Tukuk-OS📅 November 20
13 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on November 20? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2003 — Suicide bombers blew up the British consulate and the headquarters of HSBC Bank in Istanbul, killing 31 people, including consul general Roger Short and actor Kerem Yılmazer.
- 1994 — In accordance with the Lusaka Protocol, the Angolan government signed a ceasefire with UNITA rebels in a failed attempt to end the Angolan Civil War.
- 1991 — First Nagorno-Karabakh War: An Azerbaijani military helicopter carrying a peacekeeping mission team was shot down in Nagorno-Karabakh, disrupting ongoing peace talks.
First Nagorno-Karabakh War1991 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdownNagorno-Karabakh
- 1990 — Andrei Chikatilo, one of the Soviet Union's most prolific serial killers, was arrested in Novocherkassk.
- 1985 — Windows 1.0, the first version of Microsoft Windows available to the public, was released.
- 1979 — Armed insurgents attacked and took over the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, declaring that one of their leaders was the Mahdi, the prophesied redeemer of Islam.
- 1969 — A group of Native American activists began a 19-month occupation (graffiti pictured) of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.
Native Americans in the United StatesOccupation of AlcatrazAlcatraz Island
- 1947 — Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King George VI, married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who was given the title Duke of Edinburgh.
Elizabeth IIGeorge VIWedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten
- 1945 — The Nuremberg trials (defendants pictured) of 24 leading Nazis involved in the Holocaust and various war crimes during World War II began in Nuremberg, Germany.
- 1917 — First World War: The Battle of Cambrai began with British forces having initial success over Germany's Hindenburg Line.
- 1820 — The American whaleship Essex sank 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) west of the western coast of South America after it was attacked by a sperm whale, an event which inspired the novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville (pictured).
- 1776 — American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Lee saw the invasion of New Jersey by British and Hessian forces and the subsequent general retreat of the Continental Army.
American Revolutionary WarFort Lee Historic ParkProvince of New Jersey
- 1739 — War of Jenkins' Ear: A British naval force arrived at the settlement of Portobello in the Spanish Main, capturing it the next day.
Births
- 2002 — Madisyn Shipman, American actress
- 2001 — Caty McNally, American tennis player
- 2001 — Adrien Truffert, French footballer
- 2000 — Connie Talbot, English singer-songwriter
- 1997 — Levi García, Trinidadian footballer
- 1996 — Blaž Janc, Slovenian handballer
- 1996 — Denis Zakaria, Swiss footballer
- 1995 — Timothy Cheruiyot, Kenyan athlete
- 1995 — Shaolin Sándor Liu, Hungarian short track speed skater
- 1995 — Kyle Snyder, American wrestler
- 1994 — Timothy Kitum, Kenyan middle-distance runner
- 1993 — Anna Prugova, Russian ice hockey player
Deaths
- 2024 — Ursula Haverbeck, German Holocaust denier (born 1928)
- 2024 — Andy Paley, American songwriter (born 1952)
- 2024 — John Prescott, British sailor and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1938)
- 2024 — Jodi Rell, American politician, 87th Governor of Connecticut (born 1946)
- 2020 — Jan Morris, Welsh historian, author and travel writer (born 1926)
- 2019 — Wataru Misaka, American basketball player (born 1923)
- 2018 — James H. Billington, 13th Librarian of Congress (born 1929)
- 2018 — Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)
- 2017 — Peter Berling, German actor, film producer and writer (born 1934)
- 2016 — Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer (born 1984)
- 2016 — Gene Guarilia, American basketball player (born 1937)
- 2016 — Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek statesman (born 1926)
Observances & holidays
- 20-N (Spain)
- Africa Industrialization Day (international)
- Black Awareness Day (Brazil)
- Children's Day (World Children's Day)
- Christian feast day: Agapius
- Christian feast day: Ambrose Traversari
- Christian feast day: Ampelus and Caius
- Christian feast day: Blessed Anacleto González Flores, José Sánchez del Río, and companions (Martyrs of Cristero War)
- Christian feast day: Bernward of Hildesheim
- Christian feast day: Dasius of Durostorum
- Christian feast day: Edmund the Martyr
- Christian feast day: Felec (or Felix) of Cornwall
- Christian feast day: Gregory of Dekapolis
- Christian feast day: Blessed Josaphata Hordashevska (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: Solutor, Octavius, and Adventor
- Christian feast day: Theonestus of Vercelli
- Christian feast day: November 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Earliest day on which the Feast of Christ the King can fall, while November 26 is the latest; celebrated on the last Sunday before Advent. (Roman Catholic Church)
- National Sovereignty Day (Argentina)
- Day of the Mexican Revolution (Mexico)
- Royal Thai Navy Day (Thailand)
- Saint Verhaegen (Brussels)
- Teachers' Day or Ngày nhà giáo Việt Nam (Vietnam)
- Transgender Day of Remembrance (LGBTQ community)
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