Page 5: Historical Events In October - 20

1924  On this day in history 1st Negro League World Series: KC Monarchs shuts out Hilldales, 5-0   

1924  Kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist on this day in history.   

1925  Art Buchwald, Mt Vernon NY, columnist/author (Have I Ever Lied to You) on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history hurricane in Cuba, kills 600   

1926  On this day in history ursula Happe, Germany, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956)   

1927  On October - 20 oskar Pastior, writer   

1927  On October - 20 mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer, dies at 78   

1929  Bayshore Highway opens in San Francisco on October - 20.   

1929  On October - 20 bayshore Highway opens (SF)   

1929  On October - 20 rudolf Kittel, German theologist, dies at 76   

1930  British White Paper restricts Jews from buying Arab land on this day in history.   

1930  Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, premiers on NBC radio on October - 20.   

1931  On October - 20 frankie Frisch of the Cards named MVP   

1931  On October - 20 emanuel Moor, composer, dies at 68   

1932  On October - 20 journalist, Robert Trout, joins CBS   

1934  All-Star team led by Babe Ruth & Connie Mack sails to Hawaii & Japan on October - 20.   

1935  On October - 20 400,000 demonstrators against fascism in Madrid   

1936  On October - 20 carl Hubbell, 26-6, edges out Dizzy Dean, 24-13, for MVP honors in NL   

1939  On this day in history "All the Things You Are" recorded by Tommy Dorsey Orch   

1940  Cheese rationed in Netherlands on October - 20.   

1941  On October - 20 nazi occupiers murder 500 inhabitants of Kragujevac Serbia   

1941  Ken Farnes (WWII) 15 Tests for England, cricketer (60 wickets), dies on this day in history.   

1942  "Durham Manifesto" calls for fundamental changes in race relations on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history may Robson, actress (Star is Born, Reckless), dies at 84   

1944  30 blocks of Cleveland Ohio burn after a liquid gas factory explodes on October - 20.   

1944  General Douglas MacArthur keeps his famous promise and returns to the Philippines on October - 20.   

1944  On this day in history revolution by workers & students in Guatemala   

1944  On October - 20 liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland, Ohio explode, 135 die, 3,600 homeless   

1944  On October - 20 gabriel Groulez, composer, dies at 65   

1945  Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg on October - 20.   

1946  Frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd, Chicago Cards vs NY Giants on this day in history.   

1947  HUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood on this day in history.   

1949  On October - 20 eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman US ambassador (to Denmark)   

1950  Henry Lewsis Stimson, US minister of War/gov-gen, dies on this day in history.   

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1435  Andrea Della Robbia, Florence, sculptor, nephew of Luca was born on October - 20.   

1475  On this day in history birth of giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api)   

1496  Claude de Lutherans, duke of Guise was born on October - 20.   

1616  Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680) was born on October - 20.   

1620  Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691) was born on October - 20.   

1632  Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect was born on this day in history.   

1637  Nicolaas van der Veken, Flemish sculptor (confessional chairs) was born on October - 20.   

1656  Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746) was born on this day in history.   

0460  On October - 20 eudocia Aelia Athenais, empress Oostromeinse Rich/poetess, dies   

1139  On October - 20 henry X the Trotse, duke of Bayern (1126-38), dies   

1187  Urbanus III, [Umberto Crivelli], Italian Pope (1185-87), dies on this day in history.   

1268  Conrad Hohenstaufen, [Conrad van Zwaben], son of Conrad IV, dies on October - 20.   

1274  Engelbert II of Falkenburg, archbishop of Cologne, dies on October - 20.   

1438  On October - 20 jacopo di Piero della Quercia, Italian sculptor, dies at about 64   

1525  Joannes Custos, S Neth humanist, dies at about 50 on this day in history.   

1570  Death of João de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496) on this day in history.