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  Congo Free State becomes the Belgian Congo 1912 Plant Quarantine Act goes into effect on this day in history.  

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

1908  Alfonso Lopez, baseball player (AL Manager of the year 1959) on this day in history.  

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  Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (IBM Building, MIT Chapel) on August - 20.  

1910  On this day in history arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64  

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

1912  Plant Quarantine Act goes into effect on this day in history.  

1912  On August - 20 philip Kapleau, founder (Rochester Zen Center in New Haven)  

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

1913  First pilot to parachute from a French aircraft on August - 20.  

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

1913  Conrad Hermann Hubertius Maria Apollinaris Josten, jazz guitarist on this day in history.  

1914  German forces invade Brussels on this day in history.  

1914  German forces occupy Brussels, Belgium during WW I on this day in history.  

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

1914  Kitei Sohn, Korean marathon runner/coach (Olympic-gold-1936) on this day in history.  

1914  On this day in history 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  On August - 20 jFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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 August - 20.  

1922  On August - 20 1st world championship athletics for women, held in Paris  

1923  On August - 20 london harbor strike ends  

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1517  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1632  Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.  

1637  On August - 20 birth of cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam  

1665  On this day in history birth of bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed)  

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

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

0984  On August - 20 john XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies  

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

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

1538  Death of Aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake on this day in history.  

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