Today in History for 20th November 2017:
Historical Events
1759 – -22] Battle in Bay of Quiberon, British beat French
1888 – Willard Bundy patents timecard clock
1917 – First successful tank use in battle (Britain breaks through German lines) at Battle of Cambrai WWI
1966 – Dallas sacks Pittsburgh QBs an NFL record 12 times
1980 – United Artists withdraws $ 44 million movie “Heaven’s Gate” for re-editing
1990 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher fails to defeat Michael Heseltine’s bid for leadership of the Conservative Party
Famous Birthdays
270 – Maximinus, Roman Emperor (d. 313)
1929 – Kenneth DeWitt Schermerhorn, conductor (Amer Ballet), born in Schenectady, New York
1949 – Juha Mieto, Finland, 15KM skier (Olympic silver 1980)
1952 – John Van Boxmeer, National Hockey League player
1967 – Teoman, Turkish rock singer
1999 – Princess Sofia of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family
Famous Deaths
1612 – John Harington, English writer (b. 1561)
1750 – Wilhelmus Schortinghuis, theologist (Christian religion), dies at 50
1973 – Allan Sherman, parodist (Camp Granada, Harvey and Sheila), dies at 48
1977 – Maxie Wander, writer, dies
1997 – Robert Palmer, rock critic, dies at 52
2009 – Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer (b. 1925)