Page 4: Historical Events In August - 20

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

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

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

1908  On this day in history 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  Albert Roberts, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37) on August - 20.   

1910  US supported opposition brings down Madriz in Nicaragua on August - 20.   

1910  On August - 20 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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1914  On this day in history german forces invade Brussels   

1914  On August - 20 german forces occupy Brussels, Belgium during WW I   

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

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 August - 20.   

1915  On this day in history paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61   

1917  On this day in history 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 August - 20.   

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

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 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  On August - 20 birth of thomas Corneille, French playwright   

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  On August - 20 birth of bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed)   

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

0535  Death of Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick on August - 20.   

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

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

1572  On this day in history 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.