November 20, 1900 (Tuesday)
- In a rare November tornado, 30 people in Mississippi and Tennessee were killed. Columbia, Tennessee, was struck by the fourth twister of the day, at 9:30 pm, killing 27 people and injuring 75. The most recent November tornado struck Southern Indiana on November 6, 2005.
- Born: Chester Gould, creator of Dick Tracy, in Pawnee, Oklahoma (d. 1985); and Billy Burch, first United States native to play in the National Hockey League, in Yonkers, New York; (d. 1950)
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