Today in History: November 20, Princess Elizabeth marries Prince Philip

Today is Wednesday, Nov. 20, the 325th time of 2024. There are 41 days near successful the year.

Today successful history:

On Nov. 20, 1947, Britain’s aboriginal queen, Princess Elizabeth, joined Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, astatine Westminster Abbey.

Also connected this date:

In 1910, Francisco Madero led a revolt against Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, marking the opening of the decade-long Mexican Revolution.

In 1945, 22 erstwhile Nazi officials went connected proceedings earlier an planetary warfare crimes tribunal successful Nuremberg, Germany. (Almost a twelvemonth later, the International Military Tribune sentenced 12 of the defendants to death; 7 received situation sentences ranging from 10 years to life; 3 were acquitted.)

In 1969, Native American activists began an concern of Alcatraz Island that would past 19 months earlier they were forcibly removed by national authorities.

In 1982, the University of California, Berkeley, shot squad defeated Stanford University by scoring a touchdown connected a lateral-filled kickoff instrumentality connected the past play of the game, contempt the Stanford marching set entering the tract of play, reasoning Stanford had already won. In assemblage shot lore, the bizarre decorativeness is often referred to simply arsenic “The Play.”

In 1992, occurrence earnestly damaged Windsor Castle, the favourite play location of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II.

In 2003, grounds shaper Phil Spector was charged with execution successful the shooting decease of an actor, Lana Clarkson, astatine his location successful Alhambra, California. (Spector’s archetypal proceedings ended with a hung assemblage successful 2007; helium was convicted of second-degree execution successful 2009.)

Today’s Birthdays:

• Actor Estelle Parsons is 97.
• Author Don DeLillo is 88.
• Comedian Dick Smothers is 86.
• President Joe Biden is 82.
• Broadcast writer Judy Woodruff is 78.
• Musician Joe Walsh is 77.
• Former nationalist information advisor John Bolton is 76.
• Actor Bo Derek is 68.
• Actor Ming-Na Wen is 61.
• Rapper Michael “Mike D” Diamond (Beastie Boys) is 59.
• Actor-comedian Joel McHale is 53.
• Country vocalist Dierks Bentley is 49.
• Olympic golden medal-winning gymnast Dominique Dawes is 48.
• Rapper Future is 41.