Historical Events In April - 20
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1861 Robert E Lee resigns from Union army on April - 20.
1861 On April - 20 battle of Norfolk, VA
1862 On this day in history the first pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard.
1865 Safety matches were first advertised this day on this day in history.
1865 Chicago's Crosby Opera House opens on this day in history.
1866 Victor Hollaender, composer on April - 20.
1869 On this day in history johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72
1870 On April - 20 simeon Roncal, composer
1871 On this day in history 3rd Enforcement Act (President can suspend writ of habeas corpus)
1871 On April - 20 william Henry Davies, Wales, poet (Autobiography of a Super Tramp)
1872 SF Bar Association organized on this day in history.
1872 On April - 20 ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62
1876 Gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist (Prince William of Orange) on this day in history.
1879 The first mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus on this day in history.
1879 1st mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus on April - 20.
1879 Robert Lynd, Irish writer/critic (Pleasures of Ignorance) on April - 20.
1881 Nikolai Miaskovsky, Novogeorievsk Poland, composer (Kirov is With Us) on this day in history.
1884 On April - 20 pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Freemasonry"
1888 On April - 20 246 reported killed by hail in Moradabad, India
1889 On April - 20 the birth of Adolf Hitler, Dictator of Germany
1889 On April - 20 adolph Hitler, Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany (1936-45)
1890 On April - 20 adolf Scharf, president Austria (1957-65)
1893 On this day in history the birth of Harold Lloyd, American silent film star
1893 On this day in history the birth of Joan Miro, Spanish artist
1893 On April - 20 harold Lloyd, Burchard Neb, silent comic (Why Worry, Safety Last)
1894 136,000 mine workers strike in Ohio for pay increase on April - 20.
1894 On April - 20 martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling)
1896 On this day in history 1st public film showing in US John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres in NYC
1896 On this day in history senor Wences, ventriloquist (Close the Door)
1897 Bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature (About the Laugh) on April - 20.
1898 US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota opens on April - 20.
1900 On this day in history fred Raymond, composer
1900 Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies on this day in history.
1901 On April - 20 michel Leiris, French cultural anthropologist
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