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Famous Quote For November 20

"Definition of a classic - something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read."

Mark Twain, 1900

November 20 Birthdays

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Michael Clifford

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Madisyn Shipman

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Marija Žeželj

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Eleonora Gaggero

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Ann Marie Slater

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Kimberley Walsh

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November 20 History

1998 - The first module of the International Space Station, Zarya, is launched.

1985 - Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.

1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis ends. Soviet Union agrees to withdraw missiles from Cuba, and President Kennedy ends Caribbean quarantine

1947 - NBC's political talk show "Meet the Press" premieres

1789 - New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights (the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution of the United States).

This Day In Business

1974 - The United States Department of Justice files an anti-trust suit against AT&T - AT&T and its Bell System are forced to break up.

This Day In Entertainment

1992 - "Malcolm X" the movie premieres, starring Denzel Washington, directed by Spike Lee

This Day In Geography

1917 - Ukraine declares itself a republic.

This Day In Sports

1982 - Cal-Stanford football game ends with amazing last second kickoff return touchdown.

November 20th Holiday

Revolution Day (Mexico) - Commemorates the beginning of the movement to rid Mexico of dictatorship in 1910, which eventually led to Civil War and the nation's constitution being adopted seven years later.

Today's Birthday Trivia

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Today's Birthday Horoscope

Learn about people born on this day by reading the November 20 Birthday Horoscope.

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