Page 5: Historical Events In October - 20

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

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

1925  Art Buchwald, Mt Vernon NY, columnist/author (Have I Ever Lied to You) on this day in history.   

1926  On October - 20 hurricane in Cuba, kills 600   

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

1927  Oskar Pastior, writer on October - 20.   

1927  Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer, dies at 78 on October - 20.   

1929  On October - 20 bayshore Highway opens in San Francisco   

1929  Bayshore Highway opens (SF) on this day in history.   

1929  Rudolf Kittel, German theologist, dies at 76 on October - 20.   

1930  British White Paper restricts Jews from buying Arab land on this day in history.   

1930  Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, premiers on NBC radio on this day in history.   

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

1931  On this day in history emanuel Moor, composer, dies at 68   

1932  Journalist, Robert Trout, joins CBS on this day in history.   

1934  All-Star team led by Babe Ruth & Connie Mack sails to Hawaii & Japan on October - 20.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history cheese rationed in Netherlands   

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

1941  On this day in history 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 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  On October - 20 liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland, Ohio explode, 135 die, 3,600 homeless   

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

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 October - 20.   

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  Andrea Della Robbia, Florence, sculptor, nephew of Luca was born on October - 20.   

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

1496  On this day in history 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 October - 20 birth of aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691)   

1632  On this day in history birth of christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect   

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

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

0460  On this day in history eudocia Aelia Athenais, empress Oostromeinse Rich/poetess, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1268  On October - 20 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 this day in history.   

1525  On this day in history joannes Custos, S Neth humanist, dies at about 50   

1570  On October - 20 death of joão de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496)