Page 4: Historical Events In April - 20

1902  Marie & Pierre Curie isolate radioactive element radium on April - 20.   

1902  On this day in history marie Curie isolate radioactive element radium   

1902  On this day in history donald Wolfit, England, actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, Accursed)   

1903  On this day in history r S Dugan discovers asteroid #508 Princetonia   

1903  7th Boston Marathon won by John Lorden of Mass in 2:41:29.8 on this day in history.   

1903  Dagmar Edqvist, Swedish author (Kamrathustru-Wife & Comrade) on April - 20.   

1904  Louisiana Purchase Exposition opens in St Louis on April - 20.   

1904  On April - 20 m Wolf discovers asteroid #532 Herculina   

1904  George Bernard Shaw's "Candida," premieres in London on April - 20.   

1904  On April - 20 bruce Cabot, Carlsbad NM, actor (Diamonds are Forever, King Kong)   

1906  Australian wombat dies in London Zoo at 26; oldest known marsupial on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26   

1907  Alan Reed, actor/voice (Fred Allen Show, Fred Flintstone) on April - 20.   

1908  On this day in history 12th Boston Marathon won by Tom Morrissey of NY in 2:25:43.2   

1908  On April - 20 wilhelmus M Bekkers, bishop of Hertogenbosch   

1908  On April - 20 henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85   

1909  Guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman on April - 20.   

1910  On this day in history halley's Comet passes 29th recorded perihelion at 87.9 million km   

1910  Cleve Indians Addie Joss 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago, 1-0 on this day in history.   

1910  Robert F Wagner, (Mayor-D-NYC, 1954-65) [or May 15] on April - 20.   

1911  On this day in history kukrit Pramoj, politician   

1912  On April - 20 tiger Stadium in Detroit opens   

1912  Fenway Park officially opens, Red Sox beat NY Highlanders 7-6 in 11 on April - 20.   

1912  David Townsend, cricketer (3 Tests Eng v WI 1935) on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64   

1913  Dick Wessel, WI, actor (Dick Tracy vs Cueball, Beware of Blondie) on April - 20.   

1914  On April - 20 33 killed by soldiers during mine strike in Ludlow, Colo   

1914  On this day in history f Kaiser discovers asteroid #786 Bredichina,and G Neujmin discovers asteroid #787 Moskva   

1914  On this day in history in Boston, Mass., James Duffy of Canada wins the 18th Boston Marathon in 2 25 01.2.   

1914  18th Boston Marathon won by James Duffy of Canada in 2:25:01.2 on this day in history.   

1914  In Boston, Mass., James Duffy of Canada wins the 18th Boston Marathon in 2:25:01.2 on this day in history.   

1916  On April - 20 wrigley Field in Chicago opens   

1916  German-British sea battle off Belgian coast on this day in history.   

1917  SS Ballochbuie, torpedoed and sunk by German UC41 off the Firth of Forth Isle of May. In passage from Aberdeen to Sunderland on April - 20.   

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0702  Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765) was born on April - 20.   

1442  Edward IV, King (England, 1461-83) was born on this day in history.   

1494  On this day in history birth of john Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister   

1586  On April - 20 birth of saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)   

1592  On April - 20 birth of john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author   

1594  On this day in history birth of matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer   

1633  On April - 20 birth of emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)   

1646  On April - 20 birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)   

1164  On April - 20 victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies   

1176  Death of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130) on April - 20.   

1314  Clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies on April - 20.   

1317  On April - 20 agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies   

1521  Death of Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) on this day in history.   

1534  On April - 20 elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies   

1558  On April - 20 death of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485)   

1632  Death of Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on this day in history.