Page 4: Historical Events In April - 20

1902  Marie & Pierre Curie isolate radioactive element radium on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history marie Curie isolate radioactive element radium   

1902  On this day in history donald Wolfit, England, actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, Accursed)   

1903  R S Dugan discovers asteroid #508 Princetonia on this day in history.   

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

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 April - 20.   

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

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

1906  On this day in history australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26   

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

1908  On April - 20 12th Boston Marathon won by Tom Morrissey of NY in 2:25:43.2   

1908  On April - 20 wilhelmus M Bekkers, bishop of Hertogenbosch   

1908  Henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1909  Guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman on April - 20.   

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

1910  On April - 20 cleve Indians Addie Joss 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago, 1-0   

1910  On this day in history robert F Wagner, (Mayor-D-NYC, 1954-65) [or May 15]   

1911  Kukrit Pramoj, politician on April - 20.   

1912  Tiger Stadium in Detroit opens on this day in history.   

1912  On April - 20 fenway Park officially opens, Red Sox beat NY Highlanders 7-6 in 11   

1912  On April - 20 david Townsend, cricketer (3 Tests Eng v WI 1935)   

1912  Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

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

1914  On April - 20 f Kaiser discovers asteroid #786 Bredichina,and G Neujmin discovers asteroid #787 Moskva   

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

1914  18th Boston Marathon won by James Duffy of Canada in 2:25:01.2 on April - 20.   

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

1916  On April - 20 wrigley Field in Chicago opens   

1916  German-British sea battle off Belgian coast on April - 20.   

1917  SS Ballochbuie, torpedoed and sunk by German UC41 off the Firth of Forth Isle of May. In passage from Aberdeen to Sunderland on this day in history.   

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0702  Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765) was born on April - 20.   

1442  Edward IV, King (England, 1461-83) was born on this day in history.   

1494  John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister was born on this day in history.   

1586  Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617) was born on April - 20.   

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

1594  On this day in history birth of matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer   

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

1646  Charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.   

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

1176  Death of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130) on this day in history.   

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

1317  Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies on this day in history.   

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

1534  On this day in history elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies   

1558  On April - 20 death of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485)   

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