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 October - 20 art Buchwald, Mt Vernon NY, columnist/author (Have I Ever Lied to You)   

1926  Hurricane in Cuba, kills 600 on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history ursula Happe, Germany, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956)   

1927  Oskar Pastior, writer on this day in history.   

1927  Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1929  Bayshore Highway opens in San Francisco on this day in history.   

1929  On October - 20 bayshore Highway opens (SF)   

1929  Rudolf Kittel, German theologist, dies at 76 on October - 20.   

1930  British White Paper restricts Jews from buying Arab land on October - 20.   

1930  Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, premiers on NBC radio on October - 20.   

1931  Frankie Frisch of the Cards named MVP on this day in history.   

1931  Emanuel Moor, composer, dies at 68 on October - 20.   

1932  Journalist, Robert Trout, joins CBS on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history all-Star team led by Babe Ruth & Connie Mack sails to Hawaii & Japan   

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 this day in history.   

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

1940  On October - 20 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  On this day in history "Durham Manifesto" calls for fundamental changes in race relations   

1942  On October - 20 may Robson, actress (Star is Born, Reckless), dies at 84   

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

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

1944  On this day in history revolution by workers & students in Guatemala   

1944  Liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland, Ohio explode, 135 die, 3,600 homeless on October - 20.   

1944  Gabriel Groulez, composer, dies at 65 on October - 20.   

1945  On October - 20 supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg   

1946  On this day in history frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd, Chicago Cards vs NY Giants   

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 this day in history.   

1475  Giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api) was born on this day in history.   

1496  On October - 20 birth of claude de Lutherans, duke of Guise   

1616  Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680) was born on October - 20.   

1620  On October - 20 birth of aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691)   

1632  On this day in history birth of christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect   

1637  Nicolaas van der Veken, Flemish sculptor (confessional chairs) was born on this day in history.   

1656  Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746) was born on October - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

1268  On October - 20 conrad Hohenstaufen, [Conrad van Zwaben], son of Conrad IV, dies   

1274  Engelbert II of Falkenburg, archbishop of Cologne, dies on October - 20.   

1438  On this day in history jacopo di Piero della Quercia, Italian sculptor, dies at about 64   

1525  Joannes Custos, S Neth humanist, dies at about 50 on October - 20.   

1570  Death of João de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496) on this day in history.