Page 4: Historical Events In August - 20

1905  On August - 20 duncan Macrae, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped)   

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

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

1908  Congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  Arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history ronald Udell, England, production designer (Pinewood Studios)   

1912  On this day in history plant Quarantine Act goes into effect   

1912  Philip Kapleau, founder (Rochester Zen Center in New Haven) on August - 20.   

1912  On this day in history william Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies   

1913  First pilot to parachute from a French aircraft on August - 20.   

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

1913  On this day in history conrad Hermann Hubertius Maria Apollinaris Josten, jazz guitarist   

1914  German forces invade Brussels on this day in history.   

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  On August - 20 kitei Sohn, Korean marathon runner/coach (Olympic-gold-1936)   

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

1915  On this day in history 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  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  1st US coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting on this day in history.   

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

1921  Jack Wilson, cricket slow left-armer (Test for Australia 1956) on this day in history.   

1922  On August - 20 1st world championship athletics for women, held in Paris   

1923  London harbor strike ends on this day in history.   

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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  Jacopo Peri, composer was born on this day in history.   

1625  On this day in history birth of thomas Corneille, French playwright   

1632  Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.   

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

1665  On this day in history birth of bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed)   

1666  Alphonse d' Eve, composer was born on this day in history.   

0535  On August - 20 death of mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick   

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

1153  Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies on this day in history.   

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

1538  Death of Aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake on this day in history.   

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

1580  On August - 20 death of jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506)   

1632  Death of Valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38 on this day in history.