Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!
On this day in 1789, my home state of New Jersey ratified the Bill of Rights. In 1815 on this day, in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, Russia, Prussia, Austria & England signed the Alliance "for the maintenance of peace in Europe" on the same day as the Treaty of Paris following the second and final defeat of Napoleon (The Battle of Waterloo). On this day in 1945, the Nuremburg War Crimes trials began. In 1969 on this day, journalist Seymour Hersh filed a follow-up to the My Lai story during the war in Vietnam.
Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:
• 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed Roman Emperor by his soldiers in the army of the east
• 762 - Bögü, Khan of the Uyghurs, conquers Lo-Yang, capital of the Chinese Empire.
• 1168 - Giovanni di Struma elected anti-Pope
1194 - Palermo is conquered by Emperor Henry VI.
1272 - Edward I proclaimed King of England
1342 - Pope Clemens VI names John IV of Arkel as bishop of Utrecht
1347 - Coke di Rienzo, later Roman Tribunal, addressess a meeting of on the Capitol during people's revolt in Rome
• 1407 - A truce between John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans is agreed under the auspices of John, Duke of Berry. Orléans would be assassinated three days later by Burgundy.
• 1431 - 1st meeting of Order of Guilder Flies
1520 - Friesland hit by heavy hail storm
1521 - Arabs attribute shortage of water in Jerusalem to Jews making wine
1583 - Duke of Parma conquerors Aalst
• 1616 - Bishop Richelieu becomes French minister of Foreign affairs/War
1637 - Peter Minuit & 1st Swedish immigrants to Delaware sail from Sweden
1695 - Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil and ex-slave, is executed.
1719 - Sweden & Hannover sign peace Treaty of Stockholm
1755 - English minister William Pitt Sr resigns
1759 - -22] Battle in Bay of Quiberon, British beat French
• On this day in 1789, New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
British Prime Minister (The Great Commoner) William Pitt the ElderBritish Prime Minister (The Great Commoner) William Pitt the Elder
• 1795 - Curacao government forbids slave work on Sunday
Bust of iconic German composer and musician Ludwig van Beethoven
• 1805 - Beethoven's "Fidelio," premieres in Vienna
• In 1815 on this day, in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, Russia, Prussia, Austria & England signed the Alliance "for the maintenance of peace in Europe." It was agreed to on the same day as the Treaty of Paris between France and the allies following the final defeat and abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte.
• 1817 - 1st Seminole War begins in Florida
Pictures of the statue of Simón Bolívar just outside of Central Park in New York City.
• On this day in 1818, Simón Bolívar declared the Third Republic of Venezuela in Angostura, and established a new government with the goal of liberating the entire nation from Spanish rule. This declaration followed his assertion of leadership over all of the revolutionary forces and executing his rival Manuel Piar in October 1817.
• 1829 - Jews expelled from Nikolayev & Sevastopol Russia
British Botanist Charles Darwin
• 1833 - Charles Darwin reaches Punta Gorda, sees Rio Uruguay
1852 - Charles Reade/Tom Taylor's "Masks & Faces," premieres in London
1861 - Secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.
• 1862 - Confederate armies of Mississippi and Kentucky merge as Army of Tennessee, under General Braxton Bragg
1866 - 1st natl convention of Grand Army of Republic (veterans' org)
• 1866 - Howard University founded (Washington DC)
1866 - Pierre Lalemont patents rotary crank bicycle
Some pictures from our visit to Budapest in 2019.
• The modern city of Budapest was formed on this day in 1873 when the rival cities of Buda and Pest were united to form the capital of Hungary.
• 1888 - William Bundy patents timecard clock
• 1889 - Gustav Mahler's 1st Symphony
• 1890 - Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Slavery in the Missions"
• 1894 - US intervenes in Bluefields, Nicaragua
1901 - Opera "Grisélidis" is produced (Paris)
1902 - Geo Lefevre & Henri Desgrange create Tour de France bicycle race
1906 - George Bernard Shaws "Doctor's Dilemma," premieres in London
1909 - Jack Williams of Ottawa Rough Riders kicks 9 singles in a game
• 1910 - Revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero
1911 - Gustav Mahler's "Das Lied von der Erde" (Song of the Earth) premieres in Munich
1914 - US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports
1915 - 7th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Rowing, 13-7
1917 - 1st tank battle (Britain breaks through German lines)
• 1917 - Ukrainian Republic declared
1919 - 1st municipally owned airport in US opens (Tucson Az)
Nobel Prize
• In 1920 on this day, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to US President Woodrow Wilson.
Playwright George Bernard ShawPlaywright George Bernard Shaw 1922 - Zoe Akins' "Texas Nightingale," premieres in NYC
1923 - Garrett Morgan invents & patents traffic signal
• 1923 - Rentenmark replaces the Papiermark as the official currency of Germany at the exchange rate of one Rentenmark to One Trillion (One Billion on the long scale) Papiermark
1928 - Boston Gardens opens, Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0
1928 - WGH-AM in Newport News VA begins radio transmissions
1929 - 1st broadcast of "Goldbergs" on US radio
• 1929 - Salvador Dali's 1st one-man show
1931 - Commercial teletype service begins (AT&T)
1932 - Earthquake at Uden Netherlands
1934 - Eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's HR, US beats Japan 1-0
1934 - Lillian Hellman's "Children's Hour," premieres in NYC
1934 - New Belgian government of Theunis, Francqui & Gutt (3 bankers)
1934 - Tornoto Maple Leaf Harvey Jackson is 1st to score 4 goals in 1 period
1936 - Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange is killed by a republican execution squad.
1938 - 1st documented anti-semitic remarks over US radio (by Father Coughlin)
Painter Salvador DaliPainter Salvador Dali 1940 - German air raid on Birmingham fails
• 1940 - Hungary joins 3 Power pact
• 1940 - World War II: Hungary, Romania and Slovakia join the Axis Powers.
• 1941 - Adm Nomura & Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note
• 1941 - German Q/pirate ship Kormoran sinks near Australia
1942 - 26th Russian Armoured Corps recaptures Perelazovski
1942 - British 8th Army recaptures Benghazi, Libya
1942 - NHL abolishes regular season OT until WW II is over
1942 - Soviet army offensive, 1 million Russians breach German lines
1943 - U-538 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
1943 - US forces land on Tarawa & Makin Atoll in Gilbert Island
1944 - 1st Japanse suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol, Carolines)
1944 - Amsterdam: Vondelpark closed because of kappen of trees
1944 - Prince Bernhard establishes staff in Breda
• On this day in 1945 in the aftermath of World War II, 24 Nazi leaders went before a first of it's kind international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.
1945 - Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 9th Symphony under J Mravinski premieres
1945 - Queen Wilhelmina opens parliament in Hague
1946 - Lillian Hellman's "Another Part of the Forest," premieres in NYC
1947 - "Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC
1947 - 1st permanent TV installed on seagoing vessel (New Jersey)
1947 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mediator Dei
• The United Nations General Assembly commenced a debate regarding printing their own stamps on this day in 1947.
• 1948 - US balloon reaches height of 42.7 km (record)
• 1949 - Jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000
1951 - Snowdonia becomes a National Park
1952 - Cubs slugger Hank Sauer wins NL MVP
1952 - George Axelrods "7 Year Itch," premieres in NYC
Soviet Union Premier Joseph StalinSoviet Union Premier Joseph Stalin
• 1952 - Slánský trials begin - a series of Stalinist and anti-Semitic show trials in Czechoslovakia.
1953 - Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, 1st to break Mach 2 (1,300 MPH)
1954 - KTRK TV channel 13 in Houston, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 - Kripal Singh scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, India v NZ
1955 - Polly Umrigar scores India's 1st Test Cricket double century, 223 v NZ
1957 - Morton Wishengrad's "Rope Dancers," premieres in NYC
Flag of the United Nations
• In 1959 on this day, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Children's Rights.
1959 - WABC fires Alan Freed over payola scandal
1961 - WPLG TV channel 10 in Miami, FL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1962 - Mickey Mantle wins AL MVP
• 1962 - USSR agrees to remove bombers from Cuba, & US lifts blockade
• 1964 - Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 9th/10th String Quartet premiers in Moscow
1965 - "Pickwick" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 56 performances
• 1965 - UN Security council calls for boycott of Rhodesia
1965 - WCNY TV channel 24 in Syracuse, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 - "Cabaret" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 1166 performances
1966 - Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Success Golf Open
1966 - Dallas sacks Pittsburgh QBs an NFL record 12 times
1966 - Men in Zurich vote against female suffrage
1967 - At 11 AM, Census Clock at Dept of Commerce ticks past 200 million
1967 - Mets pitcher Tom Seaver (16-12) is named NL Rookie of Year
1968 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1969 - Alcatraz Island off SF, is seized by militant Native Americans
• In 1969 on this day, journalist Seymour Hersh filed a follow-up to the My Lai story during the war in Vietnam, making it known to the American public.
1969 - Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut v Australia Kanpur
Brazilian Football Legend PeleBrazilian Football Legend Pele
1969 - Pele scores his 1,000th soccer goal
1969 - SF Giant Willie McCovey edges Tom Seaver as NL MVP
The flag of the People's Republic of China
• On this day in 1970, the United Nations General Assembly voted on and accepted the membership of the China People's Republic of China into the world governing body.
1971 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1974 - Rangers' Jeff Burroughs wins AL MVP
1974 - The US files antitrust suit to break-up AT&T
1975 - Ronald Reagan announces candidacy for Republican nomination for US President
• 1976 - George Harrison appears on Saturday Night Live
1976 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate-Hong Kong Golf Open
• 1977 - Egyptian Pres Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset
1977 - Steve Largent begins NFL streak of 177 consecutive game receptions
1977 - Walter Payton (Bears) rushes for NFL-record 275 yards
• 1979 - Sji'ieten occupies great mosque of Mecca, 100s killed
• 1979 - US's 1st artificial blood transfusion occurs at U of Minn Hospital
1980 - Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (Oakland A's)
NFL Running Back Walter PaytonNFL Running Back Walter Payton 1980 - Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes 1st solar-powered flight
1980 - UA withdraws $44 million movie "Heaven's Gate" for reediting
1981 - Anatoly Karpov, USSR retains world chess championship
1981 - Burundia adopts its constitution
1981 - El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "limited offensive"
1981 - Ringo releases "Stop & Smell Roses" album
1982 - Drew Barrymore at age 7 hosts Saturday Night Live
1983 - "Marilyn: An American Fable" opens at Minskoff NYC for 16 perfs
1983 - 100 million watch ABC-TV movie "Day After," about nuclear war
1983 - Cleveland Browns shutout Patriots 30-0
1983 - NY Giants Butch Woolfolk ties NFL record of 43 attempts rushing
1984 - McDonald's made its 50 billionth hamburger
1984 - Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden wins NL Rookie of Year
1984 - SETI is founded.
1985 - NY Yankee Don Mattingly easily wins AL MVP
Actress Drew BarrymoreActress Drew Barrymore 1985 - Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.
• 1986 - Afghanistan President Babrak Karmal flees
• 1986 - UN's WHO announces 1st global effort to combat AIDS
1988 - "Les Miserables," opens a Bus & Truck tour in Tampa
1989 - Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Robin Yount wins AL MVP
1990 - Oakland's Rickey Henderson wins AL MVP
1990 - Sacramento Kings last NBA win on the road for over a year
• 1990 - Thatcher fails to defeat Heseltine's bid for party leadership
• 1990 - US 68th manned space mission STS 38 (Atlantis 7) returns from space
1991 - Atlanta Braves Terry Pendleton wins NL MVP
1992 - Queen Elizabeth's home Windsor Castle catches fire
1993 - Jakovlev-42 crashes into mountain at Ohrid Macedonia, 116 killed
1993 - Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Robin Romeo
• 1993 - Winnie Mandela's driver/bodyguard murdered in Johannesburg
• 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 - "Flying Karamzov Brothers..." opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 50 perfs
1994 - "Shadow Box" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 49 performances
1994 - Kosmos 2294/2295/2296 launches
• 1994 - The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war (localized fighting resumed the next year).
• 1995 - "Beatles' Anthology, Vol 1" released
1995 - "Racing Demon" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 48 perfs
1995 - FDA approves new therapy for use as an initial AIDS treatment, 3TC
1995 - Princess Di admits she cheated on Prince Charles in a TV interview
1995 - STS 74 (Atlantis 15), lands
1997 - "Ivanov," opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 51 performances
1997 - Flyers Eric Lindros tries to bite San Jose defenseman Marty McSorley
1997 - Last original Florida Marlin, Jeff Conine, traded to KC Royals
1997 - Mavericks' A C Green sets NBA record of 907 consecutive games played
1997 - NY Islanders lose, beginning a 10 game losing streak
Islamic Militant & Terrorist Osama bin LadenIslamic Militant & Terrorist Osama bin Laden 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, is launched.
Bust of Robert F. Kennedy
• 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.
• 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.
• 2012 - Toshiba unveils a robot designed to help in nuclear disasters
1901 - The second Hay-Pauncefoot Treaty provided for construction of the Panama Canal by the U.S. 1910 - Francisco I. Madero led a revolution that broke out in Mexico. 1929 - The radio program "The Rise of the Goldbergs," later known as "The Goldbergs," made its debut on the NBC Blue Network. 1943 - During World War II, U.S. Marines began their landing on Tarawa and Makin atolls in the Gilbert Islands. 1945 - 24 Nazi leaders went before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. 1947 - Britain's Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh in Westminster Abbey. 1959 - Britain, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark and Sweden met to create the European Free Trade Association. 1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis ended. The Soviet Union removed its missiles and bombers from Cuba and the U.S. ended its blockade of the island. 1962 - Mickey Mantle was named the American League Most Valuable Player for the third time. 1967 - The Census Clock at the Department of Commerce in Washington, DC, went past 200 million. 1969 - The Nixon administration announced a halt to residential use of the pesticide DDT as part of a total phase out of the substance. 1970 - The majority in U.N. General Assembly voted to give China a seat, but two-thirds majority required for admission was not met. 1977 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to address Israel's parliament. 1983 - An estimated 100 million people watched the controversial ABC-TV movie "The Day After." The movie depicted the outbreak of nuclear war. 1986 - Dr. Halfdan Maher, the director of the World Health Organization, announced the first coordinated global effort to fight the disease AIDS. 1987 - Police investigating the fire at King's Cross, London's busiest subway station, said that arson was unlikely to be the cause of the event that took 31 lives. 1988 - Egypt and China announced that they would recognize the Palestinian state proclaimed by the Palestine National Council. 1989 - Over 200,000 people rallied peacefully in Prague, Czechoslovakia, demanding democratic reforms. 1990 - Saddam Hussein ordered another 250,000 Iraqi troops into the country of Kuwait. 1990 - The space shuttle Atlantis landed at Cape Canaveral, FL, after completing a secret military mission. 1992 - A fire seriously damaged the northwest side of Windsor Castle in England. 1993 - The U.S. Senate passed the Brady Bill and legislation implementing NAFTA. 1994 - The Angolan government and rebels signed a treaty in Zambia to end 19 years of war. 1995 - Princess Diana admitted being unfaithful to Prince Charles in an interview that was broadcast on BBC Television. 1998 - Afghanistan's Taliban militia offered Osama bin Laden safe haven. Osama bin Laden had been accused of orchestrating two U.S. embassy bombings in Africa and later terrorist attacks on New York City and the Pentagon. 1998 - Forty-six states agreed to a $206 billion settlement of health claims against the tobacco industry. The industry also agreed to give up billboard advertising of cigarettes. 2001 - The U.S. Justice Department headquarters building was renamed the Robert F. Kennedy building by President George W. Bush. The event was held on what would have been Kennedy's 76th birthday.
1789 New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights. 1910 Francisco Madero began an armed revolt against the president of Mexico, Porfirio Diaz. 1945 The war crimes trials of 24 German World War II leaders began in Nuremberg, Germany. 1947 The future Queen Elizabeth II married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Ediburgh. 1962 President John F. Kennedy agreed to lift the American blockade of Cuba, ending the Cuban missile crisis. 1975 Spain's General Francisco Franco died. 2000 Peru's president Alberto Fujimori resigned.
The following links are to web sites that were used to complete this blog entry:
http://www.historyorb.com/today/events.php
http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/nov20.htm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory
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