Page 4: Historical Events In August - 20

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

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  Congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo on August - 20.   

1908  On August - 20 alfonso Lopez, baseball player (AL Manager of the year 1959)   

1908  On August - 20 louis Varney, composer, dies at 64   

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  On August - 20 eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (IBM Building, MIT Chapel)   

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  On August - 20 plant Quarantine Act goes into effect   

1912  Philip Kapleau, founder (Rochester Zen Center in New Haven) on August - 20.   

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

1914  On this day in history german forces invade Brussels   

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

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  Paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61 on this day in history.   

1917  On August - 20 jFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies   

1918  On this day in history 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  Gregor MacGregor, English cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests 1890-93), dies on August - 20.   

1920  On this day in history first US coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting   

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 August - 20.   

1921  On this day in history 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  On August - 20 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 this day in history birth of thomas Corneille, French playwright   

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

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

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

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