November 20 in History
20 November in History – 96 years ago

Northern Eurasia 1929: 1929 Sino-Soviet Conflict
By 1929, Chiang Kaishek's Nationalists were rapidly reunifying China. With Chiang's backing,... SEE MORE…
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Ending on 20 November 1542
All Events on 20 November
starts
1945
Nuremberg Trials prosecute former Nazi leadership for war crimes
ends
1945
Battle of Surabaya
starts
1943
US takes Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands
starts
1943
US takes Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands
1942
Axis powers abandon siege of Malta
ends
1942
Axis air and sea offensive against Malta
ends
1929
Soviet Union invades Manchuria
1917
Ukrainian republic proclaimed
starts
1917
British offensive at Cambrai (using tanks)
1894
Nicaragua annexes Mosquito Reserve
starts
1894
Japan captures Lushunkou on Liaodong Peninsula
1815
France reduced to 1790 borders
1813
Netherlands liberated from France
ends
1542
Taíno population collapses in wake of Spanish arrival
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111
Galatia combined with Cappadocia*
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18
Jewish state in Parthian Babylonia*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 20 November for purposes of Omniatlas
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