Historical Events In December - 20

1860  SC votes 169-0 for Ordinance of Secession, first state to secede on December - 20.   

1860  South Carolina secedes from the American Union, and joined the Confederacy on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history sC votes 169-0 for Ordinace of Secession, 1st state to secede   

1861  Battle of Dranesville, VA on December - 20.   

1862  On this day in history -Dec 20th] Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA   

1862  Robert Knox on December - 20.   

1864  On December - 20 -Dec 27th] Battle of Ft Fisher, NC   

1865  On this day in history de Clear-Alkmaar railway opens   

1865  On this day in history maude Gonne, Irish nationalist (Irish Joan of Arc)   

1867  Fini Valdemar Henriques, composer on this day in history.   

1868  Harvey S Firestone, Industrialist, where the rubber meets the road on December - 20.   

1869  On December - 20 charley Grapewin, Xenia OH, actor (Wizard of Oz, Libeled Lady)   

1870  On December - 20 pieter C Boutens, Dutch poet (Voices, Carmina)   

1871  Henry Kimball Hadley, composer on this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer   

1875  T F Powys, Wales, writer (Captain Patch, Goat Green) on this day in history.   

1875  On this day in history michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75   

1876  Jan Van Oudshoorn, [Jan K Feylbrief], Dutch writer (Maze of Senses) on December - 20.   

1876  Hannah Omish, at 12 is youngest ever hanged in US on December - 20.   

1879  Tom Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park on December - 20.   

1880  On this day in history new York's Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as "Great White Way"   

1880  On this day in history battle at Bronker's Spruit, Transvaal: Farmers beat Britten   

1881  Branch Rickey, baseball executive (Dodgers) on this day in history.   

1883  International cantilever railway bridge opens at Niagara Falls on December - 20.   

1883  On this day in history intl cantilever railway bridge opens at Niagara Falls   

1884  On this day in history marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl, Dutch nazi collaborator/traitor   

1886  On this day in history domingo Julio Gomez Garcia, composer   

1889  On December - 20 bozidar Sirola, composer   

1891  Strongman Louis Cyr withstands the pull of 4 horses on December - 20.   

1891  Strongman Louis Cyr withstands pull of 4 horses on this day in history.   

1892  Phileas Fogg completes around world trip, according to Verne on December - 20.   

1892  On December - 20 pneumatic automobile tire patented, Syracuse NY   

1893  On December - 20 first state anti-lynching statue approved, in Georgia   

1893  On December - 20 1st state anti-lynching statue approved, in Georgia   

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1494  Oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555) was born on December - 20.   

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on December - 20.   

1539  On December - 20 birth of paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer   

1566  On this day in history birth of edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612)   

1579  John Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized) was born on December - 20.   

1594  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer   

1606  On this day in history birth of christoph Schultze, composer   

1626  Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692) was born on this day in history.   

0069  Death of Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered on December - 20.   

0217  Death of Pope Zephyrinus on December - 20.   

0860  On December - 20 death of king Ethelbald of Wessex   

0910  On this day in history alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies   

1022  On this day in history death of elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996)   

1073  On this day in history domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies   

1355  On December - 20 stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies   

1494  On this day in history death of matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet