This day in History: November 20

This day in History: November 20
This day in History: November 20

1789
New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.

1910
Francisco Madero began an armed revolt against the president of Mexico, Porfirio Diaz.

1945
The war crimes trials of 24 German World War II leaders began in Nuremberg, Germany.

1947
The future Queen Elizabeth II married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Ediburgh.

1962
President John F. Kennedy agreed to lift the American blockade of Cuba, ending the Cuban missile crisis.

1975
Spain's General Francisco Franco died.

2000

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