Friday, November 20th
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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.)
On this date in:
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)
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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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