Historical Events In April - 20

1902  On April - 20 marie & Pierre Curie isolate radioactive element radium  

1902  On April - 20 marie Curie isolate radioactive element radium  

1902  On April - 20 donald Wolfit, England, actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, Accursed)  

1903  On this day in history r S Dugan discovers asteroid #508 Princetonia  

1903  7th Boston Marathon won by John Lorden of Mass in 2:41:29.8 on this day in history.  

1903  Dagmar Edqvist, Swedish author (Kamrathustru-Wife & Comrade) on this day in history.  

1904  Louisiana Purchase Exposition opens in St Louis on this day in history.  

1904  On this day in history m Wolf discovers asteroid #532 Herculina  

1904  On April - 20 george Bernard Shaw's "Candida," premieres in London  

1904  Bruce Cabot, Carlsbad NM, actor (Diamonds are Forever, King Kong) on April - 20.  

1906  Australian wombat dies in London Zoo at 26; oldest known marsupial on April - 20.  

1906  On this day in history australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26  

1907  On April - 20 alan Reed, actor/voice (Fred Allen Show, Fred Flintstone)  

1908  12th Boston Marathon won by Tom Morrissey of NY in 2:25:43.2 on April - 20.  

1908  Wilhelmus M Bekkers, bishop of Hertogenbosch on April - 20.  

1908  Henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85 on April - 20.  

1909  Guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman on April - 20.  

1910  On April - 20 halley's Comet passes 29th recorded perihelion at 87.9 million km  

1910  Cleve Indians Addie Joss 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago, 1-0 on this day in history.  

1910  Robert F Wagner, (Mayor-D-NYC, 1954-65) [or May 15] on this day in history.  

1911  On April - 20 kukrit Pramoj, politician  

1912  Tiger Stadium in Detroit opens on April - 20.  

1912  Fenway Park officially opens, Red Sox beat NY Highlanders 7-6 in 11 on this day in history.  

1912  On this day in history david Townsend, cricketer (3 Tests Eng v WI 1935)  

1912  On April - 20 bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64  

1913  Dick Wessel, WI, actor (Dick Tracy vs Cueball, Beware of Blondie) on April - 20.  

1914  On this day in history 33 killed by soldiers during mine strike in Ludlow, Colo  

1914  On this day in history f Kaiser discovers asteroid #786 Bredichina,and G Neujmin discovers asteroid #787 Moskva  

1914  In Boston, Mass., James Duffy of Canada wins the 18th Boston Marathon in 2 25 01.2 on this day in history.  

1914  On this day in history 18th Boston Marathon won by James Duffy of Canada in 2:25:01.2  

1914  In Boston, Mass., James Duffy of Canada wins the 18th Boston Marathon in 2:25:01.2 on April - 20.  

1916  Wrigley Field in Chicago opens on this day in history.  

1916  On this day in history german-British sea battle off Belgian coast  

1917  On April - 20 sS Ballochbuie, torpedoed and sunk by German UC41 off the Firth of Forth Isle of May. In passage from Aberdeen to Sunderland.  

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0702  On this day in history birth of jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)  

1442  On this day in history birth of edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)  

1494  On April - 20 birth of john Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister  

1586  On this day in history birth of saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)  

1592  John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author was born on April - 20.  

1594  On April - 20 birth of matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer  

1633  Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654) was born on April - 20.  

1646  On April - 20 birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)  

1164  On April - 20 victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies  

1176  Death of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130) on this day in history.  

1314  On April - 20 clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies  

1317  Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies on April - 20.  

1521  Death of Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) on April - 20.  

1534  On this day in history elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies  

1558  On this day in history death of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485)  

1632  On April - 20 death of nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake