November 20
1789
New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
1910
Francisco Madero began an armed revolt against the president of Mexico, Porfirio Diaz.
1945
The war crimes trials of 24 German World War II leaders began in Nuremberg, Germany.
1947
The future Queen Elizabeth II married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Ediburgh.
1962
President John F. Kennedy agreed to lift the American blockade of Cuba, ending the Cuban missile crisis.
1975
Spain’s General Francisco Franco died.
2000
Peru’s president Alberto Fujimori resigned.
Birthdays
Robert F. Kennedy
1925–1968, American Politician
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
jurist and commissioner of baseball (1866)
Norman M. Thomas
socialist leader (1884)
Edwin Hubble
astronomer (1889)
Alexandra Danilova
ballerina, teacher (1903)
Alistair Cooke
journalist, broadcaster (1908)
Robert C Byrd
Senator (1917)
Nadine Gordimer
writer (1923)
Richard Dawson
actor (1932)
John Bolton
political figure (1948)