Historical Events In December - 20
Monday, 13 May 2024
1894 Day Six 1T Aus v Eng Australia need 177 to win, all out 166 on this day in history.
1894 Robert Menzies, Australian PM (1939-41, 1949-66) on December - 20.
1895 Susanne Langer, US, philosopher/educator (Philosophy in a New Key) on December - 20.
1898 Irene [Marie] Dunne, Louisville, actress (Show Boat, I Remember Mama) on this day in history.
1900 On this day in history giacobini discovers a comet which later will be visited bya spacecraft
1900 On this day in history giacobini discovers a comet (will be 1st comet visited by spacecraft)
1900 On December - 20 gabby Harnett, (NL MVP 1935)
1901 Louis I Kahn, US architect [or Feb 20] on this day in history.
1902 On December - 20 george EAE, English prince/earl of St Andrews
1903 On this day in history gavriil Musicescu, composer, dies at 56
1904 Albert Van Dekker, Brooklyn NY, actor (Dr Cyclops, Beau Gesture) on this day in history.
1905 "Tiger" Bill O'Reilly, cricketer (mighty Australian leg-spinner) on December - 20.
1906 Venezuela (under vice-pres Gomez) attacks Dutch fleet on this day in history.
1906 On December - 20 dick White, head of British secret service (MI-5/MI-6)
1907 Explosion at Yolande Alabama, coal mine kills 91 on this day in history.
1908 Giulio Cesare Brero, composer on December - 20.
1909 On this day in history vagn Holmboe, composer
1909 On this day in history benjamin Ipavec, composer, dies at 79
1911 On this day in history hortense Calisher, NYC, novelist (Arts & Letters 1967)
1912 On this day in history j Hartley Manners' "Peg O' My Heart," premieres in NYC
1915 On December - 20 last Australian troops evacuated from Gallipoli Peninsula
1915 On December - 20 russian troops overrun Qom, Persia
1915 Aziz Nesin, writer on this day in history.
1916 Michel Chartrand, Quebec union leader on this day in history.
1916 Manuel Giro, composer, dies at 68 on December - 20.
1917 On December - 20 second conscription referendum in Australia and among forces overseas Proposal to introduce conscription defeated TOP
1917 Russian secret police in Czech forms under Felix Dzerzjinski on this day in history.
1918 On this day in history the use of the collective title "Canadian National Railways" is authorized by order in council P.C. 3122.
1918 On this day in history eugene O'Neill's "Moon of the Caribees," premieres in NYC
1918 Audrey Totter, Joliet Ill, actress (Carpetbaggers, Set-Up) on December - 20.
1919 On December - 20 canadian National Railways established (N America's longest, 50,000 KM)
1919 On this day in history canadian Natl Railways established (N America's longest, 50,000 KM)
1920 Bert Collins scores 104 on Test Cricket debut v England SCG on this day in history.
1921 On December - 20 aL votes to return to best-of-7 World Series, while NL votes best-of-9 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis casts deciding vote for best-of-7
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