20 November
Wiki meme stolen from the_grynne:
Enter your date of birth, then pick 4 events, 3 births, two deaths, and one holiday.
Enter your date of birth, then pick 4 events, 3 births, two deaths, and one holiday.
- Events:
- 1407 - A truce between John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans is agreed under the auspices of John, Duke of Berry. Orléans would be assassinated three days later by Burgundy.
- 1820 - An 80-ton sperm whale attacks the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts) 2,000 miles from the western coast of South America (Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick was in part inspired by this story).
- 1985 - Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.
- 1998 - The first module of the International Space Station, Zarya, is launched.
- Births:
- 1851 - Queen Margherita of Italy.
- 1915 - Kon Ichikawa, iconic Japanese film director.
- 1966 - Jill Thompson, American comic book writer and artist.
- Deaths:
- 1518 - Marmaduke Constable, English soldier.
- 1980 - John McEwen, 18th Prime Minister of Australia.
- Holiday:
- United Kingdom - Wedding day of Queen Elizabeth II (1947), and official flag day.