Page 4: Historical Events In August - 20

1905  On this day in history duncan Macrae, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped)   

1907  On August - 20 alan Reed, NYC, actor (Mr Adams & Eve)/voice (Fred Flintstone)   

1908  Congo Free State becomes the Belgian Congo 1912 Plant Quarantine Act goes into effect on August - 20.   

1908  Congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo on August - 20.   

1908  On this day in history alfonso Lopez, baseball player (AL Manager of the year 1959)   

1908  On August - 20 louis Varney, composer, dies at 64   

1909  On August - 20 albert Roberts, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37)   

1910  US supported opposition brings down Madriz in Nicaragua on August - 20.   

1910  On this day in history eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (IBM Building, MIT Chapel)   

1910  On this day in history arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64   

1911  Ronald Udell, England, production designer (Pinewood Studios) on August - 20.   

1912  On August - 20 plant Quarantine Act goes into effect   

1912  On August - 20 philip Kapleau, founder (Rochester Zen Center in New Haven)   

1912  William Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies on August - 20.   

1913  On this day in history first pilot to parachute from a French aircraft   

1913  1st pilot to parachute from an aircraft (Adolphe Pégoud-France) on August - 20.   

1913  Conrad Hermann Hubertius Maria Apollinaris Josten, jazz guitarist on this day in history.   

1914  On August - 20 german forces invade Brussels   

1914  German forces occupy Brussels, Belgium during WW I on this day in history.   

1914  German General von Bulow executes 211 Belgians on this day in history.   

1914  Kitei Sohn, Korean marathon runner/coach (Olympic-gold-1936) on this day in history.   

1914  Pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies on this day in history.   

1915  White Sox obtain Joe Jackson from Cleve in exchange for Robert Roth, Larry Chappell, Ed Klepfer, & $31,500 on this day in history.   

1915  Paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61 on August - 20.   

1917  JFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies on this day in history.   

1918  Britain opens offensive on Western front during WW I on August - 20.   

1919  Wichita outfielder Joe Wilhoit (Western League) fails to get a hit, ending a 69-game streak (155 hits in 299 at bats for a .505 avg) on this day in history.   

1919  On August - 20 gregor MacGregor, English cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests 1890-93), dies   

1920  On August - 20 first US coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting   

1920  On this day in history 1st US coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting   

1921  On August - 20 35th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats M Browne (46 64 62)   

1921  On August - 20 jack Wilson, cricket slow left-armer (Test for Australia 1956)   

1922  1st world championship athletics for women, held in Paris on this day in history.   

1923  On August - 20 london harbor strike ends   

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1517  Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75) was born on this day in history.   

1526  Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum) was born on August - 20.   

1561  On August - 20 birth of jacopo Peri, composer   

1625  On August - 20 birth of thomas Corneille, French playwright   

1632  Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704) was born on August - 20.   

1637  Cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam was born on this day in history.   

1665  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed) was born on this day in history.   

1666  Alphonse d' Eve, composer was born on August - 20.   

0535  Death of Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick on August - 20.   

0984  On this day in history john XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies   

1153  On August - 20 bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies   

1384  On this day in history geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies   

1538  On this day in history death of aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake   

1572  Death of Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502) on August - 20.   

1580  On this day in history death of jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506)   

1632  On this day in history death of valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38