Talk:November 20

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November 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance Graffiti from the occupation of Alcatraz 284 – Diocletian became Roman emperor, eventually establishing reforms that ended the Crisis of the Third Century. 1739 – War of Jenkins' Ear: A British naval force arrived at the settlement of Portobello in the Spanish Main, capturing it the next day. 1969 – A group of Native American activists began a 19-month occupation (graffiti pictured) of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. 1979 – Armed insurgents attacked and took over the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, declaring that one of their leaders was the Mahdi, the prophesied redeemer of Islam. 1994 – In accordance with the Lusaka Protocol, the Angolan government signed a ceasefire with UNITA rebels in a failed attempt to end the Angolan Civil War. Carl Axel Arrhenius (d. 1824) Benoit Mandelbrot (b. 1924) Meredith Whitney (b. 1969) Ancel Keys (d. 2004) More anniversaries: November 19 November 20 November 21

Trofim Lysenko

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

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)

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Removed:

• 1957 - United States Secretary of Defense Neil McElroy proposes ARPA.

Could not be confirmed. --mav 01:21, 20 Nov 2003 (UTC)

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• 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)

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• 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) Out of curiosity: did that include all varieties of hamburgers sold or just the simple, little, plain "hamburger"? Esaons (talk) 14:23, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

I wouldn't say, that the New York Times is a "bad Source" ^^ -- Hartmann Schedel ^cheers 00:43, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

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Death of Ana Maria Perez at age 119. "State authorities applied about three years ago to have Perez declared the world's oldest woman by the Guinness Book of World Records, but the attempt foundered when officials could not raise enough money for a Guinness judge to visit and confirm the claim, Yanez said." Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34049277/ns/world_news-americas/ Esaons (talk) 14:23, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Without an article she should not be included. Lkjhgfdsa 0 (talk) 18:54, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Francisco Franco

What is the reason for including people? Francisco Franco is probably more (in)famous than 99 % of people in the "Deaths" section. 91.154.234.194 (talk) 17:05, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

holidays and observances

Is an "observance" included here if it is celebrated by only one state or province of a country? Is that significant enough? --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 17:07, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

Declaration of the Rights of the Child

OK … this page tells us the UN adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child on 20th November, 1959.

However? The Wikipedia entry on the Declaration, says it was adopted on the 10th December, 1959.

Can someone check this, and correct as needed? I can’t find anything, online, one way or the other.

13:08, 3 November 2022 (UTC) Cuddy2977 (talk) 13:08, 3 November 2022 (UTC)