Historical Events In April - 20

1902  Marie & Pierre Curie isolate radioactive element radium on April - 20.   

1902  On this day in history marie Curie isolate radioactive element radium   

1902  Donald Wolfit, England, actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, Accursed) on April - 20.   

1903  R S Dugan discovers asteroid #508 Princetonia on April - 20.   

1903  7th Boston Marathon won by John Lorden of Mass in 2:41:29.8 on April - 20.   

1903  Dagmar Edqvist, Swedish author (Kamrathustru-Wife & Comrade) on April - 20.   

1904  On this day in history louisiana Purchase Exposition opens in St Louis   

1904  M Wolf discovers asteroid #532 Herculina on April - 20.   

1904  On this day in history george Bernard Shaw's "Candida," premieres in London   

1904  Bruce Cabot, Carlsbad NM, actor (Diamonds are Forever, King Kong) on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history australian wombat dies in London Zoo at 26; oldest known marsupial   

1906  On April - 20 australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26   

1907  On this day in history alan Reed, actor/voice (Fred Allen Show, Fred Flintstone)   

1908  12th Boston Marathon won by Tom Morrissey of NY in 2:25:43.2 on this day in history.   

1908  Wilhelmus M Bekkers, bishop of Hertogenbosch on April - 20.   

1908  Henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1909  On April - 20 guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman   

1910  On April - 20 halley's Comet passes 29th recorded perihelion at 87.9 million km   

1910  On April - 20 cleve Indians Addie Joss 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago, 1-0   

1910  On this day in history robert F Wagner, (Mayor-D-NYC, 1954-65) [or May 15]   

1911  Kukrit Pramoj, politician on April - 20.   

1912  On April - 20 tiger Stadium in Detroit opens   

1912  On April - 20 fenway Park officially opens, Red Sox beat NY Highlanders 7-6 in 11   

1912  David Townsend, cricketer (3 Tests Eng v WI 1935) on April - 20.   

1912  On April - 20 bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64   

1913  On this day in history dick Wessel, WI, actor (Dick Tracy vs Cueball, Beware of Blondie)   

1914  On April - 20 33 killed by soldiers during mine strike in Ludlow, Colo   

1914  F Kaiser discovers asteroid #786 Bredichina,and G Neujmin discovers asteroid #787 Moskva on this day in history.   

1914  In Boston, Mass., James Duffy of Canada wins the 18th Boston Marathon in 2 25 01.2 on this day in history.   

1914  18th Boston Marathon won by James Duffy of Canada in 2:25:01.2 on this day in history.   

1914  On April - 20 in Boston, Mass., James Duffy of Canada wins the 18th Boston Marathon in 2:25:01.2.   

1916  Wrigley Field in Chicago opens on this day in history.   

1916  German-British sea battle off Belgian coast on April - 20.   

1917  SS Ballochbuie, torpedoed and sunk by German UC41 off the Firth of Forth Isle of May. In passage from Aberdeen to Sunderland on April - 20.   

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0702  On April - 20 birth of jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)   

1442  Edward IV, King (England, 1461-83) was born on April - 20.   

1494  John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister was born on this day in history.   

1586  On April - 20 birth of saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)   

1592  John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author was born on this day in history.   

1594  On April - 20 birth of matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer   

1633  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)   

1646  On this day in history birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)   

1164  On this day in history victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies   

1176  On this day in history death of richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)   

1314  On April - 20 clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies   

1317  Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1521  Death of Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) on this day in history.   

1534  Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies on April - 20.   

1558  Death of Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485) on April - 20.   

1632  Death of Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on April - 20.