Historical Events In October - 20
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1924 1st Negro League World Series: KC Monarchs shuts out Hilldales, 5-0 on this day in history.
1924 On this day in history kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist
1925 Art Buchwald, Mt Vernon NY, columnist/author (Have I Ever Lied to You) on October - 20.
1926 Hurricane in Cuba, kills 600 on this day in history.
1926 Ursula Happe, Germany, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956) on this day in history.
1927 Oskar Pastior, writer on this day in history.
1927 Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer, dies at 78 on October - 20.
1929 Bayshore Highway opens in San Francisco on this day in history.
1929 On this day in history bayshore Highway opens (SF)
1929 Rudolf Kittel, German theologist, dies at 76 on October - 20.
1930 British White Paper restricts Jews from buying Arab land on October - 20.
1930 On October - 20 adventures of Sherlock Holmes, premiers on NBC radio
1931 Frankie Frisch of the Cards named MVP on October - 20.
1931 On this day in history emanuel Moor, composer, dies at 68
1932 Journalist, Robert Trout, joins CBS on October - 20.
1934 All-Star team led by Babe Ruth & Connie Mack sails to Hawaii & Japan on October - 20.
1935 400,000 demonstrators against fascism in Madrid on October - 20.
1936 Carl Hubbell, 26-6, edges out Dizzy Dean, 24-13, for MVP honors in NL on this day in history.
1939 "All the Things You Are" recorded by Tommy Dorsey Orch on October - 20.
1940 Cheese rationed in Netherlands on this day in history.
1941 Nazi occupiers murder 500 inhabitants of Kragujevac Serbia on October - 20.
1941 On this day in history ken Farnes (WWII) 15 Tests for England, cricketer (60 wickets), dies
1942 "Durham Manifesto" calls for fundamental changes in race relations on October - 20.
1942 On this day in history may Robson, actress (Star is Born, Reckless), dies at 84
1944 On October - 20 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 Revolution by workers & students in Guatemala on this day in history.
1944 On this day in history liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland, Ohio explode, 135 die, 3,600 homeless
1944 Gabriel Groulez, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1945 Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg on October - 20.
1946 On this day in history frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd, Chicago Cards vs NY Giants
1947 HUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood on October - 20.
1949 On October - 20 eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman US ambassador (to Denmark)
1950 Henry Lewsis Stimson, US minister of War/gov-gen, dies on this day in history.
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