Famous Birthdays In April - 20

1870  Maulvi Abdul Haq, Father of Urdu, Pakistani scholar (d.1961) was born on April - 20.   

1871  William Henry Davies, Wales, poet (Autobiography of a Super Tramp) was born on April - 20.   

1876  On this day in history birth of gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist (Prince William of Orange)   

1879  Robert Lynd, Irish writer/critic (Pleasures of Ignorance) was born on April - 20.   

1879  Paul Poiret, French couturier (d. 1944) was born on this day in history.   

1881  Nikolai Miaskovsky, Novogeorievsk Poland, composer (Kirov is With Us) was born on April - 20.   

1881  On this day in history birth of sem Dresden, composer/conductor   

1882  On April - 20 birth of holland Smith, U.S. General (d. 1967)   

1884  On April - 20 birth of princess Beatrice of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1966)   

1889  Adolph Hitler, Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany (1936-45) was born on April - 20.   

1889  On April - 20 birth of albert Jean Amateau, Turkish-born businessman and social activist (d. 1996)   

1890  Adolf Scharf, president Austria (1957-65) was born on this day in history.   

1890  Maurice Duplessis, premier of Québec, known as "Le Chef" (d. 1959) was born on April - 20.   

1893  On April - 20 birth of harold Lloyd, Burchard Neb, silent comic (Why Worry, Safety Last)   

1893  On April - 20 birth of hermann Ungar, writer   

1893  On this day in history birth of juan Mira, Spain, painter/sculptor (Dog Barking at the Moon)   

1893  On April - 20 birth of edna Parker, American supercentenarian   

1893  Joan Miró, Spanish painter (d. 1983) was born on April - 20.   

1894  On April - 20 birth of martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling)   

1895  Emile Christian, American musician (d. 1973) was born on this day in history.   

1896  Senor Wences, ventriloquist (Close the Door) was born on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history birth of wop May, Canadian aviator (d. 1952)   

1897  Bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature (About the Laugh) was born on April - 20.   

1897  Gregory Ratoff, Petrograd Russia, actor/director (Corsican Brothers) was born on April - 20.   

1900  Fred Raymond, composer was born on this day in history.   

1900  Kees Verwey, painter/water colors painter/cartoonist was born on April - 20.   

1901  On April - 20 birth of michel Leiris, French cultural anthropologist   

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

1902  Vesselin Stoyanov, composer was born on April - 20.   

1903  Dagmar Edqvist, Swedish author (Kamrathustru-Wife & Comrade) was born on April - 20.   

1904  On this day in history birth of bruce Cabot, Carlsbad NM, actor (Diamonds are Forever, King Kong)   

1904  George Stibitz, American scientist (d. 1995) was born on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history birth of alan Reed, actor/voice (Fred Allen Show, Fred Flintstone)   

1907  On this day in history birth of miran Bux, cricketer (his one season of Test & 1st-class play 1954-55)   

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

1176  On this day in history death of richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)   

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

1317  On April - 20 agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies   

1521  Death of Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) on this day in history.   

1534  Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies on April - 20.   

1558  Death of Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485) on April - 20.   

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