Historical Events In December - 20

1860  SC votes 169-0 for Ordinance of Secession, first state to secede on December - 20.  

1860  South Carolina secedes from the American Union, and joined the Confederacy on December - 20.  

1860  On December - 20 sC votes 169-0 for Ordinace of Secession, 1st state to secede  

1861  Battle of Dranesville, VA on this day in history.  

1862  On this day in history -Dec 20th] Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA  

1862  Robert Knox on this day in history.  

1864  -Dec 27th] Battle of Ft Fisher, NC on this day in history.  

1865  On December - 20 de Clear-Alkmaar railway opens  

1865  Maude Gonne, Irish nationalist (Irish Joan of Arc) on this day in history.  

1867  Fini Valdemar Henriques, composer on this day in history.  

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1868  On December - 20 harvey S Firestone, Industrialist, where the rubber meets the road  

1869  On this day in history charley Grapewin, Xenia OH, actor (Wizard of Oz, Libeled Lady)  

1870  Pieter C Boutens, Dutch poet (Voices, Carmina) on December - 20.  

1871  Henry Kimball Hadley, composer on December - 20.  

1872  On this day in history lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer  

1875  T F Powys, Wales, writer (Captain Patch, Goat Green) on December - 20.  

1875  On this day in history michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75  

1876  On December - 20 jan Van Oudshoorn, [Jan K Feylbrief], Dutch writer (Maze of Senses)  

1876  On December - 20 hannah Omish, at 12 is youngest ever hanged in US  

1879  On this day in history tom Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park  

1880  New York's Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as "Great White Way" on December - 20.  

1880  On December - 20 battle at Bronker's Spruit, Transvaal: Farmers beat Britten  

1881  Branch Rickey, baseball executive (Dodgers) on December - 20.  

1883  On this day in history international cantilever railway bridge opens at Niagara Falls  

1883  On this day in history intl cantilever railway bridge opens at Niagara Falls  

1884  Marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl, Dutch nazi collaborator/traitor on this day in history.  

1886  On December - 20 domingo Julio Gomez Garcia, composer  

1889  Bozidar Sirola, composer on December - 20.  

1891  Strongman Louis Cyr withstands the pull of 4 horses on this day in history.  

1891  Strongman Louis Cyr withstands pull of 4 horses on this day in history.  

1892  On December - 20 phileas Fogg completes around world trip, according to Verne  

1892  Pneumatic automobile tire patented, Syracuse NY on December - 20.  

1893  First state anti-lynching statue approved, in Georgia on December - 20.  

1893  1st state anti-lynching statue approved, in Georgia on December - 20.  

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1494  On December - 20 birth of oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555)  

1537  On this day in history birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)  

1539  Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer was born on December - 20.  

1566  On this day in history birth of edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612)  

1579  John Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized) was born on December - 20.  

1594  Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer was born on December - 20.  

1606  On December - 20 birth of christoph Schultze, composer  

1626  Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692) was born on December - 20.  

0069  Death of Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered on December - 20.  

0217  On this day in history death of pope Zephyrinus  

0860  On this day in history death of king Ethelbald of Wessex  

0910  Alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies on this day in history.  

1022  Death of Elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996) on December - 20.  

1073  Domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies on December - 20.  

1355  On December - 20 stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies  

1494  Death of Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet on this day in history.