Page 5: Historical Events In October - 20

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

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  Hurricane in Cuba, kills 600 on October - 20.   

1926  On October - 20 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 October - 20.   

1929  On October - 20 bayshore Highway opens (SF)   

1929  Rudolf Kittel, German theologist, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

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

1931  On this day in history frankie Frisch of the Cards named MVP   

1931  Emanuel Moor, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

1934  On this day in history 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  On this day in history carl Hubbell, 26-6, edges out Dizzy Dean, 24-13, for MVP honors in NL   

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 this day in history.   

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  On October - 20 30 blocks of Cleveland Ohio burn after a liquid gas factory explodes   

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

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

1944  On this day in history liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland, Ohio explode, 135 die, 3,600 homeless   

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

1945  On October - 20 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  HUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood on this day in history.   

1949  Eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman US ambassador (to Denmark) on this day in history.   

1950  Henry Lewsis Stimson, US minister of War/gov-gen, dies on this day in history.   

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1435  Andrea Della Robbia, Florence, sculptor, nephew of Luca was born on this day in history.   

1475  On this day in history birth of giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api)   

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

1616  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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

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.