Every yearNovember 20
Everything November 20 celebrates
7 national, international, and world observances are on the calendar for November 20 every year, and 4 more land on it in some years.
| # | Observance | Category | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | World Children's DayLead | Kids & Family | |
| 02 | National Peanut Butter Fudge Day | Food | |
| 03 | Africa Industrialization Day | Celebration | |
| 04 | Transgender Day of Remembrance | Community | |
| 05 | Beautiful Day | Celebration | |
| 06 | National Absurdity Day | Celebration | |
| 07 | Name Your PC Day | Tech |
These are set by a rule rather than a fixed date, so they only land on November 20 in some years.
National Adoption Day — 2027 and 2032
Beaujolais Nouveau Day — 2031
Great American Smokeout — 2031
Stir-up Sunday — 2033
Born on November 20
Historic figures
- Selma Lagerlöf1858–1940Swedish author and educator, Nobel Prize laureate
- Nadine Gordimer1923–2014South African novelist, short story writer, and activist
- Edwin Hubble1889–1953American astronomer and cosmologist
- Robert F. Kennedy1925–1968US Navy officer, lawyer, and politician
- Pope Pius VIII1761–1830Head of the Catholic Church from 1829 to 1830
- Benoit Mandelbrot1924–2010Polish-American mathematician and economist
- Otto von Habsburg1912–2011the last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary
- Maya Plisetskaya1925–2015Russian-Lithuanian ballerina, choreographer, actress, and director
- Karl von Frisch1886–1982Austrian-German ethologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- Maximinus Daza270–313Roman emperor
Celebrities & public figures
- Joe Bidenb. 1942American politician
- Ming-Na Wenb. 1963Chinese-American actress
- Patriarch Kirill of Moscowb. 1946
- Bo Derekb. 1956American actress and producer
- Joel McHaleb. 1971American comedian
- Goodluck Jonathanb. 1957President of Nigeria
- Sean Youngb. 1959American actress and dancer
- Peng Liyuanb. 1962wife of Xi Jinping
- Don DeLillob. 1936American novelist
- Futureb. 1983American rapper
Birth dates from Wikidata; names link to Wikipedia.
This page covers November 20 in any year. For one year in particular — the weekday, and which moveable observances landed on it — see November 20, 2026.
Today Celebrates tracks daily national, international and world observances all year.