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1820 : A whaler sank by a sperm whale


On November 20, 1820, 3000 km from the coast of South America in the Pacific, the American whaler Essex was attacked by the sperm whale it was pursuing. The quite enraged 80-ton whale sank the ship. The crew managed to escape on open boats but they ended up eating each other and very few men arrived on the coast.

1945 : Beginning of the Nuremberg Trials


On November 20, 1945, the trial of the main leaders of Nazi Germany began in Nuremberg before an international tribunal made ​​up of representatives of the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and France. The accused are charged with war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, deportation, extermination and conspiracy with intent to commit these crimes.

1947 : Elizabeth marries Philip Mountbatten


On November 20, 1947, Princess Elizabeth, eldest daughter of King George VI of England, married a distant cousin, Philip Mountbatten. She was 21 years old. She became Queen of the United Kingdom five years later, at the death of her father.

1968 : Explosion in a mine in West Virginia


On November 20, 1968, at 5:40a.m., an explosion occured in a coal mine near Monongay West Virginia. Several loud explosions followed the following hours. In front of the quantities of smoke and the risk of explosion, rescuers could not enter the mine. 78 miners were killed. After waiting 10 days and with no sign of survivors, rescuers had to seal the mine with the miners inside.

Novità del giorno : 20 Novembre

Universal Children's Day
November 20 is Universal Children's Day. This date was chosen an anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1959 and the signing of the Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1989.
Revolution Day in Mexico
November 20 is Revolution Day (Día de la Revolución) in Mexico that commemorates the start of the 1910 Revolution led by Francisco Madero. The revolution put an end to the regime of dictator Porfirio Díaz, but provided years of civil war and cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of combatants and civilians.
Zumbi Day in Brazil
November 20 is the Day of Black Consciousness (Dia da Conscientious Negra) in Brazil, which commemorates the death of the last leader of the Quilombo dos Palmares, Zumbi dos Palmares, killed by the Portuguese on November 20, 1695. The Quilombo dos Palmares formed a community of black escaped slaves that the Portuguese colonists refused to accept.

Citazione del giorno : 20 Novembre

Robert Kennedy
What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists, is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.

Compleanni : 20 Novembre

Selma Lagerlöf, Scrittrice svedese, premio Nobel per la letteratura (1858)
Karl von Frisch, Zoologo austriaco, Premio Nobel per la Fisiologia e Medicina (1886)
Edwin Hubble, Astronomo americano (1889)
Chester Gould, Vignettista american (1900)
Henri-Georges Clouzot, Regista francese (1907)
Phyllis Thaxter, Attrice americana (1921)
Nadine Gordimer, Scrittrice sudafricana, premio Nobel per la letteratura (1923)
Robert F. Kennedy, Uomo politico americano (1925)
Maya Plisetskaya, Ballerina russa (1925)
Edouard Leclerc, Uomo d'affari francese (1926)
Ruth Laredo, Pianista americana (1937)
Joe Biden, 47o Vice Presidente degli Stati Uniti (1942)
Joe Walsh, Musicista americano (1947)
Barbara Hendricks, Soprano americana svedese (1948)
Richard Masur, Attore americano (1948)
Bo Derek, Attrice americana (1956)
Sean Young, Attrice americana (1959)
Timothy Gowers, Matematico inglese, Medaglia Fields (1963)
Sabrina Lloyd, Attrice americana (1970)
Sheema Kalbasi, Poetessa iraniana (1972)
Laura Harris, Attrice canadese (1976)
Tusshar Kapoor, Attore indiano (1976)
Dan Byrd, Attore americano (1985)

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Pierre de la Rue, Compositore fiammingo (1518)
Charles Plumier, Botanico francese (1704)
Anton Rubinstein, Pianista e compositore russo (1894)
Léon Tolstoï, Scrittore russo (1910)
Francis William Aston, Chimico inglese, premio Nobel (1945)
Francisco Franco, Dittatore spagnolo (1975)
John McEwen, 18o Primo Ministro d'Australia (1980)
Marcel Dalio, Attore francese (1983)
Sergei Grinkov, Pattinatore russo (1995)
Robert Altman, Regista americano (2006)
Lino Lacedelli, Alpinista italiano (2009)
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