An 80-ton sperm whale attacks and sinks the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts) 3,200 kilometres (2,000 mi) from the western coast of South…
Tag: 20 November
20 November 1969
Occupation of Alcatraz: Native American activists seize control of Alcatraz Island until being ousted by the U.S. Government on June 11, 1971. The Occupation of…
20 November 1992
In England, a fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £50 million worth of damage.
20 November 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…
20 November 1985
Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_1.0′]
20 November 1959
The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is first adopted by the United Nations. In 1924, the League of Nations adopted the Geneva Declaration,…
20 November 1962
The Cuban Missile Crisis ends. President Kennedy called on Premier Khrushchev tonight to carry out his promised missile pullback “at once” so that the U.S….
20 November 1985
Microsoft releases Windows 1.0. On November 20, 1985, a small technology company out of Bellevue, Washington launched a 16-bit graphical operating system for the PC….
20 November 1945
Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals begin at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg.