November 20
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Births
- 1894 - Carl Mayer, Austrian screenplay writer (The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari) (d. 1944)
- 1902 - Jean Painlevé, French film director (d. 1989)
- 1907 - Henri-Georges Clouzot, French film director (d. 1977)
- 1918 - John Bauer, Swedish painter and illustrator (b. 1882)
- 1936 - Don DeLillo, American author
- 1939 - Copi, Argentine writer, cartoonist, and playwright (d. 1987)
- 1942 - Meredith Monk, American composer, performer, director, vocalist, film-maker, and choreographer
- 1956 - Bo Derek, American actress
Deaths
- 1910 - Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist (b. 1828)
- 1925 - Stefan Żeromski, Polish novelist (A Story of Sin) (b. 1864 )
- 1975 - Francisco Franco, Head of State of Spain (1936-1975) (b. 1892)
- 1978 - Giorgio de Chirico, Greek-Italian painter (b. 1888)
- 1998 - Rolando Alphonso, Jamaican tenor saxophonist. (b. 1931)
- 2006 - Robert Altman, American film director (b. 1925)
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