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Home > Learning Calendar > This Day > November 20th

    N O V E M B E R     20th    
November 2000
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Native American Month

Activities to Celebrate Native American Heritage!
Education World offers 12 lessons to help students learn about Native American history and cultures.
Great Sites for Teaching about Native Americans!
Some of the best sites on the Web for teaching about Native Americans
Exploring Native Americans Across the Curriculum
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Edwin Hubble, American astronomer who discovered galaxies and pioneered the concept of an expanding universe, born (1889)

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    Earth & Sky is a daily radio series that deals with science topics and issues. The scientific information concerns the natural world and covers discoveries, established ideas in science, listener questions and science news.
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Alistair Cooke, British TV narrator and writer (America, Masterpiece Theater), born (1908)

Benoit Mandelbrot, Polish mathematician who did pioneering work in fractal geometry, born (1924)

Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. Senator, U.S. Attorney-General and presidential candidate, born (1925)

Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (War and Peace, Anna Karenina), died at 82 (1910)

Howard University founded in Washington , D.C. (1865)

New Jersey became the first state to ratify the U.S. Bill of Rights (1789)

Alcatraz Island seized in protest by 78 Native Americans from 20 tribes (1969)

UN adopted the declaration of children's rights (1959)

UN's World Health Organization announced first global effort to combat AIDS (1986)

Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger made first solar-powered flight (1980)

Walter Payton of Chicago Bears rushed for then NFL-record 275 yards in a game (1977)


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