Historical Events In August - 20

1905  On August - 20 duncan Macrae, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped)   

1907  On this day in history alan Reed, NYC, actor (Mr Adams & Eve)/voice (Fred Flintstone)   

1908  Congo Free State becomes the Belgian Congo 1912 Plant Quarantine Act goes into effect on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo   

1908  On this day in history alfonso Lopez, baseball player (AL Manager of the year 1959)   

1908  Louis Varney, composer, dies at 64 on August - 20.   

1909  On this day in history albert Roberts, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37)   

1910  US supported opposition brings down Madriz in Nicaragua on August - 20.   

1910  On this day in history eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (IBM Building, MIT Chapel)   

1910  On August - 20 arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64   

1911  On August - 20 ronald Udell, England, production designer (Pinewood Studios)   

1912  On August - 20 plant Quarantine Act goes into effect   

1912  On this day in history philip Kapleau, founder (Rochester Zen Center in New Haven)   

1912  William Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history first pilot to parachute from a French aircraft   

1913  On this day in history 1st pilot to parachute from an aircraft (Adolphe Pégoud-France)   

1913  On August - 20 conrad Hermann Hubertius Maria Apollinaris Josten, jazz guitarist   

1914  German forces invade Brussels on this day in history.   

1914  On August - 20 german forces occupy Brussels, Belgium during WW I   

1914  On this day in history german General von Bulow executes 211 Belgians   

1914  Kitei Sohn, Korean marathon runner/coach (Olympic-gold-1936) on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies   

1915  On this day in history white Sox obtain Joe Jackson from Cleve in exchange for Robert Roth, Larry Chappell, Ed Klepfer, & $31,500   

1915  Paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61 on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history jFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies   

1918  On this day in history britain opens offensive on Western front during WW I   

1919  Wichita outfielder Joe Wilhoit (Western League) fails to get a hit, ending a 69-game streak (155 hits in 299 at bats for a .505 avg) on August - 20.   

1919  Gregor MacGregor, English cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests 1890-93), dies on this day in history.   

1920  On August - 20 first US coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting   

1920  1st US coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting on this day in history.   

1921  35th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats M Browne (46 64 62) on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history jack Wilson, cricket slow left-armer (Test for Australia 1956)   

1922  1st world championship athletics for women, held in Paris on August - 20.   

1923  London harbor strike ends on August - 20.   

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1517  On this day in history birth of antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75)   

1526  Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum) was born on this day in history.   

1561  On August - 20 birth of jacopo Peri, composer   

1625  On this day in history birth of thomas Corneille, French playwright   

1632  Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.   

1637  On this day in history birth of cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam   

1665  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed) was born on August - 20.   

1666  On this day in history birth of alphonse d' Eve, composer   

0535  Death of Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick on August - 20.   

0984  John XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies on August - 20.   

1153  Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies on August - 20.   

1384  Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies on this day in history.   

1538  Death of Aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake on this day in history.   

1572  On this day in history death of miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502)   

1580  Death of Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506) on August - 20.   

1632  On August - 20 death of valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38