November 20th, 1979

Born on November 20th, 1979

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What happened on November 20th, 1979?

November 20th, 1979

Grand Mosque seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6,000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from Pakistani special forces to put down the uprising.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Mosque_seizure

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Mosque_seizure

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on November 20th, 1979

44

Hend Sabry

Tunisian actress

*November 20th, 1979, Tunis

44

Arpad Šterbik

Spanish handball player

*November 20th, 1979, Senta

44

Hassan Mostafa

Egyptian footballer

*November 20th, 1979, Giza

44

Anastasiya Kapachinskaya

Russian sprinter

*November 20th, 1979, Moscow

44

Naide Gomes

Santomese/Portuguese athlete

*November 20th, 1979, São Tomé

44

Kateryna Burmistrova

Ukrainian Olympic wrestler

*November 20th, 1979, Sumy

44

Maree Bowden

New Zealand netball player

*November 20th, 1979, Clyde

44

Lino Urdaneta

Venezuelan baseball player

*November 20th, 1979, Caracas

44

Bojana Popović

Montenegrin handball player

*November 20th, 1979, Niš

44

Dmitri Bulykin

Russian association football player

*November 20th, 1979, Moscow

44

Freya Lim

Malaysian singer

*November 20th, 1979, Taipei

44

Julia Krynke

British actress

*November 20th, 1979, Opole

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Who's birthday is on November 20th?

49

Marina Andrievskaia

Badminton player

*November 20th, 1974, Moscow

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

31

Juju

German rapper

*November 20th, 1992, Berlin

33

Lee Dong-keun

Badminton player

*November 20th, 1990, Gwangmyeong

39

Jeremy Jordan

American actor and singer (born 1984)

*November 20th, 1984, Corpus Christi

43

Jacob Pitts

American actor

*November 20th, 1980, Weston

60

Ming-Na Wen

American actress and model

*November 20th, 1963, Coloane

42

Andrea Riseborough

British actress

*November 20th, 1981, Wallsend

63

Veronika Bellmann

German politician (CDU)

*November 20th, 1960, Chemnitz

41

Rémi Mathis

French historian and librarian

*November 20th, 1982, Besançon

43

Ana Caterina Morariu

Actress

*November 20th, 1980, Cluj-Napoca

41

Margo Stilley

American actress

*November 20th, 1982, Bear Creek

39

Halley Feiffer

American actress

*November 20th, 1984, New York City

81

Selma Lagerlöf

Swedish writer

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

45

Nadine Velazquez

American actress and model

*November 20th, 1978, Chicago

47

Tusshar Kapoor

Indian actor and producer

*November 20th, 1976, Mumbai

52

Joel McHale

American actor and comedian

*November 20th, 1971, Rome

49

Drew Ginn

Australian rower and cyclist

*November 20th, 1974, Leongatha

45

Fran Perea

Spanish actor and singer

*November 20th, 1978, Málaga

42

Kimberley Walsh

British singer and actress

*November 20th, 1981, Bradford

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Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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