Historical Events In December - 20
Friday, 03 July 2020
1894 On this day in history day Six 1T Aus v Eng Australia need 177 to win, all out 166
1894 On December - 20 robert Menzies, Australian PM (1939-41, 1949-66)
1895 On this day in history susanne Langer, US, philosopher/educator (Philosophy in a New Key)
1898 On December - 20 irene [Marie] Dunne, Louisville, actress (Show Boat, I Remember Mama)
1900 Giacobini discovers a comet which later will be visited bya spacecraft on December - 20.
1900 Giacobini discovers a comet (will be 1st comet visited by spacecraft) on December - 20.
1900 Gabby Harnett, (NL MVP 1935) on December - 20.
1901 Louis I Kahn, US architect [or Feb 20] on December - 20.
1902 On this day in history george EAE, English prince/earl of St Andrews
1903 Gavriil Musicescu, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.
1904 Albert Van Dekker, Brooklyn NY, actor (Dr Cyclops, Beau Gesture) on this day in history.
1905 "Tiger" Bill O'Reilly, cricketer (mighty Australian leg-spinner) on this day in history.
1906 Venezuela (under vice-pres Gomez) attacks Dutch fleet on December - 20.
1906 On December - 20 dick White, head of British secret service (MI-5/MI-6)
1907 Explosion at Yolande Alabama, coal mine kills 91 on this day in history.
1908 On this day in history giulio Cesare Brero, composer
1909 On December - 20 vagn Holmboe, composer
1909 Benjamin Ipavec, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.
1911 On this day in history hortense Calisher, NYC, novelist (Arts & Letters 1967)
1912 On this day in history j Hartley Manners' "Peg O' My Heart," premieres in NYC
1915 On this day in history last Australian troops evacuated from Gallipoli Peninsula
1915 Russian troops overrun Qom, Persia on December - 20.
1915 Aziz Nesin, writer on this day in history.
1916 Michel Chartrand, Quebec union leader on December - 20.
1916 Manuel Giro, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1917 Second conscription referendum in Australia and among forces overseas Proposal to introduce conscription defeated TOP on December - 20.
1917 Russian secret police in Czech forms under Felix Dzerzjinski on this day in history.
1918 On this day in history the use of the collective title "Canadian National Railways" is authorized by order in council P.C. 3122.
1918 Eugene O'Neill's "Moon of the Caribees," premieres in NYC on December - 20.
1918 On this day in history audrey Totter, Joliet Ill, actress (Carpetbaggers, Set-Up)
1919 On December - 20 canadian National Railways established (N America's longest, 50,000 KM)
1919 Canadian Natl Railways established (N America's longest, 50,000 KM) on December - 20.
1920 On this day in history bert Collins scores 104 on Test Cricket debut v England SCG
1921 On December - 20 aL votes to return to best-of-7 World Series, while NL votes best-of-9 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis casts deciding vote for best-of-7
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