Page 4: Historical Events In April - 20

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

1902  On April - 20 marie Curie isolate radioactive element radium   

1902  Donald Wolfit, England, actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, Accursed) on April - 20.   

1903  On this day in history 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 April - 20 dagmar Edqvist, Swedish author (Kamrathustru-Wife & Comrade)   

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

1904  M Wolf discovers asteroid #532 Herculina on April - 20.   

1904  George Bernard Shaw's "Candida," premieres in London on April - 20.   

1904  Bruce Cabot, Carlsbad NM, actor (Diamonds are Forever, King Kong) on this day in history.   

1906  Australian wombat dies in London Zoo at 26; oldest known marsupial on April - 20.   

1906  Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26 on this day in history.   

1907  On April - 20 alan Reed, actor/voice (Fred Allen Show, Fred Flintstone)   

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

1908  Wilhelmus M Bekkers, bishop of Hertogenbosch on April - 20.   

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

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

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

1911  On this day in history kukrit Pramoj, politician   

1912  Tiger Stadium in Detroit opens on April - 20.   

1912  Fenway Park officially opens, Red Sox beat NY Highlanders 7-6 in 11 on April - 20.   

1912  On this day in history david Townsend, cricketer (3 Tests Eng v WI 1935)   

1912  On this day in history bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64   

1913  On this day in history 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  F Kaiser discovers asteroid #786 Bredichina,and G Neujmin discovers asteroid #787 Moskva on this day in history.   

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

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

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  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  On April - 20 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  Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.   

1592  On this day in history birth of john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author   

1594  Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer was born on this day in history.   

1633  Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654) was born on April - 20.   

1646  On April - 20 birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)   

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 April - 20.   

1521  Death of Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) on this day in history.   

1534  Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies on April - 20.   

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

1632  On this day in history death of nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake