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Soldiers re-enact a revolution battle as part of Mexican Revolution anniversary celebrations (AP Photo, Marco Ugarte)

Today in History: November 20

Today in History: November 20: On Nov. 20, 1910, Francisco Madero led a revolt against Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, marking the beginning of the decade-long Mexican Revolution. In 1945, 22 former Nazi officials went on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. In 1947, Britain’s future queen, Princess Elizabeth, married Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey. In 1969, Native American activists began an occupation of Alcatraz Island that would last 19 months. In 1982, the University of California football team defeated Stanford University by scoring a touchdown in a crazy last move of the game. In 1992, fire seriously damaged Windsor Castle, the favorite weekend home of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II.

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