Today In History
Today is Friday, Nov. 20, the 325th day of 2020. There are 41 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1967: The U.S. Census Bureau’s Population Clock at the Commerce Department ticked past 200 million.
ON THIS DATE
› 1620: Peregrine White was born aboard the Mayflower in Massachusetts Bay; he was the first child born of English parents in present-day New England.
› 1945: Twenty-two former Nazi officials went on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. (Almost a year later, the International Military Tribune sentenced 12 of the defendants to death; seven received prison sentences ranging from 10 years to life; three were acquitted.)
› 1984: Pop star Michael Jackson was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with the unveiling of his star in front of a horde of screaming fans.
› 1985: The first version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system, Windows 1.0, was officially released.
› 2009: Holding back tears, Oprah Winfrey told her studio audience that she would end her talk show in 2011 after a quarter-century on the air.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Actor Estelle Parsons is 93. Comedian Dick Smothers is 82. President-elect Joe Biden is 78. Singer Norman Greenbaum is 78. Actor Veronica Hamel is 77. Broadcast journalist Judy Woodruff is 74. Former national security adviser John Bolton is 72. Actor Bo Derek is 64. Former NFL player Mark Gastineau is 64. Reggae musician Jimmy Brown (UB40) is 63. Actor Sean Young is 61. Pianist Jim Brickman is 59. Actor Ming-Na is 57. Actor Ned Vaughn is 56. Rapper Mike D (The Beastie Boys) is 55. Rapper Sen Dog (Cypress Hill) is 55. Actor Callie Thorne is
51. Actor Sabrina Lloyd is
50. Actor Joel McHale is
49. Actor Marisa Ryan is
46. Country singer Dierks Bentley is 45. Country singer Josh Turner is 43. Actor Nadine Velazquez is 42. Actor Jacob Pitts is
41. Actor Andrea Riseborough is 39. Actor Jeremy Jordan is 36. Actor Dan Byrd is 35. Actor Ashley Fink is 34. Rock musician Jared Followill (Kings of Leon) is 34. Actor Jaina Lee Ortiz is 34. Pop musician Michael Clifford (5 Seconds of Summer) is 25.