November 20
1620 Peregrine White was born aboard the Mayflower in Massachusetts Bay - the first child born of English parents in present-day New England.
1841 Wilfrid Laurier, seventh Prime Minister of Canada, was born. (d. 1919)
1889 Astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble was born in Marshfield, 24 Nazi leaders went on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.
1947 Britain's future queen, Princess Elizabeth, married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, in Westminster Abbey in London, England.
1985 The first version of Microsoft's Windows operating system, Windows 1.0, was released.
November 21
1694 Francois Voltaire, French philosopher and writer, was born.
1787 Sir Samuel Cunard, Canadian-born shipping magnate, was born.
1877 Inventor Thomas A. Edison unveiled the phonograph.
1964 New York's Verrazano Narrows Bridge opened.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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