Page 5: Historical Events In October - 20

1924  On October - 20 1st Negro League World Series: KC Monarchs shuts out Hilldales, 5-0   

1924  On this day in history kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist   

1925  On this day in history art Buchwald, Mt Vernon NY, columnist/author (Have I Ever Lied to You)   

1926  On this day in history hurricane in Cuba, kills 600   

1926  Ursula Happe, Germany, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956) on October - 20.   

1927  On October - 20 oskar Pastior, writer   

1927  Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer, dies at 78 on October - 20.   

1929  On October - 20 bayshore Highway opens in San Francisco   

1929  Bayshore Highway opens (SF) on this day in history.   

1929  On October - 20 rudolf Kittel, German theologist, dies at 76   

1930  On October - 20 british White Paper restricts Jews from buying Arab land   

1930  On October - 20 adventures of Sherlock Holmes, premiers on NBC radio   

1931  Frankie Frisch of the Cards named MVP on October - 20.   

1931  On this day in history emanuel Moor, composer, dies at 68   

1932  On this day in history journalist, Robert Trout, joins CBS   

1934  All-Star team led by Babe Ruth & Connie Mack sails to Hawaii & Japan on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history 400,000 demonstrators against fascism in Madrid   

1936  Carl Hubbell, 26-6, edges out Dizzy Dean, 24-13, for MVP honors in NL on October - 20.   

1939  "All the Things You Are" recorded by Tommy Dorsey Orch on October - 20.   

1940  On this day in history cheese rationed in Netherlands   

1941  On October - 20 nazi occupiers murder 500 inhabitants of Kragujevac Serbia   

1941  On this day in history ken Farnes (WWII) 15 Tests for England, cricketer (60 wickets), dies   

1942  "Durham Manifesto" calls for fundamental changes in race relations on this day in history.   

1942  May Robson, actress (Star is Born, Reckless), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1944  30 blocks of Cleveland Ohio burn after a liquid gas factory explodes on October - 20.   

1944  On this day in history general Douglas MacArthur keeps his famous promise and returns to the Philippines.   

1944  Revolution by workers & students in Guatemala on October - 20.   

1944  On October - 20 liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland, Ohio explode, 135 die, 3,600 homeless   

1944  On this day in history gabriel Groulez, composer, dies at 65   

1945  On this day in history supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg   

1946  Frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd, Chicago Cards vs NY Giants on October - 20.   

1947  HUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood on October - 20.   

1949  Eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman US ambassador (to Denmark) on this day in history.   

1950  On October - 20 henry Lewsis Stimson, US minister of War/gov-gen, dies   

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1435  Andrea Della Robbia, Florence, sculptor, nephew of Luca was born on October - 20.   

1475  On this day in history birth of giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api)   

1496  Claude de Lutherans, duke of Guise was born on October - 20.   

1616  On October - 20 birth of thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680)   

1620  On this day in history birth of aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691)   

1632  Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect was born on this day in history.   

1637  On this day in history birth of nicolaas van der Veken, Flemish sculptor (confessional chairs)   

1656  On October - 20 birth of nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746)   

0460  On this day in history eudocia Aelia Athenais, empress Oostromeinse Rich/poetess, dies   

1139  On this day in history henry X the Trotse, duke of Bayern (1126-38), dies   

1187  Urbanus III, [Umberto Crivelli], Italian Pope (1185-87), dies on October - 20.   

1268  Conrad Hohenstaufen, [Conrad van Zwaben], son of Conrad IV, dies on October - 20.   

1274  Engelbert II of Falkenburg, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.   

1438  On October - 20 jacopo di Piero della Quercia, Italian sculptor, dies at about 64   

1525  Joannes Custos, S Neth humanist, dies at about 50 on this day in history.   

1570  Death of João de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496) on October - 20.