Historical Events In August - 20

1905  Duncan Macrae, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped) on this day in history.   

1907  On August - 20 alan Reed, NYC, actor (Mr Adams & Eve)/voice (Fred Flintstone)   

1908  On this day in history congo Free State becomes the Belgian Congo 1912 Plant Quarantine Act goes into effect   

1908  Congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo on this day in history.   

1908  Alfonso Lopez, baseball player (AL Manager of the year 1959) on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history louis Varney, composer, dies at 64   

1909  On August - 20 albert Roberts, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37)   

1910  On August - 20 uS supported opposition brings down Madriz in Nicaragua   

1910  Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (IBM Building, MIT Chapel) on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64   

1911  Ronald Udell, England, production designer (Pinewood Studios) on this day in history.   

1912  Plant Quarantine Act goes into effect on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history philip Kapleau, founder (Rochester Zen Center in New Haven)   

1912  On this day in history william Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies   

1913  On August - 20 first pilot to parachute from a French aircraft   

1913  1st pilot to parachute from an aircraft (Adolphe Pégoud-France) on this day in history.   

1913  Conrad Hermann Hubertius Maria Apollinaris Josten, jazz guitarist on August - 20.   

1914  On this day in history german forces invade Brussels   

1914  German forces occupy Brussels, Belgium during WW I on this day in history.   

1914  On August - 20 german General von Bulow executes 211 Belgians   

1914  Kitei Sohn, Korean marathon runner/coach (Olympic-gold-1936) on this day in history.   

1914  Pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies on this day in history.   

1915  White Sox obtain Joe Jackson from Cleve in exchange for Robert Roth, Larry Chappell, Ed Klepfer, & $31,500 on this day in history.   

1915  On August - 20 paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61   

1917  On this day in history jFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies   

1918  Britain opens offensive on Western front during WW I on this day in history.   

1919  Wichita outfielder Joe Wilhoit (Western League) fails to get a hit, ending a 69-game streak (155 hits in 299 at bats for a .505 avg) on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history gregor MacGregor, English cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests 1890-93), dies   

1920  First US coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history 1st US coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting   

1921  On this day in history 35th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats M Browne (46 64 62)   

1921  Jack Wilson, cricket slow left-armer (Test for Australia 1956) on this day in history.   

1922  1st world championship athletics for women, held in Paris on this day in history.   

1923  London harbor strike ends on this day in history.   

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1517  On August - 20 birth of antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75)   

1526  On August - 20 birth of peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum)   

1561  On this day in history birth of jacopo Peri, composer   

1625  On August - 20 birth of thomas Corneille, French playwright   

1632  On August - 20 birth of louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704)   

1637  On August - 20 birth of cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam   

1665  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed) was born on this day in history.   

1666  On this day in history birth of alphonse d' Eve, composer   

0535  On August - 20 death of mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick   

0984  On August - 20 john XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies   

1153  Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies on August - 20.   

1384  Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies on August - 20.   

1538  On this day in history death of aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake   

1572  Death of Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502) on this day in history.   

1580  On August - 20 death of jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506)   

1632  Death of Valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38 on this day in history.