Born on 20 November 1953

At A Glance

20 November 1953 at a glance

Day of the week

20 November 1953 was a Friday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“Vaya con Dios” by Les Paul & Mary Ford was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1953

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1953 was Peter Pan.

Star sign

The star sign for 20 November is Scorpio.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 20 November 1953 fell in the Year of the Snake.

Birthstone

The birthstone for November is Topaz.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 20 November 1953 was Full Moon.

On this day: 20 November

• 1943 World War II: Battle of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic) begins: United States Marines land on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns.
• 1945 Nuremberg trials: Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals start at the Palace of Justice at Nuremberg.
• 1947 The Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen) marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
• 1959 The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the United Nations.
• 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation.

Famous people born on 20 November

• Joe Biden, American politician, 46th President of the United States (born 1942)
• Robert F. Kennedy, US Navy officer, lawyer, and politician, 64th United States Attorney General (1925–1968)
• Joe Walsh, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (born 1947)
• Ming-Na Wen, Chinese-American actress (born 1963)

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