On this day: 20 November

Selected events and births on 20 November, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1947 – Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King George VI, married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who was given the title Duke of Edinburgh. Read more: Elizabeth II George VI Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten
• 1985 – Windows 1.0, the first version of Microsoft Windows available to the public, was released. Read more: Windows 1.0 Microsoft Windows

Born on this day

• 1942 – Joe Biden, American politician, 46th President of the United States Read more: Joe Biden President of the United States
• 1948 – John R. Bolton, American lawyer and diplomat, 25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations Read more: John Bolton List of ambassadors of the United States to the United Nations
• 1951 – David Walters, American businessman and politician, 24th Governor of Oklahoma Read more: David Walters Governor of Oklahoma
• 1953 – Nirmal Selvamony, Indian Tamil academician and ecocritic Read more: Nirmal Selvamony Tamils Ecocriticism
• 1957 – Goodluck Jonathan, President of Nigeria Read more: Goodluck Jonathan President of Nigeria
• 1962 – Peng Liyuan, wife of Xi Jinping Read more: Peng Liyuan Xi Jinping
• 1970 – Matt Blunt, American lieutenant and politician, 54th Governor of Missouri Read more: Matt Blunt List of governors of Missouri
• 1972 – Tatiana Turanskaya, Transnistrian politician Read more: Tatiana Turanskaya Transnistria
• 1976 – Tusshar Kapoor, Indian Bollywood actor and producer Read more: Tusshar Kapoor Hindi cinema
• 2001 – Caty McNally, American tennis player Read more: Caty McNally
• 2001 – Adrien Truffert, French footballer Read more: Adrien Truffert
• 2002 – Madisyn Shipman, American actress Read more: Madisyn Shipman

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