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November 20th


- 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)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Child Day (Canada)
- Children's Day (Egypt)
- Children's Day (Pakistan)
- Day of National Sovereignty (Argentina)
- Revolution day (Mexico)
- Teacher's Day or Ngày nhà giáo Vi?t Nam (Vietnam)
- Transgender Day of Remembrance (LGBT community)
- Universal Children's Day (International)
- Wedding day of Queen Elizabeth II, official flag day. (United Kingdom)
- Zumbi Day (Brazil)

November 20th


- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1994 - The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war (localized fighting resumes the next year).
- 1993 - Savings and loan crisis: 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.
- 1992 - In England, a fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £50 million worth of damage.
- 1991 - An Azerbaijani MI-8 helicopter carrying 19 peacekeeping mission team with officials and journalists from Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan was shot down by Armenian military forces in Khojavend district of Azerbaijan.
- 1989 - Velvet Revolution: The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.
- 1985 - Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.
- 1984 - The SETI Institute is founded.
- 1979 - Grand Mosque Seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from French special forces to put down the uprising.
- 1975 - Francisco Franco, Caudillo of Spain, dies after 36 years in power.
- 1974 - The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T. This suit later leads to the break up of AT&T and its Bell System.
- 1969 - Vietnam War: The Cleveland Plain Dealer publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai massacre in Vietnam.
- 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.
- 1952 - Slánský trials – a series of Stalinist and anti-Semitic show trials in Czechoslovakia.
- 1947 - The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey in London.
- 1945 - Nuremberg Trials: Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals start at the Palace of Justice at Nuremberg.
- 1943 - World War II: Battle of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic) begins – United States Marines land on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns.
- 1940 - World War II: Hungary becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis Powers.
- 1936 - Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.
- 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
- 1917 - World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins – British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.
- 1917 - Ukraine is declared a republic.
- 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.
- 1861 - American Civil War: Secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.
- 1845 - Argentine Confederation: Battle of Vuelta de Obligado.
- 1820 - An 80-ton sperm whale attacks the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts) 2,000 miles from the western coast of South America (Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick is in part inspired by this story).
- 1789 - New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
- 1739 - Start of the Battle of Porto Bello between British and Spanish forces during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
- 1700 - Great Northern War: Battle of Narva – King Charles XII of Sweden defeats the army of Tsar Peter the Great at Narva.
- 1695 - Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil, is executed.
- 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.
- 1194 - Palermo is conquered by Emperor Henry VI.
- 762 - During An Shi Rebellion, Tang Dynasty, with the help of Huihe tribe, recaptured Luoyang from the rebels.
- 284 - Diocletian is chosen as Roman Emperor.

November 20th


- 2000 - Connie Talbot, English singer
- 1992 - Maiha Ishimura, Japanese pop singer
- 1989 - Cody Linley, American actor
- 1988 - Rhys Wakefield, Australian actor
- 1986 - Jared Followill, American rock musician
- 1986 - Oli Sykes, English musician
- 1985 - Juan Cruz Álvarez, Argentine racing driver
- 1985 - Dan Byrd, American actor
- 1985 - Aaron Yan, Taiwanese singer and actor (Fahrenheit)
- 1984 - Tashard Choice, American football player
- 1984 - Ferdinando Monfardini, Italian racing driver
- 1982 - Margo Stilley, American actress
- 1981 - Carlos Boozer, American basketball player
- 1981 - Kimberley Walsh, English singer (Girls Aloud)
- 1980 - James Chambers, English footballer
- 1979 - Ericson Alexander Molano, Colombian gospel singer
- 1979 - Maree Bowden, New Zealand netball player (Silver Ferns)
- 1978 - Freya Lin, Taiwanese singer
- 1978 - Nadine Velazquez, American actress and model
- 1977 - Rudy Charles, American professional wrestling referee
- 1977 - Daniel Svensson, Swedish drummer
- 1977 - Josh Turner, American singer
- 1976 - Cemal Y?ld?z, Turkish footballer
- 1976 - Dominique Dawes, American gymnast
- 1976 - Tusshar Kapoor, Indian actor
- 1976 - Jason Thompson, Canadian actor
- 1976 - Theodoros Velkos, badminton player
- 1975 - Dierks Bentley, American singer
- 1975 - Ryan Bowen, American basketbal player
- 1975 - J. D. Drew, American baseball player
- 1975 - Davey Havok, American singer (AFI)
- 1972 - Sheema Kalbasi, Iranian poet
- 1971 - Joey Galloway, American football player
- 1971 - Joel McHale, American actor and comedian
- 1971 - Marco Oppedisano, American guitarist and composer
- 1970 - Matt Blunt, American politician
- 1970 - Delia Gonzalez, American boxer
- 1970 - Geoffrey Keezer, American jazz pianist
- 1970 - Joe Zaso, American actor
- 1969 - Callie Thorne, American actor
- 1968 - Tommy Asinga, Surinamese track star
- 1968 - Chew Chor Meng, Singaporean actor
- 1967 - Chris Childs, American basketball player
- 1967 - Teoman, Turkish rock singer
- 1966 - Kevin Gilbert, American musician (d. 1996)
- 1966 - Jill Thompson, American comic book writer and artist
- 1965 - Mike D, American musician (Beastie Boys)
- 1965 - Sen Dog, Cuban rapper (Cypress Hill)
- 1965 - Yoshiki Hayashi, Japanese musician (X Japan)
- 1965 - Jimmy Vasser, American racing driver
- 1963 - Timothy Gowers, British mathematician
- 1963 - Ming-Na Wen, Macau actress
- 1961 - Larry Karaszewski, American screenwriter
- 1961 - Jim Brickman, American pianist and songwriter
- 1961 - Dave Watson, English footballer
- 1961 - Tim Harvey, British racing driver
- 1960 - Veronika Bellmann, German politician
- 1960 - Marc Labrèche, Canadian actor and television host
- 1959 - James P. McGovern, American politician
- 1959 - Sean Young, American actress
- 1958 - Rickson Gracie, Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist
- 1957 - Stefan Bellof, German race car driver (d. 1985)
- 1957 - Mike Craven, English footballer
- 1956 - Bo Derek, American actress
- 1956 - Mark Gastineau, American football player
- 1954 - Berit Andnor, Swedish politician
- 1954 - Steve Dahl, American radio personality
- 1952 - John Van Boxmeer, Canadian hockey player
- 1951 - David Walters, American politician
- 1951 - Rodger Bumpass, American voice actor
- 1949 - Thelma Drake, American politician
- 1949 - Jeff Dowd, American film producer
- 1948 - John R. Bolton, American ambassador
- 1948 - Barbara Hendricks, American/Swedish singer
- 1948 - Richard Masur, American actor
- 1947 - Joe Walsh, American musician (Eagles, James Gang)
- 1946 - Duane Allman, American guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band) (d. 1971)
- 1946 - Greg Cook, American football player
- 1946 - Judy Woodruff, American TV anchor
- 1945 - Rick Monday, American baseball player
- 1945 - Nanette Workman, American-born Canadian singer and actress
- 1944 - Louie Dampier, American basketball player
- 1943 - Veronica Hamel, American actress
- 1942 - Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States
- 1942 - Norman Greenbaum, American singer
- 1942 - Meredith Monk, American composer and choreographer
- 1942 - Paulos Faraj Rahho, Iraqi bishop (d. 2008)
- 1941 - Haseena Moin, Pakistani television writer and playwright
- 1940 - Bob Einstein, American actor and comedian
- 1939 - Dick Smothers, American comedian
- 1937 - René Kollo, German tenor
- 1937 - Ruth Laredo, American pianist (d. 2005)
- 1937 - Eero Mäntyranta, Finnish cross-country skier
- 1937 - Viktoriya Tokareva, Russian playwright
- 1936 - Don DeLillo, American author
- 1932 - Richard Dawson, English-American actor and game show host
- 1930 - Bernard Horsfall, British Actor
- 1929 - Don January, American professional golfer
- 1928 - Aleksey Batalov, Russian actor
- 1928 - John Disley, Welsh athlete
- 1927 - Estelle Parsons, American actress
- 1926 - Kaye Ballard, American comic actress
- 1926 - Terry Hall, English ventriloquist (d. 2007)
- 1926 - Andrzej W. Schally, Polish endocrinologist, Nobel laureate
- 1925 - Robert F. Kennedy, American politician (d. 1968)
- 1925 - Maya Plisetskaya, Russian ballet dancer
- 1924 - Benoît Mandelbrot, Polish-born French mathematician (d. 2010)
- 1923 - Nadine Gordimer, South African writer, Nobel laureate
- 1921 - Jim Garrison, American attorney and judge (d. 1992)
- 1921 - Phyllis Thaxter, American actress
- 1917 - Robert Byrd, American politician, longest serving congressman (d. 2010)
- 1917 - Bobby Locke, South African golfer (d. 1987)
- 1916 - Evelyn Keyes, American actress (d. 2008)
- 1915 - Kon Ichikawa, iconic Japanese film director (d. 2008)
- 1914 - Emilio Pucci, Italian fashion designer (d. 1992)
- 1913 - Judy Canova, American actress (d. 1983)
- 1912 - Otto von Habsburg, Austrian-German nobleman
- 1910 - Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch physicist (d. 1944)
- 1908 - Alistair Cooke, British-born journalist (d. 2004)
- 1907 - Fran Allison, American television personality (d. 1989)
- 1907 - Henri-Georges Clouzot, French film director (d. 1977)
- 1905 - François, 9th duc de Noailles, French nobelman (d. 2009)
- 1903 - Alexandra Danilova, Russian ballerina (d. 1997)
- 1903 - Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and educationist (d. 1981)
- 1901 - Naz?m Hikmet, Turkish poet (d. 1963)
- 1900 - Chester Gould, American comic strip artist (d. 1985)
- 1889 - Edwin Hubble, American astronomer (d. 1953)
- 1886 - Karl von Frisch, Austrian zoologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1982)
- 1884 - Norman Thomas, American political figure (d. 1968)
- 1882 - Andy Coakley, American baseball player and coach (d. 1963)
- 1880 - George McBride, American baseball player (d. 1973)
- 1874 - James Michael Curley, 53rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)
- 1869 - Clark Griffith, American baseball manager (d. 1955)
- 1866 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American judge and baseball commissioner (d. 1944)
- 1858 - Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author, Nobel laureate (d. 1940)
- 1851 - Queen Margherita of Italy (d. 1926)
- 1841 - Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician (d. 1901)
- 1841 - Wilfrid Laurier, seventh Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1919)
- 1839 - Christian Wilberg, German painter (d. 1882)
- 1781 - Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German jurist (d. 1854)
- 1765 - Sir Thomas Fremantle, British naval captain (d. 1819)
- 1762 - Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (d. 1833)
- 1761 - Pope Pius VIII (d. 1830)
- 1750 - Tippu Sultan, Indian ruler (d. 1799)
- 1660 - Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (d. 1741)
- 1625 - Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654)
- 1621 - Avvakum, Russian priest and writer (d. 1682)
- 1620 - Peregrine White, first English child born in the Plymouth Colony (d. 1704)
- 1602 - Otto von Guericke, German physicist (d. 1686)
- 270 - Maximinus, Roman Emperor (d. 313)