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  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 October - 20.   

1926  Ursula Happe, Germany, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956) on October - 20.   

1927  Oskar Pastior, writer on October - 20.   

1927  Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1929  Bayshore Highway opens in San Francisco on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history bayshore Highway opens (SF)   

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

1930  On October - 20 british White Paper restricts Jews from buying Arab land   

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

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

1931  Emanuel Moor, composer, dies at 68 on October - 20.   

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  400,000 demonstrators against fascism in Madrid on October - 20.   

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  On this day in history cheese rationed in Netherlands   

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

1941  On this day in history 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  May Robson, actress (Star is Born, Reckless), dies at 84 on October - 20.   

1944  30 blocks of Cleveland Ohio burn after a liquid gas factory explodes on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history general Douglas MacArthur keeps his famous promise and returns to the Philippines.   

1944  Revolution by workers & students in Guatemala on October - 20.   

1944  On October - 20 liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland, Ohio explode, 135 die, 3,600 homeless   

1944  Gabriel Groulez, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

1946  On October - 20 frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd, Chicago Cards vs NY Giants   

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 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  Giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api) was born on October - 20.   

1496  Claude de Lutherans, duke of Guise was born on October - 20.   

1616  On October - 20 birth of thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680)   

1620  Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691) was born on October - 20.   

1632  Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect was born on October - 20.   

1637  Nicolaas van der Veken, Flemish sculptor (confessional chairs) was born on this day in history.   

1656  On this day in history birth of nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746)   

0460  On October - 20 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 October - 20.   

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

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 October - 20.   

1525  Joannes Custos, S Neth humanist, dies at about 50 on this day in history.   

1570  Death of João de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496) on this day in history.