Historical Events In April - 20
Thursday, 28 September 2023
1861 On April - 20 robert E Lee resigns from Union army
1861 Battle of Norfolk, VA on April - 20.
1862 The first pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard on April - 20.
1865 On this day in history safety matches were first advertised this day.
1865 On this day in history chicago's Crosby Opera House opens
1866 Victor Hollaender, composer on this day in history.
1869 Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.
1870 On April - 20 simeon Roncal, composer
1871 3rd Enforcement Act (President can suspend writ of habeas corpus) on this day in history.
1871 William Henry Davies, Wales, poet (Autobiography of a Super Tramp) on this day in history.
1872 On this day in history sF Bar Association organized
1872 On April - 20 ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62
1876 On this day in history 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 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 this day in history nikolai Miaskovsky, Novogeorievsk Poland, composer (Kirov is With Us)
1884 Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Freemasonry" on this day in history.
1888 246 reported killed by hail in Moradabad, India on April - 20.
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 this day in history adolf Scharf, president Austria (1957-65)
1893 The birth of Harold Lloyd, American silent film star on April - 20.
1893 On April - 20 the birth of Joan Miro, Spanish artist
1893 Harold Lloyd, Burchard Neb, silent comic (Why Worry, Safety Last) on April - 20.
1894 136,000 mine workers strike in Ohio for pay increase on this day in history.
1894 On April - 20 martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling)
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 Bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature (About the Laugh) on April - 20.
1898 US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota opens on April - 20.
1900 Fred Raymond, composer on April - 20.
1900 Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies on this day in history.
1901 On this day in history michel Leiris, French cultural anthropologist
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