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 - Gustav Mahler
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1889: Composer Gustav Mahler premiers his first symphony at the Vigadó Concert Hall in Budapest. Now known as Symphony No. 1 in D major, it was not well received and Mahler would make major revisions for the second performance, given at Hamburg in October 1893, and even further alterations before its first publication in late 1898.

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