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 this day in history.  

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

1898  On this day in history irene [Marie] Dunne, Louisville, actress (Show Boat, I Remember Mama)  

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

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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 this day in history.  

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

1908  Giulio Cesare Brero, composer on December - 20.  

1909  On this day in history vagn Holmboe, composer  

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

1911  Hortense Calisher, NYC, novelist (Arts & Letters 1967) on December - 20.  

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

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

1915  Russian troops overrun Qom, Persia on December - 20.  

1915  Aziz Nesin, writer on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1917  On December - 20 russian secret police in Czech forms under Felix Dzerzjinski  

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

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

1918  Audrey Totter, Joliet Ill, actress (Carpetbaggers, Set-Up) on this day in history.  

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 December - 20.  

1921  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 on December - 20.  

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

1537  On December - 20 birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)  

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

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

1606  On December - 20 birth of christoph Schultze, composer  

1626  On December - 20 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 this day in history.  

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

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  Domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1355  Stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies on this day in history.  

1494  On this day in history death of matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet