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  On this day in history kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist   

1925  On October - 20 art Buchwald, Mt Vernon NY, columnist/author (Have I Ever Lied to You)   

1926  Hurricane in Cuba, kills 600 on October - 20.   

1926  Ursula Happe, Germany, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956) on October - 20.   

1927  Oskar Pastior, writer on this day in history.   

1927  Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer, dies at 78 on October - 20.   

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

1929  Bayshore Highway opens (SF) on this day in history.   

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

1930  British White Paper restricts Jews from buying Arab land on October - 20.   

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

1931  On this day in history frankie Frisch of the Cards named MVP   

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

1932  Journalist, Robert Trout, joins CBS on this day in history.   

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

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

1936  Carl Hubbell, 26-6, edges out Dizzy Dean, 24-13, for MVP honors in NL on October - 20.   

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

1940  On October - 20 cheese rationed in Netherlands   

1941  Nazi occupiers murder 500 inhabitants of Kragujevac Serbia on this day in history.   

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

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

1942  May Robson, actress (Star is Born, Reckless), dies at 84 on October - 20.   

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 October - 20.   

1944  Liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland, Ohio explode, 135 die, 3,600 homeless on October - 20.   

1944  Gabriel Groulez, composer, dies at 65 on October - 20.   

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

1946  On October - 20 frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd, Chicago Cards vs NY Giants   

1947  On this day in history hUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood   

1949  Eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman US ambassador (to Denmark) on October - 20.   

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

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1435  On October - 20 birth of andrea Della Robbia, Florence, sculptor, nephew of Luca   

1475  Giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api) was born on October - 20.   

1496  Claude de Lutherans, duke of Guise was born on this day in history.   

1616  Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

1620  Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691) was born on this day in history.   

1632  Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect was born on October - 20.   

1637  On this day in history 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  On October - 20 eudocia Aelia Athenais, empress Oostromeinse Rich/poetess, dies   

1139  Henry X the Trotse, duke of Bayern (1126-38), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1438  Jacopo di Piero della Quercia, Italian sculptor, dies at about 64 on this day in history.   

1525  On October - 20 joannes Custos, S Neth humanist, dies at about 50   

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