Births, Deaths, and Events for 20 November

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Births
1620	Peregrine White - son of William & Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower
1726	Oliver Wolcott - (CT-Gov), signed Declaration of Independence
1752	Thomas Chatterton - English poet (Christabel)
1884	Norman Thomas - Marion, Ohio, socialist (presidential candidate 1928-48)
1889	Edwin Hubble - astronomer (discoverer of galaxies, red shift)
1900	Chester Gould - cartoonist (gave Dick Tracy a job)
1908	Alistair Cooke - Manchester, England, actor (Masterpiece Theatre)
1916	Robert A. Bruce - MD, pioneer (exercise cardiology)
1917	Robert Byrd - (D-Sen-WV) majority leader
1920	Gene Tierney - Brooklyn, actress (Laura, Razor's Edge, Ghost & Mrs Muir)
1925	Robert Francis Kennedy - Brookline, MA (D-Sen-NY) AG; assassinated
1929	Dick Clark - Mt. Vernon, NY, TV host (American Bandstand)
1932	Richard Dawson - Hampshire, England, actor (Hogan's Heroes, Family Feud)
1937	Jack Linkletter - San Francisco, CA, TV host (Haggis Baggis, Hootenanny)
1939	Dick Smothers - NYC, comedian (Smother Brothers' Show)
1940	Bob Einstein - Los Angeles, CA, comedian (Officer Judy, Super Dave Osborne)
1942	Joseph R. Biden, Jr. - (D-Sen-Del)
1943	Veronica Hamel - Philadelphia, PA, actress (Joyce-Hill St Blues, 79 Park Ave)
1946	Duane Allman - rocker (Allman Brothers-Jessica, Ramblin' Man)
1947	Joe Walsh - Wichita, KS, guitarist/rocker (Eagles-Take it Easy)
1954	Steve Dahl - California, Chicago's anti-disco DJ (WLS-FM)
1956	Bo Derek - Long Beach, CA, actress (10, Tarzan the Ape Man)
1959	Sean Young - Louisville, KY, actress (Dune, Young Doctor in Love)
1963	Ming-Na (Wen) - Coloane Island, Macau, actress ("E.R.", Mulan)
Deaths
1910	Leo Tolstoy - Russia, author (Anna Karenina), dies at 82
1973	Allan Sherman - songwriter ("Camp Granada"), dies
1975	General Francisco Franco - Spain's dictator, dies in Madrid at 82
1985	Bill Scott - cartoon voice (Mr Peabody, Bullwinkle), dies at 65
2006	Robert Altman - famed director, dies at 81
Events
	Absurdity Day
1272	Edward I proclaimed King of England
1637	Peter Minuit and 1st Swedish immigrants to Delaware sail from Sweden
1780	Britain declares war on Holland
1789	New Jersey becomes 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights
1866	Howard University founded (Washington, D.C.)
1866	Pierre Lalemont patents rotary crank bicycle
1888	William Bundy patents the timecard clock (bastard)
1894	US intervenes in Bluefields, Nicaragua
1910	Revolution breaks out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero
1914	US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports
1917	Ukrainian Republic declared
1919	1st municipally owned airport in US opens in Tucson, AZ
1931	Commercial teletype service begins
1943	US forces land on Tarawa & Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Island
1945	24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg, Germany
1947	Britain's Princess Elizabeth marries Duke Philip Mountbatten
1947	UN General assembly begins debate on printing their own stamps
1947	1st permanent TV installed on seagoing vessel (The New Jersey)
1947	"Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC
1953	Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, 1st to break Mach 2 (1300 MPH)
1959	UN adopts the declaration of children's rights
1962	US lifts blockade of Cuba
1967	At 11 AM, Census Clock at Department of Commerce ticks past 200 million
1976	George Harrison appears on Saturday Night Live
1977	Egyptian President Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset
1980	United Artists withdraws $44 million movie "Heaven's Gate" for reediting
1980	Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes 1st solar-powered flight
1983	100 million watch ABC-TV movie "The Day After," about nuclear war
1986	UN's WHO announces 1st global effort to combat AIDS
1990	Thatcher fails to defeat Heseltine's bid for party leadership
1990	US 68th manned space mission STS 38 (Atlantis 7) returns from space

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