393 Historic Events for November 20
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| 1936 |
Death |
Jos‚ A Primo de Rivera y Sa‚nz de Heredia, Spanish Falange, executed
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Eero M„ntyranta, Finland, nordic ski relay (Olympic-gold-1960)
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Jack Linkletter, SF Calif, TV host (Haggis Baggis, Hootenanny)
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Ruth Laredo (n‚e Meckler), Detroit, Mich, concert pianist
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Tony White, cricketer (2 Tests WI v Australia 1965)
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| 1938 |
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1st documented anti-semitic remarks over US radio (by Father Coughlin)
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Dick Smothers, NYC, comedian (Smother Brothers' Show)
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| 1939 |
Death |
Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer, dies at 72
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Bob Einstein, LA Calif, comedian (Officer Judy, Super Dave Osborne)
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Helma Sanders-Brahms, Emden Germany, director (Apple Trees, Manoever)
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| 1940 |
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Hungary joins 3 Power pact
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| 1940 |
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German air raid on Birmingham fails
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Gary Karr, LA Calif, double-bassist (Oslo Philharmonic)
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| 1941 |
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German Q/pirate ship Kormoran sinks near Australia
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| 1941 |
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Adm Nomura and Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note
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| 1942 |
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Hitler names fieldmarshal Erich von Manstein becomes commanding
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| 1942 |
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Soviet army offensive, 1 million Russians breach German lines
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| 1942 |
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NHL abolishes regular season OT until WW II is over
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| 1942 |
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British 8th Army recaptures Benghazi, Libya
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| 1942 |
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26th Russian Armoured Corps recaptures Perelazovski
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Meredith Monk, Lima Peru, choreographer-composer-performing artist
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Joseph R Biden Jr, (Sen-D-DE, 1973- )
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Norman Greenbaum, Mass, folk singer (Spirit in the Sky)
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Lindsay Thomas, (Rep-D-GA, 1983- )
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Meredith Monk, composer
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