TODAY IN HISTORY

Sunday, November  20, 2011 AP Highlight in History:  On Nov. 20, 1925, Robert F. Kennedy was born in Brookline, Mass.   AP Photo
On this date in: 1620 Peregrine White was born aboard the Mayflower in Massachusetts Bay - the first child born of English parents in present-day New England. 1789 New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights. 1910 Revolution broke out in Mexico. 1917 Robert C. Byrd, the longest-serving senator in U.S. history, was born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr. in North Wilkesboro, N.C. (Before he was 1, his mother died and his father sent him to Stotesbury, W.Va., to live with an aunt and uncle who renamed him.) 1945 Twenty-four 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. AP Photo 1966 The musical "Cabaret," with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, opened on Broadway. 1969 The Nixon administration announced a halt to residential use of the pesticide DDT as part of a total phase-out. 1975 Spain's Gen. Francisco Franco died after nearly four decades of absolute rule. 1977 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to address Israel's parliament. AP Photo 1985 The first version of Microsoft's Windows operating system, Windows 1.0, was released. 1995 Princess Diana admitted during an interview broadcast on BBC TV that she had been unfaithful to Prince Charles. 2001 Federal health officials approved sale of the world's first contraceptive patch, Ortho-Evra. 2003 Singer Michael Jackson was booked on suspicion of child molestation in Santa Barbara, Calif. (He was later acquited.) 2009 Oprah Winfrey announced she would end her TV talk show after its 25th season in September 2011.		Video Highlights of This Day in History Today's Birthdays: Vice President Joe Biden turns 69 years old today. AP Photo/Charles Dharapak Name Profession Age Kaye Ballard Actress 86 Estelle Parsons Actress 84 Richard Dawson Actor, game show host ("Hogan's Heroes," "Family Feud") 79 Dick Smothers Comedian (The Smothers Brothers) 73 Veronica Hamel Actress ("Hill Street Blues") 68 Judy Woodruff Broadcast journalist (CNN) 65 Joe Walsh Rock singer (The Eagles) 64 Richard Masur Actor ("One Day at a Time") 63 Bo Derek Actress ("10") 55 Sean Young Actress 52 Ming-Na Actress 48 Sabrina Lloyd Actress ("Sports Night") 41 Joel McHale Actor ("Community," "The Soup") 40 Marisa Ryan Actress 37 Country singer Dierks Bentley turns 36 years old today. AP Photo/Chris Pizzello