393 Historic Events for November 20
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| 1871 |
Birth |
William H Kilpatrick, US mathematician/philosopher/educator
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| 1873 |
Birth |
Daniel Gregory Mason, Brookline Mass, composer (Chanticker)
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| 1873 |
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Rival cities of Buda and Pest unite to form the capital of Hungary
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| 1873 |
Birth |
Willem Ro‰ll, Dutch general/founder (Ordedienst)
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| 1879 |
Birth |
Franz Pfemfert, writer
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| 1882 |
Death |
Bela Albrecht Pal Keler, composer, dies at 62
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| 1884 |
Birth |
Norman Thomas, Marion Ohio, socialist (Pres Candidate 1928-48)
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| 1886 |
Birth |
Karl von Frisch, zoologist/bee expert (Nobel 1973)
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| 1887 |
Death |
Louis Gallait, Belgian painter (Egmont and Receiver), dies at 77
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| 1888 |
Event |
William Bundy patents timecard clock
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| 1889 |
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Gustav Mahlers 1st Symphony
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| 1889 |
Birth |
Edwin Hubble, astronomer (discoverer of galaxies, red shift)
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| 1890 |
Birth |
Jean-Jacques Gailliard, Belgian painter
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| 1890 |
Birth |
Robert Armstrong, Saginaw MI, actor (Mighty Joe Young, King Kong)
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| 1890 |
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Pope Leo XIII encyclical On slavery in missions
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| 1891 |
Birth |
Leon Cadore, pitcher (pitched all of 26 inning game)
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| 1891 |
Birth |
Reginald Denny Richmond England, actor (Rebecca, Cat Ballou, Batman)
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| 1892 |
Birth |
James B Collip, Canadian biochemist/physiologist (insulin)
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| 1894 |
Death |
Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer (Dmitri Donskoi), dies at 64
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| 1894 |
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US intervenes in Bluefields, Nicaragua
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| 1894 |
Birth |
Carl Mayer, Graz, actor (Dreaming Lips, Ariane, Sunrise)
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| 1896 |
Birth |
Mykhaylo Verikivsky, composer
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| 1897 |
Birth |
Margaret Sutherland, composer
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| 1897 |
Birth |
Lores Bonney, aviator
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| 1898 |
Death |
John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway), dies
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