Historical Events In April - 20
Friday, 29 March 2024
1861 Robert E Lee resigns from Union army on April - 20.
1861 On April - 20 battle of Norfolk, VA
1862 The first pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard on this day in history.
1865 Safety matches were first advertised this day on this day in history.
1865 On this day in history chicago's Crosby Opera House opens
1866 Victor Hollaender, composer on April - 20.
1869 On April - 20 johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72
1870 On April - 20 simeon Roncal, composer
1871 3rd Enforcement Act (President can suspend writ of habeas corpus) on April - 20.
1871 On this day in history william Henry Davies, Wales, poet (Autobiography of a Super Tramp)
1872 On this day in history sF Bar Association organized
1872 Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62 on this day in history.
1876 On April - 20 gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist (Prince William of Orange)
1879 On April - 20 the first mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus
1879 On this day in history 1st mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus
1879 On this day in history robert Lynd, Irish writer/critic (Pleasures of Ignorance)
1881 On April - 20 nikolai Miaskovsky, Novogeorievsk Poland, composer (Kirov is With Us)
1884 On this day in history pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Freemasonry"
1888 On this day in history 246 reported killed by hail in Moradabad, India
1889 The birth of Adolf Hitler, Dictator of Germany on this day in history.
1889 On this day in history adolph Hitler, Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany (1936-45)
1890 On this day in history adolf Scharf, president Austria (1957-65)
1893 The birth of Harold Lloyd, American silent film star on April - 20.
1893 The birth of Joan Miro, Spanish artist on April - 20.
1893 On this day in history harold Lloyd, Burchard Neb, silent comic (Why Worry, Safety Last)
1894 136,000 mine workers strike in Ohio for pay increase on April - 20.
1894 On April - 20 martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling)
1896 1st public film showing in US John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres in NYC on this day in history.
1896 On April - 20 senor Wences, ventriloquist (Close the Door)
1897 On April - 20 bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature (About the Laugh)
1898 On this day in history uS Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota opens
1900 Fred Raymond, composer on April - 20.
1900 Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies on this day in history.
1901 Michel Leiris, French cultural anthropologist on April - 20.
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