Historical Events In October - 20

1924  On October - 20 1st Negro League World Series: KC Monarchs shuts out Hilldales, 5-0   

1924  Kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist on October - 20.   

1925  On this day in history art Buchwald, Mt Vernon NY, columnist/author (Have I Ever Lied to You)   

1926  On this day in history hurricane in Cuba, kills 600   

1926  Ursula Happe, Germany, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956) on October - 20.   

1927  Oskar Pastior, writer on October - 20.   

1927  On this day in history mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer, dies at 78   

1929  Bayshore Highway opens in San Francisco on October - 20.   

1929  On October - 20 bayshore Highway opens (SF)   

1929  On October - 20 rudolf Kittel, German theologist, dies at 76   

1930  On this day in history british White Paper restricts Jews from buying Arab land   

1930  Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, premiers on NBC radio on October - 20.   

1931  Frankie Frisch of the Cards named MVP on this day in history.   

1931  Emanuel Moor, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1932  Journalist, Robert Trout, joins CBS on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history all-Star team led by Babe Ruth & Connie Mack sails to Hawaii & Japan   

1935  On this day in history 400,000 demonstrators against fascism in Madrid   

1936  On October - 20 carl Hubbell, 26-6, edges out Dizzy Dean, 24-13, for MVP honors in NL   

1939  On this day in history "All the Things You Are" recorded by Tommy Dorsey Orch   

1940  Cheese rationed in Netherlands on this day in history.   

1941  Nazi occupiers murder 500 inhabitants of Kragujevac Serbia on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history ken Farnes (WWII) 15 Tests for England, cricketer (60 wickets), dies   

1942  On October - 20 "Durham Manifesto" calls for fundamental changes in race relations   

1942  May Robson, actress (Star is Born, Reckless), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history 30 blocks of Cleveland Ohio burn after a liquid gas factory explodes   

1944  General Douglas MacArthur keeps his famous promise and returns to the Philippines on this day in history.   

1944  Revolution by workers & students in Guatemala on October - 20.   

1944  Liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland, Ohio explode, 135 die, 3,600 homeless on October - 20.   

1944  Gabriel Groulez, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1945  Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg on this day in history.   

1946  On October - 20 frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd, Chicago Cards vs NY Giants   

1947  On this day in history hUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood   

1949  Eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman US ambassador (to Denmark) on this day in history.   

1950  On October - 20 henry Lewsis Stimson, US minister of War/gov-gen, dies   

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1435  On October - 20 birth of andrea Della Robbia, Florence, sculptor, nephew of Luca   

1475  On October - 20 birth of giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api)   

1496  Claude de Lutherans, duke of Guise was born on this day in history.   

1616  On this day in history birth of thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680)   

1620  On this day in history birth of aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691)   

1632  On October - 20 birth of christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect   

1637  Nicolaas van der Veken, Flemish sculptor (confessional chairs) was born on this day in history.   

1656  On October - 20 birth of nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746)   

0460  On October - 20 eudocia Aelia Athenais, empress Oostromeinse Rich/poetess, dies   

1139  On October - 20 henry X the Trotse, duke of Bayern (1126-38), dies   

1187  On this day in history urbanus III, [Umberto Crivelli], Italian Pope (1185-87), dies   

1268  Conrad Hohenstaufen, [Conrad van Zwaben], son of Conrad IV, dies on this day in history.   

1274  On this day in history engelbert II of Falkenburg, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

1438  Jacopo di Piero della Quercia, Italian sculptor, dies at about 64 on this day in history.   

1525  On this day in history joannes Custos, S Neth humanist, dies at about 50   

1570  Death of João de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496) on October - 20.