November 20 in History
What happened on November 20 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on november 20 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on november 20 in history.
?>2008
Dow Jones Industrial Average sinks to lowest level in 11 years in response to failures in the US financial system.
1998
First module of the International Space Station, Zarya, is launched.
1992
Fire in England’s Windsor Castle causes over £50 million in damages.
1981
Microsoft Windows 1.0 released.
1978
South Africa backs down on a plan to install black rule in neighboring Namibia.
1974
The United States files an antitrust suit to break up ATT.
1971
The United States announces it will give Turkey $35 million for farmers who agree to stop growing opium poppies.
1967
U.S. census reports the population at 200 million.
1962
President John F. Kennedy bars religious or racial discrimination in federally funded housing.
1955
The Maryland National Guard is ordered desegregated.
1950
U.S. troops push to the Yalu River, within five miles of Manchuria.
1947
Princess Elizabeth (future Queen Elizabeth II) marries Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in Westminster Abbey.
1945
The Nazi war crime trials begin at Nuremberg.
1943
U.S. Army and Marine soldiers attack the Japanese-held islands of Makin and Tarawa, respectively, in the Central Pacific.
1931
Japan and China reject the League of Council terms for Manchuria at Geneva.
1928
Mrs. Glen Hyde becomes the first woman to dare the Grand Canyon rapids in a scow (a flat-bottomed boat that is pushed along with a pole).
1914
Bulgaria proclaims its neutrality in the First World War.
1903
In Cheyenne, Wyoming, 42-year-old hired gunman Tom Horn is hanged for the murder of 14-year-old Willie Nickell.
1700
Sweden’s 17-year-old King Charles XII defeats the Russians at Narva.
1695
Zumbi dos Palmares, the Brazilian leader of a 100-year-old rebel slave group, is killed in an ambush.