Page 4: Historical Events In August - 20

1905  On this day in history duncan Macrae, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped)   

1907  On August - 20 alan Reed, NYC, actor (Mr Adams & Eve)/voice (Fred Flintstone)   

1908  On August - 20 congo Free State becomes the Belgian Congo 1912 Plant Quarantine Act goes into effect   

1908  On August - 20 congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo   

1908  Alfonso Lopez, baseball player (AL Manager of the year 1959) on August - 20.   

1908  On this day in history louis Varney, composer, dies at 64   

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 this day in history eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (IBM Building, MIT Chapel)   

1910  Arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64 on August - 20.   

1911  Ronald Udell, England, production designer (Pinewood Studios) on August - 20.   

1912  On August - 20 plant Quarantine Act goes into effect   

1912  On this day in history philip Kapleau, founder (Rochester Zen Center in New Haven)   

1912  On August - 20 william Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies   

1913  On this day in history first pilot to parachute from a French aircraft   

1913  On this day in history 1st pilot to parachute from an aircraft (Adolphe Pégoud-France)   

1913  On August - 20 conrad Hermann Hubertius Maria Apollinaris Josten, jazz guitarist   

1914  German forces invade Brussels on August - 20.   

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

1914  German General von Bulow executes 211 Belgians on August - 20.   

1914  On August - 20 kitei Sohn, Korean marathon runner/coach (Olympic-gold-1936)   

1914  Pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies on August - 20.   

1915  White Sox obtain Joe Jackson from Cleve in exchange for Robert Roth, Larry Chappell, Ed Klepfer, & $31,500 on August - 20.   

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  On August - 20 britain opens offensive on Western front during WW I   

1919  On this day in history 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)   

1919  On August - 20 gregor MacGregor, English cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests 1890-93), dies   

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

1920  1st US coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting on August - 20.   

1921  35th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats M Browne (46 64 62) on this day in history.   

1921  On August - 20 jack Wilson, cricket slow left-armer (Test for Australia 1956)   

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

1923  London harbor strike ends on August - 20.   

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1517  Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75) was born on August - 20.   

1526  On August - 20 birth of peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum)   

1561  Jacopo Peri, composer was born on August - 20.   

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

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

1637  On this day in history birth of cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam   

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

1666  On this day in history birth of alphonse d' Eve, composer   

0535  On this day in history death of mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick   

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

1153  Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies on this day in history.   

1384  Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies on August - 20.   

1538  Death of Aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake on August - 20.   

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  Death of Valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38 on August - 20.