November 20th is celebrated as Absurdity Day & Name Your PC Day.
We are now on day 324 out of 365, and only have 41 days left of the year.
If you were born on this day, your zodiac sign is Scorpio.
So, you want to know all about November 20th, do you? Well you’re in the right place as you’re about to learn about some important past events that happened on this day.
Did you know that on this day in 1939, DC Comics released the first issue of the Flash Comics? As well as the adventures of the titular Flash, the magazine featured various other superheroes as well.
Keep reading for more facts about November 20th in history!
What Happened On November 20 In History?
2019
Snake fossils found in Rio Negro Province, Argentina showed snakes with hind legs that lived over 70 million years ago.
French inventor Pierre Lallement was awarded his patent for a pedal bicycle.
Lallement moved to Connecticut, USA, in July 1865, where he continued to develop his designs for a rotary crank bicycle. Lallement was funded by James Carroll and filed the first and only American patent application for the pedal-bicycle in April 1866.
Zumbi, the last of the Quilombo dos Palmares kings, was killed.
The Afro-Brazilian King Zumbi was known for his great powers and possibly immortality as he was believed to have been a demigod. He fought for the Palmares' independence, and after many battles with the Brazillian Indian fighters, he was killed, then decapitated on this day.
Roman soldier Diocletian was appointed the new Roman Emperor after Roman Emperor Carus’s death.
Diocletian was born into a low-status family; however, he rose through military ranks and became a cavalry commander of Emperor Carus's army. Following the death of Carus and his son Numerianus, the army named Diocletian the new emperor.
Did you know that on this day, November 20th 1939, DC Comics released the first issue of the Flash Comics?