Historical Events In August - 20

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

1925  Major Georges-P Vanier appointed CO of the 22e Régiment at Quebec on August - 20.   

1925  On August - 20 wJR-AM in Detroit MI begins radio transmissions   

1926  Uprising against Reza Shah Pahlawi in Persia on August - 20.   

1926  On August - 20 nobby Wirkowski, American and Canadian football player and coach   

1927  Geriatric1927, English video blogger on this day in history.   

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 August - 20.   

1929  Norma Connolly, Boston, Mass, actress (Ruby Anderson-General Hospital) on August - 20.   

1930  On this day in history bradman scores 232 in 5th Test Cricket at The Oval   

1930  On this day in history mario Bernardi, Canadian conductor   

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

1931  On August - 20 45th US Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Eileen Whitingstall (64 61)   

1931  Bernhard Becher, photographer (industrialist builder 19th/20th) on this day in history.   

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

1932  On this day in history emille-Louis-Victor Mathieu, composer, dies at 87   

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  On August - 20 milt coup by General Pons & president Ibarra in Ecuador   

1935  Charles Shere, composer on August - 20.   

1935  Otakar Ostrcil, composer, dies at 56 on August - 20.   

1936  On August - 20 carla Fracci, Milan Italy, ballerina   

1937  On this day in history corrie E Moret-de Jong, Dutch MP (CDA)   

1938  On August - 20 lou Gehrig hits record 23rd & last grand slam   

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

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 this day in history 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  Dim-out regulations implemented in SF on August - 20.   

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  "Anna Lucasta," opens on Broadway on this day in history.   

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

1526  On this day in history birth of peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum)   

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

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

1632  On this day in history birth of louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704)   

1637  On this day in history birth of cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam   

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

1666  On August - 20 birth of alphonse d' Eve, composer   

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

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

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

1384  Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies on August - 20.   

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

1572  On August - 20 death of miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502)   

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

1632  On August - 20 death of valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38