Page 4: Historical Events In April - 20

1902  On April - 20 marie & Pierre Curie isolate radioactive element radium   

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  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  Louisiana Purchase Exposition opens in St Louis on April - 20.   

1904  On April - 20 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 this day in history 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  Wilhelmus M Bekkers, bishop of Hertogenbosch on this day in history.   

1908  On April - 20 henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85   

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

1910  Halley's Comet passes 29th recorded perihelion at 87.9 million km on April - 20.   

1910  Cleve Indians Addie Joss 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago, 1-0 on this day in history.   

1910  On April - 20 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  On April - 20 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  Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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 April - 20.   

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

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

1916  On this day in history wrigley Field in Chicago opens   

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

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

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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  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  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)   

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

1164  On this day in history victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies   

1176  On April - 20 death of richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)   

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

1317  On this day in history agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1558  Death of Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485) on this day in history.   

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