Historical Events In December - 20

1922  14 republics form Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics (USSR) on December - 20.  

1922  On December - 20 charita Bauer, Newark NJ, actress (Guiding Light, Aldrich Family)  

1923  Nadine Gordimer, Springs South Africa, novelist on this day in history.  

1924  Adolf Hitler freed from jail early on December - 20.  

1924  Errol John, Port-of-Spain Trinidad, actor (PT-109, Assault on a Queen) on December - 20.  

1925  On December - 20 bob de Moor, Flemish comic strip artist (Kuifje, Lion of Flanders)  

1926  On this day in history cards trade Rogers Hornsby to Giants for Frankie Frisch & Jimmy Ring  

1926  David Levine, US painter on this day in history.  

1927  On December - 20 jim Simpson, sportscaster  

1928  First international dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Quebec on December - 20.  

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1928  1st international dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Que on this day in history.  

1928  Charles Donald Adams, singer on this day in history.  

1929  Mount Davidson dedicated as a San Francisco city park on December - 20.  

1929  On this day in history heinie Wagner replaces Bill Carrigan as Red Sox manager  

1929  On this day in history milan Panic, premier of little Yugoslavia  

1929  On this day in history emile Loubet, French premier (1892)/president (1899-1906), dies at 90  

1930  Learie Constantine cricket 100 in 52 mins WI v Tas (10x4, 1x6, 1x5) on this day in history.  

1932  On this day in history queensland all out 74 v Victoria, Ironmonger (age 50) 7-13  

1932  On December - 20 john Hillerman, actor (Magnum PI)  

1933  Bolivia & Paraguay sign weapon cease fire on December - 20.  

1933  Gordon Getty on this day in history.  

1935  Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Ad Catholici Sacerdotii on December - 20.  

1936  On December - 20 baron De Borchgrave, Belgian ambassador, murdered in Madrid  

1937  Bill O'Reilly takes 9-41 for NSW against South Australia on December - 20.  

1937  On this day in history erich Ludendorff, German general (WW I), dies at 72  

1938  On this day in history v.K. Zworykin receives patent on the Iconoscope TV system  

1938  Vladimir K Zworykin (Penn) receives patent on Iconoscope TV system on December - 20.  

1939  On this day in history radio Australia begins overseas short-wave service  

1939  Radio Australia begins overseas shortwave service on this day in history.  

1939  On this day in history hans Langsdorff, German capt (Graaf Spee), commits suicide  

1940  Connie Mack acquires controlling interest in the Athletics for $42,000 on this day in history.  

1941  On this day in history free France under adm Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon  

1942  1st Japanese bombing of Calcutta on December - 20.  

1942  Jean Gilbert, [Max Winterfield], German composer, dies at 63 on December - 20.  

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

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on this day in history.  

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

1566  Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612) was born on this day in history.  

1579  John Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized) was born on December - 20.  

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

1606  Christoph Schultze, composer was born on this day in history.  

1626  On December - 20 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  Death of Pope Zephyrinus on December - 20.  

0860  On December - 20 death of king Ethelbald of Wessex  

0910  Alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies on this day in history.  

1022  Death of Elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996) on this day in history.  

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