Historical Events In August - 20

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

1907  On this day in history alan Reed, NYC, actor (Mr Adams & Eve)/voice (Fred Flintstone)   

1908  On this day in history congo Free State becomes the Belgian Congo 1912 Plant Quarantine Act goes into effect   

1908  On this day in history congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo   

1908  Alfonso Lopez, baseball player (AL Manager of the year 1959) on August - 20.   

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  On this day in history uS supported opposition brings down Madriz in Nicaragua   

1910  Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (IBM Building, MIT Chapel) on August - 20.   

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

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

1912  Plant Quarantine Act goes into effect on this day in history.   

1912  Philip Kapleau, founder (Rochester Zen Center in New Haven) on this day in history.   

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

1913  First pilot to parachute from a French aircraft on this day in history.   

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

1913  Conrad Hermann Hubertius Maria Apollinaris Josten, jazz guitarist on August - 20.   

1914  German forces invade Brussels on this day in history.   

1914  German forces occupy Brussels, Belgium during WW I on August - 20.   

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

1914  Kitei Sohn, Korean marathon runner/coach (Olympic-gold-1936) on August - 20.   

1914  On this day in history pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies   

1915  On August - 20 white Sox obtain Joe Jackson from Cleve in exchange for Robert Roth, Larry Chappell, Ed Klepfer, & $31,500   

1915  Paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61 on this day in history.   

1917  On August - 20 jFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies   

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  Gregor MacGregor, English cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests 1890-93), dies on August - 20.   

1920  First US coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting on this day in history.   

1920  On August - 20 1st US coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting   

1921  35th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats M Browne (46 64 62) on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history jack Wilson, cricket slow left-armer (Test for Australia 1956)   

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

1923  On this day in history london harbor strike ends   

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1517  On August - 20 birth of antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75)   

1526  On August - 20 birth of peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum)   

1561  On August - 20 birth of jacopo Peri, composer   

1625  Thomas Corneille, French playwright was born on this day in history.   

1632  On August - 20 birth of louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704)   

1637  Cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam was born on August - 20.   

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

1666  On this day in history birth of alphonse d' Eve, composer   

0535  On this day in history death of mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick   

0984  John XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies on August - 20.   

1153  Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies on August - 20.   

1384  On August - 20 geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies   

1538  On August - 20 death of aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake   

1572  On this day in history death of miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502)   

1580  Death of Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506) on August - 20.   

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