Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
1. | 1407 | A truce between John the Fearless, Duke 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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