History Blog

November 20

Happy Birthday RIP Robert F. Kennedy(1925–1968) Franklin Cover(1928–2006) “Richard Dawson”(Colin Emm 1932–2012) Catherine Balotta(“Kaye Ballard” 1925–2019 Richard “Dick” Smothers–80 Joseph Biden Jr–77 Veronica Hamel–76 Joseph Walsh–72 “Bo Derek”(Mary Collins)–63 Joel McHale–48 David O’Donnell–45 ;  1947– The Princess Elizabeth married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London (later Queen Elizabeth II) ; 1966 – The musical “Cabaret,” with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, opened on Broadway ; 1974 – The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T Corporation. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System