Historical Events In August - 20

1924  On this day in history jim Reeves, US country singer/actor (Gun Fury, Kimberley Jim)   

1925  On this day in history major Georges-P Vanier appointed CO of the 22e Régiment at Quebec.   

1925  On this day in history wJR-AM in Detroit MI begins radio transmissions   

1926  On August - 20 uprising against Reza Shah Pahlawi in Persia   

1926  On this day in history nobby Wirkowski, American and Canadian football player and coach   

1927  On August - 20 geriatric1927, English video blogger   

1929  First airship flight around the Earth flying eastward completed on August - 20.   

1929  On August - 20 1st airship flight around Earth flying eastward completed   

1929  On this day in history norma Connolly, Boston, Mass, actress (Ruby Anderson-General Hospital)   

1930  On August - 20 bradman scores 232 in 5th Test Cricket at The Oval   

1930  On August - 20 mario Bernardi, Canadian conductor   

1930  Charles Bannerman, cricketer (1st three Tests for Australia), dies on August - 20.   

1931  45th US Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Eileen Whitingstall (64 61) on this day in history.   

1931  Bernhard Becher, photographer (industrialist builder 19th/20th) on this day in history.   

1931  On August - 20 waldemar von Baussnern, composer, dies at 64   

1932  On August - 20 emille-Louis-Victor Mathieu, composer, dies at 87   

1933  Don Fuqua, (Rep-D-FL, 1963-86) on August - 20.   

1934  On August - 20 ponsford out for 266 in his final Test Cricket match   

1934  Armi Kuusela, Finnish beauty queen on August - 20.   

1935  On August - 20 milt coup by General Pons & president Ibarra in Ecuador   

1935  Charles Shere, composer on August - 20.   

1935  Otakar Ostrcil, composer, dies at 56 on August - 20.   

1936  Carla Fracci, Milan Italy, ballerina on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history corrie E Moret-de Jong, Dutch MP (CDA)   

1938  On this day in history lou Gehrig hits record 23rd & last grand slam   

1939  1st black bowling league formed (National Bowling Assoc) on this day in history.   

1940  British PM Churchill says of the Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" on this day in history.   

1940  Leon Trotsky, assassinated in Mexico City by Stalin agents, dies 8/21 on August - 20.   

1940  1st Polish squadrons fight along in the Battle of Britain on August - 20.   

1941  On this day in history police raid 11th district of Paris, takes 4,000+ Jewish males   

1942  Dim-out regulations implemented in SF on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history the birth of Isaac Hayes, American film actor   

1944  On this day in history 127 Flying Fortress Bombers drop high-explosives on the factory areas at Auschwitz, less than five miles east of the gas-chambers.   

1944  On this day in history "Anna Lucasta," opens on Broadway   

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1517  On this day in history birth of antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75)   

1526  Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum) was born on this day in history.   

1561  Jacopo Peri, composer was born on this day in history.   

1625  On this day in history birth of thomas Corneille, French playwright   

1632  Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704) was born on August - 20.   

1637  Cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam was born on August - 20.   

1665  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed) was born on August - 20.   

1666  On August - 20 birth of alphonse d' Eve, composer   

0535  On August - 20 death of mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick   

0984  John XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies on August - 20.   

1153  On August - 20 bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies   

1384  Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies on this day in history.   

1538  On August - 20 death of aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake   

1572  On this day in history death of miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502)   

1580  Death of Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506) on August - 20.   

1632  On this day in history death of valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38