Historical Events In August - 20
Wednesday, 03 March 2021
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 Congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo on August - 20.
1908 On this day in history alfonso Lopez, baseball player (AL Manager of the year 1959)
1908 On August - 20 louis Varney, composer, dies at 64
1909 Albert Roberts, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37) on this day in history.
1910 On August - 20 uS supported opposition brings down Madriz in Nicaragua
1910 Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (IBM Building, MIT Chapel) on this day in history.
1910 Arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.
1911 On this day in history 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 August - 20.
1913 First pilot to parachute from a French aircraft on this day in history.
1913 On August - 20 1st pilot to parachute from an aircraft (Adolphe Pégoud-France)
1913 On this day in history conrad Hermann Hubertius Maria Apollinaris Josten, jazz guitarist
1914 German forces invade Brussels on August - 20.
1914 German forces occupy Brussels, Belgium during WW I on August - 20.
1914 German General von Bulow executes 211 Belgians on this day in history.
1914 On August - 20 kitei Sohn, Korean marathon runner/coach (Olympic-gold-1936)
1914 On August - 20 pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies
1915 White Sox obtain Joe Jackson from Cleve in exchange for Robert Roth, Larry Chappell, Ed Klepfer, & $31,500 on August - 20.
1915 Paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61 on August - 20.
1917 On this day in history jFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies
1918 Britain opens offensive on Western front during WW I on this day in history.
1919 On this day in history 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)
1919 Gregor MacGregor, English cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests 1890-93), dies on August - 20.
1920 First US coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting on this day in history.
1920 On this day in history 1st US coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting
1921 On August - 20 35th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats M Browne (46 64 62)
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 this day in history.
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