Talk:November 20
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November 20: Zumbi Day in Brazil, Revolution Day in Mexico, Teacher's Day in Vietnam.
- 284 - Diocletian became Roman Emperor.
- 1700 - Great Northern War: Forces led by King Charles XII of Sweden defeated the Russian army of Tsar Peter the Great in the Battle of Narva.
- 1910 - Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero (pictured) promulgated the San Luis Plan, starting a revolt against President Porfirio Díaz.
- 1945 - The Nuremberg Trials against 24 leading Nazis involved in the Holocaust and various war crimes during World War II began in Nuremberg, Germany.
- 1998 - Zarya, the first module of the International Space Station, was launched on a Proton rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
Recent days: November 19 – November 18 – November 17
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Not sure where this goes -- I hope here's a good place. Does it really make sense to list Trofim Lysenko as a "biologist"? I mean, he proclaimed to be one, but mostly he seemsed to be a charlatan and politically expedient media-darling. Shouldn't terms like "biologist" (or "scientist" in general) be reserved for folks who actually study biology, allow data to refute ideas, perform controlled experiments etc? The closest term to Lysenko I can come up with is "mage", and I think for 20th-century characters we should have more stringent requirements before they can be called "(any kind of) scientist", no? I don't feel strongly enough about this to edit it myself, though; just some food for thought. Iron Condor 20:43, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
Jodie Foster's November 19th birthday is mistakenly listed on the November 20th page. --Anon
- She's removed now. :-) And next time, feel free to be bold and make the change yourself! Happy editing, Jwrosenzweig 00:43, 20 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Removed:
- 1957 - United States Secretary of Defense Neil McElroy proposes ARPA.
Could not be confirmed. --mav 01:21, 20 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Removed:
- 1978 - A military coup, dubbed Operación Galaxia is foiled in Spain (The exact day is questionable).
The date isn't the only problem; I couldn't confirm it even happened! --mav 01:21, 20 Nov 2003 (UTC)
- It didn't happen. It was foiled! But real military people was arrested. I don't remember the dates. It is named after the Cafetería Galaxia near the Universidad Complutense. It is told that the coup planners met at that cafe. -- Error 02:14, 20 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Removed:
- 1984 - The 50-billionth McDonald's hamburger is made.
Could not be confirmed outside of 'this day in history'-type pages (very bad source). It is trivia anyway (1 billion and 100 billion would be OK, I guess). --mav 01:21, 20 Nov 2003 (UTC)
