Historical Events In December - 20
Thursday, 22 April 2021
1922 14 republics form Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics (USSR) on December - 20.
1922 On this day in history charita Bauer, Newark NJ, actress (Guiding Light, Aldrich Family)
1923 On December - 20 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 On this day in history bob de Moor, Flemish comic strip artist (Kuifje, Lion of Flanders)
1926 Cards trade Rogers Hornsby to Giants for Frankie Frisch & Jimmy Ring on this day in history.
1926 David Levine, US painter on this day in history.
1927 On this day in history jim Simpson, sportscaster
1928 First international dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Quebec on December - 20.
1928 On December - 20 1st international dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Que
1928 On December - 20 charles Donald Adams, singer
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 December - 20 milan Panic, premier of little Yugoslavia
1929 On December - 20 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 Queensland all out 74 v Victoria, Ironmonger (age 50) 7-13 on December - 20.
1932 John Hillerman, actor (Magnum PI) on this day in history.
1933 On December - 20 bolivia & Paraguay sign weapon cease fire
1933 Gordon Getty on December - 20.
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 December - 20 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 Radio Australia begins overseas short-wave service on this day in history.
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 Free France under adm Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon on December - 20.
1942 1st Japanese bombing of Calcutta on this day in history.
1942 On December - 20 jean Gilbert, [Max Winterfield], German composer, dies at 63
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