Page 15: Historical Events In 1920

Oct 09   1st World Series game in Cleveland, Indians win 2-1   

Oct 09   Jens Bjorneboe, Norway, poet/writer (Dikt, Jonas).   

Oct 10   1st Grandslam in WS (Smith) and 1st unassisted triple play (Wambsganss).   

Oct 10   Thelonius Monk, Celebrated US Jazz pianist and composer is born.   

Oct 12   Alice Childress, US playwright/actress (Wedding Band).   

Oct 12   Cleve Indians beat Bkln Dodgers, 5 games to 2 in 17th World Series.   

Oct 13   Albert Hague, Berlin Germany, actor (Mr Shorofsky-Fame)   

Oct 13   Isaac Capadose, lawyer/evangelist, dies at 86.   

Oct 13   World Series celebration in Wade Park brings out 50000+ Clevelanders.   

Oct 17   Chicago Bears (as Decatur Staleys) play 1st NFL game, win 7-0   

Oct 17   Montgomery Clift, Omaha NE, actor (From Here to Eternity).   

Oct 18   Anita O'Day, vocalist/actress (Outfit, Zigzag, Jazz on a Summer Day)   

Oct 19   LaWanda Page, Cleve Ohio, actress (Aunt Esther-Sanford and Sons).   

Oct 20   "1st Year" with Frank Craven premieres in NYC.   

Oct 20   Max Bruch, German composer (Kol Nidre), dies at 82   

Oct 22   Harry Potts, soccer star/manager   

Oct 23   Chicago grand jury indicts Abe Attell, Hal Chase, and Bill Burns as go-betweens in Black Sox World Series scandal   

Oct 24   Louise H "Lous" Hensen, actress (Medea, Uncle Wanja).   

Oct 25   Alexander, king of Greece (1917-20), dies after ape bite at 27   

Oct 26   T C Jones, PA, female impersonator   

Oct 27   League of Nations moves headquarters in Geneva   

Oct 27   Nanette Fabray, San Diego Calif, actress (Katherine-One Day at a Time).   

Oct 27   Westinghouse radio station in East Pittsburgh, KDKA begins   

Oct 29   Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-born immunologist, Nobel laureate.   

Oct 29   Ed Barrow appointed GM of NY Yankees   

Oct 29   Johann Ernst Perabo, composer, dies at 74   

Oct 30   The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney   

Oct 31   Dick Francis, Wales, jockey/detective writer (Whip Hand, High Stakes)   

Oct 31   Romania annexes Bessarabia   

Nov 01   Eugene O'Neill's "Emperor Jones," premieres in NYC.   

Nov 01   James J Kilpatrick, Okla City Okla, columnist (60 Minutes).   

Nov 02   Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburgs coal basin), dies at 73.   

Nov 02   Fabio Gonzalez-Zuleta, composer   

Nov 02   KDKA (Pittsburgh) goes on air as 1st commercial radio station   

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Jan 01   Elisabeth andersen: [anna de bruyn], dutch actress (yerma, titania)   

Jan 01   Roger peacock: Writer   

Jan 01   Virgilio savona: Italian singer (quartetto cetra)   

Jan 02   Duke of devonshire: English large landowner/art collector   

Jan 02   Isaac asimov: Russia, scientist/writer (i robot, foundation trilogy)   

Jan 02   Penelope jessel: Politcal activist   

Jan 02   Peter harrison swan: Bomber pilot/stockbroker   

Jan 03   Renato carosone: Italian musician    

Jan 01   Paul adam: French writer (l'enfant d'austerlitz),    

Jan 04   Benito pérez galdós: Spanish novelist (b. 1843)   

Jan 07   Edmund barton: 1st prime minister of australia (b. 1849)   

Jan 14   John francis dodge: American automobile pioneer (b. 1864)   

Jan 16   Reginald de koven: Composer,    

Jan 20   Georg lurich: Estonian wrestler (b. 1876)   

Jan 25   Amadeo modigliani: Italian sculptor/painter,    

Jan 26   Matthias enzberger: German minister of finance, murdered