Historical Events In October - 20
Friday, 29 March 2024
1924 1st Negro League World Series: KC Monarchs shuts out Hilldales, 5-0 on October - 20.
1924 On this day in history kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist
1925 Art Buchwald, Mt Vernon NY, columnist/author (Have I Ever Lied to You) on October - 20.
1926 On October - 20 hurricane in Cuba, kills 600
1926 Ursula Happe, Germany, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956) on this day in history.
1927 Oskar Pastior, writer on this day in history.
1927 Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer, dies at 78 on October - 20.
1929 Bayshore Highway opens in San Francisco on this day in history.
1929 Bayshore Highway opens (SF) on this day in history.
1929 Rudolf Kittel, German theologist, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1930 On this day in history british White Paper restricts Jews from buying Arab land
1930 On this day in history adventures of Sherlock Holmes, premiers on NBC radio
1931 On this day in history frankie Frisch of the Cards named MVP
1931 Emanuel Moor, composer, dies at 68 on October - 20.
1932 Journalist, Robert Trout, joins CBS on October - 20.
1934 All-Star team led by Babe Ruth & Connie Mack sails to Hawaii & Japan on this day in history.
1935 On this day in history 400,000 demonstrators against fascism in Madrid
1936 On October - 20 carl Hubbell, 26-6, edges out Dizzy Dean, 24-13, for MVP honors in NL
1939 "All the Things You Are" recorded by Tommy Dorsey Orch on this day in history.
1940 On this day in history cheese rationed in Netherlands
1941 On October - 20 nazi occupiers murder 500 inhabitants of Kragujevac Serbia
1941 On October - 20 ken Farnes (WWII) 15 Tests for England, cricketer (60 wickets), dies
1942 "Durham Manifesto" calls for fundamental changes in race relations on this day in history.
1942 On this day in history may Robson, actress (Star is Born, Reckless), dies at 84
1944 On this day in history 30 blocks of Cleveland Ohio burn after a liquid gas factory explodes
1944 General Douglas MacArthur keeps his famous promise and returns to the Philippines on October - 20.
1944 Revolution by workers & students in Guatemala on October - 20.
1944 On October - 20 liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland, Ohio explode, 135 die, 3,600 homeless
1944 On October - 20 gabriel Groulez, composer, dies at 65
1945 Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg on October - 20.
1946 On this day in history frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd, Chicago Cards vs NY Giants
1947 HUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood on October - 20.
1949 Eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman US ambassador (to Denmark) on October - 20.
1950 Henry Lewsis Stimson, US minister of War/gov-gen, dies on this day in history.
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