Page 4: Historical Events In December - 20

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

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

1895  Susanne Langer, US, philosopher/educator (Philosophy in a New Key) on December - 20.   

1898  Irene [Marie] Dunne, Louisville, actress (Show Boat, I Remember Mama) on December - 20.   

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

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

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

1903  Gavriil Musicescu, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history 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  On this day in history dick White, head of British secret service (MI-5/MI-6)   

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

1908  On this day in history giulio Cesare Brero, composer   

1909  Vagn Holmboe, composer on December - 20.   

1909  On this day in history benjamin Ipavec, composer, dies at 79   

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 December - 20 last Australian troops evacuated from Gallipoli Peninsula   

1915  On this day in history russian troops overrun Qom, Persia   

1915  Aziz Nesin, writer on December - 20.   

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

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  On December - 20 russian secret police in Czech forms under Felix Dzerzjinski   

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

1918  Audrey Totter, Joliet Ill, actress (Carpetbaggers, Set-Up) on December - 20.   

1919  On this day in history 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  On December - 20 bert Collins scores 104 on Test Cricket debut v England SCG   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

0217  Death of Pope Zephyrinus on December - 20.   

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

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

1022  On December - 20 death of elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996)   

1073  On this day in history domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies   

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.