Historical Events In December - 20

1922  On this day in history 14 republics form Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics (USSR)  

1922  Charita Bauer, Newark NJ, actress (Guiding Light, Aldrich Family) on this day in history.  

1923  On this day in history nadine Gordimer, Springs South Africa, novelist  

1924  On this day in history adolf Hitler freed from jail early  

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

1925  Bob de Moor, Flemish comic strip artist (Kuifje, Lion of Flanders) on December - 20.  

1926  Cards trade Rogers Hornsby to Giants for Frankie Frisch & Jimmy Ring on this day in history.  

1926  On December - 20 david Levine, US painter  

1927  On December - 20 jim Simpson, sportscaster  

1928  On this day in history first international dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Quebec  

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

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

1929  On December - 20 mount Davidson dedicated as a San Francisco city park  

1929  Heinie Wagner replaces Bill Carrigan as Red Sox manager on December - 20.  

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

1929  Emile Loubet, French premier (1892)/president (1899-1906), dies at 90 on December - 20.  

1930  Learie Constantine cricket 100 in 52 mins WI v Tas (10x4, 1x6, 1x5) on December - 20.  

1932  Queensland all out 74 v Victoria, Ironmonger (age 50) 7-13 on this day in history.  

1932  John Hillerman, actor (Magnum PI) on December - 20.  

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 this day in history.  

1936  Baron De Borchgrave, Belgian ambassador, murdered in Madrid on December - 20.  

1937  On this day in history bill O'Reilly takes 9-41 for NSW against South Australia  

1937  On December - 20 erich Ludendorff, German general (WW I), dies at 72  

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

1938  On December - 20 vladimir K Zworykin (Penn) receives patent on Iconoscope TV system  

1939  Radio Australia begins overseas short-wave service on this day in history.  

1939  Radio Australia begins overseas shortwave service on December - 20.  

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 December - 20.  

1941  Free France under adm Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon on December - 20.  

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

1942  Jean Gilbert, [Max Winterfield], German composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

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1494  Oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555) was born on December - 20.  

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

1539  Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer was born on this day in history.  

1566  On this day in history birth of edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612)  

1579  On this day in history birth of john Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized)  

1594  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer  

1606  Christoph Schultze, composer was born on December - 20.  

1626  Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692) was born on December - 20.  

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  On this day in history 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 December - 20.  

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