Page 5: Historical Events In December - 20

1922  On December - 20 14 republics form Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics (USSR)   

1922  On this day in history charita Bauer, Newark NJ, actress (Guiding Light, Aldrich Family)   

1923  Nadine Gordimer, Springs South Africa, novelist on this day in history.   

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

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

1925  Bob de Moor, Flemish comic strip artist (Kuifje, Lion of Flanders) on December - 20.   

1926  On this day in history cards trade Rogers Hornsby to Giants for Frankie Frisch & Jimmy Ring   

1926  On this day in history david Levine, US painter   

1927  On this day in history jim Simpson, sportscaster   

1928  On December - 20 first international dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Quebec   

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

1928  Charles Donald Adams, singer on December - 20.   

1929  Mount Davidson dedicated as a San Francisco city park on this day in history.   

1929  On December - 20 heinie Wagner replaces Bill Carrigan as Red Sox manager   

1929  Milan Panic, premier of little Yugoslavia on December - 20.   

1929  On December - 20 emile Loubet, French premier (1892)/president (1899-1906), dies at 90   

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

1932  On this day in history queensland all out 74 v Victoria, Ironmonger (age 50) 7-13   

1932  John Hillerman, actor (Magnum PI) on this day in history.   

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

1933  Gordon Getty on December - 20.   

1935  On December - 20 pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Ad Catholici Sacerdotii   

1936  On this day in history baron De Borchgrave, Belgian ambassador, murdered in Madrid   

1937  Bill O'Reilly takes 9-41 for NSW against South Australia on December - 20.   

1937  Erich Ludendorff, German general (WW I), dies at 72 on December - 20.   

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

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

1939  On December - 20 radio Australia begins overseas short-wave service   

1939  On December - 20 radio Australia begins overseas shortwave service   

1939  On December - 20 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  Free France under adm Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon on this day in history.   

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

1942  On this day in history jean Gilbert, [Max Winterfield], German composer, dies at 63   

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

1537  On this day in history birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)   

1539  On this day in history birth of paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer   

1566  On this day in history birth of edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612)   

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

1594  On December - 20 birth of giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer   

1606  On December - 20 birth of christoph Schultze, composer   

1626  Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692) was born on December - 20.   

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

0217  Death of Pope Zephyrinus on this day in history.   

0860  On December - 20 death of king Ethelbald of Wessex   

0910  On this day in history alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies   

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

1073  On December - 20 domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies   

1355  Stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies on December - 20.   

1494  On this day in history death of matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet