Historical Events In December - 20

1922  On this day in history 14 republics form Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics (USSR)   

1922  Charita Bauer, Newark NJ, actress (Guiding Light, Aldrich Family) on this day in history.   

1923  On December - 20 nadine Gordimer, Springs South Africa, novelist   

1924  Adolf Hitler freed from jail early on this day in history.   

1924  Errol John, Port-of-Spain Trinidad, actor (PT-109, Assault on a Queen) on this day in history.   

1925  On December - 20 bob de Moor, Flemish comic strip artist (Kuifje, Lion of Flanders)   

1926  Cards trade Rogers Hornsby to Giants for Frankie Frisch & Jimmy Ring on December - 20.   

1926  On this day in history david Levine, US painter   

1927  Jim Simpson, sportscaster on December - 20.   

1928  First international dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Quebec on December - 20.   

1928  1st international dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Que on this day in history.   

1928  On December - 20 charles Donald Adams, singer   

1929  On December - 20 mount Davidson dedicated as a San Francisco city park   

1929  Heinie Wagner replaces Bill Carrigan as Red Sox manager on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history milan Panic, premier of little Yugoslavia   

1929  Emile Loubet, French premier (1892)/president (1899-1906), dies at 90 on December - 20.   

1930  Learie Constantine cricket 100 in 52 mins WI v Tas (10x4, 1x6, 1x5) on this day in history.   

1932  Queensland all out 74 v Victoria, Ironmonger (age 50) 7-13 on this day in history.   

1932  On December - 20 john Hillerman, actor (Magnum PI)   

1933  Bolivia & Paraguay sign weapon cease fire on December - 20.   

1933  Gordon Getty on December - 20.   

1935  Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Ad Catholici Sacerdotii on this day in history.   

1936  On December - 20 baron De Borchgrave, Belgian ambassador, murdered in Madrid   

1937  On December - 20 bill O'Reilly takes 9-41 for NSW against South Australia   

1937  On December - 20 erich Ludendorff, German general (WW I), dies at 72   

1938  On this day in history v.K. Zworykin receives patent on the Iconoscope TV system   

1938  On this day in history vladimir K Zworykin (Penn) receives patent on Iconoscope TV system   

1939  Radio Australia begins overseas short-wave service on December - 20.   

1939  On this day in history radio Australia begins overseas shortwave service   

1939  On this day in history hans Langsdorff, German capt (Graaf Spee), commits suicide   

1940  Connie Mack acquires controlling interest in the Athletics for $42,000 on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history free France under adm Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon   

1942  1st Japanese bombing of Calcutta on this day in history.   

1942  Jean Gilbert, [Max Winterfield], German composer, dies at 63 on December - 20.   

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1494  On this day in history birth of oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555)   

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on this day in history.   

1539  Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer was born on December - 20.   

1566  Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612) was born on this day in history.   

1579  On this day in history birth of john Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized)   

1594  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer   

1606  On this day in history birth of christoph Schultze, composer   

1626  On this day in history birth of veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692)   

0069  On December - 20 death of aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered   

0217  Death of Pope Zephyrinus on December - 20.   

0860  On this day in history death of king Ethelbald of Wessex   

0910  Alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies on this day in history.   

1022  On December - 20 death of elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996)   

1073  Domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1355  Stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies on this day in history.   

1494  Death of Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet on this day in history.