Today In History

On This Day: November 20, 2009

Birthdays:

1908	Alistair Cooke, Journalist and broadcaster
1917	Bobby Locke, South African golfer who won the British open four times
1920	Dulcie Gray, Actress,playwright and authoress
1920	Michael Alexander, Writer and explorer
1922	Johnny Leach, Former world table-tennis champion
1925	Robert Kennedy, Younger brother of the Assassinated J F Kennedy
1940	Tony Butalo, Of the Pop group 'The Lettermen'
1965	Mike D, Of the Pop group 'The Beastie Boys'

Events:

1805	In Vienna, Beethovens 'Fidelio' was performed for the first time
1910	Leo Tolstoy, author of the epic book 'War And Peace', died
1945	The Nuremburg war crimes tribunal began it's hearings, with 24 Nazi leaders on trial, including Hess & Goering
1947	The then Princess Elizabeth married Prince Philip in Westminster Abbey
1990	Margaret Thatcher failed by four votes, to gain outright victory over Michael Heseltine, for leadership of the Conservative Party
1992	Fire severely damaged the 'Brunswick Tower', at Windsor Castle
1999	Federal Government deploys thousands of soldiers to Odi in Bayelsa State, to arrest those who killed a total of 12 policemen in and around the town earlier in the month; entire community destroyed and
1999	Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) holds its first post-election national convention; elects Barnabas Gemade as new party chairman.