Page 5: Historical Events In October - 20

1924  On October - 20 1st Negro League World Series: KC Monarchs shuts out Hilldales, 5-0   

1924  Kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist on October - 20.   

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

1926  Hurricane in Cuba, kills 600 on this day in history.   

1926  On October - 20 ursula Happe, Germany, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956)   

1927  Oskar Pastior, writer on this day in history.   

1927  Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history bayshore Highway opens in San Francisco   

1929  Bayshore Highway opens (SF) on October - 20.   

1929  On this day in history rudolf Kittel, German theologist, dies at 76   

1930  On October - 20 british White Paper restricts Jews from buying Arab land   

1930  Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, premiers on NBC radio on this day in history.   

1931  Frankie Frisch of the Cards named MVP on October - 20.   

1931  On this day in history emanuel Moor, composer, dies at 68   

1932  Journalist, Robert Trout, joins CBS on October - 20.   

1934  On this day in history all-Star team led by Babe Ruth & Connie Mack sails to Hawaii & Japan   

1935  400,000 demonstrators against fascism in Madrid on this day in history.   

1936  Carl Hubbell, 26-6, edges out Dizzy Dean, 24-13, for MVP honors in NL on this day in history.   

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

1940  On October - 20 cheese rationed in Netherlands   

1941  Nazi occupiers murder 500 inhabitants of Kragujevac Serbia on October - 20.   

1941  On October - 20 ken Farnes (WWII) 15 Tests for England, cricketer (60 wickets), dies   

1942  On October - 20 "Durham Manifesto" calls for fundamental changes in race relations   

1942  May Robson, actress (Star is Born, Reckless), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history 30 blocks of Cleveland Ohio burn after a liquid gas factory explodes   

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

1944  Revolution by workers & students in Guatemala on this day in history.   

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  On October - 20 supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg   

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

1947  On October - 20 hUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood   

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

1950  On October - 20 henry Lewsis Stimson, US minister of War/gov-gen, dies   

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

1475  Giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api) was born on this day in history.   

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

1616  On this day in history birth of thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680)   

1620  On October - 20 birth of aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691)   

1632  On October - 20 birth of christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect   

1637  On October - 20 birth of nicolaas van der Veken, Flemish sculptor (confessional chairs)   

1656  On this day in history birth of nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746)   

0460  Eudocia Aelia Athenais, empress Oostromeinse Rich/poetess, dies on this day in history.   

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

1187  On October - 20 urbanus III, [Umberto Crivelli], Italian Pope (1185-87), dies   

1268  Conrad Hohenstaufen, [Conrad van Zwaben], son of Conrad IV, dies on this day in history.   

1274  On this day in history engelbert II of Falkenburg, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

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  On this day in history death of joão de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496)