Historical Events In August - 20

1924  Jim Reeves, US country singer/actor (Gun Fury, Kimberley Jim) on August - 20.   

1925  On this day in history major Georges-P Vanier appointed CO of the 22e Régiment at Quebec.   

1925  WJR-AM in Detroit MI begins radio transmissions on this day in history.   

1926  Uprising against Reza Shah Pahlawi in Persia on August - 20.   

1926  Nobby Wirkowski, American and Canadian football player and coach on August - 20.   

1927  Geriatric1927, English video blogger on August - 20.   

1929  On this day in history first airship flight around the Earth flying eastward completed   

1929  1st airship flight around Earth flying eastward completed on this day in history.   

1929  Norma Connolly, Boston, Mass, actress (Ruby Anderson-General Hospital) on August - 20.   

1930  Bradman scores 232 in 5th Test Cricket at The Oval on this day in history.   

1930  Mario Bernardi, Canadian conductor on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history charles Bannerman, cricketer (1st three Tests for Australia), dies   

1931  45th US Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Eileen Whitingstall (64 61) on August - 20.   

1931  On this day in history bernhard Becher, photographer (industrialist builder 19th/20th)   

1931  On this day in history waldemar von Baussnern, composer, dies at 64   

1932  Emille-Louis-Victor Mathieu, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1933  Don Fuqua, (Rep-D-FL, 1963-86) on this day in history.   

1934  Ponsford out for 266 in his final Test Cricket match on this day in history.   

1934  Armi Kuusela, Finnish beauty queen on August - 20.   

1935  On this day in history milt coup by General Pons & president Ibarra in Ecuador   

1935  On this day in history charles Shere, composer   

1935  Otakar Ostrcil, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1936  On August - 20 carla Fracci, Milan Italy, ballerina   

1937  On this day in history corrie E Moret-de Jong, Dutch MP (CDA)   

1938  On August - 20 lou Gehrig hits record 23rd & last grand slam   

1939  On this day in history 1st black bowling league formed (National Bowling Assoc)   

1940  British PM Churchill says of the Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" on August - 20.   

1940  On this day in history leon Trotsky, assassinated in Mexico City by Stalin agents, dies 8/21   

1940  On August - 20 1st Polish squadrons fight along in the Battle of Britain   

1941  On August - 20 police raid 11th district of Paris, takes 4,000+ Jewish males   

1942  Dim-out regulations implemented in SF on August - 20.   

1942  The birth of Isaac Hayes, American film actor on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history 127 Flying Fortress Bombers drop high-explosives on the factory areas at Auschwitz, less than five miles east of the gas-chambers.   

1944  On this day in history "Anna Lucasta," opens on Broadway   

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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  Jacopo Peri, composer was born on August - 20.   

1625  Thomas Corneille, French playwright was born on August - 20.   

1632  On August - 20 birth of louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704)   

1637  On August - 20 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 August - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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 August - 20.   

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