November 20th, 1944

Born on November 20th, 1944

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

Born on November 20th, 1944

79

Eli Ben Rimoz

Israeli footballer

*November 20th, 1944, Israel

79

Anthea Stewart

Field hockey player

*November 20th, 1944, Blantyre

79

Hervé Bayard

French racing driver

*November 20th, 1944, Amiens

79

Donald DiFrancesco

American politician

*November 20th, 1944, Scotch Plains

79

Louie Dampier

American basketball player-coach

*November 20th, 1944, Indianapolis

79

Mike Vernon

British music executive studio owner and record producer

*November 20th, 1944, London Borough of Harrow

55

Klaus Weiß

German handball player

*November 20th, 1944, Wrocław †June 1st, 2000

66

Henk Alkema

Dutch composer, pianist and musicologist

*November 20th, 1944, Harlingen †August 4th, 2011

29

Wayne Maki

Ice hockey player

*November 20th, 1944, Sault Ste. Marie †May 12th, 1974

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

60

Ming-Na Wen

American actress and model

*November 20th, 1963, Coloane

31

Juju

German rapper

*November 20th, 1992, Berlin

63

Veronika Bellmann

German politician (CDU)

*November 20th, 1960, Chemnitz

33

Lee Dong-keun

Badminton player

*November 20th, 1990, Gwangmyeong

76

Bob Einstein

American comedian, actor (1942–2019)

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

96

Estelle Parsons

American actress

*November 20th, 1927, Marblehead

90

Nadine Gordimer

South African writer

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

75

John Bolton

American lawyer and diplomat

*November 20th, 1948, Baltimore

81

Selma Lagerlöf

Swedish writer

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

76

Joe Walsh

American rock musician

*November 20th, 1947, Wichita

42

Robert F. Kennedy

United States Senator from New York from 1965 to 1968

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

83

Arieh Warshel

Chemist, biochemist and biophysicist

*November 20th, 1940, Sde Nahum

85

Benoit Mandelbrot

Polish-born, French and American mathematician

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

80

Veronica Hamel

American actress (born 1943)

*November 20th, 1943, Philadelphia

39

Jeremy Jordan

American actor and singer (born 1984)

*November 20th, 1984, Corpus Christi

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

73

Helma Sanders-Brahms

German film director, screenwriter, producer and actress (1940–2014)

*November 20th, 1940, Emden †May 27th, 2014, Berlin

Same year
Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

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Leap year

Yes: 1944 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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