Page 4: Historical Events In April - 20

1902  On April - 20 marie & Pierre Curie isolate radioactive element radium   

1902  Marie Curie isolate radioactive element radium on April - 20.   

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

1903  On April - 20 r S Dugan discovers asteroid #508 Princetonia   

1903  7th Boston Marathon won by John Lorden of Mass in 2:41:29.8 on April - 20.   

1903  On this day in history dagmar Edqvist, Swedish author (Kamrathustru-Wife & Comrade)   

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

1904  On this day in history m Wolf discovers asteroid #532 Herculina   

1904  On April - 20 george Bernard Shaw's "Candida," premieres in London   

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

1906  On April - 20 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1908  Wilhelmus M Bekkers, bishop of Hertogenbosch on this day in history.   

1908  On April - 20 henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85   

1909  Guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman on this day in history.   

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

1910  Cleve Indians Addie Joss 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago, 1-0 on this day in history.   

1910  On April - 20 robert F Wagner, (Mayor-D-NYC, 1954-65) [or May 15]   

1911  On this day in history kukrit Pramoj, politician   

1912  On this day in history tiger Stadium in Detroit opens   

1912  On April - 20 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 this day in history 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  33 killed by soldiers during mine strike in Ludlow, Colo on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1916  Wrigley Field in Chicago opens on this day in history.   

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

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

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0702  Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765) was born on April - 20.   

1442  On April - 20 birth of edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)   

1494  John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister was born on this day in history.   

1586  On this day in history birth of saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)   

1592  John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author was born on this day in history.   

1594  Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer was born on April - 20.   

1633  On April - 20 birth of emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)   

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

1164  Victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies on this day in history.   

1176  On April - 20 death of richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)   

1314  On April - 20 clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies   

1317  On April - 20 agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies   

1521  Death of Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) on April - 20.   

1534  Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies on this day in history.   

1558  Death of Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485) on this day in history.   

1632  Death of Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on this day in history.