Page 5: 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  On this day in history art Buchwald, Mt Vernon NY, columnist/author (Have I Ever Lied to You)   

1926  Hurricane in Cuba, kills 600 on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history ursula Happe, Germany, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956)   

1927  On this day in history oskar Pastior, writer   

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

1930  British White Paper restricts Jews from buying Arab land on October - 20.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1940  On October - 20 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 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  On October - 20 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 this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history revolution by workers & students in Guatemala   

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

1944  On October - 20 gabriel Groulez, composer, dies at 65   

1945  Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg on October - 20.   

1946  Frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd, Chicago Cards vs NY Giants on October - 20.   

1947  HUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood on this day in history.   

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

1950  On October - 20 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  Claude de Lutherans, duke of Guise was born on October - 20.   

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

1620  Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691) was born on this day in history.   

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

1637  Nicolaas van der Veken, Flemish sculptor (confessional chairs) was born on October - 20.   

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  On this day in history henry X the Trotse, duke of Bayern (1126-38), dies   

1187  Urbanus III, [Umberto Crivelli], Italian Pope (1185-87), dies on this day in history.   

1268  Conrad Hohenstaufen, [Conrad van Zwaben], son of Conrad IV, dies on October - 20.   

1274  Engelbert II of Falkenburg, archbishop of Cologne, dies on October - 20.   

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