Historical Events In August - 20
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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