Page 5: Historical Events In December - 20

1922  On December - 20 14 republics form Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics (USSR)   

1922  Charita Bauer, Newark NJ, actress (Guiding Light, Aldrich Family) on this day in history.   

1923  Nadine Gordimer, Springs South Africa, novelist on December - 20.   

1924  On this day in history adolf Hitler freed from jail early   

1924  On December - 20 errol John, Port-of-Spain Trinidad, actor (PT-109, Assault on a Queen)   

1925  Bob de Moor, Flemish comic strip artist (Kuifje, Lion of Flanders) on December - 20.   

1926  Cards trade Rogers Hornsby to Giants for Frankie Frisch & Jimmy Ring on December - 20.   

1926  On December - 20 david Levine, US painter   

1927  Jim Simpson, sportscaster on this day in history.   

1928  First international dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Quebec on December - 20.   

1928  1st international dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Que on December - 20.   

1928  Charles Donald Adams, singer on this day in history.   

1929  Mount Davidson dedicated as a San Francisco city park on December - 20.   

1929  Heinie Wagner replaces Bill Carrigan as Red Sox manager on this day in history.   

1929  On December - 20 milan Panic, premier of little Yugoslavia   

1929  On this day in history emile Loubet, French premier (1892)/president (1899-1906), dies at 90   

1930  Learie Constantine cricket 100 in 52 mins WI v Tas (10x4, 1x6, 1x5) on this day in history.   

1932  Queensland all out 74 v Victoria, Ironmonger (age 50) 7-13 on December - 20.   

1932  On December - 20 john Hillerman, actor (Magnum PI)   

1933  On December - 20 bolivia & Paraguay sign weapon cease fire   

1933  Gordon Getty on this day in history.   

1935  Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Ad Catholici Sacerdotii on December - 20.   

1936  On this day in history baron De Borchgrave, Belgian ambassador, murdered in Madrid   

1937  On December - 20 bill O'Reilly takes 9-41 for NSW against South Australia   

1937  On December - 20 erich Ludendorff, German general (WW I), dies at 72   

1938  V.K. Zworykin receives patent on the Iconoscope TV system on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history vladimir K Zworykin (Penn) receives patent on Iconoscope TV system   

1939  Radio Australia begins overseas short-wave service on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history radio Australia begins overseas shortwave service   

1939  On this day in history hans Langsdorff, German capt (Graaf Spee), commits suicide   

1940  On this day in history connie Mack acquires controlling interest in the Athletics for $42,000   

1941  Free France under adm Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon on December - 20.   

1942  On this day in history 1st Japanese bombing of Calcutta   

1942  On December - 20 jean Gilbert, [Max Winterfield], German composer, dies at 63   

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1494  On this day in history birth of oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555)   

1537  On this day in history birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)   

1539  Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer was born on December - 20.   

1566  On this day in history birth of edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612)   

1579  On December - 20 birth of john Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized)   

1594  Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer was born on December - 20.   

1606  On December - 20 birth of christoph Schultze, composer   

1626  On this day in history birth of veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692)   

0069  On December - 20 death of aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered   

0217  On this day in history death of pope Zephyrinus   

0860  Death of King Ethelbald of Wessex on December - 20.   

0910  On this day in history alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies   

1022  On December - 20 death of elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996)   

1073  On this day in history domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies   

1355  On this day in history stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies   

1494  Death of Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet on this day in history.