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Maine Fast Fact: Portland is the 20th largest fishing port in the United States.
Births:
- 1620: Peregrine White, first English child born in the Plymouth Colony
- 1889: Edwin Hubble, American astronomer
- 1900: Chester Gould, American cartoonist and creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip
- 1925: Robert F. Kennedy, American politician
- 1942: Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States
- 1946: Duane Allman, American musician, guitarist for the band The Allman Brothers Band
- 1965: Mike D., American musician, member of the hip-hop group Beastie Boys
- 1971: Joel McHale, American actor and comedian
- 1975: J.D. Drew, American baseball player
Deaths:
- 2006: Robert Altman, American film director, director of the movies MASH and Nashville
History:
- 1789: New Jersey become the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
- 1820: An 80-ton sperm whale attacks the Nantucket, Massachusetts whaling ship the Essex off the western coast of South America, which becomes the inspiration for Herman Melville’s 1851 novel Moby-Dick.
- 1910: The Mexican Revolution begins when citizens try to overthrow President Porfirio Diaz and the government of Mexico.
- 1917: Ukraine is declared a republic.
- 1945: The Nuremberg trials against 24 Nazi war criminals begins at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany.
- 1947: Princess Elizabeth II of England marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey in London.
- 1962: President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of Cuba in response to the Soviet Union agreeing to move its missiles, ending the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- 1966: The musical Cabaret opens on Broadway.
- 1985: Microsoft 1.0 is released.
- 1992: A fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, England, damaging the castle badly.
- 2001: President George W. Bush dedicates the United States Department of Justice headquarters building as the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building to honor the late Robert F. Kennedy on what would have been his 76th birthday.
- 2003: Michael Jackson is booked on suspicion of child molestation in Santa Barbara, California.
November 20 is Universal Children’s Day, a day to honor children and minors and it is Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day to commemorate those killed because of anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. It was founded in 1999 by Gwendolyn Ann Smith to honor Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was murdered in 1998.
It is Teacher’s Day in Vietnam. Students visit the teachers at their houses, plan trips and offer flowers and gifts to show respect. Brazil celebrates Zumbi Day today, also known as the Day of Black Consciousness to remember the injustices of slavery and celebrating the contributions to society by Brazilians of African descent. It is celebrated on the anniversary of the death of Zumbi, a black leader in Brazil during the 17th century. Today is also the 99th anniversary of the beginning of the Mexican Revolution.
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