Page 4: Historical Events In December - 20

1894  On December - 20 day Six 1T Aus v Eng Australia need 177 to win, all out 166   

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  Irene [Marie] Dunne, Louisville, actress (Show Boat, I Remember Mama) on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history giacobini discovers a comet which later will be visited bya spacecraft   

1900  Giacobini discovers a comet (will be 1st comet visited by spacecraft) on December - 20.   

1900  On December - 20 gabby Harnett, (NL MVP 1935)   

1901  Louis I Kahn, US architect [or Feb 20] on this day in history.   

1902  On December - 20 george EAE, English prince/earl of St Andrews   

1903  On December - 20 gavriil Musicescu, composer, dies at 56   

1904  On December - 20 albert Van Dekker, Brooklyn NY, actor (Dr Cyclops, Beau Gesture)   

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

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  On December - 20 giulio Cesare Brero, composer   

1909  Vagn Holmboe, composer on December - 20.   

1909  Benjamin Ipavec, composer, dies at 79 on December - 20.   

1911  On December - 20 hortense Calisher, NYC, novelist (Arts & Letters 1967)   

1912  On December - 20 j Hartley Manners' "Peg O' My Heart," premieres in NYC   

1915  Last Australian troops evacuated from Gallipoli Peninsula on this day in history.   

1915  On December - 20 russian troops overrun Qom, Persia   

1915  On December - 20 aziz Nesin, writer   

1916  Michel Chartrand, Quebec union leader on December - 20.   

1916  Manuel Giro, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1917  Second conscription referendum in Australia and among forces overseas Proposal to introduce conscription defeated TOP on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history russian secret police in Czech forms under Felix Dzerzjinski   

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  On December - 20 canadian National Railways established (N America's longest, 50,000 KM)   

1919  Canadian Natl Railways established (N America's longest, 50,000 KM) on December - 20.   

1920  Bert Collins scores 104 on Test Cricket debut v England SCG on December - 20.   

1921  On this day in history 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  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on this day in history.   

1539  Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1579  John Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized) was born on this day in history.   

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

1606  On December - 20 birth of christoph Schultze, composer   

1626  On this day in history birth of veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692)   

0069  On this day in history death of aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered   

0217  Death of Pope Zephyrinus on December - 20.   

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

0910  On December - 20 alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies   

1022  On this day in history death of elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996)   

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 December - 20.