Page 5: Historical Events In December - 20

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

1922  Charita Bauer, Newark NJ, actress (Guiding Light, Aldrich Family) on December - 20.   

1923  Nadine Gordimer, Springs South Africa, novelist on December - 20.   

1924  Adolf Hitler freed from jail early on this day in history.   

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 December - 20 cards trade Rogers Hornsby to Giants for Frankie Frisch & Jimmy Ring   

1926  On December - 20 david Levine, US painter   

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

1928  On this day in history 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  Milan Panic, premier of little Yugoslavia on this day in history.   

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

1932  On this day in history john Hillerman, actor (Magnum PI)   

1933  On this day in history bolivia & Paraguay sign weapon cease fire   

1933  Gordon Getty on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1938  On December - 20 v.K. Zworykin receives patent on the Iconoscope TV system   

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  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  On December - 20 free France under adm Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon   

1942  1st Japanese bombing of Calcutta on this day in history.   

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

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

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on December - 20.   

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

1566  Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612) was born on December - 20.   

1579  On December - 20 birth of john Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized)   

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

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

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  Death of Pope Zephyrinus on December - 20.   

0860  Death of King Ethelbald of Wessex on December - 20.   

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

1022  On this day in history death of elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996)   

1073  Domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1355  Stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies on this day in history.   

1494  Death of Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet on this day in history.