Historical Events In December - 20
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
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 On this day in history 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 this day in history giacobini discovers a comet which later will be visited bya spacecraft
1900 On this day in history giacobini discovers a comet (will be 1st comet visited by spacecraft)
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 Gavriil Musicescu, composer, dies at 56 on December - 20.
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 On this day in history venezuela (under vice-pres Gomez) attacks Dutch fleet
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 December - 20.
1911 Hortense Calisher, NYC, novelist (Arts & Letters 1967) on December - 20.
1912 J Hartley Manners' "Peg O' My Heart," premieres in NYC on this day in history.
1915 Last Australian troops evacuated from Gallipoli Peninsula on this day in history.
1915 Russian troops overrun Qom, Persia on December - 20.
1915 On this day in history aziz Nesin, writer
1916 On December - 20 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.
1918 Eugene O'Neill's "Moon of the Caribees," premieres in NYC on this day in history.
1918 On this day in history 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 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 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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