Page 5: Historical Events In October - 20

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

1924  On October - 20 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 this day in history.   

1926  Ursula Happe, Germany, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956) on this day in history.   

1927  Oskar Pastior, writer on October - 20.   

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

1929  Bayshore Highway opens in San Francisco on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1930  On October - 20 adventures of Sherlock Holmes, premiers on NBC radio   

1931  Frankie Frisch of the Cards named MVP on this day in history.   

1931  Emanuel Moor, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

1934  On October - 20 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 October - 20 "All the Things You Are" recorded by Tommy Dorsey Orch   

1940  On October - 20 cheese rationed in Netherlands   

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

1941  On this day in history ken Farnes (WWII) 15 Tests for England, cricketer (60 wickets), dies   

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

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

1944  On October - 20 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  On this day in history 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  On October - 20 frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd, Chicago Cards vs NY Giants   

1947  HUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood on October - 20.   

1949  On this day in history 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  On October - 20 birth of andrea Della Robbia, Florence, sculptor, nephew of Luca   

1475  On October - 20 birth of giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api)   

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  On this day in history birth of christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect   

1637  On this day in history birth of nicolaas van der Veken, Flemish sculptor (confessional chairs)   

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

0460  On this day in history eudocia Aelia Athenais, empress Oostromeinse Rich/poetess, dies   

1139  On this day in history henry X the Trotse, duke of Bayern (1126-38), dies   

1187  Urbanus III, [Umberto Crivelli], Italian Pope (1185-87), dies on October - 20.   

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

1274  Engelbert II of Falkenburg, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.   

1438  On this day in history jacopo di Piero della Quercia, Italian sculptor, dies at about 64   

1525  On this day in history joannes Custos, S Neth humanist, dies at about 50   

1570  Death of João de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496) on October - 20.