Page 4: Historical Events In August - 20

1905  Duncan Macrae, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped) on August - 20.   

1907  Alan Reed, NYC, actor (Mr Adams & Eve)/voice (Fred Flintstone) on this day in history.   

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

1908  Congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo on August - 20.   

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  Albert Roberts, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37) on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history 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.   

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

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  William Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies on August - 20.   

1913  First pilot to parachute from a French aircraft on this day in history.   

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

1913  On this day in history conrad Hermann Hubertius Maria Apollinaris Josten, jazz guitarist   

1914  German forces invade Brussels on August - 20.   

1914  German forces occupy Brussels, Belgium during WW I on August - 20.   

1914  German General von Bulow executes 211 Belgians on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history kitei Sohn, Korean marathon runner/coach (Olympic-gold-1936)   

1914  On August - 20 pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies   

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

1915  On August - 20 paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61   

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 August - 20 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  Gregor MacGregor, English cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests 1890-93), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 August - 20.   

1923  On August - 20 london harbor strike ends   

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1517  On August - 20 birth of antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75)   

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

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

1625  On August - 20 birth of thomas Corneille, French playwright   

1632  On this day in history birth of louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704)   

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

1665  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed) was born on this day in history.   

1666  Alphonse d' Eve, composer was born on August - 20.   

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 August - 20 bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies   

1384  On August - 20 geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies   

1538  On this day in history death of aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake   

1572  On August - 20 death of miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502)   

1580  On August - 20 death of jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506)   

1632  Death of Valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38 on this day in history.