Historical Events In April - 20

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

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

1902  Donald Wolfit, England, actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, Accursed) on this day in history.  

1903  R S Dugan discovers asteroid #508 Princetonia on April - 20.  

1903  On this day in history 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  Louisiana Purchase Exposition opens in St Louis on this day in history.  

1904  On this day in history m Wolf discovers asteroid #532 Herculina  

1904  George Bernard Shaw's "Candida," premieres in London on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1907  Alan Reed, actor/voice (Fred Allen Show, Fred Flintstone) on this day in history.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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  Kukrit Pramoj, politician on this day in history.  

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

1912  Fenway Park officially opens, Red Sox beat NY Highlanders 7-6 in 11 on this day in history.  

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

1912  On April - 20 bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64  

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

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

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

1916  Wrigley Field in Chicago opens on April - 20.  

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

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 this day in history birth of jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)  

1442  On this day in history 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  On April - 20 birth of matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer  

1633  Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.  

1646  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Death of Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on April - 20.