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1855–1905. Inventor. Folding "cabinet-bed", forerunner of the Murphy bed; first African-American woman to receive a patent in the United States. [ 81][ 82][ 83] Grant, George F. 1846–1910. Dentist, professor. The first African-American professor at Harvard, Boston dentist, and inventor of a wooden golf tee .
28 July 1946. 12 October 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI[ 59 ][ 60 ] She was the first woman of Indian origin to be canonised as a saint by the Catholic Church [ 61 ] Alphonsus Liguori [ 62 ] 27 September 1696. 1 August 1787. 26 May 1839 by Pope Gregory XVI[ 63 ][ 64 ] Doctor of Church [ 63 ] Alphonsus Rodriguez.
This is a list of selected November 20 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit.
1887–1995. 107. American stage actor, director, playwright, screenwriter and producer [ 1] Rosa Albach-Retty. 1874–1980. 105. Austrian film and stage actress [ 2] Jenny Alpha. 1910–2010.
Computer pioneer who helped calculate the trajectory for the 1969 Apollo 11 flight to the Moon. Dorothy Vaughan. Wilberforce. The first African-American woman to receive a promotion and supervise a group of staff at NASA. Mary Jackson. Hampton University. NASA 's first black female engineer. Lilian Lewis. Alpha.
August 20, 1919: 104 years, 365 days: American: Politician [48] Sister Jean: F: August 21, 1919: 104 years, 364 days: American: Catholic nun, Chaplain for the Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team [49] E. Gerald Meyer: M: November 2, 1919: 104 years, 291 days: American: Emeritus professor of chemistry [50] Maria Ehrenberg F: November 4, 1919: ...
November 13, 1982. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, commonly called the Vietnam Memorial, is a U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring service members of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam War. The two-acre (8,100 m 2) site is dominated by two black granite walls engraved with the names of those service members who died ...
Bo Derek (born Mary Cathleen Collins, November 20, 1956) [ 1] is an American actress. She began her career as a child model before deciding to pursue acting on the advice of a talent agent she met through the actress Ann-Margret, who was acquainted with both of her parents. [ 2] In 1972, [ 3] she was cast in the romantic drama film Once Upon a ...