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November 20, 1945
Twenty-four high-ranking Nazis go on trial in Nuremberg, Germany, for atrocities committed during World War II.The Nuremberg Trials were conducted... MORE >
1820: American vessel sunk by sperm whale
1947: Princess Elizabeth marries Philip Mountbatten
1789: New Jersey ratifies the Bill of Rights
1959: British Anglia comes to America
1990: Nation's oldest driver dies
1864: : Sherman on the move
1948: American consul in China held "hostage" by communists
1945: Trials open at Nuremberg
1968: Explosions rock West Virginia coal mine
1952: Sinatra screen-tests for From Here to Eternity
1962: Jodie Foster born
1875: Henry James' first novel is published
1843: Blacksnake Hills trading post is renamed St. Joseph
1962: Kennedy announces fair housing legislation
1982: Cal beats Stanford as band blocks field
1967: Students Demonstrate Against Dow Chemical Company
1969: Seymour Hersh files follow-up to My Lai story
1917: British launch surprise tank attack at Cambrai
1945: Nuremberg war-crimes trials begin
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