Births on November 20

Lucilla Andrews

Born on November 20, 1919

Lucilla Andrews, Egyptian-Scottish nurse and author (d. 2006)

Lucilla Matthew Andrews Crichton (born 20 November 1919 in Suez, Egypt – d. 3 October 2006 in Edinburgh, Scotland) was a British writer of 33 romance novels from 1954 to 1996. As Lucilla Andrews she specialised in hospital romances, and under the pen names Diana Gordon and Joanna Marcus wrote mystery romances.

She was a founding member of the Romantic Novelists' Association, which honoured her shortly before her death with a lifetime achievement award.

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Events on 1919

5 Jan

Nazi Party
The German Workers' Party, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded.
23 Mar

Italian Fascism
In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
4 May

Treaty of Versailles
May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.
19 May

Turkish War of Independence
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
29 May

General relativity
Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin.

Births on November 20

Lucilla Andrews

Born on November 20, 1919

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Events on 1919

Nazi Party

Italian Fascism

Treaty of Versailles

Turkish War of Independence

General relativity