Historical Events In April - 20

1961  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gave approval for FM stereo broadcasting on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history jesse G Vincent engineer designed first V-12 engine, dies at 82   

1962  On April - 20 nASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 63,250 m   

1962  On April - 20 new Orleans Citizens Co gives free 1-way ride to blacks to move North   

1962  Arthur Harmat, composer, dies at 76 on April - 20.   

1964  On April - 20 86% of black students boycott Cleveland schools   

1965  On this day in history richard Wessell actor (Carney-Riverboat), dies at 54   

1965  On April - 20 dick Wessel, dies of heart attack on 52nd birthday   

1967  On this day in history uS planes bomb Haiphong for first time during the Vietnam War   

1967  On April - 20 uS Surveyor 3 lands on Moon   

1968  On April - 20 pierre Elliott Trudeau sworn-in as Canada's PM   

1968  Marion Weeks, singer/actress, dies of stroke at 81 on this day in history.   

1969  Ken Harrelson just about quit major-league baseball this day. Harrelson was being traded from the Boston Red Sox, an American League contender, to the Cleveland Indians, a perennial American League non-contender on this day in history.   

1971  Barbra Striesand records "We've Only Just Begun" on this day in history.   

1971  On April - 20 uS Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation   

1971  Cecil Parker, actor (Court Jester, Operation Snafu), dies at 73 on April - 20.   

1972  On April - 20 apollo 16's Young & Duke land on Moon with Boeing Lunar Rover #2   

1973  On this day in history canadian ANIK A2 becomes first commercial satellite in orbit   

1973  Robert Armstrong, actor (Fall Guy, Exposed), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1974  Agnes Moorehead actress (Endora-Bewitched), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run"   

1974  On this day in history agnes Moorehead, actress (Endora-Bewitched), dies at 67   

1976  George Harrison sings the lumberjack song with Monty Python on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history a R Klemola discovers asteroid #2261   

1977  On this day in history ottawa starts $41 million program to upgrade the East Coast fishery.   

1977  On April - 20 supreme Court rules "Live Free or Die" may be covered on NH licenses   

1977  On April - 20 woody Allen's film "Annie Hall" premiers   

1977  Bryan Foy, director/writer, dies at 80 on April - 20.   

1979  On April - 20 johnny Carson was said to be leaving "The Tonight Show". Newspapers around the country gave details about why the comedian and late-night host was said to be unhappy after 17 years on the show   

1979  On this day in history peter Donald, host (Masquerade Party), dies at 60   

1981  Final performance of TV show "Soap" airs on April - 20.   

1981  Rocker Papa John Phillips arrested for drug possession on April - 20.   

1982  On this day in history businessman Peter Pocklington held hostage in his home for almost 12 hours by a gunman demanding $1 million   

1982  On this day in history andrew Sandham, cricketer (325 Eng 1930, 879 runs in 14 Tests), dies   

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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 April - 20 birth of john Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister   

1586  On this day in history birth of saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)   

1592  John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1314  On this day in history clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies   

1317  On April - 20 agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies   

1521  Death of Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) on April - 20.   

1534  On April - 20 elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies   

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