Tuesday, November 20, 2012

November 20th in History


284 - Diocletian is chosen as Roman Emperor.

1194 - Palermo is conquered by Emperor Henry VI.

1789 - New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.

1910 - Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero issues the Plan de San Luis Potosi, denouncing President Porfirio Díaz, calling for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico, effectively starting the Mexican Revolution.

1917 - Ukraine is declared a republic.

1940 - World War II: Hungary becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis Powers.

1945 - Nuremberg Trials: Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals start at the Palace of Justice at Nuremberg.

1947 - The Princess Elizabeth (now Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom) marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.

1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation.

1977 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel, when he meets Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and speaks before the Knesset in Jerusalem, seeking a permanent peace settlement.

1985 - Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.

1989 - Velvet Revolution: The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.

1992 - In the UK, a fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £50 million worth of damage.

Famous Birthdays:

270 - Maximinus II, Roman Emperor 

1761 - Pope Pius VIII

1851 - Queen Margherita of Italy

1892 - James Collip, biochemist, co-discoverer of insulin

1912 - Archduke Otto von Habsburg, last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary from 1916 until the dissolution of the Empire in 1918 and MEP 

1927 - Estelle Parsons, actress

1942 - Joe Biden, the Vice President of the United States

1954 - Steve Dahl, radio personality

1971 - Joel McHale, actor and comedian

1981 - Kimberley Walsh, singer

1985 - Carly Rae Jepsen, singer


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