On this day: November 20

POSTED: 09:19 AM PST Nov 19, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Nov 19, 2012 

The Nuremberg Trials begin, Princess Elizabeth gets married, "Terms of Endearment" premieres in New York City, Windows 1.0 is released, and Michael Jackson is arrested, all on this day.

OTD November 20 - Hubble
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Western Washington University

1889: Astronomer Edwin Hubble, who discovered and developed the concept of an expanding universe, is born in Marshfield, Mo. In 1924, Hubble would prove the existence of galaxies other than our own. The orbital Hubble Space Telescope is named after him.

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