All Events

Historical Events on November 20

  • Battle of Fort Lee

    1776

    American Revolutionary War: British forces land at the Palisades and then attack Fort Lee. The Continental Army starts to retreat across New Jersey.

  • United States Bill of Rights

    1789

    New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.

  • Battle of Cambrai (1917)

    1917

    World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.

  • Tripartite Pact

    1940

    World War II: Hungary becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.

  • Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    1947

    The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.

  • My Lai Massacre

    1969

    Vietnam War: The Plain Dealer publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam.

  • Anwar Sadat

    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.

  • 1998 U.S. embassy bombings

    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.

  • International Space Station

    1998

    The first module of the International Space Station, Zarya, is launched.

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Famous Birthdays on November 20

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Famous Deaths on November 20

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