Historical Events In December - 20
Wednesday, 20 January 2021
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.
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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