Page 5: Historical Events In August - 20

1924  On this day in history jim Reeves, US country singer/actor (Gun Fury, Kimberley Jim)   

1925  On this day in history major Georges-P Vanier appointed CO of the 22e Régiment at Quebec.   

1925  WJR-AM in Detroit MI begins radio transmissions on this day in history.   

1926  On August - 20 uprising against Reza Shah Pahlawi in Persia   

1926  On this day in history nobby Wirkowski, American and Canadian football player and coach   

1927  On this day in history geriatric1927, English video blogger   

1929  First airship flight around the Earth flying eastward completed on this day in history.   

1929  1st airship flight around Earth flying eastward completed on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history norma Connolly, Boston, Mass, actress (Ruby Anderson-General Hospital)   

1930  Bradman scores 232 in 5th Test Cricket at The Oval on this day in history.   

1930  Mario Bernardi, Canadian conductor on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history charles Bannerman, cricketer (1st three Tests for Australia), dies   

1931  On this day in history 45th US Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Eileen Whitingstall (64 61)   

1931  On August - 20 bernhard Becher, photographer (industrialist builder 19th/20th)   

1931  On this day in history waldemar von Baussnern, composer, dies at 64   

1932  Emille-Louis-Victor Mathieu, composer, dies at 87 on August - 20.   

1933  Don Fuqua, (Rep-D-FL, 1963-86) on this day in history.   

1934  Ponsford out for 266 in his final Test Cricket match on this day in history.   

1934  Armi Kuusela, Finnish beauty queen on August - 20.   

1935  Milt coup by General Pons & president Ibarra in Ecuador on this day in history.   

1935  Charles Shere, composer on this day in history.   

1935  On August - 20 otakar Ostrcil, composer, dies at 56   

1936  Carla Fracci, Milan Italy, ballerina on this day in history.   

1937  Corrie E Moret-de Jong, Dutch MP (CDA) on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history lou Gehrig hits record 23rd & last grand slam   

1939  1st black bowling league formed (National Bowling Assoc) on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history british PM Churchill says of the Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"   

1940  On August - 20 leon Trotsky, assassinated in Mexico City by Stalin agents, dies 8/21   

1940  On August - 20 1st Polish squadrons fight along in the Battle of Britain   

1941  Police raid 11th district of Paris, takes 4,000+ Jewish males on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history dim-out regulations implemented in SF   

1942  On this day in history the birth of Isaac Hayes, American film actor   

1944  On August - 20 127 Flying Fortress Bombers drop high-explosives on the factory areas at Auschwitz, less than five miles east of the gas-chambers.   

1944  On August - 20 "Anna Lucasta," opens on Broadway   

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1517  Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75) was born on August - 20.   

1526  Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum) was born on this day in history.   

1561  Jacopo Peri, composer was born on this day in history.   

1625  On August - 20 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 this day in history.   

1665  On August - 20 birth of bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed)   

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

0535  Death of Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick on this day in history.   

0984  John XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies on this day in history.   

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 August - 20.   

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

1580  Death of Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506) on this day in history.   

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