HISTORY QUIZ OF THE DAY (Nov-20)

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Nov 20, 1999 :: Amintore FANFANI :: Died this day, he was an politician and prime minister.

Nov 20, 1998 :: OSAMA BIN LADEN :: On this day, a court in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan declared him "a man " in regard to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in .

Nov 20, 1998 :: ZARYA :: Also known as the Functional Cargo Block or the FGB, it was the first module of the International to be launched on this day. The name "Zarya", meaning "Dawn" in Russian, was given to the FGB because it signified the dawn of a new era of in space.

Nov 20, 1994 :: LUSAKA PROTOCOL :: It was signed on this day by the government and UNITA rebels in Zambia, there by ending 19 years of .

Nov 20, 1985 :: Microsoft 1.0 :: It was released on this day.

Nov 20, 1979 :: MOSQUE SEIZURE :: On this day, about 200 Sunni Muslims revolted in Saudi Arabia at the site of the during the pilgrimage and took about 6000 hostages in the Kaaba. The Saudi government received help from to put down the uprising.

Nov 20, 1962 :: CUBAN :: It came to an end on this day as the Soviet Union agreed to remove its missiles from Cuba and U.S. President John F. Kennedy ended the quarantine of the Caribbean nation.

Nov 20, 1945 :: NUREMBERG Trials :: These were started against 24 Nazi war criminals on this day at the Nuremberg .

Nov 20, 1889 :: EDWIN HUBBLE :: Born this day, he was an American .

Nov 20, 1873 :: BUDAPEST :: It was formed on this day, by uniting the rival cities of to form the capital of Hungary.

Nov 20, 1858 :: Selma Ottilia Lovisa LAGERLOF :: born this day, she was a Swedish author. She was the to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Nov 20, 1851 :: MARGHERITA :: Born this day, she was a of Italy.

Nov 20, 1750 :: TIPU SULTAN :: Born this day, he was an Indian .

Nov 20, 1659 :: Chhatrapati SHIVAJI :: On this day, he killed , the General of Adil Shah of Bijapur.

Nov 20, 270 :: MAXIMINUS :: Born this day, he was a Emperor.