Historical Events In August - 20

1905  On August - 20 duncan Macrae, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped)  

1907  Alan Reed, NYC, actor (Mr Adams & Eve)/voice (Fred Flintstone) on August - 20.  

1908  On this day in history congo Free State becomes the Belgian Congo 1912 Plant Quarantine Act goes into effect  

1908  On this day in history congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo  

1908  On August - 20 alfonso Lopez, baseball player (AL Manager of the year 1959)  

1908  Louis Varney, composer, dies at 64 on August - 20.  

1909  On this day in history albert Roberts, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37)  

1910  On August - 20 uS supported opposition brings down Madriz in Nicaragua  

1910  On August - 20 eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (IBM Building, MIT Chapel)  

1910  Arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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1911  Ronald Udell, England, production designer (Pinewood Studios) on this day in history.  

1912  Plant Quarantine Act goes into effect on August - 20.  

1912  Philip Kapleau, founder (Rochester Zen Center in New Haven) on this day in history.  

1912  On this day in history william Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies  

1913  On August - 20 first pilot to parachute from a French aircraft  

1913  1st pilot to parachute from an aircraft (Adolphe Pégoud-France) on August - 20.  

1913  Conrad Hermann Hubertius Maria Apollinaris Josten, jazz guitarist on August - 20.  

1914  German forces invade Brussels on August - 20.  

1914  On this day in history german forces occupy Brussels, Belgium during WW I  

1914  On August - 20 german General von Bulow executes 211 Belgians  

1914  Kitei Sohn, Korean marathon runner/coach (Olympic-gold-1936) on August - 20.  

1914  Pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies on this day in history.  

1915  White Sox obtain Joe Jackson from Cleve in exchange for Robert Roth, Larry Chappell, Ed Klepfer, & $31,500 on this day in history.  

1915  Paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61 on August - 20.  

1917  JFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies on August - 20.  

1918  Britain opens offensive on Western front during WW I on this day in history.  

1919  Wichita outfielder Joe Wilhoit (Western League) fails to get a hit, ending a 69-game streak (155 hits in 299 at bats for a .505 avg) on August - 20.  

1919  Gregor MacGregor, English cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests 1890-93), dies on August - 20.  

1920  First US coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting on August - 20.  

1920  1st US coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting on this day in history.  

1921  35th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats M Browne (46 64 62) on August - 20.  

1921  Jack Wilson, cricket slow left-armer (Test for Australia 1956) on this day in history.  

1922  1st world championship athletics for women, held in Paris on this day in history.  

1923  On this day in history london harbor strike ends  

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1517  Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75) was born on this day in history.  

1526  Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum) was born on this day in history.  

1561  On this day in history birth of jacopo Peri, composer  

1625  Thomas Corneille, French playwright was born on August - 20.  

1632  Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704) was born on August - 20.  

1637  Cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam was born on August - 20.  

1665  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed) was born on August - 20.  

1666  Alphonse d' Eve, composer was born on this day in history.  

0535  Death of Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick on this day in history.  

0984  On this day in history john XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies  

1153  On this day in history bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies  

1384  On this day in history geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies  

1538  On August - 20 death of aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake  

1572  Death of Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502) on this day in history.  

1580  Death of Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506) on August - 20.  

1632  On August - 20 death of valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38