On This Day November 20th is the 324th day of 2013 with 41 days remaining of the year. 1789 - New Jersey becomes first state to ratify Bill of Rights. 1862 - Confederate army of Tennessee, organizes under General Braxton Bragg. 1923 - Garrett Morgan invents and patents the traffic signal. 1938 - First documented anti-Semitic remarks over US radio (by Father Coughlin). 1943 - US forces land on Tarawa and Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Islanda. 1953 - Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, first to break Mach 2 (1300mph). 1962 - US lifts blockade of Cuba. 1967 - At 11 AM, Census Clock at US Department of Commerce ticks past 200 million. 1969 - In Southern West Virginia, a magnitude 4.5 earthquake occurs. This is the largest known historical earthquake in West Virginia. 1974 - The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T, which leads to the break up of AT&T and its Bell System. 1983 - In the U.S., an estimated 100 million people watch the controversial made-for-television movie The Day After, depicting a nuclear war and its effects on the United States. 1984 - SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) is founded. 1985 - Microsoft ships Microsoft Windows for the IBM PC, for US$100. It is delivered two years after the initial announcement of the product. 2005 - The Washington Post rebukes journalist Bob Woodward over his conduct in the US Central Intelligence Agency leak probe. 2006 - Lee High School bus crash kills four students in Huntsville, Alabama.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 15:30:11 +0000