Historical Events In April - 20
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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