Today In History
Today is Saturday, Nov. 20, the 324th day of 2021. There are 41 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 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.)
ON THIS DATE
› 1789: New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
› 1947: Britain’s future queen, Princess Elizabeth, married Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey.
› 1967: The U.S. Census Bureau’s Population Clock at the Commerce Department ticked past 200 million.
› 1976: The boxing drama “Rocky,” starring Sylvester Stallone, premiered in New York.
› 1985: The first version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system, Windows 1.0, was officially released.
› 2000: Lawyers for Al Gore and George W. Bush battled before the Florida Supreme Court over whether the presidential election recount should be allowed to continue.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Actor Estelle Parsons is 94. Comedian Dick Smothers is 83. President Joe Biden is 79. Singer Norman Greenbaum is
79. Actor Veronica Hamel is 78. Broadcast journalist Judy Woodruff is 75. Singer Joe Walsh is 74. Actor Richard Masur is
73. Opera singer Barbara Hendricks is 73. Former national security adviser John Bolton is 73. Actor Bo Derek is 65. Pianist Jim Brickman is 60. Actor Ming-Na is 58. Actor Ned Vaughn is 57. Rapper Mike D (The Beastie Boys) is 56. Rapper Sen Dog (Cypress Hill) is 56. Actor Callie Thorne is
52. Actor Sabrina Lloyd is 51. Actor Joel McHale is 50. Actor Marisa Ryan is 47. Country singer Dierks Bentley is 46. Actor Joshua Gomez is
46. Actor Laura Harris is
45. Olympic gold medal gymnast Dominique Dawes is 45. Country singer Josh Turner is 44. Actor Jeremy Jordan is
37. Actor Dan Byrd is 36. Actor Ashley Fink is 35. Rock musician Jared Followill (Kings of Leon) is
35. Actor Jaina Lee Ortiz is 35. Actor Cody Linley is
32. Pop musician Michael Clifford (5 Seconds of Summer) is 26.