Top Historical Events That Happened on April 20 Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1902  Marie Curie isolate radioactive element radium   

1902  Donald Wolfit, England, actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, Accursed)   

1903  R S Dugan discovers asteroid #508 Princetonia   

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

1903  Dagmar Edqvist, Swedish author (Kamrathustru-Wife and Comrade)   

1904  Louisiana Purchase Exposition opens in St Louis   

1904  M Wolf discovers asteroid #532 Herculina.   

1904  George Bernard Shaw's "Candida," premieres in London   

1904  Bruce Cabot, Carlsbad NM, actor (Diamonds are Forever, King Kong).   

1906  Australian wombat dies in London Zoo at 26; oldest known marsupial   

1906  Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26.   

1907  Alan Reed, actor/voice (Fred Allen Show, Fred Flintstone)   

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

1908  Wilhelmus M Bekkers, bishop of Hertogenbosch   

1908  Henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85   

1909  Guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman.   

1910  Halley's Comet passes 29th recorded perihelion at 87.9 million km   

1910  Cleve Indians Addie Joss 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago, 1-0   

1910  Robert F Wagner, (Mayor-D-NYC, 1954-65) [or May 15]   

1911  Kukrit Pramoj, politician   

1912  Tiger Stadium in Detroit opens.   

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

1912  David Townsend, cricketer (3 Tests Eng v WI 1935)   

1912  Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64.   

1913  Dick Wessel, WI, actor (Dick Tracy vs Cueball, Beware of Blondie)   

1914  33 killed by soldiers during mine strike in Ludlow, Colo.   

1914  F Kaiser discovers asteroid #786 Bredichina,and G Neujmin discovers asteroid #787 Moskva.   

1914  In this year, In Boston, Mass., James Duffy of Canada claims the 18th Boston Marathon in 2 25 01.2   

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

1916  Wrigley Field in Chicago opens.   

1916  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   

1917  Pravda (Lenin names Russia "Free land of world").   

1918  The Canadian Government calls up men from ages of 20 to 22 for military service.   

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