Historical Events In August - 20

1905  Duncan Macrae, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped) on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1908  Louis Varney, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1909  On August - 20 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 August - 20 arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64   

1911  On August - 20 ronald Udell, England, production designer (Pinewood Studios)   

1912  On this day in history plant Quarantine Act goes into effect   

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

1912  On this day in history 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 August - 20.   

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

1914  On August - 20 german forces invade Brussels   

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

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  On August - 20 white Sox obtain Joe Jackson from Cleve in exchange for Robert Roth, Larry Chappell, Ed Klepfer, & $31,500   

1915  On this day in history 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  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  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  On August - 20 1st US coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting   

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

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 August - 20.   

1561  On August - 20 birth of jacopo Peri, composer   

1625  Thomas Corneille, French playwright was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 20.   

1666  On August - 20 birth of alphonse d' Eve, composer   

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

0984  John XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies on August - 20.   

1153  On August - 20 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  On August - 20 death of miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502)   

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

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