This Day in History: November 20, 2024
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1789
New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
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1910
Francisco Madero began an armed revolt against the president of Mexico, Porfirio Diaz.
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1945
The war crimes trials of 24 German World War II leaders began in Nuremberg, Germany.
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1947
The future Queen Elizabeth II married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Ediburgh.
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1962
President John F. Kennedy agreed to lift the American blockade of Cuba, ending the Cuban missile crisis.
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1975
Spain's General Francisco Franco died.
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2000
Peru's president Alberto Fujimori resigned.
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