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« on: November 20, 2009, 06:58:16 am »

Friday, November 20th
The 324th day of 2009.
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Today's Highlights in History


   
   On Nov. 20, 1945, 24 Nazi leaders went on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. (Go to article.)

On Nov. 20, 1925, Robert F. Kennedy, the United States attorney general and senator from New York assassinated during his 1968 campaign for president , was born. Following his death on June 6, 1968, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day
   
   On November  20, 1909, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about the presidency of William Howard Taft. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
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1620    Peregrine White was born aboard the Mayflower in Massachusetts Bay - the first child born of English parents in present-day New England.

1789    New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.

1889    Astronomer Edwin Hubble was born in Marshfield, Mo.

1910    Revolution broke out in Mexico.

1925    Robert F. Kennedy was born in Brookline, Mass.

1947    Britain's future queen, Princess Elizabeth, married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, in Westminster Abbey in London.

1966    The musical "Cabaret," with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, opened on Broadway.

1969    The Nixon administration announced a halt to residential use of the pesticide DDT as part of a total phase-out.

1975    Spain's Gen. Francisco Franco died after nearly four decades of absolute rule.

1977    Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to address Israel's parliament.

1995    Princess Diana admitted during an interview broadcast on BBC TV that she had been unfaithful to Prince Charles.

1996    House Republicans chose Newt Gingrich to be speaker for a second term.

2001    Federal health officials approved sale of the world's first contraceptive patch, Ortho-Evra.

2003    Singer Michael Jackson was booked on suspicion of child molestation in Santa Barbara, Calif. (He was later acquited.)

Current Birthdays

Joel McHale turns 38 years old today.

AP Photo/Peter Kramer Actor Joel McHale ("Community," "The Soup") turns 38 years old today.


92    Robert Byrd
U.S. senator, D-W.Va.

86    Nadine Gordimer
Nobel Prize-winning author

84    Kaye Ballard
Actress

82    Estelle Parsons
Actress

77    Richard Dawson
Actor, game show host ("Hogan's Heroes," "Family Feud")

71    Dick Smothers
Comedian (The Smothers Brothers)

67    Joe Biden
Vice president

67    Norman Greenbaum
Singer

66    Veronica Hamel
Actress ("Hill Street Blues")

63    Judy Woodruff
Broadcast journalist (CNN)

63    Samuel E. Wright
Actor

62    Joe Walsh
Rock singer (The Eagles)

61    Richard Masur
Actor ("One Day at a Time")

53    Bo Derek
Actress ("10")

52    Jim Brown
Reggae musician (UB40)

50    Sean Young
Actress

48    Jim Brickman
Pianist

47    Todd Nance
Rock musician (Widespread Panic)

45    Ned Vaughn
Actor

44    Mike D
Rapper (The Beastie Boys)

44    Sen Dog
Rapper (Cypress Hill)

40    Callie Thorne
Actress

39    Sabrina Lloyd
Actress ("Sports Night")

35    Marisa Ryan
Actress

34    Dierks Bentley
Country singer

34    Joshua Gomez
Actor ("Chuck")

33    Laura Harris
Actress

32    Josh Turner
Country singer

31    Nadine Velazquez
Actress ("My Name is Earl")

24    Dan Byrd
Actor

20    Cody Linley
Actor ("Hannah Montana'' ''Dancing with the Stars")

Historic Birthdays

Robert F. Kennedy

11/20/1925 - 6/6/1968
American politician; U.S. attorney general (1961-4), U.S. senator from New York (1964-8 ), presidential candidate (1968)
(Go to obit.)

64    St.Edmund of Abington
11/20/1175 - 11/16/1240
English archbishop

83    Otto von Guericke
11/20/1602 - 5/11/1686
German physicist

71    Oliver Wolcott
11/20/1726 - 12/1/1797
American public official

81    Selma Lagerlof
11/20/1858 - 3/16/1940
Swedish writer

78    Kenesaw Mountain Landis
11/20/1866 - 11/25/1944
American federal judge and baseball commissioner (1920-44)

70    Patrick Hayes
11/20/1867 - 9/4/1938
American archbishop of New York (1919-39)

83    James M. Curley
11/20/1874 - 11/12/1958
American politician; mayor of Boston (1914-8, 1922-6, 1930-4, 1947-50) and governor of Massachusetts (1935-7)

84    Norman Thomas
11/20/1884 - 12/19/1968
American social reformer; frequent Socialist Party candidate for U.S. president

74    Albert Kesselring
11/20/1885 - 7/16/1960
German field marshal during World War II

63    Edwin Powell Hubble
11/20/1889 - 9/28/1953
American astronomer

84    Chester Gould
11/20/1900 - 5/11/1985
Americn cartoonist

93    Alexandra Danilova
11/20/1903 - 7/13/1997
Russian ballerina

68    Emilio Pucci
11/20/1914 - 11/29/1982
Italian fashion designer


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