Historical Events In October - 20
Tuesday, 26 September 2023
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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