Page 5: Historical Events In October - 20

1924  On October - 20 1st Negro League World Series: KC Monarchs shuts out Hilldales, 5-0   

1924  Kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist on October - 20.   

1925  On this day in history art Buchwald, Mt Vernon NY, columnist/author (Have I Ever Lied to You)   

1926  Hurricane in Cuba, kills 600 on October - 20.   

1926  On October - 20 ursula Happe, Germany, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956)   

1927  Oskar Pastior, writer on October - 20.   

1927  On October - 20 mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer, dies at 78   

1929  On October - 20 bayshore Highway opens in San Francisco   

1929  On October - 20 bayshore Highway opens (SF)   

1929  On October - 20 rudolf Kittel, German theologist, dies at 76   

1930  On October - 20 british White Paper restricts Jews from buying Arab land   

1930  On this day in history adventures of Sherlock Holmes, premiers on NBC radio   

1931  On this day in history frankie Frisch of the Cards named MVP   

1931  Emanuel Moor, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1932  On October - 20 journalist, Robert Trout, joins CBS   

1934  All-Star team led by Babe Ruth & Connie Mack sails to Hawaii & Japan on October - 20.   

1935  On October - 20 400,000 demonstrators against fascism in Madrid   

1936  Carl Hubbell, 26-6, edges out Dizzy Dean, 24-13, for MVP honors in NL on October - 20.   

1939  On this day in history "All the Things You Are" recorded by Tommy Dorsey Orch   

1940  Cheese rationed in Netherlands on October - 20.   

1941  On this day in history nazi occupiers murder 500 inhabitants of Kragujevac Serbia   

1941  On this day in history ken Farnes (WWII) 15 Tests for England, cricketer (60 wickets), dies   

1942  On October - 20 "Durham Manifesto" calls for fundamental changes in race relations   

1942  On October - 20 may Robson, actress (Star is Born, Reckless), dies at 84   

1944  On this day in history 30 blocks of Cleveland Ohio burn after a liquid gas factory explodes   

1944  On this day in history general Douglas MacArthur keeps his famous promise and returns to the Philippines.   

1944  On this day in history revolution by workers & students in Guatemala   

1944  On this day in history liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland, Ohio explode, 135 die, 3,600 homeless   

1944  On this day in history gabriel Groulez, composer, dies at 65   

1945  On October - 20 supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg   

1946  Frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd, Chicago Cards vs NY Giants on this day in history.   

1947  HUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood on this day in history.   

1949  Eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman US ambassador (to Denmark) on October - 20.   

1950  Henry Lewsis Stimson, US minister of War/gov-gen, dies on this day in history.   

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1435  Andrea Della Robbia, Florence, sculptor, nephew of Luca was born on this day in history.   

1475  On this day in history birth of giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api)   

1496  Claude de Lutherans, duke of Guise was born on October - 20.   

1616  On October - 20 birth of thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680)   

1620  On October - 20 birth of aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691)   

1632  Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect was born on this day in history.   

1637  On this day in history birth of nicolaas van der Veken, Flemish sculptor (confessional chairs)   

1656  Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746) was born on October - 20.   

0460  Eudocia Aelia Athenais, empress Oostromeinse Rich/poetess, dies on this day in history.   

1139  Henry X the Trotse, duke of Bayern (1126-38), dies on this day in history.   

1187  Urbanus III, [Umberto Crivelli], Italian Pope (1185-87), dies on this day in history.   

1268  Conrad Hohenstaufen, [Conrad van Zwaben], son of Conrad IV, dies on October - 20.   

1274  On this day in history engelbert II of Falkenburg, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

1438  On this day in history jacopo di Piero della Quercia, Italian sculptor, dies at about 64   

1525  Joannes Custos, S Neth humanist, dies at about 50 on October - 20.   

1570  On this day in history death of joão de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496)