What are the important events that happened on November 20? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
November 20: Facts & Myths About This Day
November 20 is the 325th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 41 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 7, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,867,680 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectaicosapentagon’ day.
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Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 70 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,352 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 20 Historical Events
- 1789 –New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
- 1845 –Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata: Battle of Vuelta de Obligado.
- 1861 –American Civil War: Secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky’s Confederate government.
- 1917 –Ukraine is declared a republic.
- 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
- 1936 –José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.
- 1940 –World War II: Hungary becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis Powers.
- 1989 –Velvet Revolution: The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.
- 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.
- 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.
Who were born on November 20?
- 1762 –Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (d. 1833)
- 1947 –Joe Walsh, American musician (Eagles, James Gang)
- 1956 –Bo Derek, American actress
- 1960 –Veronika Bellmann, German politician
- 1961 –Jim Brickman, American pianist and songwriter
- 1963 –Ming-Na Wen, Macau actress
- 1966 –Jill Thompson, American comic book writer and artist
- 1977 –Rudy Charles, American professional wrestling referee
- 1979 –Ericson Alexander Molano, Colombian gospel singer
- 1992 –Maiha Ishimura, Japanese pop singer
Who died on November 20?
- 1591 –Christopher Hatton, English politician (b. 1540)
- 1936 –Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchist (b. 1896)
- 2000 –Kalle Päätalo, Finnish writer (b. 1919)
- 2000 –Mike Muuss, American computer programmer (b. 1958)
- 2003 –David Dacko, Central African politician (b. 1930)
- 2003 –Eugene Kleiner, American entrepreneur (b. 1923)
- 2004 –Jenny Ross, English musician (Section 25) (b. 1962)
- 2005 –Chris Whitley, American musician (b. 1960)
- 2005 –Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian poet (b. 1931)
- 2005 –Nora Denney, American actress (b. 1928)
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