Historical Events In December - 20

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.  

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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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1494  On December - 20 birth of oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555)  

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 December - 20 birth of edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612)  

1579  John Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized) was born on December - 20.  

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

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

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

0069  On December - 20 death of aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered  

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 December - 20.  

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

1073  On this day in history domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies  

1355  On December - 20 stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies  

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