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RE: November 20th

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The Essex was an American whaleship from Nantucket, Massachusetts.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46290316/whaleship-essex/

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The Voyager 1 primary mission ended on November 20, 1980
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot

The first suborbital Rokot test launch succeeded on 20 November 1990 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rokot

The Zarya module was launched on November 20, 1998
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46290327/the-zarya-module/

The first flight of the Boeing Delta IV family of rockets on 20 November 2002
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Booster_Core

The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission was launched into orbit on November 20, 2004
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_Gamma-Ray_Burst_Mission

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The Day After is a 1983 American television film that aired on November 20, 1983
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_After

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People

James Patrick "Mash" Dutton, Jr. (born November 20, 1968) is a NASA astronaut
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dutton_(astronaut)

William Weber Coblentz (November 20, 1873 - September 15, 1962) was an American physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Coblentz

Terry Lovejoy (born 20 November 1966) is an amateur astronomer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Lovejoy

Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 - September 28, 1953) was an American astronomer
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t21262829/edwin-hubble/

Benoît B. Mandelbrot (20 November 1924 - 14 October 2010) was a French American mathematician.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t38806146/benot-mandelbrot/

Willem Jacob van Stockum (November 20, 1910 - June 10, 1944) was a mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Jacob_van_Stockum

Sir William Timothy Gowers, FRS (born 20 November 1963) is a British mathematician.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Timothy_Gowers

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NGC Discovered

NGC 150 was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on the 20th November 1886.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55635599/ngc-150/

NGC 1744 was discovered by John Herschel on the 20th November 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55635494/ngc-1744/

NGC 2196 was discovered by William Herschel on the 20th November 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55635310/ngc-2196/

NGC 2482 was discovered by William Herschel on the 20th November 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55635843/ngc-2482/

NGC 2613 was discovered by William Herschel on the 20th November 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55635221/ngc-2613/

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Comet D/1884 O1 (Barnard 1) was last seen on November 20, 1884.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/177P/Barnard

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Meteorites

The Mauerkirchen (L6) meteorite fell in Oberosterreich, Austria, on the 20th November, 1768.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46290313/mauerkirchen-meteorite/

The Rakovka (L6) meteorite fell in Orlovskaya oblast', Russia, on the 20th November, 1878.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46290315/rakovka-meteorite/

The Malvern (Eucrite) meteorite fell in Free State, South Africa, on the 20th November, 1933.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46290333/malvern-meteorite/

The Raghunathpura (Iron) meteorite fell in Rajasthan, India, on the 20th November, 1986.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46290346/raghunathpura-meteorite/

The Buzzard Coulee (H4) meteorite fell in Saskatchewan, Canada, on the 20th November, 2008.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t22559124/alberta-fireball/