Page 4: Historical Events In April - 20

1902  On this day in history marie & Pierre Curie isolate radioactive element radium   

1902  On this day in history marie Curie isolate radioactive element radium   

1902  On April - 20 donald Wolfit, England, actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, Accursed)   

1903  On this day in history r S Dugan discovers asteroid #508 Princetonia   

1903  On this day in history 7th Boston Marathon won by John Lorden of Mass in 2:41:29.8   

1903  On April - 20 dagmar Edqvist, Swedish author (Kamrathustru-Wife & Comrade)   

1904  On April - 20 louisiana Purchase Exposition opens in St Louis   

1904  M Wolf discovers asteroid #532 Herculina on April - 20.   

1904  George Bernard Shaw's "Candida," premieres in London on April - 20.   

1904  Bruce Cabot, Carlsbad NM, actor (Diamonds are Forever, King Kong) on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history australian wombat dies in London Zoo at 26; oldest known marsupial   

1906  On this day in history australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26   

1907  On April - 20 alan Reed, actor/voice (Fred Allen Show, Fred Flintstone)   

1908  12th Boston Marathon won by Tom Morrissey of NY in 2:25:43.2 on April - 20.   

1908  On this day in history wilhelmus M Bekkers, bishop of Hertogenbosch   

1908  Henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1909  Guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman on April - 20.   

1910  Halley's Comet passes 29th recorded perihelion at 87.9 million km on April - 20.   

1910  On this day in history cleve Indians Addie Joss 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago, 1-0   

1910  On this day in history robert F Wagner, (Mayor-D-NYC, 1954-65) [or May 15]   

1911  Kukrit Pramoj, politician on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history tiger Stadium in Detroit opens   

1912  On this day in history fenway Park officially opens, Red Sox beat NY Highlanders 7-6 in 11   

1912  David Townsend, cricketer (3 Tests Eng v WI 1935) on this day in history.   

1912  On April - 20 bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64   

1913  Dick Wessel, WI, actor (Dick Tracy vs Cueball, Beware of Blondie) on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history 33 killed by soldiers during mine strike in Ludlow, Colo   

1914  On this day in history f Kaiser discovers asteroid #786 Bredichina,and G Neujmin discovers asteroid #787 Moskva   

1914  In Boston, Mass., James Duffy of Canada wins the 18th Boston Marathon in 2 25 01.2 on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history 18th Boston Marathon won by James Duffy of Canada in 2:25:01.2   

1914  On April - 20 in Boston, Mass., James Duffy of Canada wins the 18th Boston Marathon in 2:25:01.2.   

1916  On April - 20 wrigley Field in Chicago opens   

1916  On this day in history german-British sea battle off Belgian coast   

1917  SS Ballochbuie, torpedoed and sunk by German UC41 off the Firth of Forth Isle of May. In passage from Aberdeen to Sunderland on this day in history.   

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0702  On April - 20 birth of jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)   

1442  On this day in history birth of edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)   

1494  On this day in history birth of john Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister   

1586  Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.   

1592  On April - 20 birth of john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author   

1594  On this day in history birth of matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer   

1633  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)   

1646  Charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.   

1164  On April - 20 victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies   

1176  Death of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130) on this day in history.   

1314  On this day in history clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies   

1317  Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1521  Death of Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) on this day in history.   

1534  Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies on April - 20.   

1558  Death of Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485) on April - 20.   

1632  On April - 20 death of nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake