Updated November 19, 2012, 1:28 pm
On Nov. 20, 1945, 24 Nazi leaders went on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.
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.
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1789 New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights. 1910 Revolution broke out in Mexico. 1917 Robert C. Byrd, the longest-serving senator in U.S. history, was born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr. in North Wilkesboro, N.C. 1945 Twenty-four Nazi leaders went on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. 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. 1985 The first version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system, Windows 1.0, was released. 1995 Princess Diana admitted during an interview broadcast on BBC TV that she had been unfaithful to Prince Charles. 2003 Singer Michael Jackson was booked on suspicion of child molestation in Santa Barbara, Calif. (He was later acquited.) Current Birthdays
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Vice President Joe Biden turns 70 years old today.
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Country singer Dierks Bentley turns 37 years old today.
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1925 Kaye Ballard, Actress, turns 87 1927 Estelle Parsons, Actress, turns 85 1938 Dick Smothers, Comedian (The Smothers Brothers), turns 74 1943 Veronica Hamel, Actress (“Hill Street Blues”), turns 69 1946 Judy Woodruff, Broadcast journalist (CNN), turns 66 1947 Joe Walsh, Rock singer (The Eagles), turns 65 1948 Richard Masur, Actor (“One Day at a Time”), turns 64 1956 Bo Derek, Actress (“10”), turns 56 1959 Sean Young, Actress, turns 53 1963 Ming-Na, Actress, turns 49 1970 Sabrina Lloyd, Actress (“Sports Night”), turns 42 1971 Joel McHale, Actor (“Community,” “The Soup”), turns 41 1974 Marisa Ryan, Actress, turns 38 1986 Ashley Fink, Actress (“Glee”), turns 26 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 obituary »
64 St.Edmund of Abington 11/20/1175 – 11/16/1240
English archbishop83 Otto von Guericke 11/20/1602 – 5/11/1686
German physicist71 Oliver Wolcott 11/20/1726 – 12/1/1797
American public official81 Selma Lagerlof 11/20/1858 – 3/16/1940
Swedish writer78 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. president74 Albert Kesselring 11/20/1885 – 7/16/1960
German field marshal during World War II63 Edwin Powell Hubble 11/20/1889 – 9/28/1953
American astronomer84 Chester Gould 11/20/1900 – 5/11/1985
Americn cartoonist93 Alexandra Danilova 11/20/1903 – 7/13/1997
Russian ballerina68 Emilio Pucci 11/20/1914 – 11/29/1982
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