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, 1,732,060,800 seconds 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.
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
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.
1695 –
Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil, is executed.
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.
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.
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.
1952 –
Slánský trials – a series of Stalinist and anti-Semitic show trials in Czechoslovakia.
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.
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.
1980 –
Lake Peigneur drains into an underlying salt deposit. A misplaced Texaco oil probe had been drilled into the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, causing water to flow down into the mine, eroding the edges of the hole. The resulting whirlpool sucked the drilling platform, several barges, houses and trees thousands of feet down to the bottom of the dissolving salt deposit.
Who were born on November 20?
1750 –
Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (d. 1799)
1924 –
Benoît Mandelbrot, Polish-born French mathematician (d. 2010)
1929 –
Don January, American professional golfer
1937 –
Ruth Laredo, American pianist (d. 2005)
1942 –
Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States
1944 –
Louie Dampier, American basketball player
1957 –
John Eriksen, Danish footballer (d. 2002)
1960 –
Marc Labrèche, Canadian actor and television host
1973 –
Angelica Bridges, American actress, model, and singer
1981 –
Sam Fuld, American baseball player
Who died on November 20?
1856 –
Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1775)
1936 –
José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish politician (b. 1903)
1950 –
Francesco Cilea, Italian composer (b. 1866)
1978 –
Giorgio de Chirico, Italian painter (b.1888)
1995 –
Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater (b. 1967)
2000 –
Mike Muuss, American computer programmer (b. 1958)
2004 –
David Grierson, Canadian radio host (b. 1955)
2005 –
Chris Whitley, American musician (b. 1960)
2006 –
Andre Waters, American football player (b. 1962)
2010 –
Danny McDevitt, American baseball player (b. 1932)
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