November 20 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for November 20
In the headlines today:

2004	'Swift,' a $250 million, fast-spinning observatory to scan the universe for black holes, is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1995	In a BBC TV interview, Princess Diana admits to being unfaithful to Prince Charles.
1990	The NASA space shuttle Atlantis lands at Cape Canaveral, Florida, after a secret military mission.
1984	Pop music star Michael Jackson adds his hand prints to the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of Mann's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles.
1984	The McDonald's fast food restaurant chain celebrates the serving of its 50 billionth hamburger, in New York City.
1975	Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco dies, at age 82.
1969	The US government disallows household use of the pesticide DDT.
1966	The musical, Cabaret, starring Joel Grey, opens on Broadway.
1960	Actor Clark Gable dies of a heart attack at age 59.
1947	The future Queen of Britain, Princess Elizabeth, marries Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey in London.
1919	Tucson, AZ, residents celebrate the opening of the first municipal airport in the US.
1914	US passport application procedures changed to require a photograph of the applicant.

Born today:

1967 Ming-Na - actress

1965 Mike D - singer (Beastie Boys)

1962 Todd Nance - drummer (Widespread Panic)

1959 Sean Young - actress

1957 Jimmy Brown - drummer (UB40)

1956 Mark Gastineau - football player

1956 Bo Derek - actress

1948 Richard Masur - actor

1947 Joe Walsh - guitarist, singer (James Gang, The Eagles)

1947 George Grantham - drummer (Poco)

1946 Ray Stiles - bassist (Mud)

1943 Veronica Hamel - actress

1942 Norman Greenbaum - singer

1940 Tony Butala - singer (The Lettermen)

1939 Dick Smothers - comedian, actor (The Smothers Brothers)

1932 Richard Dawson - actor, TV host

1927 Estelle Parsons - actress (Oscar® winner, 1967)

1926 Kaye Ballard - actress

1925 Robert Kennedy - US Attorney General (assassinated 6/05/1968)

1920 Gene Tierney - actress

1917 Evelyn Keyes - actress

1914 Emilio Pucci - fashion designer

1908 Alistair Cooke - author, TV host

1900 Chester Gould - cartoonist (Dick Tracy)

1889 Edwin Powell Hubble - astronomer

1841 Wilfred Laurier - Canadian Premier (1896-1911)

Born today? Your sign of the Zodiac is:

Scorpio

(The Scorpion)