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November 20, 1946

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Notable Births

Duane Allman

1946Duane Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1971)[†]

Howard Duane Allman was an American rock and blues guitarist and the founder and original leader of the Allman Brothers Band, for which he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.

Algimantas Butnorius

1946Algimantas Butnorius, Lithuanian chess Grandmaster (died 2017)[†]

Algimantas Butnorius was a Lithuanian chess grandmaster and world seniors champion in 2007. From 2014 he represented Monaco.

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow

1946Patriarch Kirill of Moscow[†]

Kirill or Cyril is a Russian Orthodox bishop. He became Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' and Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church on 1 February 2009.

Samuel E. Wright

1946Samuel E. Wright, American actor, voice actor and singer (died 2021)[†]

Samuel Ernest Wright was an American actor. He was best known as the voice of Sebastian in Disney's The Little Mermaid, for which he provided the lead vocals to "Under the Sea", which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. He played Dizzy Gillespie in Bird, the biographical film about Charlie Parker. Wright also played the part of Mufasa in the original cast of The Lion King on Broadway and voiced Kron the Iguanodon in the 2000 CGI/live-action film Dinosaur.

Notable Deaths

I Gusti Ngurah Rai

1946I Gusti Ngurah Rai, Indonesian officer (born 1917)[†]

Lieutenant Colonel I Gusti Ngurah Rai was a National Hero of Indonesia who commanded Indonesian forces in Bali against the Dutch during the Indonesian War of Independence. He was killed in the Battle of Margarana.

Historical Events

Indonesian National Revolution

1946Indonesian National Revolution: 96 Indonesian including I Gusti Ngurah Rai were killed during the Battle of Margarana with Dutch forces.[†]

The Indonesian National Revolution, also known as the Indonesian War of Independence, was an armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between the Republic of Indonesia and the Dutch Empire and an internal social revolution during postwar and postcolonial Indonesia. It took place between Indonesia's declaration of independence in 1945 and the Netherlands' transfer of sovereignty over the Dutch East Indies to the Republic of the United States of Indonesia at the end of 1949.