History for November 20

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Edwin Hubble 1889 - American astronomer, Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) 1925 - Politician, Richard Remick "Dick" Smothers 1939 - Actor, comedian, composer, musician (The Smothers Brothers) 


Joe Biden 1942 - U.S. Vice President, Veronica Hamel 1943 - Actress ("Hill Street Blues"), Bo Derek 1956 - Actress ("10") 


1943 - During World War II, U.S. Marines began their landing on Tarawa and Makin atolls in the Gilbert Islands.


1945 - 24 Nazi leaders went before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.


1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis ended. The Soviet Union removed its missiles and bombers from Cuba and the U.S. ended its blockade of the island.


1970 - The majority in U.N. General Assembly voted to give China a seat, but two-thirds majority required for admission was not met.


1977 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to address Israel's parliament.


1980 - On Jefferson Island, Louisiana, an oil rig in Lake Pigneur pierced the top of the salt dome beneath the island. The freshwater lake completely drained within a few hours. The Delcambre Canal reversed flow and two days later the previous freshwater lake was a 1,300-foot-deep saltwater lake.


1983 - An estimated 100 million people watched the controversial ABC-TV movie "The Day After." The movie depicted the outbreak of nuclear war.


1998 - Afghanistan's Taliban militia offered Osama bin Laden safe haven. Osama bin Laden had been accused of orchestrating two U.S. embassy bombings in Africa and later terrorist attacks on New York City and the Pentagon.