Historical Events In December - 20

1894  Day Six 1T Aus v Eng Australia need 177 to win, all out 166 on December - 20.  

1894  On December - 20 robert Menzies, Australian PM (1939-41, 1949-66)  

1895  On December - 20 susanne Langer, US, philosopher/educator (Philosophy in a New Key)  

1898  On December - 20 irene [Marie] Dunne, Louisville, actress (Show Boat, I Remember Mama)  

1900  On December - 20 giacobini discovers a comet which later will be visited bya spacecraft  

1900  On December - 20 giacobini discovers a comet (will be 1st comet visited by spacecraft)  

1900  On this day in history gabby Harnett, (NL MVP 1935)  

1901  On this day in history louis I Kahn, US architect [or Feb 20]  

1902  On this day in history george EAE, English prince/earl of St Andrews  

1903  On this day in history gavriil Musicescu, composer, dies at 56  

1904  On this day in history albert Van Dekker, Brooklyn NY, actor (Dr Cyclops, Beau Gesture)  

1905  On this day in history "Tiger" Bill O'Reilly, cricketer (mighty Australian leg-spinner)  

1906  Venezuela (under vice-pres Gomez) attacks Dutch fleet on December - 20.  

1906  Dick White, head of British secret service (MI-5/MI-6) on December - 20.  

1907  On December - 20 explosion at Yolande Alabama, coal mine kills 91  

1908  Giulio Cesare Brero, composer on December - 20.  

1909  Vagn Holmboe, composer on this day in history.  

1909  Benjamin Ipavec, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1911  Hortense Calisher, NYC, novelist (Arts & Letters 1967) on this day in history.  

1912  On this day in history j Hartley Manners' "Peg O' My Heart," premieres in NYC  

1915  On this day in history last Australian troops evacuated from Gallipoli Peninsula  

1915  Russian troops overrun Qom, Persia on this day in history.  

1915  Aziz Nesin, writer on December - 20.  

1916  Michel Chartrand, Quebec union leader on this day in history.  

1916  On December - 20 manuel Giro, composer, dies at 68  

1917  On December - 20 second conscription referendum in Australia and among forces overseas Proposal to introduce conscription defeated TOP  

1917  Russian secret police in Czech forms under Felix Dzerzjinski on this day in history.  

1918  On December - 20 the use of the collective title "Canadian National Railways" is authorized by order in council P.C. 3122.  

1918  Eugene O'Neill's "Moon of the Caribees," premieres in NYC on December - 20.  

1918  On this day in history audrey Totter, Joliet Ill, actress (Carpetbaggers, Set-Up)  

1919  Canadian National Railways established (N America's longest, 50,000 KM) on this day in history.  

1919  Canadian Natl Railways established (N America's longest, 50,000 KM) on this day in history.  

1920  On December - 20 bert Collins scores 104 on Test Cricket debut v England SCG  

1921  On December - 20 aL votes to return to best-of-7 World Series, while NL votes best-of-9 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis casts deciding vote for best-of-7  

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1494  Oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555) was born on December - 20.  

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

1539  On December - 20 birth of paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer  

1566  Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612) was born on December - 20.  

1579  On December - 20 birth of john Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized)  

1594  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer  

1606  On December - 20 birth of christoph Schultze, composer  

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

0069  On December - 20 death of aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered  

0217  Death of Pope Zephyrinus on this day in history.  

0860  Death of King Ethelbald of Wessex on December - 20.  

0910  Alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies on December - 20.  

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

1073  On December - 20 domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies  

1355  Stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies on December - 20.  

1494  Death of Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet on December - 20.