Historical Events In October - 20

1924  1st Negro League World Series: KC Monarchs shuts out Hilldales, 5-0 on October - 20.  

1924  Kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist on October - 20.  

1925  Art Buchwald, Mt Vernon NY, columnist/author (Have I Ever Lied to You) on October - 20.  

1926  Hurricane in Cuba, kills 600 on October - 20.  

1926  On October - 20 ursula Happe, Germany, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956)  

1927  Oskar Pastior, writer on this day in history.  

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  British White Paper restricts Jews from buying Arab land on October - 20.  

1930  On this day in history adventures of Sherlock Holmes, premiers on NBC radio  

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

1931  Emanuel Moor, composer, dies at 68 on October - 20.  

1932  Journalist, Robert Trout, joins CBS on October - 20.  

1934  On this day in history all-Star team led by Babe Ruth & Connie Mack sails to Hawaii & Japan  

1935  On this day in history 400,000 demonstrators against fascism in Madrid  

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

1939  On this day in history "All the Things You Are" recorded by Tommy Dorsey Orch  

1940  Cheese rationed in Netherlands on this day in history.  

1941  On this day in history nazi occupiers murder 500 inhabitants of Kragujevac Serbia  

1941  On October - 20 ken Farnes (WWII) 15 Tests for England, cricketer (60 wickets), dies  

1942  On October - 20 "Durham Manifesto" calls for fundamental changes in race relations  

1942  On October - 20 may Robson, actress (Star is Born, Reckless), dies at 84  

1944  30 blocks of Cleveland Ohio burn after a liquid gas factory explodes on this day in history.  

1944  General Douglas MacArthur keeps his famous promise and returns to the Philippines on October - 20.  

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 this day in history.  

1944  Gabriel Groulez, composer, dies at 65 on October - 20.  

1945  On October - 20 supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg  

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  On October - 20 henry Lewsis Stimson, US minister of War/gov-gen, dies  

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1435  On this day in history birth of andrea Della Robbia, Florence, sculptor, nephew of Luca  

1475  On October - 20 birth of giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api)  

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

1616  On October - 20 birth of thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680)  

1620  On this day in history birth of aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691)  

1632  On October - 20 birth of christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect  

1637  On this day in history birth of nicolaas van der Veken, Flemish sculptor (confessional chairs)  

1656  On October - 20 birth of nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746)  

0460  Eudocia Aelia Athenais, empress Oostromeinse Rich/poetess, dies on October - 20.  

1139  Henry X the Trotse, duke of Bayern (1126-38), dies on this day in history.  

1187  Urbanus III, [Umberto Crivelli], Italian Pope (1185-87), dies on October - 20.  

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

1274  On this day in history engelbert II of Falkenburg, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

1438  On this day in history jacopo di Piero della Quercia, Italian sculptor, dies at about 64  

1525  Joannes Custos, S Neth humanist, dies at about 50 on October - 20.  

1570  Death of João de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496) on October - 20.