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On this day in history 20 Nov

284
Roman General Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by the armies of the East and West after the death of Carinus at the Battle of the Margus

1272
Edward I is proclaimed King of England after the death of his father, Henry III, takes two years to return to England from the Ninth Crusade

1914
US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports

1917
First successful use of a tank in battle at the Battle of Cambrai in World War I as Britain uses the new technology to break through German lines

1917
Ukrainian Republic declared

1919
1st municipally owned airport in US opens in Tucson, Arizona

1922
Zoe Akins' play "Texas Nightingale" premieres in NYC

1923
American inventor Garrett Morgan patents his traffic signal design, adding a caution between 'stop and 'go', an important development in automobile safety

1974
The US files antitrust suit to break-up AT&T

1975
Ronald Reagan announces candidacy for Republican nomination for US President

2022
World's longest-serving president, authoritarian leader Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, 80, wins re-election in Equatorial Guinea, extending his 43-year rule

Born on this day 20 Nov

1963
Macau-born actress (Mulan, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D), born in Coloane Island, Macau

1969
Callie Thorne, American actress (Necessary Roughness), born in Boston, Massachusetts

JOTD

I told my boss three companies were after me and I needed a raise to stay. He asked which companies, and I said, “Gas, Electric, and Cable.”