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On This Day In History for November 20, 2019
This is the 324th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 41 days remaining in 2019.
- It was on this date in 1789, that New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
- November 20, 1805, Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio, premieres in Vienna.
- It was on this date in 1820, that An 80-ton sperm whale attacks and sinks the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts) 2,000 miles from the western coast of South America. (Herman Melville’s 1851 novel Moby-Dick is in part inspired by this story.).
- November 20, 1947, The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
- It was on this date in 1969, that Native American activists seize control of Alcatraz Island until being ousted by the U.S. Government on June 11, 1971.
- It was 34 years ago today that Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.
- It was also this date in 1998 that Zarya – the first space station module component for the International Space Station was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- French astronomer, Pierre Charles Le Monnier, born on this date in 1715.
- José Antonio Alzate y Ramírez, the Spanish-Mexican scientist and cartographer was born 282 years ago today.
- Victor D’Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist was born on that same date in 1841.
- William Coblentz, the American physicist was born 146 years ago today.
- Edwin Hubble, American astronomer and cosmologist was born on that same date in 1889.
- French mathematician, André Bloch, born on this date in 1893.
- British-American journalist and author, Alistair Cooke was born 111 years ago today.
- Also born on that same date in 1939, American actor and comedian, Dick Smothers.
- American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor, Joe Walsh, born on this date in 1947.
- Also born on that same date in 1968, American astronaut, James Dutton.
Listener birthdays for November 13-26:
- 15 – Jackie Breller (Krazy Joe & Christine’s daughter)
- 15 – Chuck Jolley aka nitestarr – (Horn Lake, MS)
- 22 – Tom Posz – (from California, USA)
- 25 – Lane Williams
- 26 – Joanie
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for November 20, 2019
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News
- NASA unveils its first electric airplane – a work in progress – Reuters
- Nine-year-old child genius to graduate university – CNN
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Media Corner
- Microsoft successfully archives Warner Bros. ‘Superman’ movie on a piece of glass – TechSpot
- AMC Games’ first title is the intentionally boring ‘Airplane Mode’ | Engadget
Geek Library
- Meet the Town of Pine Bush, UFO Capital of the World – Supercluster
- This Algorithm Can Remove the Water from Underwater Photos, and the Results are Incredible
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