November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 41 days remaining.
Events:
Births:
- 1625 - Paulus Potter, painter (+ 1654)
- 1669 - Susannah Annesley[?], mother of Methodist founders John and Charles Wesley.
- 1858 - Selma Lagerlöf, author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature 1909 (+ 1940)
- 1866 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge and first baseball commissioner (+ 1944)
- 1879 - Albert S. Reitz[?], American Baptist evangelist
- 1884 - Norman Thomas, U.S. social reformer
- 1889 - Edwin Hubble, astronomer
- 1896 - Wilfrid Laurier, seventh Prime Minister of Canada
- 1908 - Alastair Cooke[?], television host
- 1912 - Otto von Habsburg, scion of the Austrian imperial family
- 1913 - Judy Canova[?], actress (+ 1983)
- 1914 - Emilio Pucci[?], fashion designer (+ 1992)
- 1917 - Robert Byrd, U.S. politician
- 1919 - Evelyn Keyes[?], actress
- 1921 - Jim Garrison, assassination detective, author, politician (+ 1992)
- 1923 - Nadine Gordimer, author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature 1992
- 1924 - Benoît Mandelbrot, mathematician
- 1925 - Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. politician (+ 1968)
- 1927 - Estelle Parsons[?], actress
- 1932 - Richard Dawson, actor, game show host
- 1936 - Don DeLillo, U.S. author
- 1937 - René Kollo[?], tenor
- 1939 - Dick Smothers, comedian, half of the Smothers Brothers
- 1946 - Duane Allman[?], musician (+ 1971)
- 1947 - Joe Walsh[?], musician
- 1956 - Bo Derek[?], actress
- 1959 - Sean Young[?], actress
- 1960 - Cathy Moriarty[?], actress
- 1962 - Jodie Foster, actress
- 1970 - Delia Gonzalez, world champion boxer
Deaths:
Holidays and Observances:
See Also:
November 19 - November 21 - October 20 - December 20 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July,
August, September, October, November, December