Monthly Archives: November 2015

Princess Diana admits adultery in BBC interview 20 years ago tonight (Nov 20 1995)


Video: 'Panorama Princess Diana Interview with Martin Bashir'

(Monday, November 20, 1995, evening GMT) — In an extraordinarily candid interview that the British Broadcasting Corporation estimated had been watched tonight by 15 million people in Britain, Princess Diana, the estranged wife of Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, admitted being unfaithful to Prince Charles.

Microsoft’s releases first version of Windows operating system 30 years ago today (Nov 20 1985)


Video: 'A Tour of Windows 1.0 #ComputerClan'

(Wednesday, November 20, 1985) — The first version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system, Windows 1.0, was officially released today.

It ran as a graphical, 16-bit multi-tasking shell on top of an existing MS-DOS installation, providing an environment which could run graphical programs designed for Windows, as well as existing MS-DOS software.

‘Blast from Your Past’ album by Ringo Starr released 40 years ago today (Nov 20 1975)


Video: 'Ringo Starr - "Blast From Your Past" [Full Album]'

(Thursday, November 20, 1975)Blast from Your Past, the first compilation album by ex-Beatle Ringo Starr, featuring eight singles, one B-side and one album track released between 1970 and 1975, was released today in the U.S. (Dec. 12, 1975, in the UK).

‘Little Child/I’ll Be Back’ episode airs on ‘The Beatles’ cartoon series 50 years ago this hour (Nov 20 1965)


Video: 'The Beatles Episode Episode 09'

(Saturday, November 20, 1965, 10:30 a.m. EST) — The Beatles visit an Indian reservation and perform a concert in Texas on this morning’s episode of The Beatles, a weekly cartoon television series on ABC.

Nazi war criminals go on trial at Nuremberg 70 years ago this hour (Nov 20 1945)


Video: 'Nuremberg Day 1 Indictments'

(Tuesday, November 20, 1945, 10:00 a.m. CET; during the Nuremberg trials) — 22 former Nazi officials, the most important political and military leaders of the Third Reich, went on trial today before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.

Not included were Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler and Joseph Goebbels, all of whom had committed suicide in the spring of 1945.