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  Ursula Happe, Germany, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956) on this day in history.   

1927  On October - 20 oskar Pastior, writer   

1927  Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer, dies at 78 on October - 20.   

1929  On this day in history bayshore Highway opens in San Francisco   

1929  On October - 20 bayshore Highway opens (SF)   

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

1930  British White Paper restricts Jews from buying Arab land on this day in history.   

1930  On October - 20 adventures of Sherlock Holmes, premiers on NBC radio   

1931  On October - 20 frankie Frisch of the Cards named MVP   

1931  On this day in history emanuel Moor, composer, dies at 68   

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

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

1935  400,000 demonstrators against fascism in Madrid on this day in history.   

1936  Carl Hubbell, 26-6, edges out Dizzy Dean, 24-13, for MVP honors in NL on October - 20.   

1939  On this day in history "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 this day in history.   

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  May Robson, actress (Star is Born, Reckless), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history 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 October - 20.   

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  On this day in history frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd, Chicago Cards vs NY Giants   

1947  On October - 20 hUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood   

1949  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of andrea Della Robbia, Florence, sculptor, nephew of Luca   

1475  On October - 20 birth of giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

0460  Eudocia Aelia Athenais, empress Oostromeinse Rich/poetess, dies on October - 20.   

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 October - 20.   

1268  On October - 20 conrad Hohenstaufen, [Conrad van Zwaben], son of Conrad IV, dies   

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  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.