At present is Wednesday, Nov. 20, the 325th day of 2024. There are 41 days left within the 12 months.
At present in historical past:
On Nov. 20, 1947, Britain’s future queen, Princess Elizabeth, married Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey.
Additionally on this date:
In 1910, Francisco Madero led a revolt in opposition to Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, marking the start of the decade-long Mexican Revolution.
In 1969, Native American activists started an occupation of Alcatraz Island that may final 19 months earlier than they have been forcibly eliminated by federal authorities.
In 1982, the College of California, Berkeley, soccer workforce defeated Stanford College by scoring a landing on a lateral-filled kickoff return on the final play of the sport, regardless of the Stanford marching band coming into the sector of play, considering Stanford had already received. In school soccer lore, the weird end is usually referred to easily as “The Play.”
In 1992, fireplace severely broken Windsor Fortress, the favourite weekend house of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II.
In 2003, document producer Phil Spector was charged with homicide within the taking pictures demise of an actor, Lana Clarkson, at his house in Alhambra, California. (Spector’s first trial ended with a hung jury in 2007; he was convicted of second-degree homicide in 2009.)
At present’s Birthdays:
Actor Estelle Parsons is 97.
Creator Don DeLillo is 88.
Comic Dick Smothers is 86.
President Joe Biden is 82.
Broadcast journalist Judy Woodruff is 78.
Musician Joe Walsh is 77.
Former nationwide safety adviser John Bolton is 76.
Actor Bo Derek is 68.
Actor Ming-Na Wen is 61.
Rapper Michael “Mike D” Diamond (Beastie Boys) is 59.
Actor-comedian Joel McHale is 53.
Nation singer Dierks Bentley is 49.
Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Dominique Dawes is 48.
Rapper Future is 41.