Page 5: Historical Events In October - 20
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
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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