Page 7: Historical Events In April - 20

1961  On this day in history the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gave approval for FM stereo broadcasting   

1962  On April - 20 jesse G Vincent engineer designed first V-12 engine, dies at 82   

1962  On April - 20 nASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 63,250 m   

1962  On April - 20 new Orleans Citizens Co gives free 1-way ride to blacks to move North   

1962  On this day in history arthur Harmat, composer, dies at 76   

1964  On April - 20 86% of black students boycott Cleveland schools   

1965  On this day in history richard Wessell actor (Carney-Riverboat), dies at 54   

1965  On April - 20 dick Wessel, dies of heart attack on 52nd birthday   

1967  US planes bomb Haiphong for first time during the Vietnam War on April - 20.   

1967  On this day in history uS Surveyor 3 lands on Moon   

1968  Pierre Elliott Trudeau sworn-in as Canada's PM on April - 20.   

1968  On April - 20 marion Weeks, singer/actress, dies of stroke at 81   

1969  Ken Harrelson just about quit major-league baseball this day. Harrelson was being traded from the Boston Red Sox, an American League contender, to the Cleveland Indians, a perennial American League non-contender on April - 20.   

1971  On April - 20 barbra Striesand records "We've Only Just Begun"   

1971  US Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation on April - 20.   

1971  On this day in history cecil Parker, actor (Court Jester, Operation Snafu), dies at 73   

1972  Apollo 16's Young & Duke land on Moon with Boeing Lunar Rover #2 on this day in history.   

1973  Canadian ANIK A2 becomes first commercial satellite in orbit on April - 20.   

1973  Robert Armstrong, actor (Fall Guy, Exposed), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history agnes Moorehead actress (Endora-Bewitched), dies at 67   

1974  Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run" on this day in history.   

1974  On April - 20 agnes Moorehead, actress (Endora-Bewitched), dies at 67   

1976  On April - 20 george Harrison sings the lumberjack song with Monty Python   

1977  On this day in history a R Klemola discovers asteroid #2261   

1977  Ottawa starts $41 million program to upgrade the East Coast fishery on this day in history.   

1977  Supreme Court rules "Live Free or Die" may be covered on NH licenses on April - 20.   

1977  Woody Allen's film "Annie Hall" premiers on this day in history.   

1977  Bryan Foy, director/writer, dies at 80 on April - 20.   

1979  Johnny Carson was said to be leaving "The Tonight Show". Newspapers around the country gave details about why the comedian and late-night host was said to be unhappy after 17 years on the show on this day in history.   

1979  Peter Donald, host (Masquerade Party), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1981  Final performance of TV show "Soap" airs on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history rocker Papa John Phillips arrested for drug possession   

1982  On this day in history businessman Peter Pocklington held hostage in his home for almost 12 hours by a gunman demanding $1 million   

1982  On April - 20 andrew Sandham, cricketer (325 Eng 1930, 879 runs in 14 Tests), dies   

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0702  On this day in history birth of jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)   

1442  On April - 20 birth of edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)   

1494  On April - 20 birth of john Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister   

1586  Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617) was born on April - 20.   

1592  John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)   

1164  Victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies on this day in history.   

1176  On April - 20 death of richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)   

1314  On this day in history clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies   

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  Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies on this day in history.   

1558  Death of Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485) on April - 20.   

1632  Death of Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on April - 20.