Following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 20
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1917 - A British force including 324 tanks struck at the German lines at Cambrai, the first big battle to involve tanks. The British made no gains and lost 43,000 casualties.
1925 - Queen Alexandra, daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark and widow of King Edward VII of Britain, died.
1928 - Hungary signs up with Axis powers.
1945 - Twenty-four German World War Two leaders went on trial for war crimes in Nuremberg.
1947 - Princess Elizabeth, heir to the British throne, married Prince Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey.
1975 - General Francisco Franco, who had ruled Spain since the end of the Civil War, died.
1992 - Fire swept through British Queen Elizabeth's residence at Windsor Castle, extensively damaging its ancient fabric.
1995 - Polish President Lech Walesa, seeking a second term, was defeated by ex-Communist Aleksander Kwasniewski.
1998 - Russia launched the first module of the $60 billion International Space Station from the Baikonur cosmodrome.
2000 - Embattled Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori formally submitted his resignation.
2015 - Hostage siege in a luxury hotel in Bamako, Mali leaves 20 dead, ends as commandos storm the building and free 170 hostages.
