Saturday, November 20, 2010

November 20

Track Year Event Artist Song Album

1.

1407

A truce between John the FearlessDuke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans is agreed under the auspices ofJohn, Duke of Berry. Orléans would be assassinated three days later by Burgundy.

Stevie Wonder

Sir Duke

Songs in the Key of Life

2.

1820

An 80-ton sperm whale attacks the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts) 2,000 miles from the western coast ofSouth America (Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick is in part inspired by this story).

Dub Narcotic Sound

Fudgy the Whale

Sideways Soul

3.

1945

Nuremberg Trials: Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals start at the Palace of Justice at Nuremberg.

Verbal Assault

Trial

Trial

4.

1974

The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T. This suit later leads to the break up of AT&T and its Bell System.

Throwdown

Trust

You Don't Have to Be Blood to Be Family

5.

2001

In Washington, D.C., U.S. President George W. Bush dedicates the United States Department of Justice headquarters building as the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building, honoring the late Robert F. Kennedy on what would have been his 76th birthday.

Marcie Blane

Bobby's Girl

Bobby's Girl

6.

N/A

Universal Children's Day (International)

Marvin Gaye

Save the Chilrden

What's Going On



(Historical facts about November 20 are from Wikipedia.)

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