 1725 O.S.] ) ruled Russia from 7 May (27 April O.S.) 1682 until his death. ... The reconstructed fortress of Narva (to the left) overlooking the Russian fortress of Ivangorod (to the right). ... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Official language(s) None defined, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 47th 22,608 km² 110 km 240 km 14. ... A state of the United States (U.S. state) is any one of the fifty states, four of which officially favor the term commonwealth which, along with the District of Columbia, form the United States of America. ... Image of the United States Bill of Rights from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Binomial name Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Sperm Whale range (in blue) The Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) is the largest of the toothed whales and is believed to be (with the possible exception of some sauropod dinosaurs) the largest toothed animal to ever inhabit the planet. ... The crew of the oceanographic research vessel Princesse Alice, of Albert Grimaldi (later Prince Albert I of Monaco) pose while flensing a catch Whaling is the hunting and killing of whales. ... This article is about the island, town, and county; there is also a census-designated place called Nantucket. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Herman Melville Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, essayist and poet. ... Moby-Dick book cover Moby-Dick - the official title of the first edition - is a novel by Herman Melville. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Henri Desgrange (1865 in Paris, France - 1940 in Beauvallon, France) was a competitive bicycle racer and French sports journalist. ... The Tour de France (French for Tour of France), often referred to as La Grande Boucle, Le Tour or The Tour, is a long-distance road bicycle racing competition for professionals held over three weeks in July in and around France. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... -1... Mural by Diego Rivera at Palacio de Gobierno (Mexico City) The Mexican Revolution, sometimes called the Mexican Revolution of 1910, was a violent social and cultural movement, colored by socialist, nationalist, and anarchist tendencies, that began with the popular rejection of dictator Porfirio Díaz Mori in 1910 and continued... Term of office: 6 November 1911 – 18 February 1913 Preceded by: Francisco León de la Barra (interim) Succeeded by: Pedro Lascuráin (interim) Date of birth: 30 October 1873 Place of birth: Parras, Coahuila Date of death: 22 February 1913 Place of death: Mexico City Profession: Businessman First Lady... Term of office: 29 November 1876 to 30 November 1880 (first term) – 1 December 1884 to 1910 (second term) Preceded by: Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada (1876), Manuel González (1884) Succeeded by: Manuel González (1880), Francisco León de la Barra interim (1911) Date of birth: 15 September... This article describes the government of the United Mexican States. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Combatants Allies: • Serbia, • Russia, • France, • Romania, • Belgium, • British Empire and Dominions, • United States, • Italy, • ...and others Central Powers: • Germany, • Austria-Hungary, • Ottoman Empire, • Bulgaria Casualties 5 million military, 3 million civilian (full list) 3 million military, 3 million civilian (full list) World War I, also known as the First World... Combatants United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Newfoundland German Empire Commanders Julian Byng Georg von der Marwitz Strength 2 Corps 1 Corps Casualties 45,000 killed 9,000 prisoners 100 tanks destroyed 45,000 killed 11,000 prisoners The Battle of Cambrai (November 20 - December 3, 1917) was a... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Combatants Allies: • Poland, • UK & Commonwealth, • France/Free France, • Soviet Union, • USA, • China, ...and others• Axis: • Germany, • Italy, • Japan, • ...and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total: 50 million Full list Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total: 12 million Full list World War II... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... Combatants United States Japan Commanders Julian Smith Shibasaki Keiji Strength 35,000 2,600 troops, 1,000 Japanese workers and 1,200 Korean laborers Casualties 1,009 killed, 2,101 wounded 4,690 killed, 17 POWs and 129 Koreans freed The Battle of Tarawa was a battle in the Pacific... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. ... Map of the Tarawa atoll For other uses, see Tarawa (disambiguation). ... The Gilbert Islands are a chain of 16 atolls and coral islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of the nation Kiribati. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... The Nuremberg Trials were the sets of trials of officials involved in World War II and the Holocaust during the Nazi regime. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Nazism. ... A war crime is a punishable offense, under international (criminal) law, for violations of the law of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ... Nuremberg Palace of Justice is a building complex in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany which is most famous for being the location of the famous Nuremberg Trials that were held after the Second World War for the henchmen of Adolf Hitler, between 1945 and 1949 for those who were still presumed to... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor), born 21 April 1926, is Queen of sixteen independent nations known as the Commonwealth Realms (and has previously been Queen of sixteen others). ... The Duke of Edinburgh The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Philip Mountbatten, formerly Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark) (born 10 June 1921) is the husband of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. ... The Abbeys western façade The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to as Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral, in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Prague Trials were a series of Stalinist and largely anti-Semitic show trials in Czechoslovakia. ... 1955 (MCMLV in Roman) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bo Diddleys emphasis on rhythm largely influenced popular music, especially that of rock and roll in the 1960s. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black), is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... Ed Sullivan The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television variety show that ran from June 20, 1948, to June 6, 1971, and was hosted by Ed Sullivan. ... Ed Sullivan Edward Vincent Sullivan (September 28, 1901 – October 13, 1974) was an American entertainment writer and television host, best known as the emcee of a popular TV variety show that was at its height of popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. ... Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 -October 17, 1991), better known by the stage name Tennessee Ernie Ford, was a pioneering U.S. recording artist and television host who enjoyed success in the country & western, pop, and gospel musical genres. ... Sixteen Tons is a song about coal mining, written in 1947 by country singer Merle Travis. ... For other uses, see RCA (disambiguation). ... Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock n Roll was an American singer, music producer and actor. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... U.S.A.F. spy photo of one of the suspected launch sites The Cuban Missile Crisis was a very tense confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States over the Soviet deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba. ... John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as John F. Kennedy, JFK, or Jack Kennedy, was the 35th President of the United States. ... Central America and the Caribbean (detailed pdf map) The Caribbean, (Spanish: Caribe; French: Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Dutch: Cariben or Caraïben, or more commonly Antillen) or the West Indies, is a group of islands and countries which are in or border the Caribbean Sea which lies on... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Cabaret is a 1966 Broadway musical, based on John Van Drutens play I Am a Camera, based in its turn on stories by Christopher Isherwood, with book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander, produced and directed by Hal Prince and starring Bert Convy... The Imperial Theater can also refer to the Imperial Garden Theater in Tokyo, Japan The Imperial Theater was the Schubert brothers fiftieth theater in New York City. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) United States of America South Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand the Philippines Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) Strength ~1,200,000 (1968) ~420,000 (1968) Casualties South Vietnamese dead: 1,250,000+ US dead: 58,226 US wounded... The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) —nicknamed the Screaming Eagles— is an air assault division of the United States Army mainly trained for air assault operations. ... knulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) United States of America South Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand the Philippines Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) Strength ~1,200,000 (1968) ~420,000 (1968) Casualties South Vietnamese dead: 1,250,000+ US dead: 58,226 US wounded... The Plain Dealer is the major daily newspaper of Cleveland, Ohio. ... Photographs of the My Lai massacre provoked world outrage and became an international scandal. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... AT&T Inc. ... The Bell System was a trademark and service mark used by the US telecommunications company American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) and its affiliated companies to co-brand their extensive circuit-switched telephone network and their affiliations with each other. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Andy Kaufman Andrew Geoffrey Kaufman (January 17, 1949 – May 16, 1984) was a New York-born American entertainer. ... Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute comedy-variety show based in New York City which has been broadcast by NBC nearly every Saturday night since its debut on October 11, 1975. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Day After is an American TV-movie aired in 1983 on the ABC network. ... Nuclear War is a card game designed by Douglas Malewicki, and originally published in 1966. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Velvet Revolution (Czech: samatová revoluce, Slovak: nežná revolúcia) (November 16 - December 29, 1989) refers to a bloodless revolution in Czechoslovakia that saw the overthrow of the communist government there. ... Prague (Czech: Praha, see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... Windsor Castle: The Round Tower or keep dominating the castle, as seen from the River Thames. ... Classical Spectacular used ordinary stage lighting plus special laser effects In the 2005 Classical Spectacular performance, a state of the art lighting system designed by Durham Marenghi was used to accompany the music Starry lighting such as is shown on the RHS of this photo are much more interesting than... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The Savings and Loan crisis of the 1980s was a wave of savings and loan failures in the USA, caused by mismanagement, rising interest rates, failed speculation and, in some cases, fraud. ... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 402. ... Alan MacGregor Cranston (June 19, 1914 – December 31, 2000) was a U.S. journalist and politician. ... Charles H. Keating Jr. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... UNITA sticker The União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) is an Angolan political faction. ... A civil war is a war in which parties within the same country or empire struggle for national control of state power. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Flag flown by the Taliban. ... Osama bin Laden in a photo from the 1990s Usāmah bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Lādin (Arabic: ; born March 10, 1957 [1]), commonly known as Osama bin Laden or Usama bin Laden (أسامة بن لادن) is an Islamic fundamentalist, a founder of the al-Qaeda organization and a member of the... Aftermath at the Nairobi embassy. ... ISS Statistics Crew: 2 As of August 21, 2005 Perigee: 352. ... Zarya module as seen from STS-88 (NASA) Zarya (meaning sunrise), also known as the Functional Cargo Block or the FGB (the Russian Acronym), was the first module launched of the International Space Station. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Nickname: the District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Official website: http://www. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States. ... Justice Department redirects here. ... For the New Zealand cricketer, see Robert Kennedy (cricketer). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... The Istanbul Bombings were two terrorist attacks carried out on two days in November 2003. ... Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, and arguably the most important. ... The HSBC Group opened its first office in Turkey in 1990. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other people with the same name, see Michael Jackson (disambiguation) Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29, 1958), also known as the King of Pop and Wacko Jacko, is an American musician whose successful music career and controversial personal life have been at the forefront of pop culture for the...

Births

• 1602 - Otto von Guericke, German physicist and inventor (d. 1686)
• 1620 - Peregrine White, first English child born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (d. 1704)
• 1621 - Avvakum, Russian priest and writer (d. 1682)
• 1625 - Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654)
• 1660 - Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (d. 1741)
• 1761 - Pope Pius VIII (d. 1830)
• 1762 - Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (d. 1833)
• 1765 - Sir Thomas Fremantle, British naval captain and politician (d. 1819)
• 1841 - Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician (d. 1901)
• 1841 - Wilfrid Laurier, seventh Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1919)
• 1851 - Queen Margherita of Italy (d. 1926)
• 1858 - Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
• 1864 - Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish writer (d. 1931)
• 1866 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American judge and first baseball commissioner, named for Kenesaw Mountain in Georgia (d. 1944)
• 1884 - Norman Thomas, American social reformer (d. 1968)
• 1886 - Karl von Frisch, Austrian zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1982)
• 1889 - Edwin Hubble, American astronomer (d. 1953)
• 1903 - Alexandra Danilova, Russian ballerina (d. 1997)
• 1904 - Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (d. 1977)
• 1908 - Alistair Cooke, British-born journalist who covered the United States extensively, and who became an American citizen. (d. 2004)
• 1910 - Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch physicist (d. 1944)
• 1912 - Otto von Habsburg, German head of the Austrian imperial family
• 1913 - Judy Canova, American actress (d. 1983)
• 1914 - Emilio Pucci, Italian fashion designer (d. 1992)
• 1917 - Robert Byrd, Long-time U.S. Senator from West Virginia, and a leader in the Senate
• 1917 - Bobby Locke, South African golfer (d. 1987)
• 1919 - Evelyn Keyes, American actress
• 1921 - Jim Garrison, American detective, author, and politician (d. 1992)
• 1923 - Nadine Gordimer, South African writer, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1924 - Benoît Mandelbrot, Polish-born mathematician who made discoveries in fracals. For whom the Mandelbrot set is named
• 1925 - Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. Attorney General, Senator from New York State, and brother of President John F. Kennedy (d. 1968)
• 1925 - Maya Plisetskaya, Russian ballet dancer
• 1926 - Andrzej W. Schally, Polish-born endocrinologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 1926 - Kaye Ballard, American comic actress
• 1927 - Estelle Parsons, American actress
• 1928 - Aleksey Batalov, Russian actor
• 1932 - Richard Dawson, British actor and game show host. Played Corporal Newkirk on "Hogan's Heroes"
• 1936 - Don DeLillo, American author
• 1937 - René Kollo, German tenor
• 1937 - Eero Mäntyranta, Finnish cross-country skier
• 1939 - Dick Smothers, American comedian - member of the Smothers Brothers duo
• 1940 - Bob Einstein, American actor better known as Super Dave Osborne
• 1942 - Joseph Biden, Long-time U.S. Senator from Delaware, and a leader in the Senate.
• 1942 - Norman Greenbaum, American singer
• 1943 - Veronica Hamel, American actress
• 1946 - Duane Allman, American guitarist. Member of the "Allman Brothers" band (d. 1971)
• 1946 - Greg Cook, American football player
• 1947 - Joe Walsh, American musician
• 1948 - John R. Bolton, U.S. Ambassador to the UN
• 1948 - John Panozzo, Drummer of STYX
• 1948 - Barbara Hendricks, American-born soprano
• 1948 - Richard Masur, American actor
• 1949 - Thelma Drake, U.S. Congresswoman from Virginia
• 1951 - David Walters, Governor of Oklahoma
• 1956 - Bo Derek, American actress
• 1957 - Margaret Spellings, U.S. Secretary of Education
• 1959 - James P. McGovern, U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts
• 1959 - Sean Young, American actor
• 1963 - Timothy Gowers, British mathematician
• 1963 - Ming-Na Wen, Macau-born actress
• 1965 - Mike D, American musician (Beastie Boys)
• 1966 - Kevin Gilbert, American musician (d. 1996)
• 1970 - Matt Blunt, Governor of Missouri
• 1970 - Delia Gonzalez, American boxer
• 1971 - Joey Galloway, American football wide receiver
• 1975 - Dierks Bentley, American singer
• 1975 - Timea Vagvoelgyi, Hungarian model
• 1975 - Davey Havok, singer AFI
• 1976 - Dominique Dawes, American gymnast
• 2004 - HRH Princess 'M'aSeeiso of Lesotho

This page is about the year. ... Otto von Guericke Otto von Guericke (originally spelled Gericke) (born November 20, 1602 in Magdeburg, Germany, died May 11, 1686 in Hamburg, Germany, both dates according to the Julian calendar, according to the Gregorian calendar they are November 30 and May 21) was a German scientist, inventor, and politician (mayor... Events The League of Augsburg is founded. ... Events September 6 - English emigrants on the Mayflower depart from Plymouth, England for the future New England and arrive at the end of the year. ... Peregrine White (November 20, 1620-July 20, 1704) was the first English child born to the Pilgrims in the New World. ... Events Building of the Students Monument in Aiud, Romania. ... Events February 9 - Gregory XV is elected pope. ... Old Believer icon depicting Avvakum surrounded by other saints. ... Events March 11 – Chelsea hospital for soldiers is founded in England May 6 - Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles. ... Events March 27 - Prince Charles Stuart becomes King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. ... The young bull, 2. ... Events April 5 - Signing of the Treaty of Westminster, ending the First Anglo-Dutch War. ... Events Expulsion of the Carib indigenous people from Martinique by French occupying forces. ... Daniel Ernst Jablonski (November 20, 1660 - May 25, 1741), German theologian, and reformer, known for his efforts to bring about a union between Lutheran and Calvinist Protestants. ... // Events April 10 - Austrian army attack troops of Frederick the Great at Mollwitz August 10 - Raja of Travancore defeats Dutch East India Company naval expedition at Battle of Colachel December 19 - Vitus Bering dies in his expedition east of Siberia December 25 - Anders Celsius develops his own thermometer scale Celsius... 1761 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Pope Pius VIII, born Francesco Saverio Castiglioni (November 20, 1761 – December 1, 1830), was Pope from 1829 to 1830. ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1762 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Pierre André Latreille. ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1765 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Sir Thomas Fremantle c. ... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... take you to calendar). ... Victor D’Hondt (November 20, 1841 - May 30, 1901) was a Belgian lawyer, professor of civil law at Ghent University and a mathematician. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Sir Wilfrid Laurier, PC, KC, GCMG, BCL, DCL, LLD, DLitt (November 20, 1841 – February 17, 1919) was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from July 11, 1896, to October 7, 1911. ... Stephen Harper is the current Prime Minister of Canada. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Margrethe of Savoy (Turin, November 20, 1851- Bordighera, 1926), was the Queen of Italy during the reign (1878-1900) of her husband, Humbert I. She was the daughter of Ferdinand, Duke of Genoa and granddaughter of Carlo Alberto. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Selma Lagerlöf, painted by Carl Larsson, 1908 Selma Lagerlöf receives the Nobel Prize in Literature The Swedish 20-krona bill, with Selma Lagerlöf (help· info) (November 20, 1858 – March 16, 1940) was a Swedish author. ... The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words of Alfred Nobel, produced the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency. The work in this case generally refers to an authors work as a whole, not to any individual... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Categories: Stub | 1864 births | 1931 deaths | Members of the Swedish Academy | Nobel Prize in Literature winners | Swedish language poets ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Kenesaw Mountain Landis Kenesaw Mountain Landis (20 November 1866 – 25 November 1944) was an American jurist who served as a federal judge from 1905 to 1922, and subsequently as the first commissioner of Major League Baseball. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Norman Mattoon Thomas (November 20, 1884 - December 19, 1968) was a leading American socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... Karl von Frisch 1961 Karl Ritter von Frisch (1886-1982) was an Austrian ethologist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973 with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Konrad Lorenz. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine from 1901 to the present day. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Edwin Hubble Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953) was an American astronomer, noted for his discovery of galaxies beyond the Milky Way and the cosmological Redshift. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Aleksandra Dionisyevna Danilova (November 20, 1903-July 13, 1997) was a Russian-born prima ballerina who became a United States citizen. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Yevgenia Ginzburg Yevgenia Ginzburg (November 20, 1904 - May 25, 1977) (Russian language: Евгения Семёновна Гинзбург) was a Russian historian and writer. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... 1908 (MCMVIII) is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alistair Cooke, KBE, (November 20, 1908 – March 30, 2004) was a legendary British-American journalist and broadcaster. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... -1... Willem Jacob van Stockum (November 20, 1910-June 10, 1944) was a physicist who made an important contribution to the early development of general relativity. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Otto von Habsburg (as citizen of Germany) or Otto Habsburg-Lothringen (as citizen of Austria), sometimes known as Archduke Otto of Austria (Franz Josef Otto Robert Maria Anton Karl Max Heinrich Sixtus Xavier Felix René Ludwig Gaetano Pius Ignazius von Habsburg), born November 20, 1912, is the current head of... 1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Judy Canova (born November 20, 1913 - died August 5, 1983) was an American comedienne, actress, singer, and radio personality. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Marchese di Basento Emilio Pucci ( November 20, 1914 - 1992) was an Italian fashion designer. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Robert Byrd Robert Carlyle Byrd (born November 20, 1917) is a West Virginia Democrat serving in the United States Senate. ... Bobby Locke (b 20 November 1917 Germiston, South Africa, d 1987) was one of the first internationally successful South African golfers. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Evelyn Keyes (November 20, 1919) is an United States actress. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Earling Carothers Garrison (November 20, 1921 - October 21, 1992) -- who changed his first name to simply Jim in the early 60s -- was District Attorney of New Orleans, Louisiana from 1962 to 1973; he is best known for his investigations into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nadine Gordimer (b. ... The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words of Alfred Nobel, produced the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency. The work in this case generally refers to an authors work as a whole, not to any individual... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Beno t Mandelbrot was the first to use a computer to plot the Mandelbrot set. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the New Zealand cricketer, see Robert Kennedy (cricketer). ... The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Maya in the 1964 production of Don Quixote. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Andrzej Wiktor Schally (born November 20, 1926) in Wilno, Poland), is a Polish endocrinologist and Nobel Prize winner in 1977 in Medicine for research work. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine from 1901 to the present day. ... Kaye Ballard, born Catherine Gloria Balotta on November 20, 1926, in Cleveland, Ohio to an Italian immigrant father, is an actress who has appeared on Broadway and on television. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Estelle Margaret Parsons (born November 20, 1927 in Marblehead, Massachusetts) is an American theater, film and television actress of Jewish descent. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Aleksey Batalov as Gosha in Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... This article is about the actor Richard Dawson. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Don DeLillo (born November 20, 1936) is an American author best known for his novels, which paint detailed portraits of American life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... René Kollo (born November 20, 1937 as René Kollodzieyski) is a German tenor. ... Eero Antero Mäntyranta (b. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Dick Smothers (born November 20, 1938) is an American comedian, composer and musician from New York, New York. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Super Dave Osborne (born November 20, 1940, in Los Angeles, California) is the stage name of Bob Einstein (brother of actor Albert Brooks), a comedic stuntman whose persona is modeled after Evel Knievel. ... This article is about the year. ... Senator Joe Biden Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. ... Norman Greenbaum, a singer and songwriter, was born 20 November 1942 in Malden, Massachusetts. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... Actress Veronica Hamel was born in Philadelphia (November 20, 1943). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Duane Allman Howard Duane Allman (November 20, 1946 – October 29, 1971) was an American guitarist. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Gregory Lynn Greg Cook (born November 20, 1946 in Dayton, Ohio) is a former American football player in the NFL; he was arguably the most physically talented quarterback of his era, with the potential to become one of the greatest NFL quarterbacks of all time. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Joe Walsh featured on the 2002 cd, Joe Walsh (born November 20, 1947) is an American guitarist and rock musician. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... John R. Bolton John Robert Bolton (born November 20, 1948) is an American political figure and diplomat, serving currently as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. ... John Panozzo (November 20, 1948 - July 16, 1996) was a member of the American rock band Styx. ... Styx is the first musical act to ever have four consecutive triple platinum albums, and remain one of the most popular musical acts in history. ... The American-born soprano Barbara Hendricks (born 20 November 1948) is a renowned opera and concert singer. ... Richard Masur (born 20 November 1948, New York, New York) is an actor who has starred in over 80 movies during his career. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Thelma D. Drake (born November 20, 1949) is an American politician and a member of the Republican party from the state of Virginia. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... David Lee Walters (born November 20, 1951) was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Oklahoma from 1991 to 1995. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bo Derek Bo Derek (born Mary Cathleen Collins on November 20, 1956, Long Beach, California) is an American film actress and model of Irish, German and Dutch descent. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Margaret Spellings Margaret Spellings (born Margaret Dudar on November 21, 1957) is the current Secretary of Education under the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush and was previously a Domestic Policy Adviser to Bush. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... James P. McGovern (born November 20, 1959), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing the 3rd District of Massachusetts. ... Mary Sean Young (b. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... William Timothy Gowers (born November 20, 1963, Wiltshire, United Kingdom) is a British mathematician. ... Ming-Na (born November 20, 1963) is a Chinese-American actress. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Michael Diamond (a. ... Beastie Boys; from left to right, Ad-Rock, Mike D, MCA. The Beastie Boys are an American alternative hip-hop music group from New York City (Brooklyn and Manhattan). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Kevin Gilbert (November 20, 1966 - May 17, 1996) was an American musician, born in Sacramento, California. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Matthew Roy Blunt (born November 20, 1970) was elected Governor of Missouri on November 2, 2004. ... Delia Chikita Gonzalez is one of todays best flyweights in the sport of womens boxing. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Joey Galloway (born November 20, 1971 in Bellaire, Ohio) is an American football wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL. He was acquired in a trade with the Dallas Cowboys for receiver Keyshawn Johnson. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Jerry Rice holds many career records for wide receivers in the National Football League. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Dierks Bently Dierks Bentley (born November 20, 1975 in Phoenix, Arizona) is a country music singer. ... Timea Vagvoelgyi (Vágvölgyi Tímea, born November 20, 1975 in Budapest, Hungary) is a pornographic actress and also a well known female wrestler known mostly for her pornographic films. ... Davey Havok is the lead singer of hardcore punk band AFI. Havok was born on November 20, 1975 in Rochester, New York under a full moon. ... Afi The putative ancestor of the class of small farmers and craftsmen in the Song of Ríg in Norse mythology. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... Dominique Margaux Dawes (born November 20, 1976, in Silver Spring, Maryland) is a United States gymnast. ... Gymnasts are people who participate in the sports of either artistic gymnastics or rhythmic gymnastics. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Deaths

• 870 - King Edmund of East Anglia
• 1316 - King John I of France (d. 1316)
• 1518 - Marmaduke Constable, English soldier
• 1518 - Pierre de La Rue, Flemish composer
• 1529 - Karl von Miltitz, papal nuncio
• 1591 - Christopher Hatton, English politician (b. 1540)
• 1612 - John Harington, English writer (b. 1561)
• 1651 - Mikołaj Potocki, Polish soldier (b. 1595)
• 1662 - Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1614)
• 1695 - Zumbi, Brazilian runaway slave
• 1737 - Caroline of Ansbach, Queen of George II of Great Britain (b. 1683)
• 1742 - Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat (b. 1661)
• 1758 - Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer (b. 1694)
• 1764 - Christian Goldbach, Prussian mathematician (b. 1690)
• 1778 - Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit scientist (b. 1726)
• 1894 - Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1910 (N.S.) - Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist (b. 1828)
• 1925 - Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (b. 1844)
• 1936 - Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchist (b. 1896)
• 1936 - José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish activist and politician (b. 1903)
• 1945 - Francis William Aston, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1950 - Francesco Cilea, Italian composer (b. 1866)
• 1973 - Allan Sherman, American comedian (b. 1924)
• 1975 - Francisco Franco, Dictator of Spain (b. 1892)
• 1978 - Vasilisk Gnedov, Russian poet (b. 1890)
• 1980 - John McEwen, eighteenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1900)
• 1998 - Galina Starovoitova, Russian politician (b. 1946)
• 2000 - Mike Muuss, American computer programmer (b. 1958)
• 2000 - Kalle Päätalo, Finnish writer (b. 1919)
• 2003 - Robert Addie, British actor (cancer) (b. 1960)
• 2003 - David Dacko, first President of the Central African Republic (b. 1930)
• 2003 - Eugene Kleiner, American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (b. 1923)
• 2003 - Roger Short, British Consulate General in Istanbul (truck bomb) (b. 1944)
• 2003 - Jim Siedow, American actor (b. 1920)
• 2003 - Kerem Yilmazer, Turkish actor (b. 1945)
• 2004 - David Grierson, Canadian radio host (b. 1955)
• 2005 - Sheldon Gardner, American psychologist (b. 1934)
• 2005 - James King, American tenor (b. 1925)

Events February 28 - End of the Fourth Council of Constantinople. ... Edmund the Martyr (circa 840 - November 20, 870) was a King of East Anglia. ... Events Pope John XXII elected to the papacy. ... John I the Posthumous (French: Jean Ier le Posthume) (November 15, 1316 - November 20, 1316) was King of France for the five days he lived. ... Events Pope John XXII elected to the papacy. ... Events A plague of tropical fire ants devastates crops on Hispaniola. ... Marmaduke Constable (ca. ... Pierre de La Rue (c. ... Events April 22 - Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal, stipulating that the dividing line should lie 297. ... Karl von Miltitz (ca. ... Events June - Capture of Zutphen by the Dutch under Maurice of Nassau. ... Portrait of Sir Christopher Hatton, Lord Chancellor of England during Elizabethan era Sir Christopher Hatton (1540 - November 20, 1591) was an English politician, the lord chancellor of England and some speculate was the lover of Queen Elizabeth I. His father was William Hatton (d. ... Events January 6 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves, his fourth Queen consort. ... Events January 20 - Mathias becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... Sir John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington of Exton Sir John Harington (1561 - November 20, 1612) was known as Queen Elizabeth Is saucy Godson. He was born in Kelston, Somerset, England. ... // Events The Edict of Orleans suspends the persecution of the Huguenots. ... // Events January 1 - Charles II crowned King of Scotland in Scone. ... Noble Family Potocki Coat of Arms PiÅ‚awa Parents Jakub Potocki Jadwiga Prusinowska Consorts Zofia Firlej Elżbieta Kazanowska Children with Zofia Firlej Piotr Potocki Stefan Potocki MikoÅ‚aj Potocki Marianna Potocka Wiktoria Potocka Henryk Potocki with Elżbieta Kazanowska Jakub Potocki Joanna Potocka Dominik Potocki Date of Birth 1595... Events January 30 - William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet is performed for the first time. ... Events March 18 – Short-timed experiment of the first public buses holding 8 passengers begins in Paris May 3/May 2 - Catherine of Braganza marries Charles II of England – as part of the dowry, Portugal cedes Bombay and Tangier to England May 9 - Samuel Pepys witnessed a Punch and Judy... Archduke Leopold-William of Habsburg (Wiener Neustadt January 5, 1614 -Vienna November 20, 1662), was a Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, a military commander and a patron of the arts. ... Events April 5 - In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. ... Events January 27 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed II to Mustafa II (1695-1703) July 17 - The Bank of Scotland is founded by an Act of Parliament of the old Scottish Parliament. ... Zumbi (1655 - November 20, 1695, pronounced: ) was the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares, in the present-day state of Alagoas, Brazil. ... Events 12 February — The San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated. ... Margravine Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (or Anspach) (Wilhelmina Charlotte Caroline) (1 March 1683 – 20 November 1737) as Queen Caroline was the queen consort of King George II of Great Britain 1727-1737. ... George II (George Augustus) (10 November 1683–25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death. ... Events June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens as the worlds first university museum. ... // Events January 24 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... Melchior de Polignac (October 11, 1661 - November 20, 1742), was a French diplomat. ... Events January 6 - The fifth monarchy men unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London. ... 1758 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Johan Helmich Roman â–¶ (help· info) (October 26, 1694 - November 20, 1758) was one of the most important composers of the Baroque era in Sweden. ... Events February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. ... 1764 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Christian Goldbach (March 18, 1690 - November 20, 1764), was a Prussian mathematician, who was born in Königsberg, Prussia, as son of a pastor. ... Events Giovanni Domenico Cassini observes differential rotation within Jupiters atmosphere. ... 1778 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Francesco Cetti (August 9, 1726 - November 20, 1778) was an Italian Jesuit priest, zoologist and mathematician. ... Events George Friderich Handel becomes a British subject. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Anton Rubinstein Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein (Анто́н Григо́рьевич Рубинште́йн) (November 28, 1829 – November 20, 1894) was a Russian pianist, composer and conductor. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... -1... Leo Tolstoy, pictured late in life Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (help· info) (Russian: Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й; commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy) (September 9, 1828 – November 20, 1910, N.S.; August 28, 1828 – November 7, 1910, O.S.) was a Russian novelist, social reformer, pacifist, Christian anarchist, vegetarian, moral thinker and... 1828 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... This page is about the wife of Edward VII of the United Kingdom. ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Buenaventura Durruti (July 14, 1896 in Leon, Spain–November 20, 1936) was a central figure of Spanish anarchism during the period leading up to and during the Spanish Civil War. ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... For other people called Jose Rivera, see Jose Rivera José Antonio Primo de Rivera (April 24, 1903–November 20, 1936) was the son of general Miguel Primo de Rivera, who was dictator of Spain from 1923 until 1930. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Francis William Aston (born Birmingham, September 1, 1877; died Cambridge, November 20, 1945) was a British physicist who won the 1922 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the invention of the mass spectrometer. ... This is a list of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to the present day. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Francesco Cilea, (Palmi, near Reggio Calabria, July 26, 1866 - Varazze, near Savona, November 20, 1950) was an Italian opera composer, whose early success was not sustained, as taste in music changed. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1973 calendar). ... Allan Sherman (sometimes incorrectly Alan), November 30, 1924 - November 20, 1973, was an American musician, parodist, satirist, accordionist, and television producer. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Francisco Franco Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde (pron. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Vasilisk Gnedov (Russian: Василиск Гнедов, pseudonym of Vasilii Ivanovich Gnedov; b. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Sir John McEwen (March 29, 1900 - November 20, 1980), Australian politician and 18th Prime Minister of Australia, was born at Chiltern, Victoria, where his father was a pharmacist. ... The office of Prime Minister is in practice the most powerful political office in the Commonwealth of Australia. ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Galina Starovoitova (Галина Старовойтова) (31st December 1946 - November 20, 1998) was a Russian politician, who was born in Chelyabinsk. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Michael John Muuss (October 16, 1958 - November 20, 2000) was author of the freeware network tool Ping. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kaarlo (Kalle) Alvar Päätalo (November 11, 1919 - November 20, 2000) was a Finnish novelist, the most popular Finnish writer in the 20th century. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Robert Addie (February 10, 1960 - November 20, 2003), British actor, was best known for playing Sir Guy of Gisburne in the television series Robin of Sherwood. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... David Dacko (24 March 1930 – 20 November 2003) was the first post-independence President of the Central African Republic. ... List of Heads of State of Central African Republic and Central African Empire (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) Affiliations:- See also:- Central African Republic Central African Empire Heads of Government of the Central African Republic (and Central African Empire) Colonial Heads of Central Africa Lists of... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Eugene Kleiner (May 12, 1923 – 20 November 2003) was one of the original founders of Kleiner Perkins, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm which later became Harry Balls Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Roger Short (December 9, 1944 - November 20, 2003) was a veteran British diplomat who was killed in a terrorist car bombing in Istanbul while serving as the British Consul-General in Turkey. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jim Siedow Jim Siedow (June 12, 1920 - November 20, 2003) was an American actor, best known for his role in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Kerem Yilmazer (February 2, 1945, Denizli - November 20, 2003, Istanbul) was a Turkish actor who was killed in a terrorist car bombing in Istanbul. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... David Grierson (February 19, 1955 - November 20, 2004) was a Vancouver Island radio host for CBC Radio. ... 1955 (MCMLV in Roman) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sheldon Frank Gardner (1934-2005), American psychologist working in the tradition of Sigmund Freud. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... James King (born May 22, 1925 in Dodge City, Kansas) is an American tenor. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Holidays and observances

• Church of England - Edmund the Martyr
• Brazil - Zumbi Day (Since 1978)
• United Kingdom - wedding day of Queen Elizabeth II (1947), official flag day
• Mexico - Anniversary of the Revolution (1910)
• UNICEF - Universal Children's Day
• Vietnam - Teacher's Day (Ngày nhà giáo Việt Nam)
• Transgender Day of Remembrance (since 1999) [1]

The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ... Edmund the Martyr (circa 840 – November 20, 870) was a King of East Anglia. ... November 20, the day of Zumbis celebration. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor), born 21 April 1926, is Queen of sixteen independent nations known as the Commonwealth Realms (and has previously been Queen of sixteen others). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Mural by Diego Rivera at Palacio de Gobierno (Mexico City) The Mexican Revolution, sometimes called the Mexican Revolution of 1910, was a violent social and cultural movement, colored by socialist, nationalist, and anarchist tendencies, that began with the popular rejection of dictator Porfirio Díaz Mori in 1910 and continued... UNICEF logo The United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946. ... Czechoslovak poster celebrating the International Childrens Day Childrens Day is a holiday in many countries around the world. ... Teachers Day is a national holiday in some countries. ... Transgender Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. ...

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day

November 19 - November 21 - October 20 - December 20 -- listing of all days November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Condensed list of historical anniversaries. ...