Page 5: Historical Events In October - 20

1924  1st Negro League World Series: KC Monarchs shuts out Hilldales, 5-0 on this day in history.   

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 October - 20.   

1927  On October - 20 oskar Pastior, writer   

1927  On this day in history mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer, dies at 78   

1929  Bayshore Highway opens in San Francisco on October - 20.   

1929  On October - 20 bayshore Highway opens (SF)   

1929  On October - 20 rudolf Kittel, German theologist, dies at 76   

1930  On this day in history british White Paper restricts Jews from buying Arab land   

1930  Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, premiers on NBC radio on October - 20.   

1931  Frankie Frisch of the Cards named MVP on this day in history.   

1931  On October - 20 emanuel Moor, composer, dies at 68   

1932  On this day in history journalist, Robert Trout, joins CBS   

1934  On October - 20 all-Star team led by Babe Ruth & Connie Mack sails to Hawaii & Japan   

1935  On October - 20 400,000 demonstrators against fascism in Madrid   

1936  Carl Hubbell, 26-6, edges out Dizzy Dean, 24-13, for MVP honors in NL on October - 20.   

1939  "All the Things You Are" recorded by Tommy Dorsey Orch on October - 20.   

1940  On this day in history cheese rationed in Netherlands   

1941  Nazi occupiers murder 500 inhabitants of Kragujevac Serbia on October - 20.   

1941  Ken Farnes (WWII) 15 Tests for England, cricketer (60 wickets), dies on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history "Durham Manifesto" calls for fundamental changes in race relations   

1942  On this day in history may Robson, actress (Star is Born, Reckless), dies at 84   

1944  30 blocks of Cleveland Ohio burn after a liquid gas factory explodes on October - 20.   

1944  General Douglas MacArthur keeps his famous promise and returns to the Philippines on this day in history.   

1944  Revolution by workers & students in Guatemala on this day in history.   

1944  Liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland, Ohio explode, 135 die, 3,600 homeless on October - 20.   

1944  Gabriel Groulez, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg   

1946  Frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd, Chicago Cards vs NY Giants on this day in history.   

1947  On October - 20 hUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood   

1949  On this day in history eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman US ambassador (to Denmark)   

1950  On this day in history henry Lewsis Stimson, US minister of War/gov-gen, dies   

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1435  On October - 20 birth of andrea Della Robbia, Florence, sculptor, nephew of Luca   

1475  Giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api) was born on this day in history.   

1496  On October - 20 birth of claude de Lutherans, duke of Guise   

1616  Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680) was born on October - 20.   

1620  On October - 20 birth of aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691)   

1632  Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect was born on this day in history.   

1637  On October - 20 birth of nicolaas van der Veken, Flemish sculptor (confessional chairs)   

1656  On this day in history birth of nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746)   

0460  On October - 20 eudocia Aelia Athenais, empress Oostromeinse Rich/poetess, dies   

1139  On October - 20 henry X the Trotse, duke of Bayern (1126-38), dies   

1187  On October - 20 urbanus III, [Umberto Crivelli], Italian Pope (1185-87), dies   

1268  On this day in history conrad Hohenstaufen, [Conrad van Zwaben], son of Conrad IV, dies   

1274  On October - 20 engelbert II of Falkenburg, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

1438  Jacopo di Piero della Quercia, Italian sculptor, dies at about 64 on October - 20.   

1525  Joannes Custos, S Neth humanist, dies at about 50 on this day in history.   

1570  On this day in history death of joão de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496)