Page 4: Historical Events In August - 20

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

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 August - 20.   

1908  Congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo on this day in history.   

1908  Alfonso Lopez, baseball player (AL Manager of the year 1959) on August - 20.   

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

1909  On this day in history albert Roberts, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37)   

1910  US supported opposition brings down Madriz in Nicaragua on this day in history.   

1910  On August - 20 eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (IBM Building, MIT Chapel)   

1910  Arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64 on August - 20.   

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  William Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1914  German forces invade Brussels on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1918  Britain opens offensive on Western front during WW I on August - 20.   

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

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

1920  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 1st world championship athletics for women, held in Paris   

1923  London harbor strike ends on this day in history.   

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1517  Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75) was born on this day in history.   

1526  Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum) was born on August - 20.   

1561  On August - 20 birth of jacopo Peri, composer   

1625  On this day in history 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  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed) was born on this day in history.   

1666  On this day in history birth of alphonse d' Eve, composer   

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

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 this day in history 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  Death of Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506) on this day in history.   

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