Historical Events In April - 20

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

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

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

1903  On this day in history r S Dugan discovers asteroid #508 Princetonia  

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

1903  Dagmar Edqvist, Swedish author (Kamrathustru-Wife & Comrade) on April - 20.  

1904  Louisiana Purchase Exposition opens in St Louis on April - 20.  

1904  M Wolf discovers asteroid #532 Herculina on this day in history.  

1904  On April - 20 george Bernard Shaw's "Candida," premieres in London  

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

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

1906  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85  

1909  On this day in history guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman  

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

1911  Kukrit Pramoj, politician on April - 20.  

1912  On April - 20 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  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  Dick Wessel, WI, actor (Dick Tracy vs Cueball, Beware of Blondie) on April - 20.  

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

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

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

1916  Wrigley Field in Chicago opens on April - 20.  

1916  German-British sea battle off Belgian coast on this day in history.  

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  John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister was born on April - 20.  

1586  Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.  

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

1594  On April - 20 birth of matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer  

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

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 April - 20.  

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

1317  On April - 20 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 April - 20.  

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

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