November 20

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on November 20. From 1900 until now. November 20 is under the sign of Scorpio. Famous birthdays on this day include Joe Biden (1942), Future (rapper) (1983) and Robert F Kennedy (1925). Several movies were released around November 20 over the years, such as Casablanca in 1942 directed by Michael Curtiz and Active Adults in 2017 directed by Aaron Fisher-Cohen.
But much more happened on November 20 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

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 (Ngay nha gi�o Vi?t Nam)
Transgender Day of Remembrance (since 1999) [1]
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2018 November 2018 Kabul attack: At least 50 people are killed and 83 others wounded in a suicide bombing on a Mawlid gathering in Kabul, Afghanistan. (BBC)
2017 Economy of the United States: The U.S. Department of Justice files a lawsuit blocking the potential merger of AT&T and Time Warner. (CNN)
2016 Internal conflict in Myanmar: At least 8 people are killed and more than a dozen others are injured following an attack on Tatmadaw checkpoints, police outposts and the 105th Mile Trade Center by several insurgent groups in Muse, Shan State. The State Counselor's office issues a statement claiming that the Kachin Independence Army, Ta'ang National Liberation Army and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army were involved in the attack. (Anadolu)
2015 Military intervention against ISIL: Cyprus offers France the use of its airbase facilities to bomb the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Syria. Cypriot airbases are already being used by British and Canadian air forces for military operations. (The Guardian)
2014 ADF insurgency: The Ugandan rebel group kills up to 80 people near Beni in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
2013 War in North-West Pakistan:: A Taliban suicide bomber kills two Pakistan Army soldiers in the North Waziristan tribal district. (The Express Tribune)
2012 The pro-Israel non-governmental organization HonestReporting brings attention to footage captured by the BBC and transmitted by CNN that shows a Palestinian man being carried away from a bomb blast only to reappear moments later uninjured. CNN's Anderson Cooper who was reporting on the original story issued a retraction during his television show. (Honest Reporting) (Fox News)
2011 At least 13 people are killed and as many as 900 injured as violent protests continue in Cairo's Tahrir Square against Egypt's ruling military government. Security forces attempt to disperse the crowds with tear gas and baton charges. (BBC)
2010 Participants of the 2010 NATO Lisbon summit issued the Lisbon Summit Declaration.
2009 The Large Hadron Collider, the largest atom collider in the world, is restarted after a fourteen-month delay for repairs. (The Daily Telegraph) (BBC) (Reuters)
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.
2007 2007 Pakistani state of emergency:
2006 Lee High School bus crash kills four students in Huntsville, Alabama.
2005 The Washington Post rebukes journalist Bob Woodward over his conduct in the US Central Intelligence Agency leak probe.
2004 María Isabel from Spain wins the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004. (JESC)
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.
2002 Professor Gunther von Hagens carried out the first public dissection in London for over a century. This was an illegal act, but was not prevented by the authorities.
2001 In Washington, D.C., US President George W. Bush dedicates the United States Department of Justice headquarters building as the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building, honoring the late Robert F. Kennedy on what would have been his 76th birthday.
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.
1997 Ivanov, opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 51 performances
1996 The 1996 Garley Building fire occurred in Hong Kong, resulting in 41 deaths and 81 injuries.
1995 Racing Demon opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 48 performances
1994 Flying Karamzov Brothers... opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 50 performances
1993 Jakovlev-42 crashes into mountain at Ohrid Macedonia, 116 killed
1992 Malcolm X premieres
1991 Atlanta Braves Terry Pendleton wins NL MVP
1990 Sacramento Kings last NBA win on the road for over a year
1989 Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Robin Yount wins AL MVP
1988 Les Miserables, opens a Bus and Truck tour in Tampa
1986 Afghanistan President Babrak Karmal flees
1985 New York Yankees' Don Mattingly named American League Most Valuable Player.
1984 Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden wins NL Rookie of Year
1983 Marilyn: An American Fable opens at Minskoff NYC for 16 performances
1982 Drew Barrymore at age 7 hosts Saturday Night Live
1981 Burundia adopts its constitution
1980 Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes 1st solar-powered flight
1979 Grand Mosque Seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from French special forces to put down the uprising.
1977 Steve Largent begins NFL streak of 177 consecutive game receptions
1976 George Harrison appears on Saturday Night Live
1975 Ronald Reagan announced candidacy for Rep nomination for President
1974 The US files antitrust suit to break-up AT&T
1971 A bridge still in construction, called Elevado Engenheiro Freyssinet, falls over the Paulo de Frontin Avenue, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 48 people are killed and several injured. Reconstructed, the bridge is currently a part of the Linha Vermelha elevate.
1970 UN General Assembly accepts membership of China PR
1969 Alcatraz Island off SF, is seized by militant Native Americans
1968 The Farmington Mine Disaster in Farmington, West Virginia, kills seventy-eight men.
1967 Mets pitcher Tom Seaver (16-12) is named NL Rookie of Year
1966 Cabaret opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 1166 performances
1965 Pickwick closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 56 performances
1962 Mickey Mantle wins AL MVP
1961 WPLG TV channel 10 in Miami, Florida (ABC) begins broadcasting
1959 WABC fires Alan Freed over payola scandal
1956 In Yugoslavia, former prime minister Milovan Djilas is arrested after he criticizes Josip Broz Tito.
1955 Bo Diddley makes his television debut on Ed Sullivan's ''Toast Of The Town'' show for the CBS-TV network.
1954 KTRK TV channel 13 in Houston, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, first to break Mach 2 (1300mph).
1952 Cubs slugger Hank Sauer wins NL MVP
1951 Snowdonia becomes a National Park
1950 T. S. Eliot speaks against television in the UK.
1949 Jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000
1948 US balloon reaches height of 42.7 km (record)
1947 Meet the Press makes network TV debut on NBC
1945 24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg, Germany
1944 1st Japanse suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol, Carolines)
1943 U-538 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
1942 26th Russian Armoured Corps recaptures Perelazovski
1941 Adm Nomura and Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note
1940 Hungary joins 3 Power pact
1938 First documented anti-Semitic remarks over US radio (by Father Coughlin).
1936 Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.
1934 New Belgian government of Theunis, Francqui and Gutt (3 bankers)
1932 Earthquake at Uden Netherlands
1931 Commercial teletype service begins (AT&T)
1929 1st broadcast of Goldbergs on US radio
1928 Boston Gardens opens, Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0
1923 Garrett Morgan invents and patents the traffic signal.
1920 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to US President W Wilson
1917 1st tank battle (Britain breaks through German lines)
1915 7th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Rowing, 13-7
1914 US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports.
1911 Gustav Mahlers Tie Song of the Erde premieres in Munich
1910 Revolution breaks out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero.
1909 Jack Williams of Ottawa Rough Riders kicks 9 singles in a game.
1902 Geo Lefevre and Henri Desgrange create Tour de France bicycle race
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