All Events

Historical Events on November 20

  • American Revolutionary War

    1776

    American Revolutionary War: British forces land at the Palisades and then attack Fort Lee. The Continental Army starts to retreat across New Jersey.

  • New Jersey

    1789

    New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.

  • World War I

    1917

    World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.

  • World War II

    1940

    World War II: Hungary becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.

  • Vietnam War

    1969

    Vietnam War: The Plain Dealer publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam.

  • Egypt

    1977

    Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel, when he meets Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and speaks before the Knesset in Jerusalem, seeking a permanent peace settlement.

  • Azerbaijan

    1991

    An Azerbaijani MI-8 helicopter carrying 19 peacekeeping mission team with officials and journalists from Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan is shot down by Armenian military forces in Khojavend District of Azerbaijan.

  • Taliban

    1998

    A court in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan declares accused terrorist Osama bin Laden "a man without a sin" in regard to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.

  • International Space Station

    1998

    The first module of the International Space Station, Zarya, is launched.

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Famous Deaths on November 20

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