November 20th, 1348

Born on November 20th, 1348

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 246,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 301 days, exactly on February 24th, 2025, people who were born on November 20th, 1348 will be 247,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on November 20th?

November 20th, 2003

Suicide bombers blew up the British consulate and the headquarters of HSBC Bank in Istanbul, killing 31 people, including consul general Roger Short and actor Kerem Yılmazer.

November 20th, 1991

First Nagorno-Karabakh War: An Azerbaijani military helicopter carrying a peacekeeping mission team was shot down in Nagorno-Karabakh, disrupting ongoing peace talks.

November 20th, 1990

Andrei Chikatilo, one of the Soviet Union's most prolific serial killers, was arrested in Novocherkassk.

November 20th, 1979

A group of armed insurgents attacked and took over the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, declaring that one of their leaders was the Mahdi, the prophesied redeemer of Islam.

November 20th, 1969

A group of Native American activists began a 19-month occupation of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.

November 20th, 1947

Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King George VI, married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who was given the title Duke of Edinburgh.

November 20th, 1945

The Nuremberg trials (defendants pictured) of 24 leading Nazis involved in the Holocaust and various war crimes during World War II began in Nuremberg, Germany.

November 20th, 1917

First World War: The Battle of Cambrai began with British forces having initial success over Germany's Hindenburg Line.

November 20th, 1902

While discussing how to promote the newspaper L'Auto, sports journalist Géo Lefèvre came up with the idea of holding a cycling race that later became known as the Tour de France.

November 20th, 1845

Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata: The Argentine Confederation was defeated in the Battle of Vuelta de Obligado, but the losses ultimately made the United Kingdom and France give up the blockade.

November 20th, 1776

American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Lee saw the invasion of New Jersey by British and Hessian forces and the subsequent general retreat of the Continental Army.

November 20th, 1739

War of Jenkins' Ear: A British naval force arrived at the settlement of Portobello in the Spanish Main, capturing it the next day.

November 20th, 0284

Diocletian (bust pictured) became Roman emperor, eventually establishing reforms that ended the Crisis of the Third Century.

November 20th, 2016

Jimmie Johnson wins his seventh NASCAR Cup Series championship to tie Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for the most all-time.

November 20th, 2022

The 2022 FIFA World Cup begins in Qatar. This is the first time the tournament was held in the Middle East.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 20th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on November 20th?

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

49

Marina Andrievskaia

Badminton player

*November 20th, 1974, Moscow

81

Selma Lagerlöf

Swedish writer

*November 20th, 1858, Östra Ämtervik church parish †March 16th, 1940, Östra Ämtervik church parish

31

Juju

German rapper

*November 20th, 1992, Berlin

33

Lee Dong-keun

Badminton player

*November 20th, 1990, Gwangmyeong

60

Ming-Na Wen

American actress and model

*November 20th, 1963, Coloane

63

Veronika Bellmann

German politician (CDU)

*November 20th, 1960, Chemnitz

90

Nadine Gordimer

South African writer

*November 20th, 1923, Springs †July 13th, 2014, Johannesburg

96

Estelle Parsons

American actress

*November 20th, 1927, Marblehead

63

Edwin Hubble

American astronomer

*November 20th, 1889, Marshfield †September 28th, 1953, San Marino

39

Jeremy Jordan

American actor and singer (born 1984)

*November 20th, 1984, Corpus Christi

42

Robert F. Kennedy

United States Senator from New York from 1965 to 1968

*November 20th, 1925, Brookline †June 6th, 1968, Los Angeles

85

Benoit Mandelbrot

Polish-born, French and American mathematician

*November 20th, 1924, Warsaw †October 14th, 2010, Cambridge

89

Maya Plisetskaya

Russian ballet dancer

*November 20th, 1925, Moscow †May 2nd, 2015, Munich

61

Jan Maxwell

American actress (1956-2018)

*November 20th, 1956, Fargo †February 11th, 2018, Manhattan

42

Andrea Riseborough

British actress

*November 20th, 1981, Wallsend

23

Connie Talbot

British singer

*November 20th, 2000, Streetly

75

John Bolton

American lawyer and diplomat

*November 20th, 1948, Baltimore

52

Joel McHale

American actor and comedian

*November 20th, 1971, Rome

63

Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky

Russian mathematician (*1792 – †1856)

*November 20th, 1792, Nizhny Novgorod †February 12th, 1856, Kazan

41

Rémi Mathis

French historian and librarian

*November 20th, 1982, Besançon

92

Robert Byrd

American politician (1917–2010)

*November 20th, 1917, North Wilkesboro †June 28th, 2010, Merrifield

94

Jerry Hardin

American actor

*November 20th, 1929, Dallas

43

Jacob Pitts

American actor

*November 20th, 1980, Weston

39

Halley Feiffer

American actress

*November 20th, 1984, New York City

83

Arieh Warshel

Chemist, biochemist and biophysicist

*November 20th, 1940, Sde Nahum

64

Sean Young

Actress

*November 20th, 1959, Louisville

57

Jill Thompson

American comic book writer and illustrator

*November 20th, 1966, Forest Park

87

Don DeLillo

American novelist, playwright and essayist

*November 20th, 1936, The Bronx

76

Bob Einstein

American comedian, actor (1942–2019)

*November 20th, 1942, Los Angeles †January 2nd, 2019, Indian Wells

76

Joe Walsh

American rock musician

*November 20th, 1947, Wichita

66

Jean-Marc Furlan

French footballer

*November 20th, 1957, Sainte-Foy-la-Grande

61

Gerardo Martino Hijo de central

Argentine footballer and manager

*November 20th, 1962, Valparaíso

49

Drew Ginn

Australian rower and cyclist

*November 20th, 1974, Leongatha

41

Margo Stilley

American actress

*November 20th, 1982, Bear Creek

36

Christoph Pfingsten

Cyclist

*November 20th, 1987, Potsdam

90

Dan Frazer

American actor

*November 20th, 1921, New York City †December 16th, 2011, New York City

73

Jacqueline Gourault

French politician

*November 20th, 1950, Montoire-sur-le-Loir

67

Bo Derek

American actress

*November 20th, 1956, Long Beach

50

Ellen Schlootz

German film actor and stage actor

*November 20th, 1973, Wetzlar

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Public holidays on November 20th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on November 20th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1348 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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