Friday, November 20, 2026
ephemeris of the day
Name day
Today's name day is:
EdmundAstrological sign: Scorpio (October 23 - November 22)
Festivals and international days on November 20:
- Universal Children's Day
- Africa Industrialization Day
- Oman National Day
- World Children's Day
See also: November 19 - November 21 - All days of 2026
November 1-30: Movember, the moustache celebration
November 9-20: COP31, United Nations Climate Change Conference, Antalya (Turkey)
November 15-22: ATP Tour Finals, Turin (Italy)
November 19-21: Las Vegas Formula 1 Grand Prix (United States)
November 20-29: LA Auto Show, Los Angeles (USA)
November 20, 1917: Beginning of the Battle of Cambrai in northern France. This battle is the first in which the British used tanks en masse.
November 20, 1945: Opening in Germany of the trial of 24 leading officials of the Third Reich at Nuremberg.
November 20, 1947: Elizabeth of England, future Queen of the United Kingdom, marries Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, her first cousin, with whom she had fallen in love at age 13. She will become queen on February 6, 1952.
November 20, 1959: Proclamation by the UN General Assembly of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child.