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

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

1924  On this day in history errol John, Port-of-Spain Trinidad, actor (PT-109, Assault on a Queen)  

1925  On this day in history 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  On December - 20 david Levine, US painter  

1927  On December - 20 jim Simpson, sportscaster  

1928  First international dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Quebec on this day in history.  

1928  1st international dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Que on December - 20.  

1928  On this day in history charles Donald Adams, singer  

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

1929  On December - 20 heinie Wagner replaces Bill Carrigan as Red Sox manager  

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  On December - 20 queensland all out 74 v Victoria, Ironmonger (age 50) 7-13  

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

1933  Bolivia & Paraguay sign weapon cease fire on this day in history.  

1933  On this day in history gordon Getty  

1935  On December - 20 pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Ad Catholici Sacerdotii  

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 this day in history.  

1937  Erich Ludendorff, German general (WW I), dies at 72 on December - 20.  

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

1938  Vladimir K Zworykin (Penn) receives patent on Iconoscope TV system on this day in history.  

1939  Radio Australia begins overseas short-wave service on December - 20.  

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

1939  Hans Langsdorff, German capt (Graaf Spee), commits suicide on this day in history.  

1940  Connie Mack acquires controlling interest in the Athletics for $42,000 on December - 20.  

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

1942  On this day in history 1st Japanese bombing of Calcutta  

1942  On December - 20 jean Gilbert, [Max Winterfield], German composer, dies at 63  

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1494  Oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555) was born on this day in history.  

1537  On this day in history birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)  

1539  Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer was born on December - 20.  

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

1579  John Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized) was born on this day in history.  

1594  Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer was born on this day in history.  

1606  On December - 20 birth of christoph Schultze, composer  

1626  Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692) was born on this day in history.  

0069  Death of Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered on this day in history.  

0217  On this day in history death of pope Zephyrinus  

0860  Death of King Ethelbald of Wessex on this day in history.  

0910  On this day in history alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies  

1022  On December - 20 death of elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996)  

1073  On December - 20 domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies  

1355  Stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies on December - 20.  

1494  Death of Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet on December - 20.