Page 4: Historical Events In April - 20

1902  Marie & Pierre Curie isolate radioactive element radium on April - 20.   

1902  Marie Curie isolate radioactive element radium on April - 20.   

1902  Donald Wolfit, England, actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, Accursed) on this day in history.   

1903  On April - 20 r S Dugan discovers asteroid #508 Princetonia   

1903  On April - 20 7th Boston Marathon won by John Lorden of Mass in 2:41:29.8   

1903  On this day in history dagmar Edqvist, Swedish author (Kamrathustru-Wife & Comrade)   

1904  On this day in history louisiana Purchase Exposition opens in St Louis   

1904  On this day in history m Wolf discovers asteroid #532 Herculina   

1904  George Bernard Shaw's "Candida," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1904  Bruce Cabot, Carlsbad NM, actor (Diamonds are Forever, King Kong) on April - 20.   

1906  On April - 20 australian wombat dies in London Zoo at 26; oldest known marsupial   

1906  On April - 20 australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26   

1907  Alan Reed, actor/voice (Fred Allen Show, Fred Flintstone) on April - 20.   

1908  On this day in history 12th Boston Marathon won by Tom Morrissey of NY in 2:25:43.2   

1908  On this day in history wilhelmus M Bekkers, bishop of Hertogenbosch   

1908  Henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85 on April - 20.   

1909  On April - 20 guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman   

1910  On April - 20 halley's Comet passes 29th recorded perihelion at 87.9 million km   

1910  Cleve Indians Addie Joss 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago, 1-0 on April - 20.   

1910  On April - 20 robert F Wagner, (Mayor-D-NYC, 1954-65) [or May 15]   

1911  On April - 20 kukrit Pramoj, politician   

1912  On this day in history tiger Stadium in Detroit opens   

1912  On this day in history fenway Park officially opens, Red Sox beat NY Highlanders 7-6 in 11   

1912  David Townsend, cricketer (3 Tests Eng v WI 1935) on April - 20.   

1912  On April - 20 bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64   

1913  Dick Wessel, WI, actor (Dick Tracy vs Cueball, Beware of Blondie) on April - 20.   

1914  33 killed by soldiers during mine strike in Ludlow, Colo on this day in history.   

1914  F Kaiser discovers asteroid #786 Bredichina,and G Neujmin discovers asteroid #787 Moskva on April - 20.   

1914  In Boston, Mass., James Duffy of Canada wins the 18th Boston Marathon in 2 25 01.2 on this day in history.   

1914  18th Boston Marathon won by James Duffy of Canada in 2:25:01.2 on this day in history.   

1914  On April - 20 in Boston, Mass., James Duffy of Canada wins the 18th Boston Marathon in 2:25:01.2.   

1916  Wrigley Field in Chicago opens on this day in history.   

1916  On April - 20 german-British sea battle off Belgian coast   

1917  SS Ballochbuie, torpedoed and sunk by German UC41 off the Firth of Forth Isle of May. In passage from Aberdeen to Sunderland on April - 20.   

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0702  On this day in history birth of jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)   

1442  On April - 20 birth of edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)   

1494  On this day in history birth of john Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister   

1586  On April - 20 birth of saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)   

1592  On April - 20 birth of john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author   

1594  Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer was born on April - 20.   

1633  On April - 20 birth of emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)   

1646  Charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704) was born on April - 20.   

1164  Victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies on April - 20.   

1176  On April - 20 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  Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies on April - 20.   

1521  On April - 20 death of zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)   

1534  On April - 20 elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies   

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

1632  Death of Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on April - 20.