November 20th, 1945:

Months after World War II ends in Europe, two dozen Nazi leaders go on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.

1925:

Robert F. Kennedy, one of the most enduring icons from American politics in the 1960s, is born in Brookline, Massachusetts.

1947:

Britain's Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen Elizabeth II, marries Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh in London's Westminster Abbey.

1975:

After nearly four decades of absolute rule, Spain's dictator General Francisco Franco dies in Madrid, two weeks before his 83rd birthday.

1910:

Revolution breaks out in Mexico, as Francisco Madero leads a revolt that sparks a wave of upheaval lasting the rest of the decade.

And, 1966:

In New York, the musical "Cabaret", set in 1930s Berlin before the Nazis' rise to power, opens on Broadway.

Today in History, November 20th,____,The Associated Press.