Page 4: Historical Events In December - 20

1894  Day Six 1T Aus v Eng Australia need 177 to win, all out 166 on this day in history.   

1894  Robert Menzies, Australian PM (1939-41, 1949-66) on December - 20.   

1895  Susanne Langer, US, philosopher/educator (Philosophy in a New Key) on this day in history.   

1898  Irene [Marie] Dunne, Louisville, actress (Show Boat, I Remember Mama) on this day in history.   

1900  Giacobini discovers a comet which later will be visited bya spacecraft on this day in history.   

1900  Giacobini discovers a comet (will be 1st comet visited by spacecraft) on this day in history.   

1900  Gabby Harnett, (NL MVP 1935) on this day in history.   

1901  Louis I Kahn, US architect [or Feb 20] on December - 20.   

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

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

1904  Albert Van Dekker, Brooklyn NY, actor (Dr Cyclops, Beau Gesture) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1907  Explosion at Yolande Alabama, coal mine kills 91 on this day in history.   

1908  On December - 20 giulio Cesare Brero, composer   

1909  Vagn Holmboe, composer on December - 20.   

1909  On December - 20 benjamin Ipavec, composer, dies at 79   

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

1912  J Hartley Manners' "Peg O' My Heart," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history aziz Nesin, writer   

1916  On this day in history michel Chartrand, Quebec union leader   

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

1917  Second conscription referendum in Australia and among forces overseas Proposal to introduce conscription defeated TOP on December - 20.   

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

1918  On this day in history the use of the collective title "Canadian National Railways" is authorized by order in council P.C. 3122.   

1918  On December - 20 eugene O'Neill's "Moon of the Caribees," premieres in NYC   

1918  On December - 20 audrey Totter, Joliet Ill, actress (Carpetbaggers, Set-Up)   

1919  On this day in history canadian National Railways established (N America's longest, 50,000 KM)   

1919  On this day in history canadian Natl Railways established (N America's longest, 50,000 KM)   

1920  Bert Collins scores 104 on Test Cricket debut v England SCG on this day in history.   

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  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 December - 20 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 this day in history birth of christoph Schultze, composer   

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

0069  Death of Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered on this day in history.   

0217  On December - 20 death of pope Zephyrinus   

0860  Death of King Ethelbald of Wessex on this day in history.   

0910  On this day in history 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  Stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies on this day in history.   

1494  On December - 20 death of matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet