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  On October - 20 kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist   

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

1926  On October - 20 hurricane in Cuba, kills 600   

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

1927  Oskar Pastior, writer on this day in history.   

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

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

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 October - 20 emanuel Moor, composer, dies at 68   

1932  On October - 20 journalist, Robert Trout, joins CBS   

1934  All-Star team led by Babe Ruth & Connie Mack sails to Hawaii & Japan on this day in history.   

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

1936  On October - 20 carl Hubbell, 26-6, edges out Dizzy Dean, 24-13, for MVP honors in NL   

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

1940  Cheese rationed in Netherlands on October - 20.   

1941  On October - 20 nazi occupiers murder 500 inhabitants of Kragujevac Serbia   

1941  Ken Farnes (WWII) 15 Tests for England, cricketer (60 wickets), dies on this day in history.   

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

1942  May Robson, actress (Star is Born, Reckless), dies at 84 on October - 20.   

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  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 October - 20.   

1944  On this day in history gabriel Groulez, composer, dies at 65   

1945  Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg on this day in history.   

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  On October - 20 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 this day in history birth of andrea Della Robbia, Florence, sculptor, nephew of Luca   

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  Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

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

1656  Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746) was born on this day in history.   

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  On October - 20 urbanus III, [Umberto Crivelli], Italian Pope (1185-87), dies   

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

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