Page 6: Historical Events In December - 01
Friday, 20 February 2026
1925 David Doyle, Omaha Neb, actor (John Bosley-Charlie's Angels) 

1925 Vicente Arregui Garay, composer, dies at 54. 

1926 Allyn Ann McLerie, Quebec, actress (Tony Randall Show, Thorn Birds). 

1926 Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg, composer, dies at 83 

1928 CFL Grey Cup: Ham Tigers beats Regina, 30-0 at Hamilton 

1929 BINGO invented by Edwin S Lowe 

1929 Game of Bingo invented by Edwin S Lowe 

1930 Ruth Nichols is recorded as becoming inaugural woman pilot to cross the continent. 

1930 NHL drops 20 minute slashing-about-the-head penalty. 

1931 Ottawa branch of Royal Mint begins operation as Royal Canadian Mint 

1932 Amadeo Vives, composer, dies at 61 

1933 Hitler declares legal unity of German state and Nazi party. 

1933 Rudolf Hess and Earnest Rohm become a minister in Hitler govt. 

1934 Leningrad mayor Sergey Kirov assassinated, used by Stalin as the excuse to begin the Great Purge of 1934-38. 

1934 Sergei M Kirov, Josef Stalin's collaborator, assassinated in Leningrad 

1935 Woody Allen, American actor, director and producer is born 

1935 Woody Allen (Allen Konigsberg) was born this day. 

1935 Austria has world's 1st Day of Postage Stamp 

1935 Bernard Schmidt, inventor (Schmidt camera), dies. 

1936 Bell Labs tests coaxial cable for TV use 

1936 EW Brundin and FF Lyon obtain patent on soilless culture of plants. 

1936 Lou Rawls (Louis Allen) was born this day. 

1936 2nd Heisman Trophy Award: Larry Kelley, Yale (E). 

1937 Japan recognizes Franco govt. 

1938 A fine of One Billion Marks is levied against German Jews for the destruction caused during Kristallnacht 

1938 School bus and train collide in Salt Lake City Utah. 

1939 Lee Trevino golfer was born this day. 

1939 SS-Fuhrer Himmler begins deportation of Polish Jews 

1939 Max Fiedler, composer, dies at 79. 

1940 Richard Pryor actor was born this day 

1941 US Civil Air Patrol (CAP) organizes 

1941 British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Python 

1941 Horace Chapman, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa, 39 runs, 1 wkt), dies 

1942 Gasoline rationed in US. 

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