Page 3: Historical Events In April - 20
Tuesday, 09 December 2025
1861 Robert E Lee resigns from Union army on this day in history. 

1861 On April - 20 battle of Norfolk, VA 

1862 On this day in history the first pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard. 

1865 Safety matches were first advertised this day on this day in history. 

1865 On April - 20 chicago's Crosby Opera House opens 

1866 On this day in history victor Hollaender, composer 

1869 Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history. 

1870 On this day in history simeon Roncal, composer 

1871 On this day in history 3rd Enforcement Act (President can suspend writ of habeas corpus) 

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

1872 SF Bar Association organized on April - 20. 

1872 Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62 on April - 20. 

1876 On April - 20 gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist (Prince William of Orange) 

1879 The first mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus on April - 20. 

1879 1st mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus on April - 20. 

1879 On April - 20 robert Lynd, Irish writer/critic (Pleasures of Ignorance) 

1881 On this day in history nikolai Miaskovsky, Novogeorievsk Poland, composer (Kirov is With Us) 

1884 Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Freemasonry" on April - 20. 

1888 On April - 20 246 reported killed by hail in Moradabad, India 

1889 On April - 20 the birth of Adolf Hitler, Dictator of Germany 

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

1890 On April - 20 adolf Scharf, president Austria (1957-65) 

1893 On this day in history the birth of Harold Lloyd, American silent film star 

1893 On April - 20 the birth of Joan Miro, Spanish artist 

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 Martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling) on this day in history. 

1896 On this day in history 1st public film showing in US John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres in NYC 

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

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 this day in history. 

1900 On April - 20 mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies 

1901 On April - 20 michel Leiris, French cultural anthropologist 

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