Historical Events In August - 20
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1905 Duncan Macrae, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped) on August - 20.
1907 On August - 20 alan Reed, NYC, actor (Mr Adams & Eve)/voice (Fred Flintstone)
1908 On this day in history congo Free State becomes the Belgian Congo 1912 Plant Quarantine Act goes into effect
1908 On this day in history congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo
1908 On this day in history alfonso Lopez, baseball player (AL Manager of the year 1959)
1908 On August - 20 louis Varney, composer, dies at 64
1909 Albert Roberts, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37) on August - 20.
1910 US supported opposition brings down Madriz in Nicaragua on August - 20.
1910 Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (IBM Building, MIT Chapel) on this day in history.
1910 On August - 20 arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64
1911 Ronald Udell, England, production designer (Pinewood Studios) on August - 20.
1912 On this day in history plant Quarantine Act goes into effect
1912 On this day in history philip Kapleau, founder (Rochester Zen Center in New Haven)
1912 William Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies on this day in history.
1913 First pilot to parachute from a French aircraft on August - 20.
1913 1st pilot to parachute from an aircraft (Adolphe Pégoud-France) on this day in history.
1913 On August - 20 conrad Hermann Hubertius Maria Apollinaris Josten, jazz guitarist
1914 On this day in history german forces invade Brussels
1914 German forces occupy Brussels, Belgium during WW I on this day in history.
1914 German General von Bulow executes 211 Belgians on August - 20.
1914 Kitei Sohn, Korean marathon runner/coach (Olympic-gold-1936) on August - 20.
1914 On August - 20 pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies
1915 White Sox obtain Joe Jackson from Cleve in exchange for Robert Roth, Larry Chappell, Ed Klepfer, & $31,500 on this day in history.
1915 Paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61 on August - 20.
1917 JFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies on August - 20.
1918 On this day in history britain opens offensive on Western front during WW I
1919 Wichita outfielder Joe Wilhoit (Western League) fails to get a hit, ending a 69-game streak (155 hits in 299 at bats for a .505 avg) on this day in history.
1919 On this day in history gregor MacGregor, English cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests 1890-93), dies
1920 On August - 20 first US coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting
1920 1st US coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting on August - 20.
1921 35th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats M Browne (46 64 62) on August - 20.
1921 Jack Wilson, cricket slow left-armer (Test for Australia 1956) on August - 20.
1922 On this day in history 1st world championship athletics for women, held in Paris
1923 London harbor strike ends on August - 20.
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